Unity Invaders

[Eric5h5]

Well, folks, after 6 days it's finally done: The story is that you're on a big asteroid in an asteroid belt defending the...something...from invaders from, er, somewhere...nah, never mind, it's just Space Invaders.

Since it's a relatively small project, I thought it might make a decent example of a complete game for newcomers to maybe learn a few things from, so I'm attaching the project folder, as well as a web player and a UB stand-alone. I think some things are easier to understand in context, and this ended up covering quite a few areas...2D sprites in a 3D environment, particle effects, sound, scoring, physics, multiple camera techniques, layers, a bit of level management, etc.

There are some elements that are easily tweakable in the inspector (on the "InvaderControl" script mostly), but it might make an interesting exercise to expand on the game if anyone feels so inclined. Powerups, different alien behavior, bosses, etc. Right now it's just yer basic Space Invaders.

Some of the sound effects are modifications of sounds from the Gear Worx Productions "modern weapons and warfare" sound pack (the explosions and ricochets), so please don't reuse those unless you've also bought a license from them. The rest of the stuff is by me (aside from a few publicly-available sound effects), which you can do with as you like.

There's a newer version of the project folder here that's updated for Unity 2.6. The forum hasn't been accepting larger attachments for ages; I'm leaving the original version for historical interest or something....

--Eric

[bronxbomber92]

Nicely done! I couldn't get past the coin slot though....


Naw, j/k, it only took me ten minutes. The game was fun, glad you released the project to

[Seon]

Very cool Eric! The invaders are a little more accurate and trigger happy, than what I remember... but a very good remake of the classic! Well done.

[Ulognep]

Excellent job! I found this to be quite addicting, actually. I wanted to keep pumping in virtual quarters to try again. Nicely done!

[Lallander]

Great handling overall. The coin thing took me about 4 - 5 tries before i realized you needed to line up the shadow.

The invaders do seem much more agressive then the original.

[forestjohnson]

This is a lot harder than the space invaders I played. A couple things I might change:

The falling invaders should be able to be shot and also be a hazard to the player.

Slow down the enemies bullets and make there be less of them, if you want it to be more like the famous space invaders games.

The game over sequence seems a bit too long?

I love the coin thing too! Should I be able to skip it with space?

Just think if you had an actual quarter for each time we have played it so far...

[Eric5h5]

[Marble]

Cool. And rather difficult, actually!

[VICTOM]

Great remake, much harder than original. I love the damage shake. You can really feel the pain. But level one is too hard

Cheers,

[Marble]

That's a really clever way to make destructible 2D objects, Eric!

[zoul]

very well done -- and what a great use of the "modern weapons and warfare" pack ... I personally never thought of using it for something like this ... and check it out ... it works!


Great job ... and excellent choice for a classic!


The thing I loved the most, aside from the obvious use of one of our products (heh), was the coin drop ... and the 3d backgrounds ... I also loved the overly pixelated 2d artwork ... excellent work!

[GWPGearWorx]

That is awesome to hear some of my sounds were put to good use, looks and plays great, addicting little game. Well done, gotta love the classics.

[DaveyJJ]

Eric5h5, can I post the web player version on the showcase section of Widget Monkyy Games, please?

Love it. And agree it's harder than the original (which stole so many of my $0.25 I'd rather not remember).

[drJones]

haha that's awesome! i'm surprised its in 2D - i'm eager to check out the project files to see how you got that all working (thanks so much for posting them ; )

go retro!

[HiggyB]

Fun stuff, good work! My only complaints/suggestions:

1. While I enjoyed the whole "drop the coin in the slot" bit, maybe you can (a) expand the coin slot a bit, it took me 3 tries to get it right (sorry, still drinking my coffee this morning ;P), and (b) have an option to skip it.

2. Can you have it auto-fire if I just hold down the spacebar? I'm lazy and want it to repeatedly fire if I hold down the fire key.


Otherwise yes, it is very addictive. It truly does remind me of all those days I spent riding my lil' dirt bike over to the arcade to promptly burn through my entire weekly allowance playing video games... Ahh, good times!