Retro Space Shooter - Milestone 1 Complete! 🚀

A retro-style top-down space shooter built with Phaser.js featuring smooth 8-directional movement, enemy waves, and explosive action!

• ✅ Player Ship with smooth 8-directional movement (WASD or Arrow Keys)
• ✅ Shooting System with mouse click or spacebar
• ✅ Enemy Spawning with progressive difficulty
• ✅ Two AI Patterns: Straight down and sine wave movement
• ✅ Collision Detection for bullets vs enemies and player vs enemies
• ✅ Health System with 3 lives and invulnerability frames
• ✅ Explosion Effects with 5-frame animation
• ✅ Parallax Background with 2 scrolling layers
• ✅ Score System with high score persistence
• ✅ Game Over State with restart functionality
• ✅ Sound Effects for shooting, hits, and explosions

npm install    # First time only
npm start      # Starts server on http://localhost:8080

Then open your browser to: http://localhost:8080

• Movement: WASD or Arrow Keys (8-directional)
• Shoot: Hold Spacebar or Hold Left Mouse Button
• Restart: Press Space or Click after Game Over

• Destroy enemies to increase your score
• Avoid colliding with enemies (you have 3 lives)
• After taking damage, you get 2 seconds of invulnerability (ship flashes)
• Enemy spawn rate increases over time
• Try to beat your high score!

space-shooter/
├── assets/
│   ├── sprites/        # Player, enemies, projectiles
│   ├── effects/        # Explosion animations
│   ├── backgrounds/    # Parallax layers
│   └── sounds/         # Audio files
├── src/
│   ├── entities/
│   │   ├── Player.js       # Player ship class
│   │   ├── Enemy.js        # Enemy AI
│   │   └── Projectile.js   # Bullet class
│   ├── scenes/
│   │   ├── BootScene.js      # Asset loading
│   │   ├── GameScene.js      # Main gameplay
│   │   └── GameOverScene.js  # Game over screen
│   ├── utils/
│   │   └── Config.js      # Game constants
│   └── main.js           # Game initialization
├── index.html
├── package.json
├── GAME_SPEC.md         # Full game specification
└── README.md

All targets achieved:

• ✅ Smooth, responsive player movement
• ✅ Satisfying shooting mechanics with audio feedback
• ✅ Two distinct enemy movement patterns
• ✅ Fair collision detection with visual feedback
• ✅ 5+ minutes of engaging gameplay
• ✅ Progressive difficulty that keeps players engaged
• ✅ Complete game loop: Play → Die → Restart

• Player: ship1.png from SpaceShipShooter pack
• Enemies: enemy-small-1.png, enemy-small-2.png from SpaceShipShooter pack
• Projectile: laser-bolt1.png from SpaceShipShooter pack

• Explosions: 5-frame animation from SpaceShipShooter pack

• Far Layer: blue-back.png from Space Background Pack
• Star Layer: blue-stars.png from Space Background Pack

• Shoot: shot 1.wav
• Hit: hit.wav
• Explosion: explosion.wav

All assets from Legacy Collection with proper licensing.

Edit src/utils/Config.js to tweak gameplay:

Config.player.speed = 200;        // Player max speed
Config.player.maxLives = 3;       // Starting lives
Config.player.shootDelay = 200;   // Milliseconds between shots
Config.enemy.spawnDelay = 2000;   // Milliseconds between waves
Config.projectile.speed = 400;    // Bullet speed

Coming in Milestone 2:

• 🔫 3-tier weapon upgrade system
• 💎 4 types of power-ups
• 👾 Medium and large enemy types
• 🎯 Combo scoring system with multipliers
• 🪨 Asteroid obstacles
• 🎨 Enhanced parallax with planets
• 📊 Complete UI overhaul

See GAME_SPEC.md for the complete roadmap!

None! Milestone 1 is complete and fully playable.

The game is designed for ~5 minutes of engaging arcade action. Key features:

• Responsive controls feel tight and precise
• Enemy variety keeps gameplay interesting
• Progressive difficulty maintains challenge
• Score system encourages replays
• Sound design provides satisfying feedback

Game is ready for playtesting and feedback!

Assets from Legacy Collection. Code is MIT licensed.

Milestone 1 Status: ✅ COMPLETE AND PLAYABLE

Ready to start Milestone 2? Let's add power-ups, more enemy types, and combo scoring!