Top-down Shooter With Sprite Sheets
A Top-Down Shooter With Sprite Sheets and Sprite Animation
Top-down Shooter With Sprite Sheets Documentation

This game is identical to the Top-Down Shooter Prototype with the addition of sprite sheets and animated ant sprites.

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Most of the sprites come from a single sprite sheet:

spritesheet.png

The ant walk cycle is read from a sprite sheet containing four side-by-side frames.

ant.png

The ant walk cycle is a simple tripod, that is, three legs remain in contact with the floor at all times.

antwalk2.gif

Keyboard Controls

Key
Action
F1 Help (this document)
F2 Toggle frame rate display
Up arrow Move forwards when pressed
Down arrow Retreat when pressed
Left arrow Rotate counterclockwise when pressed
Right arrow Rotate clockwise when pressed
Space Shoot
A Strafe left
D Strafe right
Backspace Restart game
PrtScr (hold down) Save screenshot to a PNG file

X-Box Controller

Control
Action
Right Trigger Forward speed
Right Thumb Rotation speed and direction
Right Button Shoot
DPad Left Strafe left
DPad Right Strafe right

The LARC Engine

This code uses the LARC Engine and is part of the LARC Code Base.