ZX Spectrum Jetpac - Game Deconstruction

Retro games make great coding projects for beginner games programmers. They were usually written by one or two people without massive teams of designers, musicians, coders, etc.

Jetpac was one of the best games written for the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro and VIC20 in the early 80's. It's a mixture of a shoot-em-up and platform game where you have to build and fuel your spaceship whilst fighting off hoards of hostile aliens.

This video is one of my game deconstruction episodes where I take the game and break it down to see how it works. The idea is to give you all the information you need to remake the game for yourself. I examine each aspect of the game and give you hints on how you might solve the programming challenges. I don't assume any language or development system so you can use the information to rebuild using Python, Javascript, TIC80, PICO8 or whatever you're familiar with.

If you're new to games coding and want to learn how to become a programmer check out my beginner coding courses. Space Invaders is for complete beginners, whilst Asteroids is my level 2 beginner course. If you've completed the Space Invaders course you'll have all the skills needed to rebuild Jetpac!

Make sure you check out the project page on my website.

https://bytesnbits.co.uk/zx-spectrum-jetpac/

Have fun programming!

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