This solved the player being able to charge out of the way, and also allowed us to channel the player’s movement as they avoided the other two parts that chased towards the player on different paths. Here we needed to decide if it was worth pursuing or just cutting we all agreed that the overall concept for the enemy was sound, we just needed to refine this implementation.Īfter more iteration we devised an enemy that would actually split into four sections, two of which would charge towards you, the other two would move in a fixed blocking pattern. Once you shot it, you could keep charging at it and avoid it. But after a short while we found some exploits in its behavior. Initially we had this enemy working functionally - it would meander around the screen and if you hit it with a bullet it would rapidly charge at your ship. This gives us a good idea if it is achieving what we want. We then test that enemy, or waves of that enemy, on a plain level against the player ship.
We have an internal way in which we can quickly implement the basic enemy design. Once we have sketched out a few more details on the enemy we start to prototype it in the game. We devised that this enemy should be two stage as the player will recognize its docile state and will clearly see its active state. So when we consider enemy behavior, it has to be clearly defined and strong so that the player can anticipate how things will develop in the game once it appears. Geometry Wars is a very intense shooter, and we can have a lot of enemies on screen at any time. In the case of this new enemy, which we’ve nicknamed Battenberg (after the cake), we wanted to create a scenario where the player would have to consider where they are shooting, as it could increase their current level of jeopardy.
There are a variety of reasons sometimes they can help us explore a new level concept, other times they can be to provide a new strategy for the player to learn in the battle.
#GEOMETRY WARS GAME UPDATE#
The new update for Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved has a range of new enemies, so I thought it might be interesting to give you an insight on the process on how we implement them into our game.įirst up we have to have a reason why we want to bring an enemy into the game. One of the most important components in the Geometry Wars games is the enemies.
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