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_8

8. Rectangle Destroyer

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 game called Rectangle Destroyer, a side-perspective physics-based action game shown in Figure 8-1 and inspired by arcade classics such as Breakout and Arkanoid.

Figure 8-1. The Rectangle Destroyer game

Introduction

In Rectangle Destroyer, the player controls a paddle that moves from side to side, which is used to bounce balls into rectangular ...