Zombie Mower Alpha Notes PART 2: Revenge Of The Red Pen

So, I've taken care of 8 out of the 25 notes listed. Other things I am still in the process of completing, like bigger obstacles and shadows for other objects. Most I cannot do alone, like the visual to signify the store.  Also, there needs to be a 'Helper Death' Animation and animations for 'Flying Zombies'... if not I could just remove that aspect of the game all together.  I was thinking that a 'nuke power up' is already the 'push zombie wall back' upgrade.

In the meantime, everybody should look for royalty-free sound effects and fonts and maybe we can vote on the best ones next class.

Next Version of Zombie Mower

I just emailed everybody the latest version of Zombie Mower. 'Game Over' works now. The store actually uses the correct prices. The only issues are:

• When the helper mowers die and/or are bought again from the store.
• Main Menu before the game starts.

Also, I forgot to turn off the money and level debugging. so money is based at $1000 as apposed to 10 and 2 pick ups as apposed to 25.

Example of Backgrounds

Just so everybody knows, the layout for the backgrounds for our game should be similar to this. It is from a game called 'Lucha Fury'. Its a 2-D side scrolling brawler. Just imagine the characters as the mower and the enemies as the zombies/humans

Gameplay as of Week 3

Here is an unedited gameplay video for 'Zombie Mower'.
Gameplay that has been implemented:

• Mower Movement
• Zombie Interaction (Magenta Squares)
• Human Interaction (Cyan Squares)
• Power Ups (Blue Squares).  So far the only 'power up' is money acquisition.
• Obstacle Interaction (Red Squares).  This needs to be a lot more dramatic.
• Zombie Wall Interaction (Purple Wall). Not shown very much during this video.
• Store To Purchase Upgrades. 

Some of the only things left to add are the Title Menu and a Game Over condition.