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is it possible to make a 2d pixel shooter

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:13 am
by poopooheadcow
hi
i want to make a game cute 2d pixel shooter kind of game with pixel blood and stuff and was wondering if it is possible to make a game like that? :)

Re: is it possible to make a 2d pixel shooter

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:40 am
by T-Bone
Yes, of course. From your vague description, I think LÖVE is probably a great tool for making a game like that.

Re: is it possible to make a 2d pixel shooter

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:10 am
by poopooheadcow
can it also have stuff like unlocking thing and achievements

Re: is it possible to make a 2d pixel shooter

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:16 am
by coffee
poopooheadcow wrote:can it also have stuff like unlocking thing and achievements
You should stop asking if it's possible to do each thing of your game. Because if you search forum before asking you will find fast answers. If you want do a shooter game search "shooter" or "shoot'em up", if want add achievments search "achievements" and so on. Also important is see Wiki for tutorials, ready made libraries and other games examples (some a bit outdated) too
https://love2d.org/wiki

About achievements (only needed to search search.php?keywords=Achievements first)
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=9286

Welcome to LOVE!

Re: is it possible to make a 2d pixel shooter

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:22 am
by poopooheadcow
i dont think i can find anything on how to make a 2d shooter in love2D i searched in the forums

Re: is it possible to make a 2d pixel shooter

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:57 am
by Zeliarden
Also important is see Wiki for tutorials
try the video tutorials

Re: is it possible to make a 2d pixel shooter

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:10 pm
by GijsB
poopooheadcow wrote:i dont think i can find anything on how to make a 2d shooter in love2D i searched in the forums
i think this will help you ;)

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3633

Re: is it possible to make a 2d pixel shooter

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 2:12 pm
by Lafolie
I think you're approaching this from the wrong perspective. Instead of looking up "how to make a 2d space shooter" or whatnot, you should be looking for the things that make up this game.

You should learn stuff like how to take input and move a sprite around, how to have a scrolling level, how to create a list (table) of bullets and maintain it (remove 'dead' bullets etc)... the basic stuff that makes up the gameplay. This kind of information is widely available, and even though any given tutorial may be based on a shoot 'em up you will find that lots of the information is relevant to you still.

Hope this helps.

Re: is it possible to make a 2d pixel shooter

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 4:36 pm
by qaisjp
No it isn't, a 2 pixel shooter is too small. :crazy:

Re: is it possible to make a 2d pixel shooter

Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:01 am
by T-Bone
Also, avoid asking "how do I do x?". Instead, ask "how do I want x to work?". Then, just tell the computer how it should do it.