Caspian
afternoon
committed some balance tweaks
a few less bots to begin with, a few more slightly more weedy ones
more powerups
fixed gun repeat rate problem at close range
doubled range of slurpy bullets
Chaz
evenin
hope you notice i changed gidrahOfsset or whatever it is from 8 to 1 - just so i could test gidrahs
Caspian
just about to commit loads of emitter placeholders
Chaz
cool
Caspian
yeah i did, i tweaked it back a bit 
just tap L to advance levels and test gidrahs
Chaz
yeah i had a look at doing ricochet and damaged emittersâŚ
yeah i know about L but however much i was tapping didnt seem to be getting any of the newer gidrahs
Caspian
hm, shoulda done
Chaz
⌠but the current richocher emiiters dont do nuffink, and couldnt see any ref to dmaged emitter
hmm, im reasonably sure i wasnt getting any new ones
added more levels and level counter to test
Caspian
yes just fixed that, committing
spelt ricochet worng int he xml 
Chaz
doh
Caspian
there committed, lots of emitters to play with in the emitters.xml now
Chaz
cool
Caspian
game is now a bit of a fireworks display
Chaz
i had a play for half an hour earlier - with gidrahOffset at 1 - was quite fun
oe thing i noticed tho was sometimes you can die very quickly
Caspian
yeah itâs getting pretty good fun
yes, death can come unexpectedly fast
Chaz
and unexpectedly
Caspian
i think one problem is level design
Chaz
if you see what i mean
Caspian
itâs easy to get into a big room and in a crossfire
Chaz
yeah, well thats one thing to avoid⌠perhaps should have a period when you start before gidrahs can fire
Caspian
yes, i think thatâd be a good idea
Chaz
howabout when you lose all your shields the big red bar appearsâŚ
and it rapidly declines - energy critical! message or something - when it runs out you die
which will give you a few seconds to try and transfer to another bot
Caspian
how about an emergency shield that lasts a few seconds?
give you time to run away
Chaz
mm
well something anyway - seems a bit evil at the mo
Caspian
yeh, ill put the emergency shield in, and some sort of warnign message âEMERGENCY SHIELD DEPLOYED!â
just adding âsmokeâ to damaged gidrahs and playerâŚ
Chaz
hmm, im not sure about emergency shield
Caspian
committed smoke, looks nice, just needs tuning, maybe add sparks as chained emitter too
Chaz
sounds a bit hard to predict
k, ill have a look
Caspian
emergency shield hard to predict?
Chaz
when would it come up?
Caspian
when damage <= 0
Chaz
ah ok
Caspian
so when you would otherwise have died
Chaz
i thought you meant like af
Caspian
its like in original paradroid, when you died you became the 001 bot again
with low power
and would run away
Chaz
k, that sounds ok then
Caspian
k
Chaz
maybe try playing with rabbits first?
Caspian
shall we use invuln. shield powerup graphics for it?
Chaz
yeah use any old poo for now
Caspian
k
ill do rabbits afterwards
Chaz
k
Caspian
i think we need to do something to rabbits to signify that they are under your command
hmm
maybe⌠you can just click on them and drag them around and they donât move
Chaz
perhaps they shouldnt be running around normally?
Caspian
and they sit there as sentries
so you can use them strategically
Chaz
ooh
Caspian
send forth your rabbits into rooms full of gidrahs
Chaz
hmm
Caspian
âŚor keep them nearby for that score bonus
Chaz
or perhaps you could use your zapper to move them somewhere yes - then you could pick them up again to get them to follow you#
Caspian
yes
Chaz
that sounds good
Caspian
that sounds fun
complex mind u
Chaz
and perhaps you could do the same with moveable items
Caspian
hmm like crates?
