Welcome back followers of the fearsome!
This week we’ll be checking out some more enemy types and talking a bit about what the bring to the pillaging table! Enemy variation is really important to us on Viking Squad so we’d like to show you some of our enemy designs!
Here we can see two types of ranged enemies. The Snowclaw Boulder Cannon, and the dreaded Marauder Knife-man. Both of these guys will be hurling damage at your Vikings from afar in two different ways. Grenade type enemies, like the boulder cannon will lob objects in an arc. This could go over objects you’ve used as cover but could be slow enough that you can avoid them with a quick lane change. The other type is a more direct shot that travels along the lane at a greater speed.
We’ve been playing around with these enemy types and are starting to find that they work really well along side our more classic enemies. The player needs to start learning when to avoid and when to attack these crafty ranged enemies.
We also try and keep the types unique to enemy races. Here we can see that the arcing ranged Draugr hurls explosive heads at our heroes while the direct projectile is a more classic skirmisher. We also have the ability to tune these enemies specifically to add variety. The Draugr Grenadier for example could deal much more damage or leave an area of flame on the ground that would continually damage characters.
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And Also another reminder that we’ll be streaming today!
We’ve been having a lot of fun streaming some art process and talking to everyone. So be sure to stop by today at 4pm! We’d love to chat a bunch about games, art, and design all while art-ing and chilling out to the swinging sounds of our composer Gordon McGladdery!
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So thanks a bunch for stopping by! Another week sails by here at Slick! WE are also SUPER excited for an upcoming announcement this Friday so keep those keen Viking eyes peeled for that and until next time, be wary of those ranged attacks!
-Jesse
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