Introducing Galactic Armada

This guide will help you create a classic shoot-em-up in RGBDS. This guide builds on knowledge from the previous tutorials, so some basic (or previously explained) concepts will not be explained.

Feature set

Here’s a list of features that will be included in the final product.

• Vertical Scrolling Background
• Basic HUD (via Window) & Score
• 4-Directional Player Movement
• Enemies
• Bullets
• Enemy/Bullet Collision
• Enemy/Player Collision
• Smooth Movement via Scaled Integers - Instead of using counters, smoother motion can be achieved using 16-bit (scaled) integers.
• Multiple Game States: Title Screen, Gameplay, Story State
• STAT Interrupts - used to properly draw the HUD at the top of gameplay.
• RGBGFX & INCBIN
• Writing Text