Chaz
yep
except without the following you bit
Caspian
aye
Caspian
oh how gay the smilies are in Skype
Chaz
and perhaps certain crates could destroy them fucckers with shields - cos its very annoying when there 1 left i cant seem to kill
Caspian
only way about it is to xfer to the bugger - or leave it behind
crates are armour piercing when they go off
just not powerful enough at the moment i think
ill make them about 10x more powerful on gidrahs
Chaz
that would add all sort of tactical variety
Caspian
aye
this is a much more tactical sort of game already
Caspian
choosing the right bots to get etc
not getting shot in teh back
Chaz
i suppose thats the choice thang in this one
Caspian
yeh
Chaz
as oppside to shop or changeable powerups
nice
Caspian
its not in the least bit casual any more but it will hopefully appeal to gameplay connoisseurs
Chaz
well as long as the general concept is simple
Caspian
yeh
if the depth kinda gets discovered in play then its a winner
Caspian
wont sell like Titan thoâ
Chaz
yep
no 
Caspian
probably better than Ultraton
Chaz
well, better than ultrtron tho
Caspian
yeh
Caspian
titan still outsells ultratron almost exactly 10:1
Chaz
well perhaps it will bring in some TA customers
and sell 5:1
Caspian
yeh
Caspian
talking of which, quite a good month so far for sales
Chaz
yeah still sellin
Caspian
$857 in the pot so far
Chaz
sweet
Caspian
though some of that is for affiliates etc
44 sales in Jan (41 titan, 3 ultra)
Caspian
i remember when we were on Apple.com tho and got 50 sales a day for a week
sigh
Chaz
i should have the next month or so to do nothing but this⌠apart from a acouple fo days
Caspian
cool
in feb iâve got to do 15 days on wanky contract
Caspian
Chaz
boo
which bit of feb?
Caspian
all of feb. but ive got friday-sat-sunday to work on game
and a bit in the evenings if im not too knackered
Chaz
k
Caspian
monday and thursday are write offs coz in the evenings i will be driving to and from north wales
but monday daytime i can do stuff
so really taht could be about 4 days a week on the game
Chaz
another thing i was thinking of⌠tho you might not like this idea :)âŚ
Caspian
âŚ
Chaz
when doing the map you can put any number of gidrah points down, and then gidrahs appear at themâŚ
the idea being you put down 20 or so
so it wont be the same each time
Caspian
humm
Chaz
but you can kind of make gidrahs appear in some areas more than others
Caspian
well i was thinking of slightly randomizing the gidrahs anyway
maybe tuning them for difficulty, yâsee
Chaz
just something i noticed when playing was it was a bit more intresting when there were gidrahs clusterd together than spread out completely all over the place
Caspian
yeah
Chaz
also would make it possible for a bit more design in the levels
Caspian
i could stick a bit of AI in them that makes them cluster a bit more
but adding spawners wouldnt be a bad idea
Chaz
if youre going to be doing a lot of contract work i can spend time makin levels
Caspian
though⌠we could maybe have crates that had gidrahs inside?
Chaz
well, not spawners exactly
� eh?
Caspian
well, its a battle droid factory, right?
so they;ll be in boxes?
shoot the boxes and a gidrah zooms out
or of course the boxes get hit in the crossfire
= more enemies
Chaz
mm
yeah that could work - easy to do?
Chaz
hmm, im liking that more
something to add later tho i think
could be a good thing to appear a bit later on
Caspian
pretty easy, just make crate have a random chance of spawnign a gidrah for now couldnt I?
and theyâd always be the nastier bots too
Chaz
perhaps only after level 10
or something
Caspian
well, maybe level 5
Chaz
so a bit like asteroids in TA
Caspian
aye
Chaz
cos that was quite cool when they started to appear
Caspian
i suppose turrets might want to make a comeback 
âŚand you could take them over with your transfer beam
Chaz
hmm, perhaps we should make a list of âstuff that makes a gradual appearanceâ
Caspian
yeh
Chaz
âstuff that gives the impression that its not 50 levels of the same old shitâ
Caspian
well, its gonna be more like 20-odd i expect, looking at the duration of the levels and the intensity of the gameplay
so every 5 levels we should add a new âthingâ
Caspian
so crates with bots in at 5, turrets at 10, �
Chaz
k
Caspian
lava & toxic waste at 15?
