Android 05. Retro levels and new patch

After the feedback, the next task for us is to create more content and levels for the game my approach to tackling this task is to use old retro game elements, and the first two levels is based on Pong and Tetris.

Pong-level design and Pong obstacles

Exclamation marks show where the pong ball and paddles spawn

The first map I created is the Pong level, where the player's task is to avoid the pong paddles and the ball, otherwise, when a collision occurs, the player lost one of his life. The pong game is played by itself. The player is only able to control the spaceship. When the Pong ball hits something its speed is increasing until it reaches the maximum speed limit. The player has to survive this map for 30 seconds to complete it.

Tetris-level design and blocks

The second level is the Tetris level, where the player's task is to avoid the Tetris blocks which are designed and colored based on the original(colored) version of it. This level is simple, but the increasing amount of blocks and spawn time can be challenging, especially because the player must survive a minute on it to complete the level.

New features

Laser Power-up

Since the last update, we added some new power-ups such as Laser and homing missiles which is targets the closest enemy to the player and on impact deal damage to it. We changed the power-up system and instead of having permanent ones, every power-up has a limited time to be active making the game more balanced instead of being either too difficult or too easy.

The power-up icons are changed from the 3D design to 2D sprites with a graphic on it so it is easier to recognize what it is intended to do, additionally when the player picks up any power-up a text pop-up with the describing name.

Pop-up text for the power-up

New power-up icons

Thank you for reading!