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, 5 months ago

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

Game Fortress 18 years, 5 months ago

Its a platform adventure game, like the original =)

Polystyrene Man 18 years, 5 months ago

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

V 18 years, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 months ago

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

Game's looking good GF.

Alx 18 years, 5 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.