Friday, December 17, 2010

Snipes Reloaded v0.6 released

See the Snipes Reloaded game page for more info.
Features Implemented:
  • Sound effects
  • Settings menu screen that includes the sound effect toggle and the swap movement/shoot keys toggle (for lefties).
  • Introduced the mighty "armored snipe" (has a helmet and requires more hits to kill). The armored snipes doesn't appear until level 4, where they take 2 hits to kill. At level 10, some require 3 hits to kill. This will help balance the power of each side.
  • Decreased the "power ball" power-up duration to 20 seconds to help balance the power a bit.
This could be considered a major release candidate, since I don't have any other features I plan to work on other than further stability testing.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Snipes Reloaded v0.5 released

See the Snipes Reloaded game page for more info.
Features Implemented:
  • typo fix in pause menu
  • bug fix to the logic that detects the end of a level
  • added destroy wall power-up
  • added extra life power-up
  • added map heads up display (HUD)
  • enhanced "How To Play" screen to include "Game Objects" section
 Planned Features for Future Release:
  • Sound
  • Implement classes of snipes (some with helmets that require more hits to kill)

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Snipes Reloaded v0.4 released

See the Snipes Reloaded game page for more info.
Features Implemented:
  • Convert over to the latest version of Love2d (0.7.0) - done
  • Levels need to increase in difficulty (snipe bullets faster and more snipes) - done
  • High score system - done
Planned Features for Future Releases:

  • Need to turn bouncing bullet feature into a power-up. Power-ups will be icons found in the maze
  • Need to add the destroy wall power-up
  • Sound
  • Implement classes of snipes (some with helmets that require more hits to kill)

Monday, December 6, 2010

Snipes Reloaded v0.3 released

This is a beta release of Snipes Reloaded. This is a fully functioning game. However, I plan to add a lot of features in the future. See the Snipes Reloaded game page for more info.

Features Implemented:
  • Fully functioning game physics using box2d
  • Random maze generation is complete
  • Score system and HUD is complete
  • Basic main menu complete
  • Explosions use particle emitter
Planned Features for Future Releases:
  • Convert over to the latest version of Love2d (0.7.0)
  • Levels need to increase in difficulty (snipe bullets faster and more snipes)
  • High score system
  • Need to turn bouncing bullet feature into a power-up. Power-ups will be icons found in the maze
  • Need to add the destroy wall power-up
  • Sound
  • Implement classes of snipes (some with helmets that require more hits to kill)