#Java shooting game how to#
#Java shooting game series#

#Java shooting game how to#

Timers: Using some kind of timer to determine when the game endsДЇor a step by step process on how to code Space Race - click here!.Using arrays: To hold the debris you'll likely use an array to iterate over them and determine if they have collided with the rockets.The bar in the middle represents the time left of the game, the player with the most points at the end of the game wins!Д¬oding Space Race teaches you some key concepts whilst also solidifying some concepts you learnt earlier from coding pong: The idea is to get to the top of the map having avoided the space debris to gain a point. Space Race is very simple, itвЂ™s a two-player game, each player controls a rocket. One year on from pong came Space Race (also made by Atari).

Screen constraining: Preventing the paddle from leaving the screenДЇor a step by step process on how to code pong - click here!.

Scoring system: you'll need to track the scores of both players.

Hit detection: so the ball hitting the paddles and then.

User input: Playing moving the paddle and/or paddles.

It was created in June 1972!Д¬oding pong teaches you a tonne of key concepts for game development, here are a few: If you google вЂњFirst game createdвЂќ likely Pong will pop up, ItвЂ™s not officially the first game to be created, but it is the first commercially successful. Then when you begin to understand the basics follow along with my blog for the game you want to code.

#Java shooting game series#

If you're completely new to programming then I'd recommend having a look at Daniel Shiffman's - The Coding Train on Youtube, he has a brilliant series for beginners. If you get stuck then use the blogs as a reference to see if you're taking the same approach to tackling a problem as I did, most likely you'll find a better way рџ…. If you already know the basics of programming in a game dev language I'd recommend having a stab at coding up the games before you read any of my step by step processes. But of course, the language you use to code the games isn't important, It's the concepts you learn from the actual process of doing it. It's basically a step by step process of how to code the games using p5.js. I released a tutorial series which I reference frequently in this blog on my website where I go through the evolution of games, so starting with Pong - 1972 then Space Race - 1973, etc.

But it is nice to come home and spend an evening coding something a little more fun. Just a quick note, I'm not actually a game developer my day-to-day is mainly coding large enterprising Java apps. So if you're completely new to programming or you're a Senior Dev many years into programming enterprising systems this blog should help you along your way into starting out with some game dev, or at the very least motivate you to give it a go. Coding doesn't get much more fun than coding up a game, there's something so satisfying about making stuff move on the screen, it's just bloody brilliant.