Metal Slug

Project Overview

The objective of the game is to destroy the enemies and reach the end of the map. Enemies have set health and also shoot projectiles at the user. There are 8 types of enemies which all have unique projectiles, sounds, and death animations. These include both land and flying units. Sprite animation and projectile explosion animations are also options.

Features

Player

Move two dimensionally around map
- w - Up
- a - Left
- s - Crouch
- d - Right
- spacebar - Jump
Attack
- j - Knife
- k - Shoot bullets
- l - Shoot grenades
Other
- Victory animations
- Periodic reload animations

Enemies

Units
- Airship
- Helicopter
- Mecha Robot
- Scientist
- Tank
- Reinforced Tank
- UFO
- Zombie Macro
Unique sound, projectile, and death animations for enemies

Other

Side scrolling map
Scoreboard
Player jump shoot
Player crouch shoot
Player shoot up
p - pause
o - resume

Development

The sound and image capability is powered by the EZ Graphics Library. The game is built on four classes.

Enemy
Initializer
Player
Projectile

The Enemy class controls all functions and features relating to all enemies. The Initializer class controls background music, map generation, and the options screen. The Player class controls all actions involving the player such as collision, animation, and states. The Projectile class controls all projectiles for both the player and all enemies.

Source: https://github.com/nathancy/Metal-Slug

Video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85yrW6rgm-s