A simple 2D game made in the Godot Engine where the player has to avoid being hit by asteroids for as long as possible.
I decided to make this game after finding I Need Practice Programming": 49 Ideas for Game Clones to Code online, which lists 49 simple video game projects to create. Dodger is the first game on the list.
You are a spaceship in this game, and your goal is to stay alive for as long as possible. The longer you stay alive, the more the number of asteroids coming at you will increase, and, as the levels go up, the speed of the asteroid will also increase. The longer will stay alive, the more points you score. Fortunately, every once in a while, the game will give you one of two possible kinds of items that you can use for a limited time: a shield or a slow motion power-up.
This game was made in the Godot Engine, a "2D and 3D, cross-platform, free and open-source game engine released under the MIT license" that uses GDScript as its scripting language.
To start playing the game, download the binary release, run Dodger.exe and make sure Dodger.pck is in the same folder. When you launch the game for the first time, a save.json file containing the save information will be created in the same folder as the game files. This file can be edited in any text editor and contains your high score and highest level you got to. Don't cheat. :) You can start a new game by selecting the appropriate option in the main menu.
Once you've started a new game, all you have to do is stay alive for as long as possible by avoiding getting hit by the asteroids. The longer you stay alive, the more your score will increase, but so will the number of asteroids flying across the screen. Avoid them, and you will also start going up levels: the higher the level, the faster the asteroids. From time to time, the game will spawn power-ups that you can pick up to help you stay alive for longer.
You can either get a shield, which gives you invicibility for a limited time, or a slow motion power-up, which, as the name suggests, slows down time. Should you get hit by an asteroid - and you will :) -, the game will end and your score will be saved.
If you start a new game, and in case you had gotten past the first level, you will be prompted to either start a new game from Level 1 or continue from the level you died at. However, if you choose the second option, the game won't save your score when you die. If you choose option one, you will have the chance to get a new high score by trying to stay alive for longer than you have before. Everytime you die, the game will save your score and level, given that you got a higher score and got to a higher level than your previous record. You can reset either your high score or your high level at any time in the main menu.
If you want to edit the game, you will need to install the Godot game engine, which can be found on the official website or on Steam. This project requires at least version 3.0.
The game is considered finished, so I won't be taking any suggestions to improve it further. But feel free to report any bugs you find or to fix them.
The font used in the game is VP Pixel Simplified by VP Type. The sprites were made by me in Aseprite. The sounds were generated in Bfxr. Special thanks to my friend Benjamin for suggesting improvements to the wording of this document.
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