Chaz
tho i think perhaps 48 levels or something would be alright
Caspian
40
Chaz
k, call it 40 for now
i forgot about toxic
well, i took it out of the tiles defs actually - thought we werent havving it
Caspian
oh maybe not then
Chaz
easy t put back in tho
Caspian
i suppose doesnt make al ot of sense
i took it out fo the code too
and turrets, bah
Chaz
k, well lets not worry about it for now
Caspian
mind u easy to put turrets back in
Chaz
ltes get the basics sorted
Caspian
need something like a saucer
Chaz
another thingâŚ
Caspian
and challenge stage
Chaz
aye
Caspian
�
Chaz
⌠seems like gidrahs with big weapons should be very slow
Chaz
but then if you take them over if youre really slow its a bit dull
Caspian
they are - usually
yeah, kinda intentionally
Chaz
yeah, but too slow to be fun
Caspian
your speed is 1.5x the original bots speed tho
i could add a constant to that as well
Chaz
yeah perhaps it needs to be a bit more defined rathewr than 1.5x
Caspian
âŚwhich i just did, committed
maybe
Chaz
so youre not too fast in fast bots and not too slow in big uns
Caspian
see if that last tweak makes it beter
Chaz
k
Caspian
although its always fun being really fast
I might put the inertia/momentum back in at some point
Chaz
ooh - i was just gonna say
perhaps just for some bots tho - like flying ones
Caspian
yeah, doesnt make too much sense with legs
Chaz
to make diff bots a bit more ditinct
Caspian
or i could adjust it per bot type
iâd better put the rocket launcher, laser gun, mine layer and disruptors in soonish too coz weâll be wanting to see them
Chaz
yeah - walkers no inertia, scuttlers a bit etc.
Caspian
was thinking might have to add ammunition for rockets & disruptor
or youâll be a bit invincible
Chaz
hmm
Chaz
or an extended reload time?
Caspian
i dunno, i just think ammo would work best for them
well maybe just the rocket launcher
Chaz
but then how do you get more?
Caspian
er
good point
ok ignore me
ill just make em really slow to fire repeatedly
the rocket launcher⌠i figured weâd use something like the boss bombs from Ultra
rather than traditional rockets
Chaz
right ill just have a fag then a lil play
Caspian
k
Caspian
ill make some tea
Chaz
see what you mean about fireworks
Cas
i want my 4 minutes of my life back. 
I shall return them to you in the form of an alpha demo some time in February I expect you will lose them subsequently chasing a battle droid around a darkened factory floor.
Cas
Welcome back. Looking forward to the new demo.
Bill
Caspian
oooh i just had a thought
Chaz
gosh
Caspian
heh
instead of like, just, this one sort of rabbit
why notâŚ
haveâŚ
ordinary robots, which just arent switched on?
and you activate them and they become on your team as it were
we can use the cyan player graphics for em so theyâre obviously on your team
and hover an indicator over their heads to say that theyâre sentries or following
Chaz
hmm - might be a bit confusing?
Caspian
well, cyan things are easily identifiable as âplayer thingsâ
er, if youâre not colour blind
Chaz
hold on ill have a quick play
Caspian
?
Chaz
to havea guess how itd feel like
Caspian
ah i see, randomizing the rabbit anims
Chaz
hmm
Caspian
might look different with a hovering indicator over their heads
Chaz
true
i kind of like them being little squeeky fellas
Caspian
yeah it has its merits but⌠then so does having a small army of battledroids following you around
Chaz
yeah but theyre a bit spazzy
Caspian
maybe a bit too spazzy
Chaz
and when i try and order them around the game slows down a fair bit - as in i have to stand still and order them aroundâŚ
and then theyre pretty innefective anyway
and then i get shot
Caspian
hm i wonderâŚ
Chaz
well i probably dont have to stand still but its too much for my little brain to run around and control them
Caspian
rather than making them go stand in one spot, you dont just specify a position they are to try and stand in relative to your bot
like a formation
or maybe the whole rabbit dragging idea is silly
Chaz
hmm
Caspian
well, i can leave it in for now as it doesnt hurt
but I think i should investigate the other diea
*idea
Chaz
if their AI was really good it might work - trouble is when theyre just standing there they get shot a lot
Caspian
i could make them get âangryâ
Chaz
what would they do then?
