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PANG! a Tribute

I discovered Game Maker 8 the other day.

I have found it to be quite a simple system to use, and I think it would be fantastic for giving kids an entry into game development.

While it does support it’s own scripting language, GML, it also has a “Drag and Drop” style interface.  It is simple and intuitive to use, although some logic is required to solve some issues that would be really simple by just adding a script.

I decided to make a 1 level tribute to an arcade game that I spent WAY too much time and money(at 20 cents a pop) playing.

PANG! is a simple game where you are a little guy that has to shoot a giant ball.  When that ball is shot, it splits into 2 smaller balls, which in turn split into 2 smaller balls.  The level is complete once you clear the balls from the screen.  Your life count will decrease when you are hit by a ball or bomb, or when you shoot a bomb.

You can make shooting the balls easier by collecting power-ups, which make your “bullet” wider.

Once I started making my little version of PANG! I had already purchased the Pro version of Game Maker 8, but I decided to see if I could successfully make a single level of the game, using only the standard(free) version features, and no scripting.

The sprites were sourced from Game Sprite Archive.

Please see the link below if you want to check it out:

PANG! exe file for Windows [Download]

PANG! GM8 Source Files [Download]

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