The Wacko: Making an Appearance in Yet Another Game

[Tact]

I just downloaded a freeware shooter game that lets you create your own enemies. I just had to create a wacko upon learning that.

So, here it is! It doesn't look like it has 50 parts, but I packed it with weapons to make it a challenging fight.

http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/7334/wackoenemycs6.png

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[VanHalen]

I want to see the boss fight against it http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[Randomness]

That looks dangerous.

[Meyfei]

SHOOT EM IN DA HEAD, SHOOT EM IN DA HEAD!

^ best line ever!

[Sord]

and the game is...?

[Tact]

It's called Fraxy. Maybe I'll be able to put the wacko file up on Sendspace so you guys can fight wackos too. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

Anyway, here's some info about the wacko enemy:

The entire outer ring has tiny vulcan cannons in it, as well as the eyes. The eyes fire in all directions and the ring turrets just fire outwards.
[spoiler-box]http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/980/wackoeyestr0.png[/spoiler-box]

You might have noticed some tiny blue dots near the mouth of the wacko, too. This is because the mouth fires lasers.
[spoiler-box]http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/9731/wackolaserks5.png[/spoiler-box]

Now for some action shots. Do you see that tiny thing near the minimap firing at the wacko? Yeah, that's your ship.
[spoiler-box]http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/5264/wackofightsm0.png[/spoiler-box]

Because of the way I set the parts up, the ring has a distinct head and tail end. When you blow up a section of the ring, everything behind it (going towards the tail end) blows up as well.
[spoiler-box]http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/6297/wackofight2wf1.png[/spoiler-box]

Every enemy has to have at least one core part. In the wacko, the two eyes are the cores. Normally, cores don't have weapons but I've hidden multiple cross-vulcan cannons behind each one. (Cross-vulcans fire vulcan bullets in a cross pattern.) When you blow up the core or cores of an enemy, the whole thing explodes. Beware, though! Some parts or cores on each enemy are designed to launch counterattacks upon destruction.
[spoiler-box]http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/310/wackofight3zr1.png[/spoiler-box]

Edit Number Two: Coming up soon, the Disapprove enemy!

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[Sord]

that is fucking win

[Out_Kast]

Awesome work, Tact.
To be honest, I'm surprised you beat it. It looked like something that could take out a fleet of Star Wars ships pretty damn quickly.

[Tact]

Thanks, Sord and OutKast.

I do seem to be having trouble with the disapprove enemy, though. I can't get it to look right. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_disapprove.gif I think the wacko is more photogenic.

I will not fail you, though. I'll maybe make an enemy shaped like the letters "FKL."

Edit: OutKast, this isn't a game where one shot kills you. The green bar on the left side is your health/energy and it does regenerate. Firing shots also uses up some energy, but with the weapon I was using it's only enough to stop energy regeneration. The only time you'll die is if you take a ton of hits while firing or if you run into an enemy.

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[Randomness]

On 2008-05-03 09:38, Out_Kast wrote:
Awesome work, Tact.
To be honest, I'm surprised you beat it. It looked like something that could take out a fleet of Star Wars ships pretty damn quickly.



Rogue sqaudron>10 of those.

[Tact]

On 2008-05-03 09:43, Randomness wrote:
Rogue sqaudron>10 of those.



Better than ten fleets of Star Wars ships? Yes.

Better than the wacko? No. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[Randomness]

On 2008-05-03 09:51, Tact wrote:

On 2008-05-03 09:43, Randomness wrote:
Rogue sqaudron>10 of those.



Better than ten fleets of Star Wars ships? Yes.

Better than the wacko? No. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif



Better than 10 wacko enemies. Besides, Rogue Sqaudron is fairly http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif already, though not to the same deree as Wraith.

[Out_Kast]

Blasphemy.

[Randomness]

Read the X-wing series, then come back to me on that.

[Out_Kast]

Speaking of Wacko's, I still have the Wacko on my cursor http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[Tact]

Now, behold my next creation. FKL comes to life and tries to kick your ass! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/6163/fklenemyuj9.png

Each letter of FKL has a different method of trying to kill you. The F has four large laser cannons that do more damage than the wacko's lasers.
[spoiler-box]http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4599/fkllaserxr0.png[/spoiler-box]

I'm sorry it's a bit hard to see here, but those blue reticles on the K are the targeting system for remote explosions. The reticles will home in on the player.
[spoiler-box]http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8410/fklremotela4.png[/spoiler-box]

The K also carries a payload of two missiles. These missiles are loaded with highly explosive tanks, seen on the backs of them.
[spoiler-box]http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8052/fklmissileig6.png[/spoiler-box]

The blue aura seen here around the L is a gravitational field. The purpose of this is to help the L ram the player's ship by pulling it closer.
[spoiler-box]http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/1681/fklgravityjb1.png[/spoiler-box]

Finally, if the player takes too long in killing FKL, its letters will split apart. Each one has its own booster system. The screenshot I took of this is too large even for a spoiler box, so I'll give you a link (http://img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fklsplitzj4.png).

