Core Programming — The Boss

Ryan A
Apr 25, 2021

Its … its finally over. After 3 unique scripts, ~500 LoC, 0 showers, and 3 days of getting the mechanics and bugs out of the boss fight and I’m finally here.

Mechanics:

  • Each Arm has 5hp. They fire individual lasers. Destroying an arm, stops it from firing. (In the video I moved it down to 1hp for testing).
  • Core of the boss is shielded and fires artillery strikes around the map, which you must avoid.
  • You must destroy all 4 arms before the shield comes down to target the core. Each destroyed arm has an explosion animation (would like to one day make these fly off the boss instead).
  • Core has 10hp. Once core is sufficiently damaged = you win!

Definitely some further optimizations required later but the game is “done”!

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