Navigate to sploder.com. Select the Make a Game option from the menu on that page. Now select the Shooter Creator icon and then select Test from the Shooter Creator game menu. Depress the mouse button and drag it to see that your spaceship follows in the direction of the mouse cursor. Press the arrow keys on your keyboard to rotate your ship. Press each of the keys on the lower row of the keyboard (z,x c, v, b, n, m) to fire different weapons. End the test by selecting the "End Test" icon on the game screen.
Select Block and Tiles from the game-making template. Position your cursor with the mouse on one of the small highlighted circles on the game boundaries' corners. Depress your mouse and then drag the circles with your mouse to change the layout boundaries of the game. Double-click on the circle to remove a corner point.
Now locate the color game board control icon, the colored button on the lower right of the screen. Select it and then drag the sliders in the board game color box to change the color of the background.
Select enemies and hazards from the main menu. Select the Cruiser from the enemies and hazards list that appears. Position the cursor over the Cruiser icon, depress the mouse and drag the Cruiser to a position within the boundaries of the game. Place it close to the location of your ship icon.
Test the game again. Select the test icon on the screen. Use the keyboard controls to destroy the Cruiser. Depress two weapon controls at once to fire weapons simultaneously. When you have successfully destroyed the Cruiser, return to the game-maker screen. Press the "End Test" icon to return to the game-maker template.
Drag another enemy from the enemies and hazard list. Select the guard enemy. Test the game. Attempt to destroy both the Cruiser and the guard. Use the keyboards to observe how to escape the weapons fire of the enemy.
Select any number of the other enemies on the enemy list. Place them in different regions of the game layout.
Zoom in with the zoom button to view all the icons at close range. Select the Plus Icon to zoom in and the Minus Icon to zoom out. Reposition your ship and enemies icons. Place them in different regions of the board. Test the game again.