Building 2D Games with Ebitengine in Go (Golang)

Set up a go ebiten project in vs code, initialize go.mod, fetch ebiten v2, and implement a minimal game with update, draw, and layout to launch an empty window.

Create the player sprite by loading assets/player.png from an embedded assets file system, using must load image to decode PNG for the Everton game engine.

Create a dedicated player object in a new file to manage the player sprite with a new player factory, plus a draw method and an update routine.

Move the player forward by tracking an x and y position as a vector, normalizing movement, and updating velocity with acceleration and rotation, while appearing at the opposite edge.

Implement screen wrap for the player in a Go game by defining screen width and height, adding a keep-on-screen routine, and centering the player at spawn.

Set up a scene manager to transition between title, game, and game over scenes with fade effects, and implement Ebiten's game interface (update, draw, layout) in main.go.

Set up meteor objects with center-directed spawns, randomized angles and velocities, and rotation, using sprites from assets; include a factory for big meteors and four small meteors.

Draw multiple meteors on the title screen by storing them in a map, initializing the meteors in update, and drawing each meteor in the title scene's draw loop.

Add the resolve package to enable collision detection in the project, pinning to version 0.8 to stabilize the API and update go.mod.

Enable player lasers: press spacebar to fire, load a laser sprite, and implement a laser object that moves with rotation and collides with meteors, updated and drawn each frame.

Add backward movement with the down arrow, reverse velocity using rotation, spawn exhaust in front, and manage reverse state and engine sound.

Load an explosion.ogg asset and create an explosion audio player, then play the sound when shooting big or small meteors and when the player dies.

Add levels, display a level transition and restart the game with increased difficulty, implement a game over scene with lives, score, and persistent high scores via a scene manager.

Load the shield sprite, shield indicator, and shield sound. Create a shield with position and rotation, update it to follow the player, and draw it in Ebiten.

Display and update the shield in the game scene, activate with the S key, and manage a six second shield timer, including deactivation and removal when the timer ends.

Load shield indicator assets and define a shield indicator type with draw and update. Store indicators in a shield indicators slice, like life indicators, and render them.