Enemies take FOREVER to program.

Posted by Game Fortress on June 24, 2006, 6:20 p.m.

Yes, I know.. This blog is filled with nothing but TCOK2, but that pretty much all ive been doing, so thats what I am thinking about.

Anyway, I was putting in an enemy when I realized how long each one takes. Here is yet another screenshot, this time of the enemy I am talking about.

<img src="http://64digits.com/users/Game%20Fortress/psiball.gif">

Getting all the particle effects right the way I want them is a genuine pain, but when its done it looks cool. I just dont look forward to the hordes I will have to put in to even match the original, not to mention surpass it (in terms of enemies). @_@

Comments

Polystyrene Man 18 years, 10 months ago

The screeshot looks cool. What kind of game is it?

Game Fortress 18 years, 10 months ago

Its a platform adventure game, like the original =)

Polystyrene Man 18 years, 10 months ago

Ok. I haven't played the original, but platform games are awesome.

V 18 years, 10 months ago

i played the original. looks like it WILL be a pain to program every little enemy. i figured that out while working on firegleam blade.

Game Fortress 18 years, 10 months ago

Its not as if the programming is particularly difficult, but it takes time to get the last detail just so.

gamerman 18 years, 10 months ago

the origanle was cool, the next looks better.

i never finished the 1st one, but i got far enuf to see how cool it was

n1ko 18 years, 10 months ago

ai programming sucks, but the end result pwns. Aafter designing an ai, i always feel like a proud parent. the parent of a gun-slinging creature of destruction and blinding death. mwahahahahah!

NeutralReiddHotel 18 years, 10 months ago

Wow! It looks like a good game! But I can't play any games created with Game Maker 6.0 and above because of my computer.

The video card has little space.

melee-master 18 years, 10 months ago

Enemies… Something I haven't really attemped to program with full effort yet.

Game's looking good GF.

Alx 18 years, 10 months ago

Yeah I looked at some of the A.I. Bob has made in our game and it looks like a pain besides the ones that just move. I can do that.