The idea

I have a very simple but fun idea in my mind for our first game—a very childish but fun 2D platform game:

This is Jake, an alien who recently passed his flying license. Jake's parents were very proud of him until, for unknown reasons, he crashed into one of the faraway little planet. He lost most of his ship's batteries and needs to get new ones. You will help him get the batteries so that he can fly back home. It will be an awesome adventure. We will collect anything valuable to sell and avoid the dangers of the mysterious planet. Let's call the game Jake on the mysterious planet.

I hope you like the idea. It is very simple as we have limited time. We will use most of the assets from http://kenney.nl/. They kindly agreed to contribute to this book.

Game mechanics and core components

I want this game to be as simple as possible so that we can complete it in the next few chapters. We will create a lot of scripts, prefabs, and possibly some assets, too.

Jake on the mysterious planet will...