Missile Commandeer Game (including Source)

First XNA game...done! It's an old school missile commander clone (only its CommandeEr, like pirates...ARRRR!!!). I spent extra time to maintain the original "cutting edge" graphics to make it a true classic. Check it out...

(I just added the screenshots, game and source code to my website)

Click here for the game

Improvements to come:

- MIRV missiles

- Extra lives

- High scores

- suggestions

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Missile Commandeer Game (including Source)

Kevin Rodgers
Thanks a lot for taking the time to do this, I (and the community) really appreciate you sharing the source code and making this great resource available.

Nice job and keep up the great work!
daat99

WOW,,,, so good...!!
werner m.
Very fun. Managed a little over 10K in the quick game I played. That was using a touchpad on my laptop so I can probably do better.
Potato K
Thanks for all the kickass feedback and suggestions so far guys. Keep em comin!!

This might be the last update for a while on Missile Commandeer since I'm itching to start on a new game. For this one, I'm retiring the old atari 2600 (tear!) and I'm breakin out my brand spanking new NES. Which game ...you'll just have to wait and see :)

New update for Missile Commandeer!

v1.2

IMPROVEMENTS
- Added XBOX 360 controller and vibrations
- You can pause the game now
- Ammo graphics added
- More gameplay and scoring tweaks
- Swapped out the bigger .dds files for smaller .png
BUG FIXES
- Level ends even if you keep firing like a madman
Download

See the first post for the most recent download links
poolg
is there a limit on the missles you can fire if so you should add something to show that
babu171
Well done, this is really quite adictive

One small comment, I was a bit of a dab hand on the original arcade version and the key was using the explosion to hit several missiles at one time. It would be good if you could make the explosion last a bit longer so that you could time your fire to destroy multiple warheads in one go.

Keep up the good work !.

Andy
penninha
Nice update, I especially like the MIRVs.

I haven't played it much but my top score is 16440 on level 18. I'm pretty sure that other people have done way better :)

I think the score penalty for hitting destroyed cities should be raised again. The problem that I
found was that even without much skill you can quite easily defend your last city especially if its
next to the cannon, this means its easy to play for a long time without dying or losing score(As you did in the previous version). I preferred the faster arcade action that could only last for a few minutes unless you were really, really good (like Jim Perry ;).

The reason I died that time was because I accidentally clicked on my desktop when trying to shoot at a missile going towards an edge city, it would be nice to be able to toggle to fullscreen mode.

I like the other improvements you've made though, I hope to get a chance to look at your code soon when I'm not so busy.

Thanks for making this available. Great stuff :)
ititrx
Big update for Missile Commandeer!

v1.1

IMPROVEMENTS
- Made title splash more retro stylie
- Extra City awarded every 5000 points
- Level displayed in bottom right
- Missiles that hit dead cities only take away 25 instead of 50 points
- Added MIRV missiles
- Gameplay and scoring tweaks
BUG FIXES
- 3rd defensive missile now explodes
- audioEngine.Update() to handle sound bug in XNA beta
- Incoming missiles stop when all cities are destroyed
Download

See the first post for most recent download links

And don't forget to post your recommendations, top level and high scores!
Jo&#227;o S. B.
OK, so I wasn't planning to work on this until my other game was done, but I had to update the game for beta 2. I think you'll like a few of the other features I threw in too.
Missile Commandeer - Beta 2

v2.0

IMPROVEMENTS

Converted to XNA Beta 2
Changed resolution to 800 x 600 and defaults to full screen (to toggle fullscreen, pause with P and hit F)
Added high scores
Made a sweet icon for the game
Added the BitmapFont class and took out the "ammo", "level" and "levelNumbers" textures
Added pause graphics
Yet more gameplay tweaks

BUG FIXES

Shortened MIRV delay time for higher levels
Controller only vibrates if you are using it
Moved animations from update to Draw method (for pausing)
Combined live city and dead city textures
Animations don't go back to first frame when finished
Explosion animation changed from sprite cube to sprite strip

Download

See the first post for updated download links
JGP
Very nice. This is the first XNA game that was really fun for me to play (Not that I've tried many). I really enjoyed the classic feel.
Definitely worth the download.

As for suggestions go, maybe you should display the level/wave no. the player is currently on.

This is really picky, and definitely not a major issue, but is would be nice if the splash screen texture did not get fuzzy round the edges when it is enlarged to retain the classic feel. As i said, not important :)

I did notice that the game gets stuck if you carry on firing missiles for a while after a level is finished. It doesn't change the score and just waits on an empty (no enemies) screen.

Also, on my computer if I fire 3 missiles in quick succession, one of them won't explode, the blue trail will just disappear as it reaches its end point.

Anyway, as i said, this game is really cool.
My top score so far is 6265 :)

Good work man!
Haff
Psssshhhh!!! Try 55K
TigerPhoenix

Very fun. I think I encountered the same issue with the missiles, but can't confirm since I was using my peripheral vision and didn't see what happened.

Should points really be taken off if a destroyed city is hit again It's not destroying anything, right

10890 first time out.
Bulldog.NET
Very nice! Thought I would just take a look at the source... ended up playing it for a half hour. .

Well done and thanks.

Knaut.
Amjath
Quick update. ...fixed a few things that were bugging me with the scores and when you get game over

Missile Commandeer - Beta 2

v2.1

IMPROVEMENTS
- MIRVS now make 4 missiles after level 10
- Added high scores display to pause menu
- Clicking outside the game (making it inactive) auto-pauses
BUG FIXES
- High scores sort before displaying
- Got rid of new Color for every DrawHighScore and AddHighScore call
- Changed high score "MASTERS" to "HALL OF FAME" ...it just sounded more impressive :)
- Fixed a lot of game over / high score issues
- Starting a new game goes straight into the game instead of splash
Download

See the first post for updated download links
Missile Commandeer Game (including Source)