Turbo Speed

Developed by Alexander Philippopoulos

About

Turbo Speed is a 2D arcade-style game in which you drive a yellow car on a busy road. Your goal is to avoid traffic and survive for as long as possible. The longer you survive, the faster and more frequent cars will come. This was my first ever game I developed, and I am very proud of it for starting my interest in game development.

Controls

Move: Arrow Keys

Programming

When programming this game, I used C# as my main programming language with Visual Studio IDE. I used Microsofts XNA framework with MonoGame, built with the pre-built class DrawableGameComponent, to create custom classes for my game. I used many other classes, such as SpriteBatch for rendering sprites, and Vector2 for allocating different positions for objects. Since MonoGame is a framework and not an engine, I had to hardcode everything, including transforms and rendering. I also had to code certain algorithms, such as random spawn points for enemy cars and car spawn frequency.

Design

When designing this game, I had to come up with a way to make the game enjoyable. My idea was to make the game progress harder as the level went on. To do this, I programmed an algorithm that made cars go faster and spawn more frequently as time progressed. I also made an algorithm that randomized where cars would spawn, making them spawn in less predictable areas. Since this was my first game, I didn't have a good idea as to how I could make them game fair. Because of this, I accidentally made this game a little too hard. I realized that game design is something totally different from just programming, which is what I kept in mind as I continue to develop more games in the future.

Artwork and Music

The various images and sounds used in my game were all taken from Google. 

Source Code

https://github.com/aphilippopoulos248/TurboSpeed