Hello!
Until now I have only made some terminal "games", but this game is my first step into real graphical games. This project started a long time ago, I think I've started through the Christmas holidays 2011/2012 and I kept adding new things, debugging old things, and removing obsolete ones. I've integrated Box2D for the physics simulation of the asteroids (a really great tool - It was a tough learning curve but it was absolutely worth it and SFML (as you may have expected
) for the graphics, audio & the networking.
NewsPlease see the
tumblr blog about the game to get news about recent development actions.
ProgrammersThe game is mainly coded by me, but Roland Ruckerbauer (alias ruabmbua) has helped me with some graphics and some scripts. He has coded some games before I was able to do graphical stuff, so he helped me with the game concept and gave many ideas from his projects to mine.
What's the point?SFML Sidescroller is a sidescrolling-sci-fi-asteroid-space-shoot-them-up-game which throws you asteroids in your face and you have to defend your spaceship from the annoying damage those little bastards can deliver! Upload your scores and be the #1 of the list!
ControlsThe controls are gonna be ingame soon. Here is a list until a tutorial is implemented in the game
EverywhereF2 = Screenshot (Saves at Data/Screenshots) (stolen from Minecraft
)
F3 = Show Debug Information (stolen from Minecraft too
)
Ingame[SPACE] or [Numpad0] = Shoot
[WASD] or [Arrow Keys] = Move
Double-Tap [WASD] or [Arrow Keys] = Quick move (this is not finished, I will later add fuel to limit this kind of movement)
[SHIFT] + MOVE = faster move (this is not finished, I will later add fuel to limit this kind of movement)
[ESCAPE] = Pause the game
Game Over Screen[ENTER] = upload your highscore
PowerupsThey are gonna be in the tutorial when it is implemented in the game.
Laser UpgradesThey can be red, blue, green and magenta. They upgrade your laser to a better shooting rate and more bullets at the same time. If you take an upgrade from a different color, then your weapon level will be at the beginning again.
RepairThis repairs your ship to 100%.
Yellow StarThe yellow star boosts your highscore up 4 - 80 points.
Newest Dev-Screenshots(The version indicator in the screenshots shows 0.07, but that is only for testing purposes - it is 0.08
)
Gallery:
http://imgur.com/a/PkL3a#0DownloadYou can download the project from my homepage
http://maximaximal.com(warning: it is mainly in German, the download links are the first heading after the big buttons - do not rage quit
) and from the official site:
http://www.srcttp.org/games/SFML-Sidescroller/download.php.
I am making prebuilt binaries for Windows and for Linux64. The game has an integrated update mechanism that detects whenever a new version is available
Of course it would be ok if you click on the direct links, but adf.ly is cooler
Adfly: Download newest for Windows!
Adfly: Download newest for Linux64!Direct: Download newest for Windows!Direct: Download newest for Linux64!Source CodeThe source for this game is on gitorious (because github is not open source
).
https://www.gitorious.org/sfml-sidescrollerBugtrackerIf you really want to help this game growing, then you could register at our bug tracker:
http://bugs.srcttp.org.
Last wordsI am really proud of this project, but it is still not finished. It would be awesome if you could rate this project and give me some requests for it. I am going to make a video for this game, but I still want to wait with that until I get some other critical jobs done (the HUD for example).
And please notice that I am from Austria (not Australia
) so my native language is still German, so don't be too rude about my English skills