My latest update:
I've uploaded a new verson of Meteor Arena(Working Title), a few of the changes:
- Increased game area with scrolling camera
- Enemy Melee ships that will pursue your character
- Infinite asteroid spawning with increasing difficulty
- Tweaked mechanics
- A planet in the background!
I've got so many new ideas of what I want to add into the game, the AI code I've been writing has been coming out really well. I'm getting a lot of my ideas from the book Programming Game AI by Example which is an excellent resource. I really like it so far, I still need to implement flocking behavoir however, which should put a really interesting spin on what I have planned. The algorithms the book uses are solid, however they're all done in C++ so some tricks and comprises are required to work them into UnityScript. I plan on moving to C# as soon as I finish this game since it is a much more robust language.
The melee character's behavior is currently a work in progress, I plan on having him charge against your ship once he gets within a certain range so the trick will be to constantly stay in motion to avoid them. I'll be adding in close range enemies and long range enemies as well, along with a cruiser sized ship that the player will have to deal with eventually.
Also I will be trying out some new control schemes including a standard twin stick style control scheme soon.
The Asteroid spawning seems to have broken recently, I'll be fixing that soon once I get around creating new asteroid geometry.
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