Caspian
but then again if they had AI the player would pretty much become invincible
well, theyâd make chase
but then the player wouldnt have to do much
one thing about the way it is now â because they follow, the player is still at the front of the action
in order to utilise them you sort of have to run to the side or run away
Chaz
hmm
Caspian
just committed a tweak or 2 to rabbits anyway - they now shoot bullets at the same speed as the player
so theyâre more likely to actually hit
Chaz
perhaps you shoulnt be able to shoot them as well
Caspian
oh i dunno, thatâs part of the fun
Chaz
once youve collected them
hmm, yeah maybe
Caspian
they are after all a bit of a bonus thing
Chaz
aye - kind of why i dont think they should be the same as the gidrahs
could do different sorts of rabbits
Caspian
hm trouble is it doesnt make a whole lot of sense if they âupgradeâ and change shape does it
Chaz
hmm no
but could have harder ones on later levels
Caspian
true
but then weâre pretty much almost just ⌠using gidrahs
Caspian
which gives us lots of different personailities and abilities
Chaz
hmm
currently tho theyre quite funny
Caspian
i think theyâll be comical enough just by being a bit shit
Chaz
k, well give it a go
Caspian
okeydoke
might take a little while
Chaz
is it a lot of coding?
Caspian
well, i could either adapt existing rabbit code
or delete Rabbit, and adapt Gidrah
Chaz
well make it easy to undo eh
Caspian
iâll tag CVS
tagged it with OLD_RABBITS
Cas
Caspian
oooh ooh ohh just had another idea
you know when you transfer to another robot, mysteriously the bot you leave behind reverts back to its old behaviour?
well⌠why not make it into a rabbit at that point
so it might be a bit fucked and such
but itâll be on your side
so youâve got this balance of trying to capture as many of them as you can with what transfer points youâve got, versus blowing them up
iâm gonna try that first
any huge objections?
Chaz
nope
Caspian
k
well, iâm working on it anyway
Chaz
soz - just trying to remove membrane off a monkfish
Caspian
coz i think its a cool idea
yum
monkfish - favourite fishy
nearly done itâŚ
committed
dragging rabbits not really sensible yet⌠because theyâre now âsolidâ they get in the way of the player a bit too. Have to think about that a bit
You can retransfer to a rabbit at any time too
ooh yes its fun
sometimes they go a bit spacky, not sure why yet
got to go to shops now, have fun with the new ârabbitsâ
back now
Chaz
hiya
eclipse gone all werid
Caspian
oh noes
Chaz
i think due to installing xmlbuddy
Caspian
argh
whats happened?
Chaz
i insalled it
then i closed eclipse
then i opened eclipse
couldnt access any of the perspectives
Caspian
argh
whats in the error log?
Chaz
k, ive deleted and put back in - seems to be working ok
Caspian
phew
Chaz
just lost all the worskpace setup kind of thang
Caspian
arses
u tried the new ârabbitsâ?
Chaz
nah - synching nowe
how the tits do you get the little run button thang up?
ah got it
yeah thats pretty good
tho its a lot more fun if you completely ignore trying to order them around
then it gets a bit annoying
tho perhaps that wouldbe more useful on later levels⌠ill do some more playing
Caspian
i dunno
might remove the dragging
Caspian
doesnât really seem to help any
and of course thereâs the small problem now that once dragged you canât pick them up again coz theyre solid so you canât walk over them any more
aha think i figured out why they go spazzy
Chaz
yeah drop the dragging
Caspian
aye
Chaz
seems to fit together better now than the rabbits
Caspian
yup
Chaz
perhaps put pushable crates back in?
what else needs doin generally, gameplay wise?
random bonus ufos?
assault levels?
some thing that goes squeak when you shoot it?
