[F8] [Release] Junk Collector

[ImprisonedPride]

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What sort of function do you use, pray-tell, to create that starry background?

[mickm]

For the stary background here is what I did.

1. Created a 2x2 pixel star. Named it Star and exported it for actionscript.
2. In my main code I have the following Code

var Star_Holder : Object = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("StarClip", _root.getNextHighestDepth());

function Star_Create(){
		for (stars=0;stars<100;stars++) {
		var _temp : Array = Util_MakeRandomPos();
		depth = Star_Holder.getNextHighestDepth();
		var s = StarClip.attachMovie("Star", "Star_" + depth, depth);
		s._x = _temp[0];
		s._y = _temp[1];
		s.Die = Math.round(1 + Math.random() * 10);
		s.gotoAndStop(2);
		s.onEnterFrame=function(){
			this._alpha -= this.Die;
			
			if (this._alpha < 0 || this._alpha > 100)
				this.Die *= -1;
		}
	}
}

It's pretty simple but gives a very nice effect.

[ImprisonedPride]

Wow, yeah that works really well. I have to work now, but I'm going to try to add a chunk of code later to randomly give it either a (very) light red/blue/yellow/white tint so it looks more gassy like you'd really see in the night sky. Thank's a lot for that code mickm.

[trogdor458]

hmmm, using point to vector hittests makes it as easy to dodge big asteroids as small ones

nice noetheless

[xtrava]

Very nice game. Excellent work =]

[trogdor458]

make the stars move...its not hard to make a starfield in photoshop (which i just happen to have), would you like me to send such an image, or do you prefer getting them oof google?

[Captain_404]

An interesting addition might be that if you don't get junk for long enough, you start to lose energy, once you lose energy, you die. I suppose then that running into an asteroid would also make you lose only a certain amount of energy.

nice addictive-type gameplay, but definitely add sound, fast-paced music specifically.

keep it up!