I’ve written up a design docs for my game.<\/p>\n
I’ve posted it in its entirety after the break.<\/p>\n
<\/span>—-<\/p>\n Section 0 – Premise<\/p>\n In the, the play takes on the role of a Vulcan Industries Ladybird MKV General Purpose\/Combat Android. Her name, for the record, is Luna.<\/p>\n Luna’s town has been attacked by eight Android Generals! It is up to her to save the city and be THE HERO!<\/p>\n (Why not another combat robot? Well, then Luna wouldn’t be the protagonist, would she?)<\/p>\n —-<\/p>\n Section 1 – Generals<\/p>\n Each android general’s equipment, once salvaged, can be turned into a new combat armor for Luna.<\/p>\n The Android Generals are:<\/p>\n -Lordi Kometo : Gives flight armor<\/p>\n -Craig Ballister : Gives gatling armor<\/p>\n -Matilda Kruhntch : Gives heavy armor<\/p>\n -Freddy Redrocket : Gives missile armor<\/p>\n -Viviana Tempo : Gives speed armor<\/p>\n -Ken Nirigatsu : Gives ninja armor<\/p>\n -Dr. Richard Pindt : Gives laser armor<\/p>\n -Cat Carlyle : Gives blaster armor<\/p>\n After defeating these baddies, Luna must face Reginald Fairlance, who will put her up against three levels of fortress, then all eight generals, then a couple more levels, then… THE FINAL BOSS BATTLE!<\/p>\n —-<\/p>\n Section 2 – Armors<\/p>\n The game’s nine (Including the default) armors are:<\/p>\n Ladybird Armor: Flight Armor: Gatling Armor: Heavy Armor: Missile Armor: Speed Armor: Ninja Armor: Laser Armor: Blaster Armor: —-<\/p>\n Section 3 – Weapons and Thuster Systems<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Section 3.1 – Weapons<\/p>\n Notation: Plasma Blaster: Heavy Plasma Blaster: Laser Blaster: Heavy Laser Blaster: Pulse Laser: Machine Gun: Chain Gun: Gatling Gun: Chain Shotgun: Grenades: Cluster Grenades: Sticky Grenades: Small Missiles: Rocket Launcher: Swarmer Missiles: Concussion Swarmers: —<\/p>\n Section 3.2 – Thruster Systems<\/p>\n Jump Jets: Jump in mid-air at 50% jump speed once per second<\/p>\n Glide Jets: Slow fall speed to 25% and move left and right at 50% run speed<\/p>\n Flight Jets: Fly in any direction at 2x run speed, ends on collision, collision stuns<\/p>\n Dash Jets: Dash in any direction at 3x run speed, collision with enemy damages player and enemy, collision with wall stuns and damages player<\/p>\n —-<\/p>\n Section 4 – Stages<\/p>\n The stages are as follows:<\/p>\n Introduction: Ruined highway, simple enemies and collapsing terrain<\/p>\n Generals: Final: —-<\/p>\n Section 5 – Enemies, Bosses, and Mini-Bosses<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Section 5.1 – Enemies<\/p>\n Basic: Kometo: Redrocket: Nirigatsu: —<\/p>\n Section 5.2 – Mini-Bosses<\/p>\n Ballister-1: Defender Turret Redrocket-1: Stinger Swarm Nirigatsu-1: Hachi Nirigatsu-2: Toshi Pindt-1: Laser Crusader Prototype Pindt-2: Security Measure Alpha Pindt-3: Assembler Pindt-4: Security Measure Beta Pindt-5: Security Measure Delta —<\/p>\n Section 5.3 – Bosses<\/p>\n Kometo: Android with Flight Armor. Attacks from a distance. Calls in flying minions. Fairlance: Android with Chain Gun, Rocket Launcher, and Dash Jets. Cycles between general tactics.<\/p>","time":"January 23rd, 2010 10:43 am","title":"Ladybird \u2013 Details and Plans"}
\n -Normal Stats
\n -Plasma Blaster | Grenades
\n -Jump Jets<\/p>\n
\n -75% Defense, 125% Speed
\n -Machine Gun | Small Missiles
\n -Flight Jets<\/p>\n
\n -125% Defense, 75% Speed
\n -Gatling Gun | Machine Gun
\n -Jump Jets<\/p>\n
\n -150% Defense, 125% Ammo, 50% Speed, 75% Jump
