PICO-8 - BREAKOUT BLITZ
During my spare time after graduating from college, I wanted to learn more about scripting and programming for games. What I have been told from my old computer graphics club was to practice with PICO-8, a 'fantasy console' program that allows users to create small games with the coding language LUA. It's highly recommended, especially for artists whom aren't too experienced with coding but want to develop their own games, and LUA is great language to start with. After watching several helpful videos from LazyDevsAcademy via YouTube, I have been developing my own game Breakout Blitz, powered by PICO-8. Breakout Blitz is now available to play online for free!
Beta Version. 1- Recoded entire collision detection for better results.
- Composed Start and End screen soundtracks, along with Level Clear and Game Over sounds. - Added additional 'Fast Mode' on Start Screen for extra difficulty. - Added special messages when 7x combos occurs. - Implemented fade in and fade out transitions. - Numerous bug fixes. |
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Alpha Version. 3- Updated game title design and background animations on start screen.
- Added explosion particles for exploding bricks and losing balls. - Created additional sprites for ball, bricks, paddle and power-ups. - Added Stage # and power-up messages when power-up is equipped. |
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Alpha Version. 2- Made a new game title for start screen, and added high score list for top 5 scores.
- Created multiple power-ups including multi-ball (splits ball into 2), mega-ball (destroys bricks without bouncing) and slowdown etc. - Added particle effects for ball trail, brick debris and power-up clouds. - Camera shakes for destroying exploding bricks. |
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Alpha Version. 1- Created main game functions: ball physics, collision detection, paddle controls, brick setup and stage clearing states.
- Multiple brick functions: basic (pink), harden (yellow), indestructible (gray), exploding (orange), and power-up (blue). - Created start screen with blinking text. - Pointing arrow animation when launching ball. |
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