[fifthelephant]

[STHX]

Of course you guys thought of a way for Sonic to avoid it ;P
Just kidding.
Maybe that boss could chase Sonic, in this way Sonic doesn't need to jump over it, and the boss will do the thing every Motobug does, try to ram over Sonic.

[Black Squirrel]

->

Modfied that bit on the side of the shell, plus a few other things

Also tried putting back that original yellowy bit from the Sonic 1 sprite... not sure if it worked... depends which level it's going in I guess.

[Matwek]

Rather then a boss I would quite like to see a couple of these used in a sort of interactive cut-scene (like the bombing run near the end of AIZ). Nack/Fang could release a small 'herd' of them and sonic has to out run them avoiding obstacles... or maybe it could still be a boss in a revers style of MHZ, you run to keep ahead and avoid obstacles then when you have the space jump back and destroy one, another then takes its place till you hit a certain number depending on if its a final boss or a sub boss.

[ICEknight]

I don't think having that as a boss would be a good idea, for this project.


Be creative, guys. =\

This post has been edited by ICEknight: 14 January 2009 - 04:10 PM

[Sailu Baru]

ICEknight, on Jan 14 2009, 10:06 PM, said:

I don't think having that as a boss would be a good idea, for this project.

I think it would be amazing! Specially used in the way Matwek have said. I also like the idea "to get a WTF moment from the player when you finally break off the face and then this happens below".

Those ideas are not particularly creatives, but they have some charm and they respect the retro spirit. Being too much creatives will put us out of the project. Don't we want to create a game in the old way? We don't want to make a new Sonic, totally different than the first of ones. So we have to drew inspiration from other games, we don't have to invent all the pieces. (I suppose)

[Matwek]

Sailu Baru, on Jan 14 2009, 11:36 PM, said:

ICEknight, on Jan 14 2009, 10:06 PM, said:

I don't think having that as a boss would be a good idea, for this project.

I think it would be amazing! Specially used in the way Matwek have said. I also like the idea "to get a WTF moment from the player when you finally break off the face and then this happens below".

Those ideas are not particularly creatives, but they have some charm and they respect the retro spirit. Being too much creatives will put us out of the project. Don't we want to create a game in the old way? We don't want to make a new Sonic, totally different than the first of ones. So we have to drew inspiration from other games, we don't have to invent all the pieces. (I suppose)

Im not too keen on it being a boss but I have no specific objections (at the moment) to it being used in a cut-scene like I mentioned.
At the very most something like this should only really be used once within the game otherwise things get out of hand and the whole thing is full of in jokes and references to old games.

Also being creative won't distact us from our current goals by any means. The whole point of the project is to get as creative as we can whilst still staying within the restrictions and current aims we set ourselves, thats what seperates the good work from the bad.

[fifthelephant]

ICEknight, on Jan 14 2009, 09:06 PM, said:

I don't think having that as a boss would be a good idea, for this project.


Be creative, guys. =\

Why not? Because it's fun? It's a game, it's supposed to be entertaining.

Matwek, on Jan 15 2009, 12:14 AM, said:

Im not too keen on it being a boss but I have no specific objections (at the moment) to it being used in a cut-scene like I mentioned.
At the very most something like this should only really be used once within the game otherwise things get out of hand and the whole thing is full of in jokes and references to old games.

Also being creative won't distact us from our current goals by any means. The whole point of the project is to get as creative as we can whilst still staying within the restrictions and current aims we set ourselves, thats what seperates the good work from the bad.

It's probably at the most going to be a boss at the beginning of the game, it's certainly not a regular bad guy. Or maybe a sub boss.

I think the trouble with many of the new games is that they try to be very serious, this is especially true of the newer 3d titles (werewolves, swords, generic robots rather than animal or insect ones, humans, love stories with aforementioned humans... and so on). While I love Sonic as much as the next person I will be honest and say that they are games aimed towards children mostly and I don't think it would harm the project if the game was something anybody could pick up and enjoy.

I'm not saying we make a kiddie game but we should at least give the game the charm and character that the old games have and this boss has charm and character by the bucket load.

[Chimpo]

ICEknight, on Jan 14 2009, 01:06 PM, said:

I don't think having that as a boss would be a good idea, for this project.


Be creative, guys. =\

Care to tell us why instead of just telling us we're rehasing hacks?

[Blue Cheese]

How 'bout dis? I'm thinking along the lines of an Act 1 boss...

This post has been edited by Blue Cheese: 14 January 2009 - 10:40 PM

[Kamon62]

[ICEknight]

Chimpo, on Jan 14 2009, 07:34 PM, said:

ICEknight, on Jan 14 2009, 01:06 PM, said:

I don't think having that as a boss would be a good idea, for this project.


Be creative, guys. =\

Care to tell us why instead of just telling us we're rehasing hacks?

Because that wouldn't fit with the boss themes of previous Sonics, which always tried to innovate. Making this a normal boss would scream fangame.

Now, if it was something in the lines of Sky Sanctuary, where you face the most recognizeable enemies from the previous games before facing the real boss...

This post has been edited by ICEknight: 15 January 2009 - 10:06 AM

[Hitaxas]

ICEknight, on Jan 15 2009, 10:05 AM, said:

Chimpo, on Jan 14 2009, 07:34 PM, said:

ICEknight, on Jan 14 2009, 01:06 PM, said:

I don't think having that as a boss would be a good idea, for this project.


Be creative, guys. =\

Care to tell us why instead of just telling us we're rehasing hacks?

Because that wouldn't fit with the boss themes of previous Sonics, which always tried to innovate. Making this a normal boss would scream fangame.

Now, if it was something in the lines of Sky Sanctuary, where you face the most recognizeable enemies from the previous games before facing the real boss...

Besides, the idea is being used in a hack, by me. =P

[Scarred Sun]

[Rika Chou]

I think it would work better if it was pre boss like the AIZ bomber than an actual boss....

This post has been edited by Rika Chou: 15 January 2009 - 03:35 PM