\n -Heavy Plasma Blaster | Cluster Grenades
\n -Glide Jets<\/p>\n
\n -125% Speed, 75% Ammo
\n -Rocket Launcher | Swarmer Missiles
\n -Jump Jets<\/p>\n
\n -150% Speed, 75% Defense, 75% Ammo
\n -Laser Blaster | None
\n -Dash Jets<\/p>\n
\n -125% Speed, 125% Jump, 50% Defense
\n -Laser Blaster | Sticky Grenades
\n -Dash Jets<\/p>\n
\n -125% Ammo, 75% Defense
\n -Heavy Laser Blaster | Pulse Laser
\n -Jump Jets<\/p>\n
\n -175% Ammo, 75% Speed, 50% Defense
\n -Chain Shotgun | Concussion Swarmers
\n -Jump Jets<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: (below) (type)
\n Energy: per-shot \/ maximum \/ charge-per-second
\n Bullet: per-magazine \/ reload-time (Seconds)
\n Explosive: per-salvo \/ reload-time | “Thrown”
\n -Damage: per-shot \/ radius (Splash) | (Non-Splash)
\n -Rate of Fire: per-second | “Reload”
\n -Speed: speed | “Hit-Scan”
\n -Special: flag_a | flag_b \/ args | …<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 1 \/ 25 \/ 1 (Energy)
\n -Damage: 10
\n -Rate of Fire: 4
\n -Speed: 25
\n -Special: None<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 5 \/ 50 \/ 2 (Energy)
\n -Damage: 25 \/ 25
\n -Rate of Fire: 2
\n -Speed: 45
\n -Special: None<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 1 \/ 25 \/ 4 (Energy)
\n -Damage: 5
\n -Rate of Fire: 6
\n -Speed: Hit-Scan
\n -Special: None<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 5 \/ 50 \/ 2 (Energy)
\n -Damage: 50
\n -Rate of Fire: 1
\n -Speed: Hit-Scan
\n -Special: Pierce<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 1 \/ 50 \/ 2 (Energy)
\n -Damage: 2
\n -Rate of Fire: 10
\n -Speed: Hit-Scan
\n -Special: Automatic<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 50 \/ 1 (Bullet)
\n -Damage: 10
\n -Rate of Fire: 6
\n -Speed: Hit-Scan
\n -Special: Automatic<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 150 \/ 2 (Bullet)
\n -Damage: 25
\n -Rate of Fire: 12
\n -Speed: Hit-Scan
\n -Special: Automatic<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 250 \/ 2 (Bullet)
\n -Damage: 10
\n -Rate of Fire: 16
\n -Speed: Hit-Scan
\n -Special: Automatic | Spread \/ 15<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 25 \/ 1 (Bullet)
\n -Damage: 10
\n -Rate of Fire: 4
\n -Speed: Hit-Scan
\n -Special: Automatic | Spread \/ 30 | Shotgun \/ 8<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 1 \/ Thrown (Explosive)
\n -Damage: 25 \/ 25
\n -Rate of Fire: 2
\n -Speed: 10
\n -Special: Thrown | Bounce | Timer \/ 5<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 1 \/ Thrown (Explosive)
\n -Damage: 10 \/ 10
\n -Rate of Fire: 2
\n -Speed: 10
\n -Special: Thrown | Bounce | Cluster \/ 6<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 1 \/ Thrown (Explosive)
\n -Damage: 40 \/ 25
\n -Rate of Fire: 1
\n -Speed: 5
\n -Special: Thrown | Sticky | Timer \/ 5<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 2 \/ 1 (Explosive)
\n -Damage: 30 \/ 15
\n -Rate of Fire: 0.5
\n -Speed: 20
\n -Special: Homing<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 1 \/ 1 (Explosive)
\n -Damage: 50 \/ 25
\n -Rate of Fire: Reload
\n -Speed: 15
\n -Special: None<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 8 \/ 2 (Explosive)
\n -Damage: 25 \/ 15
\n -Rate of Fire: Reload
\n -Speed: 25
\n -Special: Homing<\/p>\n
\n -Ammo: 10 \/ 2 (Explosive)
\n -Damage: 5 \/ 40
\n -Rate of Fire: Reload
\n -Speed: 25
\n -Special: Homing<\/p>\n
\n Kometo: Airship armada, lots of little ships and a few bigger ones. Some areas inside of big ships. Boss fight on the deck of a small ship.
