Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Genies and Tornadoes

Back to my scrolling shooter. After my brother suggested a level with Genie characters, I came up with what is currently Level 8. As always, there are two minion classes, both genies, and they shoot tornadoes in different ways. The Cyclone class shoots a tornado straight down, similar to many other minions in the game, but once it reaches a certain distance from its origin point, it breaks into 2 tornadoes that go off at different angles. Its kind of a mix of bullet behaviors from previous levels. The second class of minion on this level is the Seeker class. The tornado bullets they shoot actually have decent homing capabilities. They will travel down the screen at a set speed, but will change direction horizontally to go towards the player. This results in the player often needing to move up the screen to get the bullets behind them. It can be pretty challenging if you don't clear the seeker minions out fast enough. Below are some screenshots of my beautiful genie minions and yet another boring placeholder background (the tan triangles are supposed to be something akin to a tornado or dust devil).


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