Overview

• A retro-style top-down scrolling shooter game, inspired by the classics (Raptor and Demonstar)
• Procedurally generated waves of enemies

Play The Game Here!

• https://monkeys-in-distress.itch.io/burning-skies

Player

• Control an airplane that can move in four directions.
• Shoot enemies to destroy them and earn score.
• Avoid damage by dodging enemy bullets and collisions.

Controls

• The WASD or directional keys can be used to control the player’s movements.
• The SPACEBAR is used to shoot.

UI

Menu

• The game features a very simplistic menu which allows the player to navigate.
• Play and Quit buttons do as their names suggest.
• Help button explains the control scheme.
• A Transition Menu opens after clicking the Play button. This does not offer any extra features as of yet.
• On player death, the Game Over Menu is presented. The player can quit or return to the Main Menu.
• The menus are navigable using mouse of keyboard controls

HUD

• The HUD only shows up during Play, Pause or Transition Menus. It shows the player’s health, level and score.

Physics

• The player’s movements are affected by accelaration and friction.

Game Camera

• The game features a fixed, orthogonal camera which is centered at the player’s origin point. The camera does not follow the player.

Graphics

• The game reads textures from a resource directory and formats them into spritesheets. These sprites are separated in-game and rendered on-screen.
• The game can also render collision bounds as a debug feature.
• A scrolling background provides the illusion of flying over a sea. A spritesheet with different water textures are used to change the image to implement animation.
• When enemies die, an explosion animation plays before both disappear.

Sounds

• The game reads audio files from a resource directory and formats them into clips. These sounds can be played during the game.
• The background music is played throughout the entire game.
• A bullet sound effect is used when bullets are fired.
• An explosion sound effect is used when enemies die.

Procedural Generation

• Enemies are generated in varying numbers, in predetermined patterns and locations

Enemies

• The game only has one type of enemy as of now. Enemy health is randomly generated from a pre-determined range.

Drones

• Health: 2 - 4
• Flies down the screen and shoots a bullet at a given interval.