Bootcamp #1: Asteroids Clone

Devlog

• Day 9: Asteroids Clone is Now Playable Online
  August 01, 2025 by corkboardstudio#asteroids, #gamemaker

  The final pin for this project is on the board! I'm thrilled to announce that the first official project of the Corkboard Studio Developer Bootcamp is complete. The final, polished version of my Aster... Continue reading

  
• Day 8: Completed Game (Mostly)
  July 31, 2025 by corkboardstudio#asteroids, #gamemaker

  The final pin for this project has been placed on the corkboard. Today, I completed the last video in Justin Zendt's fantastic Asteroids tutorial series, and with it, the first project of my developer... Continue reading

  
• Day 7: More UI and Polish
  July 30, 2025 by corkboardstudio#asteroids, #gamemaker

  It's been a couple of days since my last update. I took a short break from the Asteroids project to dive back into the design for Of Mice and Tales , specifically looking at how to best handle the new... Continue reading

  
• Day 6: When a Plan Comes Together
  July 27, 2025 by corkboardstudio#Asteroids, #GameMaker

  I managed to knock out two tutorial videos for the Asteroids game today, and it was one of a those sessions where things just seemed to really click . The goal was to finish up the asteroid collisions... Continue reading

  
• Day 5: Collisions and SFX
  July 26, 2025 by corkboardstudio#asteroids, #collisions, #restraint

  This will just be a brief update today. I implemented two things into the game: asteroids colliding with other asteroids and with the player's ship. The physics of the asteroids colliding with each ot... Continue reading

  
• Day 4: UI & Colorful Asteroids
  July 25, 2025 by corkboardstudio#asteroids, #UI, #game manager

  Another day, another couple of pins firmly placed on the board! Today's session in the Asteroids bootcamp was all about bringing the core elements of the game to life: building a dynamic user interfac... Continue reading

  
• Day 3: Multiple Weapons & The Revenge of Linear Algebra
  July 24, 2025 by corkboardstudio#asteroids, #gamemaker, #rotation

  Day three was a shorter session, but it was a huge step forward in firepower and a funny reminder of why I'm a teacher and not a mathematician. The main accomplishment today was implementing a full we... Continue reading

  
• Day 2: Refactoring & Resisting (Some) Temptation
  July 23, 2025 by corkboardstudio#asteroid, #GameMaker

  Another pin is on the corkboard. Day two of the Asteroids bootcamp was a fantastic mix of creative problem-solving and disciplined coding. Today's work focused on three major goals: improving the ship... Continue reading

  
• Day 1: The First Pin is Placed
  July 22, 2025 by corkboardstudio#asteroids, #GameMaker

  The first pin is officially on the corkboard! I have started my deep dive into the GameMaker engine by kicking off the first project of my developer bootcamp: a feature-rich clone of the arcade classi... Continue reading