[Nitro Vordex]

This is full of win.

The wacko's mouth fires lasers...

I can't help but think you did that on purpose. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[Tact]

Actually, Nitro, I was just looking for a weapon small enough to hide behind the mouth panels. I had already used a truckload of vulcan guns and I wanted to use something different. The small laser guns were the only things I could find that worked.

Edit: Now that I think of it, I could make a pretty damn good Shoop Da Whoop enemy if I wanted to...

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[Nitro Vordex]

If you did, it'd be the best thing to happen to me.

This week

[Tact]

Meet the Lazer Face! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4770/lazerfacexa2.png

What's that? You're charging your laser?
[spoiler-box]http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7285/charginmahlazeret3.png[/spoiler-box]

Oh, Spork, help me!
[spoiler-box]http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4027/shoopdawhoopqt7.png[/spoiler-box]
Any other ideas?

[Randomness]

GOD.

[Tact]

What? A can of GOD as an enemy?

Hmm. I'll try my best, but right now I have work to do.

[Sord]

On 2008-05-03 12:56, Tact wrote:
Meet the Lazer Face! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4770/lazerfacexa2.png

What's that? You're charging your laser?
[spoiler-box]http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7285/charginmahlazeret3.png[/spoiler-box]

Oh, Spork, help me!
[spoiler-box]http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4027/shoopdawhoopqt7.png[/spoiler-box]
Any other ideas?


holy shit, that worked perfectly http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_lol.gif

can't find this thing in google searches http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_disapprove.gif

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[Nitro Vordex]

Tact, you win an internets. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[Tact]

On 2008-05-03 13:12, Sord wrote:
can't find this thing in google searches http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_disapprove.gif



Sord, I'll find it for you and PM a link.

I'm surprised people besides Nitro liked it, too. I thought everyone else would be facepalming.

The charging worked because the laser cannons actually have to charge before firing in the game.

[Chuck_Norris]

That shoop one was EPIC! Gib link nao! O:<

[Tact]

I sent you a PM too, Chuck.

Have fun being creative, people, and don't hesitate to distribute enemy files. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[Nitro Vordex]

Me too, please.

[Tact]

Also sent. I might as well put my enemy files into an archive and Sendspace it. Expect that later today.

[Sord]

On 2008-05-03 13:19, Tact wrote:

On 2008-05-03 13:12, Sord wrote:
can't find this thing in google searches http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_disapprove.gif



I'm surprised people besides Nitro liked it, too. I thought everyone else would be facepalming.


no, I laughed pretty hard actually when I saw the final spoiler with it firing, it just worked so damn well.

[Tact]

Well, that's cool. A perfect example of "lower expectations, raise results." http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

Sord, did you get it working?

[Sord]

yeah, I got it, messed around with the editor, simple enough, though hard to work with for me. Fucking dials.

[Tact]

Hmm, I rather like the dials. But there are also those text boxes underneath them that let you input values. Perhaps you could make use of them.

[Sord]

On 2008-05-03 14:39, Tact wrote:
Hmm, I rather like the dials. But there are also those text boxes underneath them that let you input values. Perhaps you could make use of them.


i actually started to use the boxes, once I realized the scale of numbers, better for placing things in more precise manner, such as having two parts exactly symmetrical of one another.

[EJ]

Looks interesting, what about an enemy of the good old o; ;o faces?

[Tact]

On 2008-05-03 14:56, EJ wrote:
Looks interesting, what about an enemy of the good old o; ;o faces?



That seems easy enough. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

I'll get right on that. Or Sord will get right on that. Whoever does it, does it.

[Sord]

yer to damn sensitive about the double taco rule, and speaking of rules, where has haya been?

[Dhylec]

;o

[Tact]

Don't worry, we have Dhylec here. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

Anyway...
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/3830/41162541er9.png

It has flamethrowers and energy blades. It's small, but it's a fast little bugger.
[spoiler-box]http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/5825/oattackshm9.png[/spoiler-box]

[Sord]

that's still kind of unimpressive, would have made a ring of various weaponry for the mouth, a core with more weaponry for one part of the eye, and something else for the longer eye

[Tact]

I'll admit I was kind of lazy in doing that one, but I don't have as much of a connection to that as I did to the wacko.

Edit: And if you want a better ;o enemy, be my guest and make one for yourself. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

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[Sord]

On 2008-05-03 16:45, Tact wrote:
I'll admit I was kind of lazy in doing that one, but I don't have as much of a connection to that as I did to the wacko.

Edit: And if you want a better ;o enemy, be my guest and make one for yourself. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

i knew you were going to say make it myself, but truth be told I'm in the same situation as you, only lazier http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[Tact]

I'm starting on a big project here with an enemy that I call the Colossus. It's an enemy so invulnerable (every wall part on the outside has a million hit points) that you have to kill it from the inside. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

Even with level 3 of whatever weapon you had, it would take forever to reduce a million HP to zero...

