Asteroids: The Pollinator Edition

What is Asteroids?

This version of asteroids is a fun and new take on the classic video game, Asteroids. Instead of bullets shot at asteroids in space by a spaceship, the player floats around as a beehive and shoots bees at flowers. It was created in the spring of 2018 for the course Interactive Medial Development.

Tools

Created in Unity, coded in C#

Controls:

• Left and right arrow keys control hive rotation.
• Up arrow controls hive acceleration.
• Space bar shoots bees at flowers

Features

• Invincibility mode: allows the user to take no damage and position themselves in preparation for the game Bullets have no effect when in this mode.
• Ranking: a ranking system displays the players rank according to their score.
• Delay: there is a delay in asteroid effectiveness when the game starts up. This is done for a similar reason as invincibility mode.

Asset Sources

• flowers
• bee
• hive
• invincible bear
• flight of the bumble bee audio
• "pew pew" audio

Once downloaded, click the .exe file to start the game. Be careful - there is audio!