drat I thought I was only gone for a week - turns out it was almost 3 😮
no wonder development takes so long 🤔
I set out to finally get things together and update the maps with the new lighting from level one
and naturally ended up working on ninjas instead
the ninja model was what I'd like to call an insomnia model - sometimes when I cannot sleep I just model away for fun
the idea is that they are blindfolded and rely on their senses to fight - and thus you cannot sneak up on them
originally it was just going to be a novelty enemy to have more midboss level enemies
but after implementing them they seemed to be a lot of fun to play against - so now they have this whole fortress/monastery thing in the works
and I also made plenty of new textures for it
here is a dojo area - for the most part they just run about doing acrobatics and slap you around
I also added color variants and a very expensive ghosting effect (the model is redrawn 5 times total 😬)
a new npc is the ninja master - she explains you being beaten up are just trials and tests - turns out the ninjas didn't become evil after their transformation - as they couldn't get any crazier 🤔
now this new area seems to work well overall and there is plenty of room for gags and fights
the challenge now is to figure out how to add it to the story as none of this was planned 🤔
until next time! 🥷