In this challenge, I have to create a projectile that would lock on the nearest enemy and home in on it to destroy the enemy. Create a homing projectile that seeks the closest target. Turn into a rare powerup. I’ve broken this challenge into three sections. The Player that stores…

In this challenge article, I need to create a system where the player presses a key that would attract all of the powerups on the screen towards the player. And I figured this would be a great way to utilize the energy system that I created. When the “C” key…

Hi there everyone, back with another article based on challenges that are part of the GameDevHQ Space Shooter Phase 2 Challenges. I have four separate challenges, but they all require one basic principle and from the title of the article you’ve guessed that it’s rays or better put a Raycast. …

In this challenge, I have to create a system where some enemies spawn more often than others and the same for the powerups where things like ammo would spawn more often and things like the triple-shot would spawn less often. Create a balanced spawning system between enemies and pickups. …

It is time to bring another enemy into our game, and this one has quite a few curveballs. Create enemy types that can fire & damage the player. Create enemy type with unique projectile (ie. Laser beam, heat-seeking, etc) Unique Movement Behaviour (zig-zag, wave, etc) In a previous challenge, I…

Another day and another challenge, but this one will affect the player in a negative way. Today’s challenge is to create a negative powerup. Create a powerup that negatively affects the player. This is another one of those really easy to implement features since we have a modular powerup system…

Welcome to the Phase 2 set of challenges. This new set of challenges are more challenging with lots of planned goodies in store to share with you guys. The first challenge is to create a new enemy movement. Enable the enemies to move in a new way, either from side…

When I wrote the article for the secondary fire powerup I needed a way to test the weapon without playing for long times to get enough energy. I decided to implement my first “cheat” into the game, but this would only be for testing purposes, but I also wouldn’t want…

The time has come to wrap up Phase 1 challenges and this one is a breeze compared to the others. Today I’ll be implementing a camera shake when the player takes damage. When the player takes damage, provide a subtle camera shake. Creating the Camera Shake Since we’re working with the camera, I decided…