An astute eye probably caught that my bokken slash didn’t actually connect with the kittri in the last screenshot.\u00a0 One of the longest standing bugs in the game was the overly large and mispositioned collision zone of Arashi’s attacks, which really shouldn’t have been an issue for that long, I was just lazy about fixing it.\u00a0 Needless to say it’s been taken care of now \ud83d\ude21<\/p>\n
There’s still a little fine tuning I want to add to the AI… when a monster is close enough it’ll sometimes hop around to Arashi’s side before biting at her.\u00a0 Some might actually consider it pretty smart, especially when the Defend button is implemented (one of the\u00a0additions for this week)\u00a0but it’s unintended and kind of unnatural for a low level mob to be using advanced combat tactics.\u00a0 Once I get home from work (yes, I do have a real job while I’m doing this!)\u00a0 I\u00a0will make a check to see if the monster is already close enough to melee, if so then it won’t try to move.<\/p>\n
Some other things I need to adjust: Arashi’s base movement speed.\u00a0 Thinking about it, I think she moves too fast which makes controls a little loose.\u00a0 When she’s Dashing I don’t mind as much, but normal movement should be a little easier to put her in the right position to attack exact areas, especially for the design of the later bosses.<\/p>\n
I’ve added invisible collisions to the MapObject class, which will help in shaping collisions for oddly shaped objects.\u00a0 This will also come into play when I add what I call ‘usecode’, or basically RPG scripting for searching, collecting, and general interaction.\u00a0 I already have a very robust\u00a0usecode routine from the OpenGL game I tried to make, so\u00a0I can just copy all that over (it was very easy to use and powerful too).<\/p>\n
Also, mental note: I need to add a weather layer.\u00a0 Nothing sets an atmosphere better than weather, especially since a majority of the game is outdoors.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the Foxfire Empire isn’t known for its snow, which is what I would have liked to add the most \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n