[Sample App] Space Shooter!

[Chris Hopkin]

Hello

Now that AndroidScript v1.11 has been released, I wanted to share a sample game with you, imaginatively titled Space Shooter! It's a vertical scrolling, space invader style shoot 'em up type game, with music, sound effects, and most importantly, explosions!

The game graphics, sfx and music came from http://opengameart.org a really useful resource.

The SPK is attached, please ensure you have the latest version of AndroidScript installed, enjoy!

Thanks

Chris

[Steve Garman]

Thanks Chris.
Not just a great sample of what AndroidScript can do, it's also a really useful example of good coding.

I suspect some of my future stuff will revolve around amended copies of object.js

It also makes a nice apk.

[sankarshan dudhate]

Chris, that's a nice one. But can you fire missiles auautomatically for 2/ssecond ? It will be great. Thanks and please publish it in play store.

Regards,
Sankarshan.

[Steve Garman]

Sankarshan,
Have you tried holding you finger on the sprite for 2 seconds?

[sankarshan dudhate]

Yes. But it should fire missiles continuously even if we don't touch it. That was problem with Invaders sample. Same here. Please fix it Chris.

[Steve Garman]

It's a sample app, Sankarshan.

The beauty of having the code is that if you have specific requirements, you can fix your copy of it yourself.

[Chris Hopkin]

Hi Sankarshan

I decided to only have the bullets fire while you are touching, I just preferred it that way. 

I will be releasing Space Shooter to Google Play as an 'AndroidScript Demo' soon, I'm just adding a "Powered by AndroidScript" splash screen to it :)

Chris

[sankarshan dudhate]

It will make game a bit low rating. Users will give you this feedback. So please add it.

[Chris Hopkin]

I am releasing the Space Shooter Demo on Google Play. I've attached an updated SPK that now includes the "Powered by DroidScript" splash screen.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shinyapps.spaceshooter

Sankarshan, thanks for the feedback, but I have left the game as it is - It's really a demonstration of DroidScript rather than a complete game, which will hopefully bring in some new users who have the opportunity to modify and extend the game to their own individual liking.

Thanks

Chris

[Richard King]

Hi. Anyone else having trouble with the spk?  If I download it ot click on it the DroidScript app opens but no folder gets added.  I have had mixed results with other spk's. Some open and create a new folder, others do nothing (like this one).  I can download and unzip with 7z on Windows so the file is not getting corrupted. Any ideas? TIA.

[Dave Smart]

Hi Richard, What device are you using and what version of Android?

[sankarshan dudhate]

Its not big problem. What you should do is share SPK to DroidScript instead of opening it with DroidScript.
Regards,
Sankarshan.
PS : I think Dave is working on this issue. It will soon be solved.

[Richard King]

Thanks for the tip, Sankarshan.  I'll try that with the next spk I encounter.  I manually pushed the unzipped files across to a new folder on the phone.  Runs fine.. (Samsung Note 2. Android 4.4.2 for the record)

[Alan Joseph]

Fantastic job!!!!!

I know you said you added a "splash screen", do you have the code for that? I can't figure out how to go about this :) a layout with a timer that expires after specified amount of time that auto loads into second layout. Thank you! And nice work!

[Dave]

You can use app.AddLayout( laySplash)  to add a full screen layout on top of all other layouts, then use app.RemoveLayout() to remove it after a certain time. (Or you could just hide it).