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[melos]

i cant post things on its wall plz fix

[Hempuli‽]

I disabled that function because... what would people want to post there? Hmm. Oh well, I'll enable it and see what happens.

[Hempuli‽]

The 9th boss is now ready for action! And with that, I can start working on the tenth, heh. After that, the temple area will be finished, and I can turn my eyes to the rest of the volcanic sector.

[kinifi]

I love that art style! Looks great but maybe a different thread name will help.

[kleiba]

The 9th boss is now ready for action!

That looks awesome, man!

But don't you think that the turning light beam looks somewhat disconnected from the actual boss? I think, that makes it look very "geometrical" (for lack of a better word). Perhaps just changing the color of where it is connected to the boss (the hub) would fix that? Or making that part a little bigger, just like it looks at the very end before it disappears...

[muki]

Maybe add some subtle blueish highlights to the "front" of the boss when the laser is on?

[Hempuli‽]

I'm going to add some kind of afterglow to make it look more like a cool laser and less like a white line. But yeah, those are some good points! I'm a bit too fond of weird lasers. I'll add that to the 'polish this' -list.

Work on the tenth boss is going pretty smoothly - I'll soon be done with the first of three(?) forms. I have some serious problems not linking screenshots of the boss - I think I should keep some stuff secret.

[Bandreus]

I can't be helped but think the 9th one kinda looks a bit dumb being there standing(?) in the same place for the whole fight. I hope it will float in the background while you're busy dodging bullets and lasers. Also, I can really see a green-ish mist for a nice added touch.

I have some serious problems not linking screenshots of the boss - I think I should keep some stuff secret.

Definitely keep some of the best stuff secret

Can't wait to play this 

[Hempuli‽]

The idea is, though, that the 9th boss is a statue of some sort. I agree that it's kind of passive, what with only moving its hands, but I'll return to that later if I figure out something to help that. I'll try to make the 'actual' bosses as cool-looking as possible, though; the 10th one is pretty sweet already (in my opinion)!

[Ashkin]

Maybe find a way to make the eyes follow your movement? Or vibrate only the statue when  it makes a strong attack?

[Bandreus]

The idea is, though, that the 9th boss is a statue of some sort. I agree that it's kind of passive, what with only moving its hands, but I'll return to that later if I figure out something to help that.

Aw, sorry I didn't get that at all. Clearly I cannot judge the whole picture by looking at a short gif  Now that you mention that, the rotating laser is generated by the red gem in its chest, makes sense.

Maybe show a hint of its lower body standing on its own pedestal, all wrapped in shadows ofc, to help the idea of an animated statue to sell better?

[kleiba]

I've got to say I kinda like the fact that the boss is so static. It reminds me of these old stop-motion adventure movies with giant statues that come to life. :-)

[Hempuli‽]

The idea is, though, that the 9th boss is a statue of some sort. I agree that it's kind of passive, what with only moving its hands, but I'll return to that later if I figure out something to help that.

Maybe show a hint of its lower body standing on its own pedestal, all wrapped in shadows ofc, to help the idea of an animated statue to sell better?

Yeah, I suppose that'd be a very good idea. I guess I kind of chickened out of having to draw the full body there, haha.

[muki]

[airman4]

Very inspiring hempuli

It's made with flash ?

[Hempuli‽]

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Very inspiring hempuli

It's made with flash ?

Nope, it's made using Multimedia Fusion 2, a game creation tool by Clickteam. (Using it is probably the biggest mistake I've made in terms of the game's development process!)

[airman4]

Oh nice
i got the demo some while ago and dropped , it was a bit strange

I know the french click team , they made another framework kinda like MMfII i think (not sure)

[Hempuli‽]

MMF 2 is the latest thing in their 'klik' series of game-creation tools; they started off with Klik'n'Play, then The Games Factory, then Multimedia Fusion 1 and 1.5 and finally MMF 2. They're working on MMF 3 but I'm rather skeptical in regards of that one.

[Martin 2BAM]

This game looks extremely nice! Misterious, hardcore and addictive, my kind of game!

One suggestion: The trailer starts a bit slow for a fast-paced game, I skipped after the 3rd text and went straight to the middle (~2:10)... and from there it was awesome!
I'm also making a teaser and I've been given some rad tips from other users on this thread.

[Hempuli‽]

Hahah, yeah, I agree on that criticism! I suppose my approach to creating the trailer was a bit off. I'm pretty happy with the trailer as a whole, though, I just gotta remember to be more to the point later on. Thanks for the link!