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Walls Game

TODO:

• Add the actual wave definitions.
  • Spiky (special)
  • Normal corridor
  • Windy rapid corridor (special)
  • Normal corridor (doorways)
  • Rundown corridor (broken up walls)
• Different special modes
  • Gravity change mode (just flip screen)
  • Reversal
• Add announcements for special waves
• Add alternative side wall graphics
  • Just small changes - a door, window, torches etc.
• Add "levels"? (speed up over time)
• Add scoring (distance + num dodged walls)
• Add coins (bonus score)
  • Stored in waves in the WallTiming class
  • Explode on collect, mini gold particles with physics bounce around (with zPos...)
• Add game over sequence
• Big text for:
  • START!
  • NEW HIGH SCORE
  • GAME OVER
• notify:
  • TUNNEL ZONE INCOMING
  • UPSIDE DOWN MODE INCOMING
  • WAVE PASSED
  • NEXT WAVE...
  • !LEVEL UP! On wall pass:
  • MISSED cross
  • PERFECT
  • GREAT
  • AMAZING
  • ok hand
  • AWESOME
• For coins
  • COIN GET
  • MONEY
  • CASH PRIZE
  • DOSH HERE
• Big text overlays over itself, at slightly random angles and positions.
• Reversal mode
  • !!REVERSAL!!
  • CONTINUE
  • KEEP GOING
  • MOVE UP
• Don't delete tunnel chunks until z = like 5
• Slow down, stop. Then speed up back through 5-10. Slow down, stop. Back to normal.
• Add sound effects
  • Jump
  • Land sound
  • Ding of passing wall
  • Ding of picking up coin
  • Hurt sound
  • Death sound
  • Crouch sound
• Add music
• Add UI
  • Scoring
  • Lives
  • Level (speed)
• Game over menu (retry, back to menu)
• Main menu (play game, exit)
  • Show best score here
• Create player graphics
  • Run
  • Run left
  • Run right
  • Turn direction
  • Crouch
  • Crouch left
  • Crouch right
  • Jump
  • Jump crouch
  • Land
  • Hit wall
  • Die
  • Stand still (before level start)

TODO (tidy up)

• Tidy code
• Look for memory leaks. Make sure disposal is correct (texture2ds in particular) Move solidWhite to only get created once

Done:

• Set up player and wall objects
• wall array
• Render player
• Add player controls
• Create walls over time
• Update wall positions
• Render walls to screen
• Add basic wall shape
• Add nice graphics for wall shape
• Add wall collision (is Z same as player)
• Slight Y axis shift with markers
• Get an "editor" view, for creating and aligning wall blueprints.
• Add "waves" of defined wall spawns (timing, types)
• Define all required wall blueprints
• Hurdle (low)
• Hurdle (high)
  • Low wall (need to crouch)
  • Left door
  • Middle door
  • Right door
  • Centred hole
  • Left and top covered
  • Right and top covered
  • Central pole (stand on either side)
  • Spikes left
  • Spikes right
  • Spikes up
  • Spikes down
  • DECORATIVE:
    • Cobwebs in corners
• Create graphics for walls
• Add walls and ceiling and floor scrolling effect textures