Caspian
hehe
rats
Chaz
?
Caspian
i seem to recall rats in alien breed
Chaz
oh you mean rats
alien breed?
Caspian
amiga game
v. popular
Team17
Chaz
dont think i ever played that
sounds somewhat like DA tho
wow some of the graphics aer amazingâŚ
http://hol.abime.net/hol_pic.php?id=YzJOeVpXVnVjMmh2ZEM4ek1qQXhMVE16TURBdk16SXpNRjl6WTNKbFpXNDJMbkJ1Wnc9PTZlVjRRV3hwWlc0Z1FuSmxaV1FnTFNCVFkzSmxaVzV6YUc5MElHNndOZz09NmVWNE16SXc2ZVY0TWpVMjZlVjRjMk55WldWdWMyaHZkQzh6TWpBeExUTXpNREF2TXpJek1GOXpZM0psWlc0MkxtcHdadz09NmVWNE1UWXc2ZVY0UjBRPQ==
Caspian
what the hell is that?
Chaz
screenshot from alien breed
Caspian
yerk
not the one i played
Chaz
the actual game graphics are a bit nicer
Caspian
yeah
it played really well too
good âAliensâ feel to it
then mad panic when you shoot the reactor in the middle and have to remember your way back out
Chaz
yeah looks like good fun
Caspian
but not as fun as DROID ASSAULT!!!
Chaz
phew no
Caspian
just committing a few fixes, removed draggingâŚ
Chaz
The game was based heavily - and unofficially - on the Alien films, specificially Aliens, and also on the 8-bit-era games Laser Squad and Paradroid[2]
k, they beat us to it
Caspian
hah
itâs not really anything like paradroid
Caspian
unless they mean, itâs an 8-way scroller
Chaz
citation from ^ Interview with Rico Holmes of Team 17
link doesnt work
bit after paradroid
Caspian
bah
Chaz
anywayâŚ
rats!
Caspian
(committed them fixes)
Chaz
k
could have some random little things running rond
Caspian
yeah but later - get some more useful stuff done 1st methinks
Chaz
aye
whats next then?
Caspian
hm
well, I should put in the rocket launcher,disruptor, laser beam and minelayer
Caspian
and a proper blast effect for the Smartbomb powerup blast
Chaz
moveable crates!
Caspian
moveable crates is, ah, surprisingly fiddly to do now
Chaz
bah
how come?
Caspian
i took out literally pages and pages of code that did all that and simplified it tones
*tons
PITA putting it back
Chaz
tits
Caspian
maybe at the end
Chaz
commited tiny fix to hotspots
Caspian
ah yes was gonna say one of the bots was offset wrong
Chaz
yeah the dalek
Caspian
yep
Title Screen?
canât avoid it foreverâŚ
Chaz
bah
yeha i guess so
Caspian
shield empty warning flash?
was also thinkingâŚ
do we really need an EXIT in the level?
why not just end it when the last bot is destroyed
or am i being silly
Chaz
hmm, no not really
Caspian
what abotu leftover powerups though :S
Chaz
trouble is sometimes you cant be fucked to go find that last bot
especially if your stuck in a slow bot
trouble isâŚ
levels kind of run out of steam a little
Caspian
Paradroid had that trouble
made slightly more panicky by your bot slowly running out of power
Chaz
hmm
thinking out loudâŚ
Caspian
I could add a radar
Chaz
could have it so you have a time limit
to kill as many bots and get to an exit, after which lots of nasty things teleport in
orâŚ
get rid of exits
orâŚ
erm
Caspian
hm theres another prob with getting rid of exits - you might end up in a situation where your bot cannot destroy the remaining robot(s), and you havenât got enough xfer points
Chaz
any other ideas?
