UFO Invaders - new game

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UFO Invaders - new game

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A Little games I've been working on.

Each wave comes faster than the last.

Keys:

AD and Space to fire

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-W5pRB ... sp=sharing
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Just gave it a go. Thought I’d play for a few seconds, but got stuck for about half an hour instead! Cool little game.

The executable weighs in at over 8K. How did you code it? Was it complied BASIC/C, or did you write it in assembly?
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Thanks for playing, I'm glad you had fun!

made it using the following tools:

Agdx mini
Zx paintbrush
Inkspector
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I wish I could write it in assembler. :?

Maybe one day :)
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Thanks for sharing [mention]Jbizzel[/mention] . :) This is a good space invaders clone that got me playing a lot longer than I planned to.
Perhaps it just needs a couple of things:
1. Sound effects
2. Some color to the aliens


Good job!!
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I've played around with sound and colours for the aliens.

I thought colouring the aliens would add something good, but when I did it I wasn't satisfied and liked the colour white most! I'll experiment later :)

Some spooky music would be awesome

Thanks for playing and feeding back.
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I've coloured the aliens, added a lives counter, and the city can be destroyed by alien fire. I will be creating a updated .tap release with AY sound effects shortly.

For now, here is a preview of how its looking so far.

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The graphic to the right of the screen - that is a pic of the original machine marquee - is a very nice feature.

A really great work, mr. [mention]Jbizzel[/mention] !
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Thank to everyone you mentioned bugs to me. I've been working through them and improving the scripts.

Last night I sorted out the bug that cause aliens to move down more slowly on the right than on the left. I've got the AY sound effects working without crashing thanks to help from Allen Turvey.

Under certain circumstances the aliens can fire a massive stream of lasers. Personally I like this feature but some had suggested it's unfair. I'll look at it next.
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