The WIP Thread

[Sodaholic]

I just managed to work in some player movement using thingthrust and +nogravity. Feels pretty good so far, but is there any way that I can have the object slow down when the key isn't being pressed?

Thanks for the comments, by the way.

[Phobus]

The player in Virus just has +NOGRAVITY and he slows down nicely in the air. Why not give the player control over his movement but keep him facing in a fixed direction. Then have a bit of thingthrust to keep him going forwards and let him use forward to go faster, backward to slow down and strafe to move side-to-side, always shooting forwards? That's the sort of thing StarWing (or StarFox) did, and most other things that had you heading to one place in various other games worked the same way.

[Ryan Cordell]

Thanks for the comments, by the way.

The only thing that comes to mind with that picture right now is.. MODE 7!

[Viscra Maelstrom]

Soda, that looks very intriguing.

[DoomRater]

You pull that off convincingly and it's going to be a smash hit.

[Project Shadowcat]

You pull that off convincingly and it's going to be a smash hit.

You're telling me, I only had a 2.5D shmup in mind! A StarFox-like mode/level on the other hand, and hell... it could be really awesome.

[Sodaholic]

Updated the water for this level so that it is less repetitive and stuff. The only ideas that I have for enemies so far is a suicide bomber thing that approaches you at medium speed and explodes when it is near you, and the other being a small slow moving thing that fires at you (think of the strife sewer bots).

EDIT: Darkened level to improve contrast.

[Xaser]

There's plenty of opportunities for enemies that mix it up, aside from the above:

• Small, weak enemies that fly and shoot machinegun fire straight forward.
• "Bomber" Enemies that leave behind floaty mines.
• Quick strafing enemies that don't aim directly at you but leave behind a large sweep of gunfire as they fly by.
• Combinations of the above -- weak enemies that aim at you, strong tank-like ones that don't, etc. etc.
• Revenant-in-a-box.

[Ryan Cordell]

Mayhaps you could make the water waggle a bit?

[Sodaholic]

There's plenty of opportunities for enemies that mix it up, aside from the above:

• Small, weak enemies that fly and shoot machinegun fire straight forward.
• "Bomber" Enemies that leave behind floaty mines.
• Quick strafing enemies that don't aim directly at you but leave behind a large sweep of gunfire as they fly by.
• Combinations of the above -- weak enemies that aim at you, strong tank-like ones that don't, etc. etc.
• Revenant-in-a-box.

Well, besides the Revenant, I think I'll use some of those ideas. Thanks!

PDF mentioned something about a final boss to me, but I currently have no idea what it's supposed to be.

Mayhaps you could make the water waggle a bit?

Assuming you mean warping the texture, that's already done.

[Akira_98]

Actually, I think he may have meant this.

[Nash]

I wonder what kinds of results can be achieved if real-time dynamic slopes were to be combined with floor waggle...

[Project Shadowcat]

PDF mentioned something about a final boss to me, but I currently have no idea what it's supposed to be.

I have no idea, either!

[Ethril]

PDF mentioned something about a final boss to me, but I currently have no idea what it's supposed to be.

I have no idea, either!

EGG CARRIER MK.III

[Ral22]

Isn't TSAT a wad of Humans against the Sonic characters? Shouldn't it be, like, the Pillar of Autumn or the Air Force One?