[Skyhunter-devel] possible change in plans for the demo

[Clint M. F. <cl...@mo...>]

All,

Mike and I worked all day on Boss design and implementation. Mike now
has the boss with the turrets up and moving around. I think it our time
might be best spent over the next few days really polishing up what we
already have. There are several things that need to be done on both the
art and programming sides. I will try to list some of them at the bottom
of this Email. We can still use what Mike has done on the boss. We
thought that maybe after all the enemies are done, we could switch the
music, put the screen in "widescreen," and run a little 'boss comes in,
and fade to black' sequence. That way everyone still gets to see Kurt's
awesome boss, and we can make the rest of the game polished. Never fear
though, both Mike and I want to make this a mulit-level game over
Christmas... Does this sound reasonable to everybody? I want to see the
boss in action as much as anybody, but I think polishing what we have
now is more important for the demo. Thoughts?

Okay, now for the things that need to be done:
--> sounds/music need to be chosen, mixed and put into the game. If the
sound effects aren't up to snuff, it will really hurt the game
presentation
--> I thought I fixed the "crappy music" bug today, but it still sounds
bad on Mike's computer... This absolutely must be done
--> I have implemented a small invulnerable period after the player
dies, but this needs to be matched visually. Maybe Kurt could make a
"ghost" version of the players that we could switch over to during that
time...
-->Level scripting needs to be completed and tweaked. Hooray for Chris
helping us out in this area. Again, if this isn't done well, it will
really hurt us.
-->Enemy hit points, firing rate, AI, TTL... need to be tweaked for max
fun :)
-->Pretty menus/credits/title/whatever else need to be put in... maybe
we can put some extra work in here since boss is on hold. Have
highlightable text or something.. thoughts? Also, we could let the
player bind their own keys (especially on the joystick)
-->Kurt's going to whip us up an award winning movie for the beginning
:>
-->REAL (non-Kirby) powerup sprites need to be put in.
-->implementation of spread shot would be cool
-->end of level cinematic
-->full game reset
-->pretty win/lose screen
-->fix terrible alt-tab bug

Well, that's all I can think of for now, but I'm sure I forgot some.
Please feel free to add anything.

I hope the direction I'm suggesting won't offend anybody. If so, we can
come up with something doable I'm sure. Thanks for tuning in kids!

--Clint