Inspiration
I love Super Mario as a kid and I played the recently released game Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Those were amazing games. So I went with the genre of Platformer for my game.
What it does
It is a simple game such as Super Mario played using WASD Space or Arrow keys
How I built it
I built it using Javascript as the base on Code.org. Then I built a website on vs code to make look all clean and whatnot.
Challenges we ran into
There were many challenges I had run into.
One major challenge was to make the level with sprites manually as I couldn't find a way to just insert a picture made in photoshop and use that.
Another challenge was making the jump function. You would think it's easy. Just make it go up the "y" value. Hahaha... Yea no. I had to make a special jump function that would jump only if it touches the level barrier and not just jump infinitely.
The last challenge I faced was checkpoints. I didn't know how to implement checkpoints into my game so I came up with this:
Place checkpoints at locations Make groups for each section of traps between the checkpoints If I touch a trap and depending on the group it will send me back to the checkpoint associated with the trap.
Of course, I face more challenges but they were minor and you would spend more time reading than playing my game.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
It works, I like it, and It took a shorter time than expected.
What we learned
I had to learn way more about javascript than I knew. I knew the very basics of HTML5 so I learned a lot.
What's next for The Simplest Hardest Game
The next thing I want is to make more levels. Maybe better graphics and animation. Again I had a day to make this so everything can be better.
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