The DMF203 class has been a lot of fun. I really enjoyed working with Miles Inada in both class and lab. During the length of the course, I have discovered that writing games is not one of the things that I excel at, though I am pretty good at coming up with ideas for games.
The final project I created was called “Kitty Pong”. It has a face for a ball that bounces around the screen, a paddle to redirect the ball with, kitty faces to remove from the stage to change levels, and a star and bug. The star is in the upper half of the stage and the bug in the lower half. They move from side to side and the ball may bounce against them to change direction. The paddle is player controlled via a mouse. The number of kitty faces starts at about 10 or 11 and increases by five for each level cleared. The stage background is green in color and the objects are all different colors. This game lasts until you get bored and kill it. There is no score kept and no life gained or lost, so it can last indefinitely.
A change I have considered making when time permits, is to have the star provide life and the bug eat life. Life is measure in the number of balls you have. This change would require setting one edge of the stage so the ball disappears when it hits the edge. It would also require setting up a score keeping function, and an end game function. Another function that could have been useful is a level up notice function.
I am pleased with the drawings I made for my game and pleased with how it looks and works over all. I suspect that my nieces and nephews, other family members and children would also enjoy this game, with or without the proposed changes.
