The AirAttack Android Game in development!

Hello Everybody!

A few months ago I started developing a game for the Android Platform. The game, named AirAttack, is a classical 2d scrolling shooter game (ala Raptor).

Screenshots of the game. Shows the menu an the gameplay.

To give everybody insights into the development process (and to get people excited) I thought about starting a weblog. So… Here it is!

Whenever I develop something new in the game I will post a message here with screenshots and occasionally some video material. So if you’re into Android, have an Android phone, or just like to follow a mobile game developer then this is the place to be!

In this first blog-post i will explain the current status of the game. Well lets start off with a video of the current game:

 

 

The game currently has the following features:

• Multiple ways to contol the ship:
  • Trackball: moving and shooting
  • Accelerometer: moving (by tilting the device)
  • DPad: moving
  • Touchscreen: for switching weapons and firing the megabomb
• Multiple weapons for the ship
  • Simple gun
  • Spray gun (variable #bullets and spread angle)
  • Missile gun
  • Boomerang weapon
• There is a megabomb which destroys everthing
• Multiple enemies
• Multiple fly paths for the enemies (i alsa develop a PathCreator app to create fly paths for enemies)
• Initial support for collecting credits (currently only coins, but other powerups will be added)

I am planning to built the following features:

• Support for levels, and creation of levels
• Support for different dificulty levels
• More enemies
  • Multiple megabosses
  • Ground turrets
  • Mines (and a ship that places the mines)
• Adding of a laser weapon

So this is my first post. I think my next post will be about the development environment that i use. However i will try to not go into the technical details too much. So i will try to never post code-listings and keep a focus on the game and the gameplay.

So are you excited? Do you have comments? Let me hear it!

You can also follow me on twitter: www.twitter.com/tjerkw (if you’re into that)