The Adventures of Panzer 3 - Development Thread

[9Panzer]

Brought these Skeleton Mages back from Panzer 1. These guys were a real nightmare. The gimmick is that the attack we redirect course mid flight!

 

[9Panzer]

Had one of those ... "wait a minute" moments with the moving platforms I managed to get figured out a couple months ago. When the player collides with the platform - the platform changes its actionstep and starts the dropping sequence!

 

[9Panzer]

Barry Biceps vs Panzer?! Panzer will be competing in the Arm wrestling classic contest! Huge shout out to Fista Productions for allowing us to use this fun cameo minigame!

 

[9Panzer]

Been a few days since I made some progress that I could show off. Spent alot of time trying to squash a bug that has been kicking my butt... but I got it! So I worked a little on level design which has been very lacking in this project. I wanted to play with the cloud object platforms

 

[9Panzer]

Naruto-style Ninjas!

 

[9Panzer]

One of my hated jobs in game dev is level design.... But I managed to put some more time into mountain level. About half way done with this one.

 

[9Panzer]

Hooked up the Conveyor belts to allow for a reverse direction. So now that player can be pushed left or right.

 

[SciNEStist]

very nice. does it push other objects, or just players?

 

[9Panzer]

very nice. does it push other objects, or just players?

I just have it doing the player. The design for that level it doesn't need to check anything else.

 

[9Panzer]

Been busy squishing bugs for the last week or so. Amazing how many you can create in a single project like this! Got a new monster to show off - nothing to fancy. Just a dude throwing a bomb.

 

[9Panzer]

Been a rough week, spent most of it in bed sick but I did manage to get a Little bit of level design for the Machine level.

 

[9Panzer]

Added "Treasure" Pickups so now players can go treasure hunting! Getting this to work with the scroll engine was a little tricky but I got it working the way I want it. The idea was to have a shop system in place where the player can buy upgrades with the gold they collect

 

[dale_coop]

Amazing!

 

[baardbi]

Added "Treasure" Pickups so now players can go treasure hunting! Getting this to work with the scroll engine was a little tricky but I got it working the way I want it. The idea was to have a shop system in place where the player can buy upgrades with the gold they collect

Very cool. Do the treasure tiles respawn if you collect them, scroll further in the level, and then come back?

 

[dale_coop]

In my game, I use variable(s) for the treasures of my game (kinda like a trigger) when the player collects a treasure it flips a bit in my treasure variable.
And in the level, before creating the treasure object (in the handle camera script) I check my treasure variable to verify if that treasure has already been collected, if already got it, I skup the create object line

 

[9Panzer]

Very cool. Do the treasure tiles respawn if you collect them, scroll further in the level, and then come back?

The player can keep scrolling and cheesing the game for gold - but its not a game breaker or anything. The gold caps at 999 and its used for buying stuff in the shop. Honestly if a player wants to farm it I don't see it as a problem. I have added so many gold tiles that the player shouldn't feel the need to do something like that. I think your average player is just going to push through.

 

[9Panzer]

In my game, I use variable(s) for the treasures of my game (kinda like a trigger) when the player collects a treasure it flips a bit in my treasure variable.
And in the level, before creating the treasure object (in the handle camera script) I check my treasure variable to verify if that treasure has already been collected, if already got it, I skup the create object line

Don't you find your variable get eaten up too quickly?