Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I have gotten the asteroid to move in one direction and then slow down and reverse course if fired from a different direction but there are a couple issues. The first issue in this video is that it gets hung up on the side of the screen. That is an easy fix and one I fixed after I made this video.
The other issues are that the laser travels through the asteroid instead of stopping. This isn't a huge issue. I just happened to notice this after I made some changes to the code and am sure I can correct this easily. The other issue I am getting is that if the asteroid is traveling in a certain direction really fast it may jump something like 20 pixels every once and a while. I probably messed up a number but I will try to fix that but the hard part is done - having it speed up or slow down and switch directions.
Once this is hammered out it is essentially cut and paste for all the asteroids, make the city, and then create collision detection for it all.
I am considering making my own modifications to the port and allow a user to play with them, including alien ships, gun turrets in the city, warps and stargates, health bars, and momentum on the spaceships.
I have gotten the asteroid to move in one direction and then slow down and reverse course if fired from a different direction but there are a couple issues. The first issue in this video is that it gets hung up on the side of the screen. That is an easy fix and one I fixed after I made this video.
The other issues are that the laser travels through the asteroid instead of stopping. This isn't a huge issue. I just happened to notice this after I made some changes to the code and am sure I can correct this easily. The other issue I am getting is that if the asteroid is traveling in a certain direction really fast it may jump something like 20 pixels every once and a while. I probably messed up a number but I will try to fix that but the hard part is done - having it speed up or slow down and switch directions.
Once this is hammered out it is essentially cut and paste for all the asteroids, make the city, and then create collision detection for it all.
I am considering making my own modifications to the port and allow a user to play with them, including alien ships, gun turrets in the city, warps and stargates, health bars, and momentum on the spaceships.
