Journal: A CRUD developer builds a game
What did I do today? #
I got the core pieces of a "game" put together. Enemies shoot and move, the player can die, and the whole thing restarts. No sound or UI yet, but it's a start.
Ooooh. I think I settled on a name. The working title was "Tanks of Fury", but there are some other games that sort of have that name, plus that movie.
:drumroll:
What did I learn? #
- The details can be really fiddly. It was a bit tedious getting the right combination of
PI / 2and graphical rotations, but it all got sorted eventually. - I'm starting to understand the power of the Godot engine. It's pretty cool how much it does for you. I still think I'm not really leveraging nodes and signals quite right, but I'm getting there. I think there are better ways to do code reuse as well, but it's ok for now.
What's next? #
- Add some UI. I want to show the player's health and score. Still not sure what score will be.
- Add some sound. I think I can find some free sound effects on the internet.
- Add some polish. I need to make the game over screen look better, and I need to make the game feel better to play. I think I need to add some screen shake when the player gets hit, and I need to add some feedback when the player shoots.
Demo #
Click here to play.
WASD or arrows to move, or click/touch to move.