power-ups<\/em>\u00a0not restarting when restarting the game.<\/li>\n\n\n\nI adjusted the spawn rates to improve the game experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\nGameplay Decisions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Sprites and Visual Design:<\/strong>\n
\n- I replaced the ball sprite with a custom chicken sprite.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- I created a custom texture for the “second chance”\u00a0power-up<\/em>\u00a0, using a heart symbol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- New Power-Up: Second Opportunity:<\/strong>\n
\n- Added a modifier that allows the ball to touch the bottom of the screen once without missing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- This\u00a0power-up<\/em>\u00a0has a visual effect that includes a green gradient in post-processing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Game Difficulty Balance:<\/strong>\n
\n- I adjusted the appearance rates of\u00a0power-ups<\/em>\u00a0to facilitate the overcoming of levels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- I increased the height of the palette and the size of the screen to accommodate progress bars and visual effects of the\u00a0power-ups<\/em>\u00a0.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Simplified Level Progression:<\/strong>\n
\n- I replaced the selection of levels by a progressive system (levels from 0 to 4).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- I implemented the logic to advance to the next level when all the bricks are destroyed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Level Progression:<\/strong>\n
\n- I implemented progressive levels (from 0 to 4) and simplified the game states (\u00a0
GAME_ACTIVE<\/code>,\u00a0GAME_WIN<\/code>,\u00a0GAME_LOSE<\/code>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n- I decided not to include lives for a more challenging and progressive experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Notable Additions and Decisions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Added a progress bar at the bottom of the screen that shows how much time is left for an active\u00a0power-up<\/em>\u00a0to finish . If there is more than one, they are stacked on top of each other and use the corresponding color to differentiate them. (\u00a0Important note: the speed and palette size effects are cumulative and do not have a time bar<\/em>\u00a0).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- For the extra\u00a0power-up<\/em>\u00a0, I decided to implement a \u201csecond chance\u201d modifier. This\u00a0power-up<\/em>\u00a0allows the ball to touch the bottom of the screen once without restarting the game. I also designed a texture for the sprite with a heart and added a post-processing effect that generates a green gradient from the bottom, with a “multiply” blending option to show that it is enabled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- In addition, I added text rendering functionality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
References<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n