Robocop and brainstorming<\/p>\n
enemies as weapons<\/p>\n
wielding enemies as melee weapons<\/p>\n
taking enemies’ abilities<\/p>\n
throwing enemies as weapons<\/p>\n
enemy = that which actively opposes you<\/p>\n
weapon = tool by which to destroy stuff<\/p>\n
~<\/p>\n
enemies as weapons…<\/p>\n
obvious: Character uses enemies as weapons<\/p>\n
what if enemies use each other as weapons?<\/p>\n
or the other way around: your weapons become your enemies.<\/p>\n
weapons turning against you<\/p>\n
enemies as ammunition<\/p>\n
11:00 – 12:00<\/p>\n
<\/span>Better brainstorming & Basic engine. Level or random level plans.<\/p>\n okay, so:<\/p>\n platformer along the bottom of the screen, and a bit of a shmup in the bigger picture.<\/p>\n every enemy you destroy can be used as ammunition (?) or maybe launches up on its own.<\/p>\n what i do<\/p>\n enemies as weapons…<\/p>\n <\/span>Every enemy is a walking SOLID with a BUTTON located somewhere on it.<\/p>\n <\/span>To defeat an enemy, PRESS ITS BUTTON.<\/p>\n <\/span>You have no attacks: some enemies \/ obstacles can only<\/p>\n <\/span>be defeated by utilizing other enemies’ buttons.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>The final boss will be a flying space ship that you need to shoot at with button enemies.<\/p>\n <\/span>When the button is pressed, a robot’s life-force is totally extinguished<\/p>\n <\/span>and put into powering the attack that follows.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>Some enemies will blow up after a certain amount of time,<\/p>\n <\/span>and others will fire lasers,<\/p>\n <\/span>etc.<\/p>\n <\/span>Not all will be attacks per se; some will be shields or other things.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>YOU can be injured but can use explosions to your advantage maybe?<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>edit – or levers!<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>in any case, you’ve got:<\/p>\n <\/span>enemies with bad parts that hurt, trigger parts that cause effect & death,<\/p>\n <\/span>and while they do move they’re also solid and push you around and you can ride them around.<\/p>\n <\/span>They will not walk through one another.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>Compiling first working build:<\/p>\n <\/span>CHARACTER can move and jump.<\/p>\n <\/span>COLLISIONS implemented properly.<\/p>\n <\/span>this adorable guy is ready to jump around like mad!<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>Levels: VERTICAL, oh so vertical.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 12:00 —> 7:30<\/p>\n <\/span>i feel asleep<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 7:30 – 8:15<\/p>\n <\/span>Work work work<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Okay not really that much working.<\/p>\n Puzzled away at animating stuff.<\/p>\n kinda awkward-looking.<\/p>\n 8:15 – 11:11<\/p>\n <\/span>Breakfast, Relaxation, and Lunch.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n plans?<\/p>\n 11:11<\/p>\n <\/span>…<\/p>\n 11:35<\/p>\n <\/span>Clothing!<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ~ WELCOME TO SATURDAY, SECOND HALF ~<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 3:00 – 4:00<\/p>\n <\/span>Back from wedding! Large gap.<\/p>\n <\/span>Working on Foe\/Wpn archetype and relationship.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 4:00<\/p>\n <\/span>Missioner Rd.<\/p>\n <\/span>Mishner, Mischner, etc etc etc<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Not done yet! Adding the first enemy.<\/p>\n 4:00 – 9:30<\/p>\n <\/span>Party down<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 9:30 – 10:30<\/p>\n <\/span>Drive back.<\/p>\n <\/span>Design reconsideration:<\/p>\n <\/span>Knock enemies up\/down by popping and stomping.<\/p>\n <\/span>Any enemy put into this state (it may take a few hits?) will be put into a ‘bullet’<\/p>\n <\/span>state where they bounce until landing safely somewhere.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>Player’s abilities are…<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 11:00 – 11:30<\/p>\n <\/span>Returned home. Back to work.<\/p>\n <\/span>Checking some website crap.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 11:30 – 12:30<\/p>\n <\/span>ACTUALLY back to work!