joeaoregan / lit-yr4-platformgamedevelopment

Cross-platform C++ Cocos2d-x game with social media and analytics

Platform Digital Game Development

Joe O'Regan (K00203642)

Year 4 (2017/18), Semester 8

BSc Computing (Games Design and Development)

Limerick Institute of Technology

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Cocos2d-x Space Game

Side-scrolling 2D Space Shooter

Using SDKBox and Google Analytics

28/04/2018

Cross-platform C++ game for Win32/Android created using Cocos2d-x created for the Platform Games Development module of year-four of Games Design and Development course using the Space Game tutorial at raywenderlich.com as a starting point.

The game includes Google Analytics and Google Play Services Leaderboards and Achievements.

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Additions:

• Changed backing track
• Added music player (Image 11, 12)
• HUD for Level, Score, and Timer (Image 3)
• Additional level and menu scenes (Image 3)
• Added direction controls for mobile (Image 4)
• Double laser weapon (Image 5)
• Lives indicated with icons (Image 6)
• Additional enemies (Image 7)
• High scores table (Image 8)
• Power ups
• Added status bars (Image 13)
• Boss Enemy (Image 14)
• Connect to Google Play (Image 15)
• Analytics (Image 16)
• Leaderboards (Image 17)
• Achievements (Image 18, 19)
• Improved Menu (Image 20)

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Videos:

Space Quest Trailer Youtube

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Screenshots:

Space Quest 1: Splash Screen

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Space Shooter 2: Original raywenderlich.com tutorial

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Space Quest 3: Added Level Number, Score, Timer, and keyboard movement

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Space Quest 4: Mobile control pad (Dpad (EasyArrowsx-3.0, Jordon Brown), changes made)

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Space Quest 5: Double Lasers

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Space Quest 6: Enemies

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Space Quest 7: Level 2, score and lives carry over from previous level, and background changes

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Space Quest 8: High Scores Table, displays up to ten scores, and indicates when a new high score is a achieved

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Space Quest 9: The high score is displayed in the menu

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Space Quest 10: Multiple Laser Weapon allows from 1 to 4 beams to be fired

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Space Quest 11: Added music controls to add to menu and game scenes

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Space Quest 12: Additional Enemies, with different laser spawning/weapons firing functions, and rotating Asteroids

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Space Quest 13: Added status bars for enemy health bars etc.

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Space Quest 14: Enemy Boss - DerpStar - with rotating laser canons

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Space Quest 15: Sign into Google Play functionality added using SDKBox

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Space Quest 16: Google Analytics achievements recorded as events (SDKBox support added)

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Space Quest 17: Leaderboards

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Space Quest 18: Pop up achievements

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Space Quest 19: Achievements

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Space Quest 20: Leaderboards and Achievements accessed from Main Menu

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Links:

Tutorials Used:

RayWenderlich: Cocos2d-x Tutorial for Beginners

RayWenderlich: Cocos2D-X Tutorial for iOS and Android: Space Game