I was able to finish most of the mechanics around the stage and in the arena earlier than I thought I would. A lot of thinking ahead I did and I am quite proud of myself for making sure that a certain important object was always around because it is required during the boss fight. I’m trying to spoil less things through my blog post. Someone reading this may actually end up playing the game. Wouldn’t want to give away anything would I. But a lot of the pictures I post do give some hints.
Anyway I added objects to the boss arena and I made sure that the game went through the proper checks to make sure everything is in order once the player is inside. There’s a lot of pieces that come together in this fight. The next exciting and more complicated part will be the boss I have planned. It is going to be my most ambitious boss yet.
I came up with the Haunt slogan too. Stuck it on the loading screen. Pursue, Preserve, Persist.
There are a few assets I need to buy to get the new boss working, but I don’t need them right away. I will be purchasing them next month so in the mean time I started with the basics. I first modeled her in blender then transferred her to Unreal so get her colors right. I don’t have a name for her yet, so for now I am calling her the Captain. I gave her nice shiny armor so she can look badass. I am no expert on modelling so the armor may look a bit wonky, but it serves its purpose. The scrappy nature of the visuals is also part of the aesthetic of my game.
I then used the Base boss files I had and turned them into new files for the Captain. I improved upon some of the base features that I realized were missing then started working on some of the animations. She will have a shield so it was a good thing I had bought animations for the player. Plugged in the walking animations into the blend space and gave her a temporary shield. I will be making a custom model for her shield and other weapons eventually.
She will have some interesting mechanics so I will make those first before I start to give her any type of attacks. The Captain will be a difficult fight that will truly challenge players.
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