SpacePlan PoC Tech Art

Next on our PoC KANBAN board:
Spaceship & Alien collision boxes: size and position

In our prototype, the SpaceShip collision box was set this way:
Spaceship Proto Collision Box Players' frustration: Losing while a missile does not touch the triangle.

So, we can think of a smaller collision box and various positions. All options have pros and cons.
Spaceship PoC Collision Box options

Again, in our prototype, the Alien collision box was set this way:
Alien Proto Collision Box Players' frustration: a missile hitting the disk does not always kill the Alien.

So, we can also think about a bigger collision box. We then seem to have 2 options with pros & cons.
Alien PoC Collision Box options

Now, let's set up both collision boxes and select the best options.

Start! »

☚ Select a shape

Aim & draw ☛

Set collision boxes:
1 for the Ship
1 for the Alien

☚ Erase

Test your work ☛

Tech Art process
. SELECT a collision box in the tool box.
. AIM and CLICK!

Set one for the Spaceship & TEST.
Set one for the Alien & TEST.
Submit » your work.

TEST BOX:
activated for the last tool used

Test failed. Please iterate & make sure you are testing the last function activated.
Here is what your work should look like:

When all steps have been completed, please submit your work so that we can compile our prototype:

Great choices:
SpaceShip collision box: If the player gets hit, the missile is clearly in the triangle.
It is forgiving for the triangle extremities which makes it a bit easier for the player. Perfect!

For the Alien: a large collision box is ensuring that all hits are detected.
The potential minor inaccurate collisions are generous for the player and will be hidden by the explosion effect.