Challenge #9 - Character Path Controller

[kevin]

Challenge #9 - Character Path Controller

  This challenge your goal is create some path controller code that will allow a series of 10 characters (or more if you like) to follow a pre-defined path.   The characters in the group should follow the path in single file.  Much like you'd see in old school shoot-em-ups.
   


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Dead Line

Anytime before the next ice age

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[Rembrandt Q Einstein]

hmm, that's an interesting one.  I'll have to give it a try this week.  This'll bring me back to my Gradius III days ;) 

[Rembrandt Q Einstein]

Here's what I did for enemy path movement.  I also wanted to take the opportunity to play with playbasic inheritance, so I used a lot of that.

I might add some other ways for ships to get to the next point (like vector movement), but I gotta get back to Leviathan, so I wouldn't count on it.

Edit: The lame art is all mine, one sound is Danny's, and two come from the new axis.

[kevin]

   Nice example,  very elaborate  :)

[Rembrandt Q Einstein]

Thanks, you never know when you'll want to make a horizonal shooter, so i spent some time to make it easy to expand on.  And I stole some code from Leviathan, like the particles.

BTW, high score 1635

[kevin]

 Here's a library to help users create paths for characters to navigate.

Movement Path Library Example