Controls: Arrow keys for movement z to focus move x to shoot c to use the good special shot v to use the other special shot Work began 5/16/2018 and basically ended 5/24/2018. I have beaten both of the plane games, and I'd say the original was more difficult but this one has more scoring options.
To think, I joined Scratch nearly 5 years ago at this point. One of the very first projects I made (and also one of the few that were "completed") is the Plane Game. I worked with @masterhalt on that project, and it's actually somewhat fun still to go back and play because of the sheer difficulty of the last bosses. Here, at the end of my high school career, for one final project, I'm remaking Plane Game with a different friend of mine, @notzach. The coding will be a lot better and overall this project should be more enjoyable than the original, but we are taking heavy inspiration for much of the design from the original. As of now it's not complete, but I hope you enjoy the game. You know, looking back on it, the old plane game was much harder since your whole plane was the hitbox. Here is a list of inspirations/design choice from the original: - Music from Raiden (but remixed this time) - Two player planes, one with more health, and the other objectively better in every way (smaller hitbox, faster movement and shots). - Lame title screen with the objective and "press s to start." - Bad plane selection programming, where "1" gives the first plane, and literally anything else gives the 2nd plane by default. - Basic enemy phase that continues to spawn through bossfights. - HP system is one life with a lot of health, and you can collect more lives or powerups that continue to fall. - Two bomb options, a good one that explodes and blocks bullets, and a spread shot one. The spread shot got nerfed hard in this game, in the old one it could deal insane damage with point blank aiming. - The three plane bosses, one with random spread shots, the other with aimed cluster shots, and The Swarm. The Swarm is largely the same concept from the first one actually, with a set of random and a set of aimed shots. - Ridiculous HP scaling of the bosses. Original:HD compared, it's 50:75 , 80:150, 100:200, and then three final bosses with 300:300. - The attacks of the 3 final bosses, with one designed to freeze, one designed to disable your cannon, and the other to deal damage. - The 3 final bosses looking stylistically different than other bosses (the original had UFOs, this one has calculators). - Scrolling yellow text for credits on a space background.
