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Hello! At the moment, the development of my mappack is more than 70% complete. But there is one problem where I need your help. For the final map of my mappack I need a special boss. The problem is that I can't customize them from existing enemies. I would like to simply ask to create one boss from an existing enemy, but with slightly modified parameters. I would be very glad if you help me, it will affect whether the mappack will come out or not.

If anything, I won't have to describe much. It will take me one message to describe such an enemy. Are you ready to help?

JesterOfDestiny245 days ago

Sure, just tell me what you need and I'll see what I can do.

CaptainPelmen245 days ago

Okay. The boss is intended to be the first appearance of a biomechanoid enemy, but a fairly powerful one. Let's just say it will be a unique version of a biomechanoid (Netricsa). Now I'll move on to the enemy description. I'll just note that this is an arena boss.

1) Health - 9000. These values are taken because I am making an enemy based on an enemy from another game.

2) Attack. Like the red biomechanoid. But if possible, as an attack boost, you can make an attack with 4 rockets instead of 2 rockets.

3) Color. To distinguish it from other types, let it be orange.

4) Speed. He's pretty powerful and again I'll mention that he's based on an enemy from another game. So for balance he should be slow enough, and on all difficulties. Let his speed be half of Sam's, but you can make it even slower so that he stays slow on higher difficulties.

5) Since this is a boss, let's make it a little bigger than a green biomechanoid. Somewhere around 1.75 times bigger than the red biomechanoid. Considering that the green biomechanoid is 1.5 times bigger.

It's unlikely that this will be applicable anywhere other than my mappack. You can name them like key items. By adding CaptainPelmen_"Enemy".

JesterOfDestiny244 days ago (1 edit)

Only problem is that the gunner biomechanoid is also orange. Can yours be black maybe?

Also, I'd like to take a look at the enemy it's supposed to be based on. Just out of curiosity.

Edit: Also, when do you need this?

CaptainPelmen244 days ago

Okay. I thought it was yellow. But black is a good and unusual choice.

I based the enemy on the game Will Rock. Just type this into a search engine: Will Rock Cyclop boss. In fact, the differences are significant. But I suggest the simplest option for creating a boss enemy. Moreover, according to the meaning of my mappack, I need an enemy that will have weaker versions in future levels. Biomechanoid fits this role.

As for when I need it? Whatever is more convenient for you. If it's in the next update, I'll start working on the boss fight right away. If it's later, I'll be busy polishing up other things.

JesterOfDestiny242 days ago (1 edit)

There should be an update coming, but I'm not in a hurry. Work has started on the second chapter, so I'm focused on adding new key items. But also trying to improve the Carcinus Lurker and Zorg sniper. For the former, I want to add in the sweeping laser, like in Next Encounter. For the latter, I just want to make it into more than just a mini-reptiloid.

Also, looking at the Cyclops, wouldn't it make more sense for it to be an Albino?

CaptainPelmen242 days ago

The problem is that this enemy (albino) has a different attack. Not the attack that would suit me.

By default, the albino enemy fires a homing ball and has a melee attack. In this case, melee attack is good. The ranged attack doesn't fit my idea, so I would definitely change it to something else. We are, of course, talking specifically about the boss, not about a regular enemy. Also, let its size also be a little larger than the green biomechanoid. The problem is that this enemy is very wide. The biomechanoid is more balanced in size, because it should appear from a cubic lift-cell.

The Cyclops from another game had an attack where he spat out multiple rocks that could bounce back at the player and damage them. I think it's very difficult to implement, especially on the first engine.

A boss with homing projectiles would fit into another chapter of my mappack, but that's a topic for future discussion. For the first chapter of my mappack, I would leave an enemy with a more suitable attack and size.

As a result, I choose a biomechanoid enemy.

JesterOfDestiny239 days ago

Do you have a specific Netricsa entry in mind for this, or do I make one myself?

CaptainPelmen238 days ago (1 edit)

You can come up with it yourself. Basically, it's just a very powerful version of the biomechanoid. It is also very limited in number. You can add the rest of the description as you wish.

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