Caspian
so I suppose they have to stay
the radar might be handy though
Chaz
good point
Caspian
so youâd always know where the enemies were
Chaz
aye
Caspian
shall i have a go putting in a circle round the player
with arrows round the edge of it
or maybe just one arrow that always points to the nearest enemy
Chaz
i was woonderin if all the levels should only be so wide as you can see by moving your sites about
but thatsa bit limiting
Caspian
well, thatâs a little small
Chaz
aye
Caspian
i also notice that when thereâs more than about 10 bots the levels get insane
might have to limit the numbers
(yay, titan attacks is going on French TV
Chaz
?
Caspian
some french tv exec just contacted me, they want to do a scene where someoneâs supposed to be working hard on their computer but it turns out instead theyâre wasting time playing Titan Attacks
Chaz
:)#
Caspian
i said yeah go ahead, put us in the credits
canât hurt
Chaz
have you had a look at doin that color stuff for tiles?
Caspian
ah no i suppose i could do that too
thatâs a wee bit more fiddly
i think ill get the weapons all nicely done 1st
donât suppose you could fiddle with the damaged gidrah emitter and make the smoke more black and visible
and put a few sparks in there?
Chaz
i was going to put sparks in but it wasnt looking right
Caspian
the âstunnedâ sparks would work
just slightly more intermittent
Chaz
cos by the time sparks went off often the gidrahs moved
Caspian
ah
try it again anyway, ill see if i can remedy that
Chaz
k, tmrw tho
Caspian
k
i shall have some fun playing with Big Fucking Guns then
Chaz
k, ill do title screens for the mo
Caspian
k
Chaz
got nuff gidrahs for now?
Caspian
reckon so - are there enough to start doing other colour sets?
looks like it to me
Chaz
almost
Caspian
give or take the odd unique one
Chaz
perhaps should do a turrety one like in ultratron
and a minelayer
Caspian
k
was thinking we should add turrets back into the game
put them on later levels
Chaz
aye
we having minelayers?
Caspian
yes
there are 2 i think
Chaz
2 what?
Caspian
minelaying robots
Chaz
in total? or for each color set?
Caspian
ah no there are 4
Chaz
1 fore ach color set?
Caspian
no
two in set 3 and two in set 4
Chaz
k - ill maybe do them tmrw then
ill do all of them in the current color scheme
Caspian
ok
Chaz
and then can easy change the colors
what with the nice photoshop layer manager thingy
spawners? like in ultratron i mean?
er, or would not that really work iwth the kill all bots thing
Caspian
yeah not reallyâŚ
but in a factory youâd kinda expect to have assembly linesâŚ
with bots coming out of them
Chaz
k, bedtime⌠ill do turret bots, minelayers and start on titles tmrw
Caspian
k
Chaz
well, doesnt have to be a factory
Caspian
nighty night
Chaz
night
Caspian
hiya
Chaz
mornin
Caspian
got some nice things to commit in a sec
youâre gonna like em
Chaz
ooh
what you done?
Caspian
disruptorâs in
and the laser beam
Chaz
aha
Caspian
âŚwhich is extra hilarious when you have bouncy bullets
there ya go, committed
to play with lasers, tap 2
to play with bouncy bullets, tap 4
to play with disruptor, tap 5
slurpy bullets is on 4
i mean 5
disruptor is 6
silly me
Chaz
k
Caspian
i finally figured out how we can do the âbestiaryâ
when u get to the âend levelâ screen, i will list all the players captured bots
and invite the player to click on them for more info
nice and simple eh?
Chaz
aha
Caspian
(including playerâs current bot)
so iâll design some blurb for the bots and a screen to put it up in and you can prettify it a bit
and tweak endoflevel screen too, natch
Chaz
can we do video?
Caspian
err
why?
