Station Besieged

Devlog

• Testing
  May 28, 2023 by Jordan Holloway

  There were various things implemented or changed based on tester feedback, including differentiating the player from enemies, a pause menu, a help screen, modification to the enemy AI, and difficulty... Continue reading

  
• Documentation + User Guide
  May 26, 2023 by Jordan Holloway

  Concept vs Final Game Concept Final Justification The player can upgrade/heal their ship and select weapons at the end of each level. The player has the same ship stats and weapons between levels. Mor... Continue reading

  
• UI and Polish
  May 21, 2023 by Jordan Holloway

  At this point the menu and settings screens are added, weapon info boxes are added to display ammo and how overheated the weapon is, and hull and armour bars have been added. In regards to polish, sou... Continue reading

  
• Game Testing
  May 17, 2023 by Jordan Holloway

  Testing form - https://forms.gle/7GHZcQtNwnLHgiP58... Continue reading
• Presentation and Graphics
  May 14, 2023 by Jordan Holloway

  At this point the sprites for point defence guns, railguns, missiles, the base ship type, asteroids and the background have been added. Some of these are shown below: The start and end of level backgr... Continue reading

  
• Enemies and Interaction
  May 07, 2023 by Jordan Holloway

  At this point basic enemy AI, basic weapons, and health are implemented. This includes point defence guns (light weapon) and railguns (heavy weapon) (shown below). Missile are implemented for enemies... Continue reading

  
• Basic Level Blocking
  April 30, 2023 by Jordan Holloway

  At this point the basic level layout for level 1 is complete. This includes placeholders for obstacles, enemy spawn locations, and pickups. When the player is close to an obstacle a warning icon will... Continue reading

  
• Player Movement
  April 23, 2023 by Jordan Holloway

  Implementation At this point basic player movement is implemented, which includes moving in any direction across the screen using WASD. Player movement is physics based which means movement is done by... Continue reading

  
• Game Concept
  April 14, 2023 by Jordan Holloway

  Working Title Station Besieged Concept Statement In Station Besieged the player controls a spaceship that has to reach the friendly space station that has been blockaded by enemy ships, they must dest... Continue reading