Clint WagonerMore Polish: Homing MissilesI wanted to add homing missiles to my Blasteroids game. This was a lot of work, including writing a new custom script specifically for the…May 17, 2023May 17, 2023
Clint WagonerMore Polish: New Enemy TypeI wanted to add a ‘Bug’ enemy that would fly toward the player. But stop chasing the player when the player goes past it.May 6, 2023May 6, 2023
Clint WagonerMore Polish: Aggressive EnemiesIn a tutorial a few days back, we made smarter enemies. Now let’s make them more aggressive by adding the ability for them to ram the…Apr 25, 2023Apr 25, 2023
Clint WagonerMore Polish: Negative Power-Ups and HUD Text Feedback.I want to add a power-up that hurts the player’s abilities, as well as create a HUD text object that lets the player know what the power-up…Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
Clint WagonerMore Polish: Creating a Tractor BeamLet’s add a tractor beam that collects power-ups from afar.Apr 19, 20231Apr 19, 20231
Clint WagonerMore Polish: Smarter EnemiesLet’s add an enemy ability to dodge the player’s shots, asteroids, and other enemies.Apr 17, 2023Apr 17, 2023
Clint WagonerMore Polish: Balancing The Spawn Managers.I just want to make a quick article on how I balanced the power-up spawn manager.Apr 10, 2023Apr 10, 2023
Clint WagonerMore Polish: Creating Visual Feedback for the Ammo SystemThe ammo text is cool and all…But let’s make the ammo system even cooler.Apr 8, 2023Apr 8, 2023
Clint WagonerMore Polish: Adding Enemy Collision Detection (More Movement)So as of now our enemies just fly in a straight path. Let’s fix that by giving them the ability to dodge lasers and asteroids.Apr 6, 2023Apr 6, 2023
Clint WagonerPolishing The Game: Nuke Bomb Secondary AttackIn this article, we will go over how to make a nuke bomb that will clear the screen. Hold on to your britches, we are going in deep.Apr 3, 2023Apr 3, 2023