Chapter 9. Hunger Run

In this project, we will build a fast-moving game called Hunger Run. It is an auto-scrolling platform game. Although the art for Hunger Run is inspired by Super Mario, my all-time favorite platform-based game, the game is more similar to Monster Dash (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/monster-dash/id370070561?mt=8).

Mission briefing

In this project, we will create an auto-scrolling platform game called Hunger Run. We will learn to view our game world's spatial space as a 2D grid of fixed-size grid units. On this 2D grid, we will learn how to scroll a player sprite through grid units. Moreover, we will add food sprites to each grid for Marco and Polo. They will run from one grid to another, picking up food as they go. Along the ...

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