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[oab]

This week, I start working on the second level and finished the bottom part of the background.

[nathy after dark]

This looks wild and cool! I love Rust, so tetra seems cool too!

[oab]

This week, I finished working on the background of the 2nd level and implemented new enemies.

[oab]

This week update. I added another new enemy. Only mid-boss and the boss left before finishing the second level.

[oab]

Small update between the week.

- I added another new enemy. I got an idea for this one while looking at the fish swimming in the water tank.

[mobilelast]

That’s intense. Just looking makes me feel winded. Such hypnotic visuals require equally weird and psychedelic sound.

[oab]

This week update.
- Finished the first draft of the second level's mid-boss.

[Gunroar:Cannon()]

Dang, the enemy designs are really cool.

[oab]

Another update:
- Finished animations for the second boss.
- Testing the first bullet pattern for the second boos.
- Bullet patterns generate using JSON files instead of coding for each pattern :')

[oab]

Small update:
- added bullet pattern editor. It can export JSON files to use in the game.

[oab]

This week's update:

- Finished making all enemies on the second level.
- Bullet editor pattern ready.
- Design for the third level.

[oab]

This week's update:

- I have finished another editor for making the enemy path.

[Gunroar:Cannon()]

@oab Curious to how you got about making the bullet hell pattern editor/how it's saved. Might try to make something like that in lua...

[oab]

@oab Curious to how you got about making the bullet hell pattern editor/how it's saved. Might try to make something like that in lua...

@Gunroar:Cannon()

The editor generates JSON files and The game read and saves them in HashMap<String, Vector> and gives a copy of it to any weapon or bullet when it needs.

Please check the example of the JSON file.

Example:

- The weapon fires 11 bullets (Bullet-1). For each time it fire. It will rotate clockwise at 45 degrees.
- The Bullet-1 will change speed to 6 in 1000 milliseconds, wait for 400 milliseconds before spawning 10 bullets in a circle  (Bullet-2) and destroy itself.

weapon preset json:

Code:

[
    {
        "name": "weapon-1",
        "bullet_preset": "bullet-1",
        "commands": [
            "int_rotate_cw:45",
            "fire",
            "step_back_countdown:2:10"
        ]
    }
]

Bullet preset:

Code:

{
    "commands": [
        {
            "name": "bullet-1",
            "commands": [
                "set_speed_to:6:1000",
                "wait:400",
                "spawn_bullets_circle:bullet-2:2:10:36",
                "remove"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "presets": [
        {
            "name": "bullet-1",
            "config": "animation_name=bullet-01|scale=1|speed=0.5|damage=1|radius=6|health=1|life_time=1000",
            "firing": "animation_name=bullet-firing-01|width=20.0|height=20.0|scale=1.4",
            "hitting": "animation_name=bullet-bouncing-01|width=20.0|height=20.0|scale=1.0",
            "bouncing": "animation_name=bullet-bouncing-01|width=20.0|height=20.0|scale=1.0",
            "extra": "preset_name=bullet-1",
            "command_name": "bullet-1"
        },
        {
            "name": "bullet-2",
            "config": "animation_name=bullet-03|scale=1|speed=4|damage=1|radius=6|health=1|life_time=1000",
            "firing": "animation_name=bullet-firing-03|width=20.0|height=20.0|scale=1.4",
            "hitting": "animation_name=bullet-bouncing-03|width=20.0|height=20.0|scale=1.0",
            "bouncing": "animation_name=bullet-bouncing-03|width=20.0|height=20.0|scale=1.0",
            "extra": "preset_name=",
            "command_name": ""
        }
    ]
}

[Gunroar:Cannon()]

Okay, nice. Thanks for the insight.

[oab]

This week's update:
- Added a new enemy type to appear between the wall to make the level more interesting.
- Added showing a very long health bar for the boss.

[Gibberish]

I like what your showing a lot, but im worried it might not be very playable for most people. Your ship seems incredible big, the action very fast and busy. Do you do some intermediate playtesting on the difficulty with other people?

[oab]

I like what your showing a lot, but im worried it might not be very playable for most people. Your ship seems incredible big, the action very fast and busy. Do you do some intermediate playtesting on the difficulty with other people?

Thanks for the feedback. The hitbox of the ship is the small pilot and the hitbox of enemy bullets is even smaller. So, avoiding easier than it looks.

[oab]

This week's update:

- improve UI. (added fade in/out)
- reworked enemy spawn pattern for level 1 and 2.

[Gunroar:Cannon()]

I like what your showing a lot, but im worried it might not be very playable for most people. Your ship seems incredible big, the action very fast and busy. Do you do some intermediate playtesting on the difficulty with other people?

@Gibberish , that's bullet hell, my friend.