Hello tom. Given the way the game works, you might considder bosses of a slightly different style which would nevertheless be easier to code into the game. I'm thinking, of the way bosses worked in the playstation platform games Pandemonium and Pandemonium 2.
these were basically large game levels, where you were either being chased or occasionally shot at by a large boss, and had to find certain objects scattered around the level to defeat it. for example, one boss chased you over a large amount of swompy terain (with you jumping swamps en route), and to defeat him you had to run over several flaming catapults scattered through the level. Another boss would chase you down with a large hammer through a saw mill (taking swipes at you when close enough), and you had to find balloons which would shoot you high into the air so that you could come down on the boss's head. Also, sinse he was hell to avoid, you had to remember to grab extra hearts scattered around the level. Given the fact that monti is much more an exploration gameI wonder if this sort of thing would be both easier to code, and more appropriate than having anjella smith slash something up with her sword. You would after all not need to code boss health, or too many attacks, simply standard level with either a time switch (for an instant kill style boss), or intermitant damage to your character if not performing a specific action (as in the laser bot battle in superliam, though obviously for a monti boss you'd be finding items or switches to defeat the enemy, not attacking them directly). As to game keys etc, well like everyone here I would of course like to play the game Asap, but equally would want to see a finished game. One question though is how much work were you planning to do with monti post this christmas? if you were thinking of releasing the finished game and moving onto other stuff, then personally I'd go for putting the bosses in, if you were thinking of in fact releasing some kind of expantions for the game, then they can probably wait, and I for one would be happpy to pay the money and simply be able to play all the levels. If you don't mind me asking another related question please Thom, at one stage you mentioned a Monti map editer, with perhaps even the ability to add background and or monster sounds so as to create different levels and environments to explore. As an exploration freak, I'd personally love to see something like this, though given everything you've put into Monti thus far, I'd understand if you want to give it a rest for a while. all the best, Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
