20
Sep
Alien Invasion Shmup Idea
Just some notes I took on a game idea I might try to implement in XNA (my Sheep Flocking thing has kinda stalled, mostly due to my computer needing a reinstall and me not getting around to reinstalling XNA yet).
Kinda like a vertical scrolling Crimson Land, shoot ‘em up kinda thing.
Play as an alien that has crash landed, and are killing all the humans
that get in your way
Cartoonish style
Different humans, civilians run away when they see you (run into their
houses, have to shoot them before they get there), military units try to
attack you
Some sort of power up structure
Maybe try for an isometric view? Might not have the skillz
Weapons:
Some sort of rocket launcher, make it more alien like
Some sort of plasma weapon
Some sort of electrical weapon (arcs to enemies within range of impact)
Anal probe weapon? (might be stealing too much from Destroy All Humans)
Have some rudimentary physics perhaps? (objects being blown away from
the point of an explosion, perhaps just use Flee Steering Behaviour with
velocity being inversely proportional to distance)
Maybe need to create some sort of urgency, something draining as time
goes by that needs to be replenished by killing humans… blood? brains?
an enzyme found only in the liver of an earthling?
