Report, edit, etc...Posted by D_Scypher on 2005-03-21 at 15:52:27
Have you ever played Boktai for GBA?
Whenever you defeat a vampire/boss the first time, you have to take its corpse (in a casket) to outside the dungeon, where you purify it using complex sunlight machines (which is another kind of battle itself), because that's the only way to truly kill it. Your vampires aren't affected by sunlight, but you could use a similar idea for bosses -- even though you defeat them in a fight it's not completely over.
In Boktai, for example, you had to carry the casket back with a chain. The casket could still move, though only slightly, so if you didn't hold it for long it would start to shift away. And if you stood next to the casket for too long, it would lash out and hurt you. When you got the casket to the purification machine, you were essentially fighting the vampire's demonic soul instead of it's body. 2-4 machines were shooting rays of sunlight at it, while the vampire would fight back with rays of darkness (which could disable the machines), and the player had to constantly re-energize the machines while still avoiding whatever the vampire threw at him.
I think if you could do something like that, boss battles would be a lot more interesting!
Whenever you defeat a vampire/boss the first time, you have to take its corpse (in a casket) to outside the dungeon, where you purify it using complex sunlight machines (which is another kind of battle itself), because that's the only way to truly kill it. Your vampires aren't affected by sunlight, but you could use a similar idea for bosses -- even though you defeat them in a fight it's not completely over.
In Boktai, for example, you had to carry the casket back with a chain. The casket could still move, though only slightly, so if you didn't hold it for long it would start to shift away. And if you stood next to the casket for too long, it would lash out and hurt you. When you got the casket to the purification machine, you were essentially fighting the vampire's demonic soul instead of it's body. 2-4 machines were shooting rays of sunlight at it, while the vampire would fight back with rays of darkness (which could disable the machines), and the player had to constantly re-energize the machines while still avoiding whatever the vampire threw at him.
I think if you could do something like that, boss battles would be a lot more interesting!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Talrathis on 2005-03-22 at 21:04:05
OMG AT LONG LAST I HAVE FOUND A BOKTAI PLAYER IN A PLACE OTHER THAN GAMEFAQS!
This makes me sooo happy
This is my first post in a LOOONG time... so can I get any welcomes or something?
Anyway.. interesting plot in your map.. I had an idea but it fizzled out
I'll give you an idea when I think of it.
This makes me sooo happy
This is my first post in a LOOONG time... so can I get any welcomes or something?
Anyway.. interesting plot in your map.. I had an idea but it fizzled out
I'll give you an idea when I think of it.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by slayer766 on 2005-03-22 at 21:06:47
hey Baal by any chance do you happen to still have your map Mephisto's jungle? I have it but its not on the computer i use all the time and the computer that has it is very old. That would be great if you could post it up so i can dl it again, that was a very good map. 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by TheOddAngel on 2005-03-26 at 17:38:27
Wow Baal, I jsut played it with you and Torr and I am Speechless...
All I can say is that Keep going the way your going, Watch for the size of the map, and dont give up...
This map will totaly OWN when it comes out.
I had alota fun g/j
All I can say is that Keep going the way your going, Watch for the size of the map, and dont give up...
This map will totaly OWN when it comes out.
I had alota fun g/j
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Zergling[SK] on 2005-03-28 at 01:56:33
Alright sorry for the late post, but I was on vacation 
. Anyway, My idea for a boss would be one of the professors that was working on the virus was experimenting with one that was extremely unstable. He could not get anyone to be a test subject so he decided to use himself. At first the virus didn't affect him, but over time he began to mutate, and become insane. The Virus killed off many brain cells, and now he is on a rampage. He is immune to almost every weapon, and the only way to kill him would to be pierce his stone skin with a stake through his heart (original ain't it 
). Explosions, and such render him unconscious for a little while, this could be used to stop him long enough to get the spike through him.
Well there is my idea, you can use it if ya want, tweak it if ya need, and thanks for letting me share it
. Anyway, My idea for a boss would be one of the professors that was working on the virus was experimenting with one that was extremely unstable. He could not get anyone to be a test subject so he decided to use himself. At first the virus didn't affect him, but over time he began to mutate, and become insane. The Virus killed off many brain cells, and now he is on a rampage. He is immune to almost every weapon, and the only way to kill him would to be pierce his stone skin with a stake through his heart (original ain't it ). Explosions, and such render him unconscious for a little while, this could be used to stop him long enough to get the spike through him. Well there is my idea, you can use it if ya want, tweak it if ya need, and thanks for letting me share it
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Zergling[SK] on 2005-04-10 at 21:11:59
Just wondering if this was still alive...Baal are u still working on this map?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by (DB)Baal on 2005-04-10 at 21:13:29
For sure I've just been really busy and I kinda have writers/creators block and I can't think of what to do next for the map xD
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Zergling[SK] on 2005-04-10 at 21:14:23
awesome, just makin sure ur still workin
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Volcove99 on 2005-04-11 at 00:27:04
Yea he showed me this map. Although slightly glitchy, its awesome. Keep it up
Report, edit, etc...Posted by (DB)Baal on 2005-04-12 at 13:25:35
I have worked out alot of the glitches and with the terrain done I majorly just have to put in triggers and storyline. Once I get major testing done I will be hopefully releasing this asap. Also this has kinda become priority #2 since I am working more and more on my Doom 3 map trying to push that and finish it up. But a really good thing came out of this map is the way I operated doors. Basically all the doors operate on 2 locations a player and about 8 trigs. So I implemented that into Doom 3 and it saved alot of locations.