Visual Update: Tutorial - The Cave

Another Update on Red Red Dragon:

I managed to rework the spawns, now I can place a Game Object within the scene and when the player reaches that object, spawn a specified type of enemy in a specified pattern. I also created a whole bunch of Assets which make up the Tutorial Level :- The Cave.

Below is a Demo Video of the Cave:

Modelling - Farmer Egg Beginning

Just wanted to post up that I have been modelling, Here's the beginning of a 'Farmer Egg' which will throw pitchforks from below, on top of houses etc etc.

Imagination time:

The Game's Appearance Now + Update

After some suggestions and readings on the shoot 'em up as a whole, its come to my attention that 'randomizing' the appearance and enemies may not be the wisest choice. The concept of the game having to be memorized as a feature of the game is intriguing and surprisingly frustrating.

Now the game's spawn system has been revamped, now allowing the player to be able to memorize where the enemies will come from and in which order. However this also made the game too easy, hence an upgrade of the system needs to be done.

Also, I have gained a certain fondness of combining 2D graphics with 3D Graphics and have tried to implement it as much within the game as possible. Evidence can be seen with the smoke and 'flame-particles' from the previous post, as well as the 'fire' the dragon fires out in the image below.

Oh, the image below shows where the game at as of now - visually. Enjoy:

Experiments with the Toon Shader + Art

After fiddling around with Unity's Toon Shader, I discovered my frustration of it was due to the fact that I did not completely understand it. Turns out the models have to have 'Soft' Edges in order for the 'toony' lighting to appear. It seemed so simple, but I figured it out. So I dished out some simple models which will be things that the player will either have to avoid/destroy/look at while they are destroying things.

Enjoy:

Experiment with Toon Shader

My experience with the Toon Shader within Unity hasn't been the most pleasant. I decided to look up ways to simulate this through exterior means. Here's pretty much the idea I had for what the game's objects will possess. I intend for simple colors, dark outlines and an overall 'drawn' look to the game.

I have yet to try to import this to Unity.

Red Red Dragon - Word based Patterns

Enemies sometimes rush at the player in the form of words!

Enjoy:

Red Red Dragon - Attack Upgrades

Example of the attack upgrading within the game:

In this case, the 'Spread' Flame.