SPACE BARge

Developer: Phillip Jauregui

Software Used:

• Gamemaker Studio 2
• BeepBox (sound effects)

Idea: The theme for the game was ONE. So I decided to make a game that only uses one button. You pilot a spaceship using nothing but the spacebar (hence the name). You are surrounded by weird one-eyed aliens that are swarming you. You have no guns so your only method of attacking them is by ramming them. You attempt to clear as many levels as possible until your health runs out while also trying to get as high a score as possible.

Controls:

• Menu:
• Spacebar
• Tap to navigate between options.
• Hold on an option to select it.
• Game:
• Spacebar
• Holding (while ship is still)
• Hold the spacebar to prepare your dash.
• As you hold it, you will start spinning.
• When you release the spacebar, you will dash in the direction you are pointing.
• Note: There’s a brief moment at the beginning when you don’t spin to enable forwards dashing.
• Single Tap (while ship is dashing)
• Tapping the spacebar while dashing will cancel your dash
• Note: This will leave you stunned for a moment.
• Double Tap (while the ship is still)
• Double tapping the spacebar while the ship is still will toggle the ship’s rotation between clockwise and counter-clockwise.

Gameplay:

• Ship
• The ship will take damage if an enemy collides with it.
• This will result in the loss of a lifepoint.
• The enemy will still die.
• If all lifepoints are lost, then the game ends and returns to the menu.
• When a dash starts, the ship will turn blue for a moment.
• While blue, the ship will be invincible and will be able to kill enemies without losing lifepoints.
• This will only last at the beginning of the dash. Once the ship is no longer blue, it can take damage again.
• Stunned
• If the ship cancels it dash or runs into a wall, it will become stunned and will be unable to move.
• While stunned, a ship can still be damaged by enemies.
• Enemies
• There are 3 kinds of enemies.
• Standard
• These are white and will just sit still.
• Can’t move.
• Worth 100 points.
• Strafers
• These are yellow and will randomly move along an x and y axis.
• Can’t move through walls.
• Worth 200 points.
• Followers
• These are purple and will move directly towards you.
• Can move through walls.
• Worth 300 points.
• Combo
• Every time you kill an enemy (without taking damage) your combo increases by one.
• If you take damage from an enemy, your combo is reset to zero.
• When a level starts, the combo is reset to zero.
• If a level is cleared with a full combo (8), then a lifepoint is gained.
• Score
• Each time an enemy is killed, its point value is multiplied by the current combo and then added to the current total.