Code Wars
CODE WARS is a 2D top down ASTEROIDS clone. I love STAR WARS and that was my inspiration for this clone. It is a simple wave based shooter. I really enjoyed working on creating STAR WARS themed effects, player ship and enemies.
Development Specifications:
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Engine: D3D11 (C++)
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Platform: PC (Windows)
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Development time: 3 Months
Table of Contents (Click the title to go to section)
Core Game Loop
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Control the player ship and shoot down the enemy ships and asteroids floating in space
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Avoid enemy fire
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Kill all the entities and advance to next wave.
Game Entities/Mechanics
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Player Character
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Use ESDF to move and SPACEBAR to shoot​
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Asteroid
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Moves around in space and can hit player and/or enemies damaging them
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Player Character
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Tie Bomber
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This enemy fighter will crash into the player to damage it.
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Asteroid
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Tie Fighter
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Fires bullets at the player to damage it
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Tie Bomber
Tie Fighter
Game/Graphics systems/concepts learned
Gameplay Loop​
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Rendering pipeline
Player Ship Vertex Data
Generating Vertex Data
Bullet Vertex Data
Asteroid Vertex Data
Coordinate Systems
