It’s been a while since I have had chance to work on any project, and with the demands of two toddlers, it going to be hard for me to do anything really interesting. With that in mind, I have decided to recreate some of my favourite 2D games as a means to keep my skills fresh and educate myself better with my too lset.
So for my first project I decided to make a clone of Arkanoid a game made by Tatio in 1986. The game extend Atari’s Breakout by adding power-ups, more varied levels and boss fights.
So hopefully with 10-15 hours with agreed “protected” time a week I hope to recreate the core mechanics of the game and then later add to or expand upon them. I also blog about some of my design choices and issues in the off chance someone might find it useful