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Title: GalaxyBattle Arcade
Post by: Sjaak on February 14, 2020, 09:38:32 am

Galaxy Battle

I recently found a game called Galactic Battleground which is 2 vs. 2 mash up of Galaga and Asteroids. I really liked the idea, so I decided to make a similar game, only better ;). For anyone who would like to try, there is a download link below.

Download (http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/GBG.zip)

Galaxy Battle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob-TLHzY_5s)

Power-ups

(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/emp.png) EMP Pulse - Stuns opponents for 3 seconds
(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/smallshield.png) Reflect Shield -  Protects the ship and reflects all fire for 3 seconds
(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/spread.png) Spread Shot - Spray 3 bullets at a time for 3 seconds
(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/doublebarrel.png) Double Barrel - Fire 2 bullets for 6 seconds
(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/shootingstar.png) White Dwarf Missile - Fires a very fast and very strong missile
(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/forcefield.png) Force Field - Creates a stationary force field for 5 seconds
(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/question.png) ?

(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/alien.png) Random reward - Shoot the alien ship to receive rewards

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: wp34 on February 14, 2020, 10:08:54 am

Looks fun.  Would be a cool game for a cocktail cabinet where you face your opponent. 

Will we be getting a custom cabinet build from you to go with it?   :cheers:

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: meyer980 on February 14, 2020, 02:21:12 pm

Looks like a promising start!

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: jmike on February 15, 2020, 03:26:17 am

Like where this is headed. Maybe a couple of limited powerups to give players a limited advantage. (Spray gun, rapid fire...)

 :cheers:

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: Sjaak on February 18, 2020, 03:30:19 pm

Bring Your Own Ship (BYOS)

I need some spaceships to give players some choices. So this is your chance to include your own ship design. Just try to keep the shape of the ship close to the example sprite.

(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/ship.png) (http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/ship_alpha.png)

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: meyer980 on February 20, 2020, 01:00:11 pm

Here's my attempt at something!

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: Sjaak on February 21, 2020, 10:41:36 am

Quote from: jmike on February 15, 2020, 03:26:17 am

Like where this is headed. Maybe a couple of limited powerups to give players a limited advantage. (Spray gun, rapid fire...)

 :cheers:

First powerup is done, an emp pulse that will disable the oppenents ships for 3 seconds.

EMP (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hJqPDYyAyA)

Quote from: meyer980 on February 20, 2020, 01:00:11 pm

Here's my attempt at something!

Nice, it's in the game

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: dgame on February 21, 2020, 10:46:34 am

Looking good.


The SlingShot:

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: Mike A on February 21, 2020, 10:53:23 am

The emp pulse should not extend over the entire screen. You should be required to be careful when you use it.

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: meyer980 on February 21, 2020, 02:30:12 pm

Sjaak, I'm curious, back in the day you used XNA to make games. I know that was discontinued, what do you use now?

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: Sjaak on February 21, 2020, 02:48:28 pm

Quote from: meyer980 on February 21, 2020, 02:30:12 pm

Sjaak, I'm curious, back in the day you used XNA to make games. I know that was discontinued, what do you use now?

I now use MonoGame (http://www.monogame.net/about/), it's an open source implementation of XNA, with support for Windows 8/10. I converted all my old projects to MonoGame (which just takes a couple of hours) and now they all run with Windows 10.

For this project I'm also using Aether.Physics2D which is a 2D physics engine for MonoGame.

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: Sjaak on February 27, 2020, 05:51:00 pm

First playable version with some sound, choose from 5 ships and 5 power ups. This is the 1p vs. 1p version, if anyone wants to try 2p vs. 2p, let me know

Download (http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/GBG.zip)

(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/3.png)

(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/4.png)

(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/5.png)

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: wp34 on February 27, 2020, 10:25:50 pm

Hopefully this works.  I'm not much of an artist.

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: wp34 on February 27, 2020, 10:31:44 pm

I tried to download the program but my PC is not liking the program.  It thinks it is a virus.  Anybody else running into this?  I'm using ESET.

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: Sjaak on February 28, 2020, 03:35:27 am

Quote from: wp34 on February 27, 2020, 10:31:44 pm

I tried to download the program but my PC is not liking the program.  It thinks it is a virus.  Anybody else running into this?  I'm using ESET.

That's just the copy protection, I've disabled the max. settings to see if that is better.

Download (http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/GBG.zip)

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: wp34 on February 28, 2020, 09:59:06 am

I'm getting the same result this morning.  Chrome will not let me download it.  I can with Firefox but Windows will not let me run the EXE.

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: Mike A on February 28, 2020, 10:01:12 am

Just click "more info" and then "run anyway".

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: meyer980 on February 28, 2020, 02:15:49 pm

That's what I do. Chrome warns people about my programs too. You can force it to download anyway.

Sjaak, I am really impressed with how this is going in such a short time. Your pixel/sprite work is good and the powerup selection is fun!

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: firedance on February 29, 2020, 01:17:57 am

Quote from: Sjaak on February 28, 2020, 03:35:27 am

Quote from: wp34 on February 27, 2020, 10:31:44 pm

I tried to download the program but my PC is not liking the program.  It thinks it is a virus.  Anybody else running into this?  I'm using ESET.

That's just the copy protection, I've disabled the max. settings to see if that is better.

Download (http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/GBG.zip)

downloads and works for me, no warnings or error messages, might want to mention the keys as i had to look in the ini file  ;)

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: Sjaak on March 01, 2020, 06:46:49 am

Support for 2 and 4 player mode

Download (http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/GBG.zip)

(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/6.png)

(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/7.png)

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: dgame on March 03, 2020, 04:51:25 pm

Alien Ship?

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: dgame on March 04, 2020, 10:21:45 am

Stealth fighter?

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: Sjaak on March 04, 2020, 02:54:43 pm

Quote from: dgame on March 03, 2020, 04:51:25 pm

Alien Ship?

Sure!

(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/9.png)

Title: Re: GalaxyBattle Cabinet and Game
Post by: Sjaak on March 06, 2020, 01:49:19 pm

Added random power-ups, when shooting alien ships and a statiionary force field.

(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/reward.gif)

(http://www.xs4all.nl/~hansolo1/GBG/shield.gif)