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_9

9. Spell Shooter

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 be creating a top-down shooter game called Spell Shooter, shown in Figure 9-1, inspired by classic top-down shooters such as Gauntlet .

Figure 9-1. The Spell Shooter game

Introduction

In Spell Shooter, the player controls a wizard whose goal is to use his magical powers to banish evil creatures. The wizard shoots magical balls of energy, and if a creature ...