Asteroids Asteroids game, emulates the old arcade game
Built by: Ingrid Molloy, Mirabai Perrier, Matthew Tolmie Date: May 21, 2018 Course: COSC101 - Software Development Studio 1
Controls Turn left = Left arrow Turn right = Right arrow Forward = Up arrow Backward = Down arrow Fire weapon = space New game (after the game ends) = n
Resources used MP3 files source - recordings of Matt's kids Background picture from http://hubblesite.org/image/3920/gallery Copyright info at http://hubblesite.org/about_us/copyright.php
Notes
- Hubble telescope picture used for background
- Asteroids progressively shrink with each hit until they are wiped out with the third hit
- Vector based motion of asteroids, created with random placement and direction
- Acceleration and constant motion of ship to reflect Newton's laws of motion in a vacuum
- An advanced levelling system where additional asteroids spawn for each level the player completes
- Sound effects for shooting (pew) and when asteroids are hit (boom)
- Gain an extra life every 10,000 points!