The Adventures of Panzer 3 - Development Thread

[9Panzer]

Wanted to mix things up a bit. The motorbike level!

 

[Peter Schmitz]

That looks so great - man - with each iteration of Panzer you are outdoing yourself!

 

[9Panzer]

That looks so great - man - with each iteration of Panzer you are outdoing yourself!

Thanks Peter!

 

[Jonny]

You're inspiring me to diversify on my own levels. Is that paralax scrolling or CHR switching?

 

[9Panzer]

You're inspiring me to diversify on my own levels. Is that paralax scrolling or CHR switching?

No Paralax scrolling at all. I used a series of tricks to give the illusion of scrolling without using multiple screens. The idea here is to save space in the build to allow for more scrolling levels.

• Postdraw code does the lines in the street and bushes in the foreground.
• Moon in the background moves by using the drawsprite macro with a timer (not using an object to save cycles)
• Pallet Swapping handles the bridge.
• CHR tile animation handles the background tree lines

 

[9Panzer]

Just Minor update today - this is just a visual one. The player now has a visual animation that happens when they swap characters and a timer that is setup to keep the players from spamming character swaps.

 

[9Panzer]

Conveyor Belts! Huge thanks to @kevin81 for helping build the code for this one. Its going to make the machine level stand out!

 

[9Panzer]

Little work on some AI stuff. I plan to use this for the Train Bosses level.

 

[Peter Schmitz]

Little work on some AI stuff. I plan to use this for the Train Bosses level.

This is awesome. After Panzer 3 you should do a "How to..." series

 

[9Panzer]

"How to look like you have an idea of what you're doing - Panzers guide to game design"

 

[9Panzer]

Meet Treznic, the very first Panzer 3 boss fight! Using the bounce physics I've managed to get him all roughed out!

 

[9Panzer]

Used the statue explosion script from Panzer 2 I created a new routine that gave a little bit more enthusiasm to the Boss deaths. Treznic got to be the test subject.

 

[9Panzer]

Working on more boss encounters. I wanted to try to make some unique mechanics that wasn't just the boss waking back and forth. This boss will be named "Maximuz" the Floorior!

 

[SciNEStist]

while he's up there, he should do a different attack

 

[9Panzer]

while he's up there, he should do a different attack

thats the plan, just making the mechanics for the jump work right now

 

[9Panzer]

Updates to Maximuz, cleaned up the animations, and added spikes that fall from the ceiling. I also added his death animation in

 

[dale_coop]

Looks amazing!

 

[9Panzer]

Second boss has been roughed out. I wanted to try to implent some basic mechanics into this fight to make it a little more unique. Meet Kittzz!

 

[dale_coop]

Wow, cool!

 

[9Panzer]

Third boss encounter is all roughed out - Meet "Mdawg"! What made this boss interesting from a coding perspective was making him turn and shoot or throw at the player. The trigger for the jump is two tiles that when they are hit randomly generate a number that tells him to jump or not. The combination creates a nice little randomization for the fight.