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Invading Space Aliens
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 6:53 pm
by JHPJHP
Re: Invading Space Aliens
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 6:57 pm
by JHPJHP
I was board, and due to the lack of a programming direction, I present
Invading Space Aliens
- based on the classic
Space Invaders game; the Hello World of game programming
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Updated:
- added a couple additional image and sound effects
Re: Invading Space Aliens
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 12:05 am
by IdeasVacuum
Love it!

Re: Invading Space Aliens
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:18 am
by davido
Excellent.
Thank you for sharing.
Re: Invading Space Aliens
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 7:56 am
by falsam
Yes, this is Excellent. Thank you so much for sharing.
Re: Invading Space Aliens
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 8:55 am
by #NULL
very nice!
btw, thats how they might look like:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/v2mdE
Re: Invading Space Aliens
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 1:02 pm
by djes
Nice, works like a charm !
Re: Invading Space Aliens
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 5:04 pm
by JHPJHP
Hi IdeasVacuum, davido, falsam, #NULL, and djes,
Thank you for your kind words, as always they were very much appreciated
#NULL, thank you for the link... animating those images, now that would be a cool game.
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Updated:
- squashed some bugs
- optimized parts of the code
Re: Invading Space Aliens
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 5:28 pm
by BasicallyPure
Nice game, thanks for the code.
Tip for Linux users: Change the folder names form "Images" to "images" and "Sounds" to "sounds".
Because Linux is case sensitive for paths and file names it will not run until you do this.
Re: Invading Space Aliens
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:44 pm
by JHPJHP
Hi BasicallyPure,
You are most welcome, and thank you for the information about Linux.
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Updated:
- renamed folders to work in Linux; suggested by BasicallyPure
- added score board effects, including free player every 10000 points
- added additional sound effects
- applied some minor improvements
- squashed a bug
NB*: Previously missed one of the most iconic sound effects; player shooting.
Re: Invading Space Aliens
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 11:16 pm
by Kwai chang caine
All my youth....the first great game i sea in a bar table
Since this time, i never forget it, and always love the space invader.
Thanks a lot for this splendid one

Re: Invading Space Aliens
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 12:53 am
by JHPJHP
Hi Kwai chang caine,
You are very much welcome.
I think a lot of the people in this forum are around the same age of old

.. Earlier I found myself playing the game, just for the nostalgia of yesterday.
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Updated:
- added a background
- refined Player and Alien bullets
- applied some minor improvements
Re: Invading Space Aliens
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 1:23 am
by falsam
Kwai chang caine wrote:All my youth....the first great game i sea in a bar table
see (saw). Not sea ("Mer" in French)
Me too, this is the first game i saw in a bowling with the same visual. Thanks.
Google+ #PureBasic
Re: Invading Space Aliens
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:00 am
by Michael Vogel
Hey fellows, I remember "Scramble" (totally booring) and "Pengo" (funnier than pacman) later as well, but Space invaders is the best
Thanks JHPJHP for spending this gift to us! Weird, just few weeks ago I wrote this game for a very smart watch (
see here)

Re: Invading Space Aliens
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 10:42 pm
by JHPJHP
Hi falsam and Michael Vogel,
I am glad the game triggered some fond memories.
Thank you both for commenting.
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Updated:
- added Pause (Enter key)
- snuck-in a few updates (see my last post)
- applied some minor code improvements