Cloudmouse

Cloudmouse

A new project for fun. I've implemented most of the core gameplay, but haven't yet put much thought into the level design and am still determining the goal of the game. Feedback/ideas welcome!

How to Play:
You can collect clouds by running into them and use them to destroy enemies. Collect the gold "cloud containers" to increase your maximum capacity.

Controls:
- Arrow keys to move
- X to drop a cloud
- Z to toggle the HUD

Open source! View the code for this game on GitHub:
https://github.com/matthewdimatteo/cloudmouse/blob/main/cloudmouse.p8

To Do:

• Determine the goal of the game
• Level design
• Add health refills
• Start and game-over screens
• Animate player and enemies
• Enemy death animation
• Maybe a more granular in-game clock
• Suggestions welcome!

Features Implemented:

• Collectible clouds and cloud containers that follow the player in a nifty pattern
• Collision between just about every object-pair combination, so you can collect clouds and containers that are on the map using the clouds and containers you've already collected, and defeat enemies by dropping clouds on them or by hitting them with your cloud trail
• "Sonic the Hedgehog"-style effect where getting hit by an enemy results in the player's collected clouds being lost and scattered about (and you can pick them back up again)
• Day/night cycle and in-game clock
• Dynamic healthbar (size and color)
• Dynamic HUD elements that adjust their positioning based on string length
• Minimap with current-screen indicator
• Map tile animation (the clouds bob up and down; containers sparkle)
• Code optimization! Function for drawing framed HUD elements of given size and position; function for randomly generating any type of object; function for displaying both clouds and cloud containers in the same pattern; function for drawing any instance of a table of objects; function for animating any object