arduboy/README.md

Spacemania 2000

This is the shooter game from the book HTML5 Games: Novice to Ninja by Sitepoint. You can find the book here.

I rewrote the game in C++ because I want to learn a new programming language and this seemed to be a nice way to practice.

Getting it yourself

The game is very unfinished at this point, but you can try it anyway. You'll have to compile it yourself.

Requirements

• Arduboy, Arduboy compatible device or emulator
• Arduino IDE
• Arduboy2 library
• Computer Start the Arduino IDE and load up arduboyTest.ino and send the game to your device.

Controls

• A = Start, shoot and restart
• B = Spawn enemy
• D-Pad = Move
• A + B = Reset game

TODO

• Automatic spawning of enemies
• Pauze menu
• Different stages of difficulty
• Music
• Background image
• Cleaner code