{"author_name":"oolealealealea","cat":"October Challenge 2013","comments":[],"epoch":1381130040,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"37782","p_author":"oolealealealea","p_authorkey":"505330","p_urlkey":"73398","p_title":"Day 8: Star Dust","p_cat":"October Challenge 2013","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1381130040","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"505330","us_name":"oolealealealea","us_username":"oolealealealea","event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;m looking for a new title for the game. Got one, but need to research more to see if it&#8217;s available: STAR DUST. I tried some fonts and I think I&#8217;ll use the one called Ruslan Display.<\/p>\n <p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bigosaur.com\/blog\/images\/stardust.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n <p>I polished the algorithm for alien explosions today. I&#8217;m also thinking how will the enemy waves look like. There would be 10 waves of enemies, and then a boss and after that the game would speed up a little bit and some new enemies would be introduced. At each tenth level (10,20,30&#8230;) there would be a new, unique boss. This algorithm would repeat until player dies. The speed would be capped at 2x starting speed as it seems to me that takes a lot of effort to play if you want to destroy all aliens.<\/p>\n <p>And then, there will be powerups. Here are current ideas:<\/p>\n <p><b>Time limited, collectible during game:<\/b><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>shield (sits at bottom of the screen, protects against one alien going through)<\/li>\n <li>score multiplier boost (x2)<\/li>\n <li>rapid fire (just hold your finger down and move around)<\/li>\n <li>mega bomb (destroy all aliens on screen)<\/li>\n <li>hyperdrive (skip 10 waves of enemies, but gain points as if you destroyed them)<\/li>\n <li>gallactic ninja (cut enemies with a jedi sword &#8211; fruit ninja style)<\/li>\n <li>auto reload (auto reload lasers)<\/li>\n <li>spread fire (fire 3 or 4 lasers at the same time)<\/li>\n <li>extra life (start game with 4 lives)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><b>Permanent, can be upgraded between plays:<\/b><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>rapid fire duration<\/li>\n <li>shield duration<\/li>\n <li>galactic ninja duration<\/li>\n <li>auto reload duration<\/li>\n <\/ul>","time":"October 7th, 2013 2:14 am","title":"Day 8: Star Dust"}