Breakout is released ...and it's awful [razz]. The sound effect I've used is annoying, the collision detection isn't perfect and there are proably a bunch of other things wrong with it. But otherwise it's done. I know this is lazy but due to a lack of detailed planning it all went Pete Tong. Obviously I will take any criticism/suggestions on board so that this wasn't a complete disaster. The source code is also included if you want to take a look.

There are seven levels and you get a percentage score when you get Game Over or Game Complete. I playtested the game so I can guarantee that it's possible to get 100%. So after 14 days and 2955 lines of code I can safely say I have learnt something. Plan, plan and plan again. In particular I had problems with working out which parts of the code needed the same constants and variables and I'm sure I ended up declaring more than I needed.

Next, I will start on the Shmup with a detailed plan. I will try and write a rough draft (like the one for Breakout) tomorrow before I then go on and work out what classes I need etc. I will also have to look up (and will write small programs for) things I don't know how to do (eg scrolling). So this is going to be a reasonably big project. (I can't help but feel a bit silly saying this after Breakout [rolleyes]).

I also plan on reading up a bit to cover my lack of real computer science education.

Thanks for reading and I welcome any comments on Breakout.
-AEdmonds