<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Got some good work done; back at home! I’m off of laptop and back onto my desktop.<\/p>\n Foe.as object is now better, as their reactions have been simplified.<\/p>\n Player has two options –<\/p>\n 1. Pop enemies up from below. If they’re weak enough, this will result in their destruction<\/p>\n <\/span>and subsequent conversion into projectiles which must hit the enemy boss ship up above<\/p>\n <\/span>if they are to be useful in any way.<\/p>\n 2. Stomp enemies from above. This will weaken enemies, bounce the player, and almost NEVER<\/p>\n <\/span>kills enemies. It will never result in a straight up projectile.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Enemy boss ship has a few attacks, but…<\/p>\n One attack drops EGGS (maybe several at once or maybe the attack just happens a lot).<\/p>\n An EGG can be launched right back at the enemy ship with good timing, although it is<\/p>\n a pretty weak shot.<\/p>\n It explodes after a very short time, and an enemy bursts out.<\/p>\n ~ WELCOME TO THE MORNING ~<\/p>\n 2:00 – 2:30<\/p>\n <\/span>Time to sleep.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n There is a SPACE INVADER BOSS at the top of the screen, dropping eggs as its moves.<\/p>\n Currently the screen gets saturated and oversaturated with eggs and then basic enemies (Stampies)<\/p>\n Next steps:<\/p>\n 1. Make enemies fire projectiles upon death<\/p>\n 2. Make another enemy that deactivates when stomped on<\/p>\n 3. MODERATE # OF ENEMIES ON-SCREEN using MOST or ALL of the below…<\/p>\n <\/span>a) dropping fewer eggs when more enemies are on-screen<\/p>\n <\/span>b) making enemies occasionally kill themselves<\/p>\n <\/span>c) making enemies ‘eat’ eggs if there are too many of them? (too many enemies)<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n REMEMBER: LUDUM DARE!<\/p>\n 2:30 – 10:15<\/p>\n <\/span>Sleeping!<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 10:15 – 11:15<\/p>\n <\/span>Resume work after waking<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 32, 29, 26, 24, 22, 20, 18, 16,<\/p>\n 14, 12, 11, 10, \u00a09, \u00a08, \u00a07, \u00a06<\/p>\n Invader drops eggs. Enemies will ‘hurt’ you.<\/p>\n Eggs are intangible now.<\/p>\n YAY it’s all dandy<\/p>\n 12:00<\/p>\n <\/span>Log not being very loggy.<\/p>\n <\/span>Currently player cannot die,<\/p>\n <\/span>but otherwise basic game is complete!<\/p>\n <\/span>BOSSMAN drops eggs which explode into fresh enemies (only one type).<\/p>\n <\/span>You (PLAYER) can jump on heads of enemies to bounce, or slide under and pop up to kill them and turn them into air projectiles.<\/p>\n <\/span>These projectiles knock the BOSS back one superlarge pixel, dealing one damage.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>I may introduce some kind of health system for each pixel of knockback.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>Next step: NEW ENEMIES.<\/p>\n <\/span>and honestly that’s about it! I’m almost done <3<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ~ HELLO 24-HOUR CLOCK ~<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 13:00<\/p>\n <\/span>Have finished adding ‘Red’, the jumpy bastard of a counterpart to the player, ‘Blu’<\/p>\n <\/span>(not really tf2 related >_>)<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 13:20 – 13:30<\/p>\n <\/span>Eating food.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 13:30<\/p>\n <\/span>Back to work. Brainstorming new enemies & considering new music<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n larger enemies …<\/p>\n Enemy that grows up eventually after hatching<\/p>\n 13:37<\/p>\n What else?<\/p>\n Need more enemy designs, especially for more difficult sections.<\/p>\n Ranged attacker enemy<\/p>\n Music making failing; movie in the same room = no chance for success<\/p>\n 16:00<\/p>\n <\/span>Wow! It’s been a while!<\/p>\n … and then I went six hours without writing anything else.<\/p>\n This time was spent adding the pointy-headed crown bastard of an enemy, tweaking stuff,<\/p>\n eating homemade pizza for dinner,<\/p>\n uh… making a title screen, win screen, lose screen, and then desperately scratching around in the dirt for a NAME for this game.<\/p>\n ‘Undermine’.<\/p>\n Enjoy!<\/p>","time":"August 22nd, 2010 7:04 pm","title":"Droqen\u2019s Messy Worklog\/Journal"}