Game Development with Construct 2: From Design to Realization

© Lee Stemkoski and Evan Leider 2017

LEE STEMKOSKI and Evan Leider, Game Development with Construct 2, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2784-8_3

3. Space Rocks

Lee Stemkoski¹  and Evan Leider²

(1)DEPT OF MATH & CS, ADELPHI UNIVERSITY DEPT OF MATH & CS, Garden City, New York, USA

(2)NY, USA

In this chapter, you will create a space-themed shoot-’em-up game called Space Rocks, inspired by the classic arcade game Asteroids, shown in Figure 3-1.

Figure 3-1. The Space Rocks game

Introduction

In Space Rocks, the player controls a spaceship, whose goal is to fly around and shoot lasers to destroy asteroids that are floating across the screen. The player must also take care ...