Mines and missiles have limited ammo now. I've also added a HUD. It's just text and it uses a TTF rather than a bitmap font. Bitmap fonts seem to be difficult in SFML. Supposedly, vertex arrays solve this problem but I haven't tried them yet.

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I realized that you can have outlines in TTF text, so no need for bitmap fonts.

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And yes, I also added tree tiles.

Updated the hud. Now, it displays which power up you have along with the ammo.

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Added lives to the HUD. Now it's actually starting to look like a game.

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Added a title screen, which is just black right now.

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Limo now shoots.

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Added a second level. It's just a desert version of the first one, but that's because I'm testing support for multiple levels.

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Added animated tiles (water).

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Added sound effects.

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Added a level start screen.

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Added a Game Over screen. Technically, it's been here for a while, but it was just red with no text.

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Added a level timer. I set it to 20 seconds just for debugging purposes. I probably plan on setting it to something like 400 seconds.

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Remaining time now gives you a bonus at the end of each level.

(EAR RAPE WARNING!!! I did not expect the sound to be this bad when repeating so frequently!)

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Added a menu. It's not centered yet.

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Centered the menu.

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Started to create a level editor for the game. All it can do right now is convert grass tiles to water on a blank (all grass) map.

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Surprisingly, development is going along fast. I think it's because there are no boss fights this time (I can't think how a Spy Hunter clone can have boss fights). The car physics is the only true challenge.

Level editor now supports all tile images which can be switched using the keyboard.

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@xianc78 (me, being helpful and supportive of a gamedev whos making good progress): HEY BRO, IS IT DONE YET?

@xianc78 a spyhunter clone?

@coolboymew Yes. I thought about doing another shmup, but I didn't want it to be about spaceships or planes this time, and I know next to nothing about "magical anime fairy/witch type shmups", so I went with the Spy Hunter route. The challenging part is dealing with car physics. Namely, bumping into other cars.

@xianc78 I love Spy Hunter. I had it on my Apple //c in the 80s.

@Rocket As a kid, I would play the flash version all the time on Midway's website.