\n Ballister: Arsenal, lots of turrets and many small enemies. Boss fight in ammo dump. Fairly simple level.
\n Kruhntch: Demolished buildings, lots of fragile terrain that can be broken with explosives, but none critical to progress. Boss fight in ruined factory.
\n Redrocket: Factory, lots of moving platforms and hazards. Boss fight in engine room, which has moving platforms.
\n Tempo: Gauntlet, moving platforms, moving hazards. Lots of pendulum hazards. Boss fight on floating platform with moving hazards.
\n Nirigatsu: Dojo, level consists of waves of enemies. Boss fight is last wave.
\n Pindt: Research facility, level consists of several mini-boss fights. Boss is in last room.
\n Carlyle: Bunker, lots and lots of enemies. Many traps, but not near enemies. Boss fight in command post, many places to take cover.<\/p>\n
\n 1: Area outside fortress. Sparse level, fairly easy.
\n 2: Base of fortress. Many traps, but few enemies.
\n 3: Arsenal. Re-fight all generals.
\n 4: Lifts. Elevators with waves of enemies.
\n 5: Final Battle. Control room with final boss.<\/p>\n
\n Mr. Fodder: Little treaded robot with plasma blaster, 10HP
\n Private Kenny: Android with a shield and plasma blaster, 50HP
\n Private Suzy: Android with a shield and grenades, 40HP
\n Sarge: Android with a machine gun, 100HP
\n Sentry Turret: Little turret with a machine gun, 100HP<\/p>\n
\n Mr. Aviator: Mr. Fodder, but flying, 10HP
\n Private Reese: Flying android with machine gun, 30HP
\n Private Rachel: Flying android with missiles, 40HP
\n Drop Beetle: Flying android that charges player and explodes on death, 5HP<\/p>\n
\n Mr. Grenadier: Mr. Fodder, but with grenades instead of plasma blaster
\n Specialist Marco: Android with a shield and rocket launcher, 80HP
\n Jugo: Android with small missiles, chases player, 40HP<\/p>\n
\n No Basic Enemies
\n Chibi: Tiny, quick android with melee, 10HP
\n Inu: Small robot dog, charges player and runs away, 25HP
\n Tengu: Flying android, dive-bombs player, 15HP
\n Private Kendo: Android with beam sword, 125HP
\n Private Akane: Flying android with beam sword, 100HP<\/p>\n
\n Gigantic gun turret. Does not move, fires weapons in sequence. Destroy weapons to defeat.<\/p>\n
\n Bees that explode on impact with player, weapon fire, or any explosion. Fly around randomly, occasionally charge player.<\/p>\n
\n Robot dog. Charges player and runs away.<\/p>\n
\n Small android with machine gun. Attacks player at a distance.<\/p>\n
\n Slow-moving mech with huge laser and swarmer missiles.<\/p>\n
\n Fast-moving android with laser blaster. Attacks player at a distance.<\/p>\n
\n Machine that spawns small enemies. Stationary.<\/p>\n
\n Three robot dogs. Identical to Nirigatsu-1, but takes turns charging.<\/p>\n
\n Faster-moving version of Pindt-1, laser is less powerful, but has 2x health.<\/p>\n
\n Ballister: Android with Gatling Armor. Attacks from short range, retreats to reload.
\n Kruhntch: Android with Heavy Armor. Stomps and makes debris fall from above.
\n Redrocket: Android with Missile Armor. Attacks from long range.
\n Tempo: Android with Speed Armor. Attacks relentlessly from close range. Stops to reload.
\n Nirigatsu: Android with Ninja Armor. Attacks relentlessly, then retreats.
\n Pindt: Android with Laser Armor. Attacks from long range. Occasionally charges player.
\n Carlyle: Android with Blaster Armor. Attacks from long range, then takes cover to reload.<\/p>\n