Needed Assets
For our Asteroids-like game, Geo Blaster Basic, we will need some very simple game graphics, including:
A solid black background.
A player ship that will rotate and thrust (move on a vector) across the game screen. There will be two frames of animation for this ship: a “static” frame and a “thrust” frame.
A saucer that flies across the screen and shoots at the player.
Some “rocks” for the player to shoot. We will use a simple square as our rock.
There are two different methods we can employ to draw the graphics for our game: bitmap images or paths. For the game in this chapter, we will focus on using paths. In Chapter 9, we will explore how to manipulate bitmap images for our game graphics.
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