Space Squirrel! A 2D Shooter

Here is my modified 2D Shooter project!

In this game, you play as a space rat who is combatting aliens who are trying to bring him back to his home planet after he had previously escaped to earth.

My modifications to the game are as follows:

1. Re-skinned the player and its projectiles as the space squirrel, and made animations for them with a sprite sheet. The player is now a purple glowing squirrel, who shoots purple acorns. Additionally, I changed the shooting and death sounds for the player.

2. Additionally, I re-skinned the background and barriers of the game, to make the setting make sense for the story. Instead of space with asteroid barriers, the game now takes place in a meadow, presumably on Earth, with a chain link fence as the boundary.

3. My final modification was adding 2 additional levels, so that there were 5 levels total. I also reworked the levels I had already made, so that there was a clear progression of difficulty as the game moved on. The final two levels sharply increase in difficulty , while the first 3 are relatively straightforward and allow the players to learn the game.

Finally, I also redid some of the UI elements, although I wouldn't necessarily consider that as one of my modifications. I added instructions for the game, and also updated the level picker UI and the title slide of the game. 

I hope you enjoy!!

Credits:

Game designed by Carter Brown.

Player, player projectiles, background and boundary sprites by Carter Brown.

Player shoot and death audio by Carter Brown.

The rest of the sprites, audios, scripts, and assets were provided by the Instructor Brian Winn from Michigan State University.