[Java] G-Arena
("Gladiators" Single-arena Demo)
One Friday I suddenly looked back over the Gladiators material and thought that it was actually quite nice, and that I'd like to do something further with it.
That weekend was then taken up coding G-Arena, a limited prototype demo thingy of the game concept. It isn't really complete in any way, but you can at least shoot enemies and die trying to avoid them. Their movement code is rubbish, so they all cluster together, and they're too strong. It's vaguely amusing seeing if you can kill the entire first (and only) wave without getting the 'you have died' message over your head. Another incomplete thing is that you don't actually die, you just get pushed backwards - but it does tell you when you're meant to be dead.
Oh, and the sprite art took me a 3rd day to do. NEVER underestimate how much time artwork takes, even for minuscule sprites. Coding is far faster than drawing.
[Download the demo].