Chaz
just thinking of ways of doin robot graphics
Caspian
meh, no point
remember minimum effort for maximum cash
video aint gonna sell
Chaz
exactly
Caspian
anyways try out that laser
Chaz
k
Caspian
ive got to to a smidgen more work on it for teh gidrahs - when the gidrah fires it it will do a short sweep from side to side
Chaz
nice
Caspian
committed final tweaks to laser, now itâs good to be used in gidrahs too
might possibly be a bit lethal
now i wonder if ive got time to do a rocket launcher
Chaz
yeah sure you have
Caspian
oh all right
wont take long
Chaz
got to pop out for half an hour or so
Caspian
there we go, 30 minutes from scratch!! not bad eh
committing
Chaz
ooh
will have a look when i get back
cool
Caspian
basically like Ultratron
tap 7 to test it
Chaz
k
Caspian
youâll be wanting to tweak the particles, crosshairs, bullet sprite, etc
ive got to go to bed now tho, its 130am and bec is complaining
Chaz
rightyho
k, nighty night
Caspian
just mines to do tomorrow
nighty night
commmited
dont forget sound packer
Chaz
mornin
ill just commit title screens stuff so far
Caspian
hiya
oooh
Chaz
k, commitd
make sure the old images get deleted otherwise itll look very odd
Caspian
ooh yeah that looks nice
just needs some menacing robots etc on it
gotta go drink tea etc. back sporadically
Chaz
k
committed close and exit buttons
Chaz
off out now for food and booze
Caspian
hoya
hiya too
off to the pub for a bit
u there?
Chaz
mornin
Caspian
hiya
just committed lotsa little bug fixes and tweakage
Caspian
game is now nice and addictive eh?
Chaz
k
Caspian
i got to level 12
was thinking â
Chaz
shaping up nicely
Caspian
your current security clearance doesnt really have any effect on the game
so probably not worth it taking up all that space on the HUD
could extend the transfer dit power bar to get a few more on there instead
Chaz
aye
Caspian
just workin on minesâŚ
Chaz
ooh
Caspian
bit of a cheat, theyâre just bullets that donât move
done em just committing
Chaz
k
Caspian
needs a little graphic and a crosshair
actually the various other guns need different crosshairs too
committed
dont forget sound packer
tap 8 to test
of course, like the disruptor, if you actually encounter a bot with minelayer it will probably kill most of the other robots near itself and probably itself too
Chaz
hmm
Caspian
so not that useful to actually take over especially as your rabbits will just step on them
(disruptor a bit useless with rabbits too, kills most of em immediately :))
(balances it a bit!)
what u think?
Chaz
bit daft
Caspian
yeah but what the hell
tomorrow iâll do the between-levels-screen and the droid-info screens
Chaz
jolly good
ill do some more title screen stuff
Caspian
k
Chaz
and some mines etc
Caspian
yeah
shotgun particles, rockets and rocket particles would be nice too
just tidying up all the little loose ends weâve got at the mo might be a nice thing to do before we start monkeying with play balance
i noticed it gets a bit bezerk by level 12
probably have to randomize bots, have a few more weedier ones in
ill do that tomorrow too
how many more bot types are there to draw before you just wiz the colours about?
game does get a little confusing when you get to higher levels and the newer and nastier bots have the same apearance as shitty bot # 1
Chaz
hmm, well weve got 13 so far
ill do a minelayer
Caspian
k
Chaz
maybe ill do a few more
then do another color scheme
Caspian
perhaps a few uniques?
like the ultimate droid for example
Chaz
the ultimate droid?
Caspian
droid #512
52 sry
Chaz
ah right
Cas
Alpha demo next week This game has so far taken less than 4 weeks to write. Admittedly weâve stolen tons of code from Treasure Tomb and all our other games too but thatâs how it works Anticipate final release at the end of February at the rate weâre going, pending the music and sounds being ready.
Cas
Oooookay, so the demo is late Canât be helped, weâre perfectionists after all. Maybe next weekend.
Cas