#paralunar

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Almost done

Not to make this post a checklist, but I've finished a lot of tasks and wanted to share.

The video below shows (in a test room) two new mechanics: super dash & parry. The super dash works by holding the dash button. It's kind like a jetpack. The parry on the other hand uses the brake button. If you brake just before you get hit, you don't get hurt and also recover a bit of your life.

Of course, you need a way to get these new abilities. So there's the shop for that. The bunny seller sells you lives, guns & new moves.

I also implemented the pause menu, which was easy to do since the options and controls menus are their own objects.

Finally, I added a scrolling credits scene and some cutscenes.

What's left then? Mostly polish, but also sounds & music. I'm not really sure how I'm gonna tackle music, but I'll try.

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Mini-bosses

So I've been thinking a bit about the last 3 mini-bosses. I've decided they are going to be a werewolf named Leto, a moon priestess named Agave and a mummy called Tumanoton.

I'd drawn Agave and Leto before but didn't really decide to put them in the game. I came up with the mummy monster today.

These mini-bosses are going to be really simple (like two attacks at most) & will have little health.

No design is final (though it probably is).

Apart from that, today I touched some parts of the new level to add backtracking and added the white outline that was missing from the final final boss:

I was wondering why she was so hard to see!

I think that's all for today. Just committing to these characters and deciding to work on them feels like progress. Who knows how long they'll take me, but once they're done we're almost finished content-wise.

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run, wolfgirl, run

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Post to organize some thoughts

So... there's still a lot of work to be done to release the Paralunar update. It's not like I've been working on this thing for 2 years, but it kinda feels like it.

The final boss is done, the final final boss too. I made an "enemy spawner" recently and I've been working on some menus

Working on these menus hasn't been that bad. In part because I've made objects that just take a property from the Game Manager and edit it directly. Godot's UI nodes help too.

Anyways, I still need to put them properly in the game.

I think I'm going to scrap the middle phase in the final battle. Not having it won't make much of a difference. And I can always add it later if I feel like it.

What I need to focus on is all the interactions needed to get to this new zone. Also, the mini-bosses.

Here's a short list of things that need to be done:

Bunny Seller teleport to new zone interaction

3 mini-bosses

Battle zone before final boss

Add tutorial & options to the main menu

Input Remapping menu

Implement a pause menu

Ending & Credits screen

At least 2 cutscenes

ALL OF THE MUSIC

And some nice-to-haves:

More weapons

Seller upgrades (this includes a menu)

Secret Boss

Animation polish

Some new mechanics like Parry & Super-Dash idk

This whole thing is a lot. Making games is hard and (more importantly) takes a lot time.

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Got input remapping working and the options menu in the main menu. I still need to make the pause menu, but then I'm done with menus, I think.

Menus.

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I'm going to be working on menus these days

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some screenshots

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Tumanoton

Though It may need some polish, I think I'm done with this mini-boss. The general battle loop is: shoot the hands, shoot the sarcophagus avoiding the bandages, and then shoot the mummy. It's simple & cliché, but different enough from the other battles to make it interesting, I hope.

2 done, 1 to go. Next up is Leto the Forgotten.