{"author_name":"marvinhawkins","cat":"October Challenge 2013","comments":[],"epoch":1381535220,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"37758","p_author":"marvinhawkins","p_authorkey":"506747","p_urlkey":"73374","p_title":"October Challenge Day 13","p_cat":"October Challenge 2013","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1381535220","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"506747","us_name":"marvinhawkins","us_username":"marvinhawkins","event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"text":"

Today I worked on another new boss. This one is a giant aircraft. It was really easy to implement using Unity Playmaker. The gameplay is simple: The enemy moves using a Math Ping pong function. The health and attacks are handled by a simple Finite State Machine. One FSM runs the health, the other, the attacks.<\/p>\n

I originally thought of only doing one boss, and a few levels. By reusing code, art, and Playmaker FSMs, I’ve been able to cut my development time in half. My new goal is to finish setting up ground enemies. I also need to redo some of my level encounters. I am aiming for at least 3 mission areas (unique environments) and 5-7 levels. If I can get one more boss going, I’ll do 4 areas. I think that should be enough content for a free ish web game.<\/p>\n

After that, its the generic polish polish polish. I think I’m in good shape to release this before the end of the month.<\/p>\n

\"October<\/a> \"Oct-<\/a><\/p>","time":"October 11th, 2013 6:47 pm","title":"October Challenge Day 13"}