[Nitro Vordex]

Might as well call it Himan. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[Tact]

I actually think I'm going to scrap the idea now. I made it overpowered and it's too huge to remake. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_disapprove.gif

[Tact]

*sigh* Alright. Here's a double post.

I've uploaded the FKL Fraxy enemy pack to SendSpace. It includes the ;o face, FKL, the wacko, and Shoop Da Whoop. Shoop Da Whoop is mainly a "fun" enemy right now (I need to add stuff to make it more challenging). The other three enemies are pretty final in my book unless I get some great ideas/suggestions.

.rar file- http://www.sendspace.com/file/x1g2ep

.zip file- http://www.sendspace.com/file/ykr3r7

[Nitro Vordex]

You Mugen'd yourself. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[Tact]

On 2008-05-04 13:58, Nitro_Vordex wrote:
You Mugen'd yourself. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif



How so? Explain this, please.

[Nitro Vordex]

You made an overpowered character that would take forever to beat.

Therefore, Mugen'd. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[Tact]

Oh, no, I scrapped that idea. It would have taken forever to finish and it would have been too annoying to kill.

So, the Colossus is no more.

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[Sord]

On 2008-05-04 14:23, Tact wrote:
Oh, no, I scrapped that idea. It would have taken forever to finish and it would have been too annoying to kill.


I'm sure some japanese kid would have enjoyed it

/stereotyping

[Nitro Vordex]

On 2008-05-04 14:51, Sord wrote:

On 2008-05-04 14:23, Tact wrote:
Oh, no, I scrapped that idea. It would have taken forever to finish and it would have been too annoying to kill.


I'm sure some japanese kid would have owned it

/stereotyping

[Sord]

;o - fight from a disatance, use your radar, not the screen
wacko - do the best possible to never get inside the ring (fairly easy, except when it SPAWNS YOU IN THE FUCKING THING) in which case right click the fuck out
FKL - easy, do whatever
shoop da woop - just watch and laugh

get over soll and blast everything to shit after first dead thing, keep racking over solls and you'll be fine

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[Tact]

Are you suggesting that I make these things more powerful? http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[TalHex]

DO IT!

[Uncle_bob]

Well done.

[Sord]

On 2008-05-04 15:40, Tact wrote:
Are you suggesting that I make these things more powerful? http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif


there's nothing wacko about it

[Sord]

REHEHEHEHEHE NEW ENEMY APPROACHES

first, the basic enemy
[spoiler-box]http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z121/feisord/plain.jpg[/spoiler-box]

here are the vulcans
[spoiler-box]http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z121/feisord/vulcan.jpg[/spoiler-box]

here are the blades
[spoiler-box]http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z121/feisord/blades.jpg[/spoiler-box]

here are the burners
[spoiler-box]http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z121/feisord/burner.jpg[/spoiler-box]

here are the lazers
[spoiler-box]http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z121/feisord/lazers.jpg[/spoiler-box]

here is when everything goes off and your fucked
[spoiler-box]http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z121/feisord/fuckingeverything.jpg[/spoiler-box]

now, details, details. The core is a rotating core, it spins, and everything spins with it. There are four panels: top, bottom, left, and right. Each of those panels also spin. Top and bottom go one direction, left and right spin the other direction. Now, each panel has 4 cross vulcans (4*4=16 vulcans) THAT ALSO ROTATE. Connected to each vulcan is a blade and a medium lazer. Between each panel is placed a burner. The whole thing is a rotating light show. I'll upload it if anyone wants it, and I'm telling you, you have to see this thing animated to appreciate it, it's a freaking light show.

Chances are, you WILL die, even at the lowest rank. I highly recomend using well timed shots of Stun Blaster along with the Blaster gun if you want to kill this thing with any efficieny (well timed because they both are a drain and using it at a bad time will get you shot and killed.)

Oh, and did I mention each panel and the core have dual gravity pullers?

http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

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[Nitro Vordex]

I wanna see it in action.

Here's a prototype of my enemy.
[spoiler-box]http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/971/prototypezw1.png[/spoiler-box]

how do you get the damn things to rotate/not rotate?

[Sord]

they either do or the don't (rotate that is)

can you send me your IM name if you're still on, don't feel like setting up on a file site

[Nitro Vordex]

Um, on Yahoo?

[Sord]

On 2008-05-04 22:48, Nitro_Vordex wrote:
Um, on Yahoo?


let me see if i even still have that >_>

holy shit, it still does

fei_fong_wong2003

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[Sord]

contact me on fei_fong_wong2003, I'm using trillian though, so no idea if file transfer will work

[Nitro Vordex]

I don't have AIM or IRC. >_>

Maybe I should get it so I can communicate with you guys.

[Nitro Vordex]

That spinner is somewhat...evil I guess?

A pain just to live through the barrages of attacks.

Me like a challenge. ;o Though the gravity cores don't really do anything from a distance unfortunatley.

[Sord]

On 2008-05-04 23:25, Nitro_Vordex wrote:
That spinner is somewhat...evil I guess?

A pain just to live through the barrages of attacks.

Me like a challenge. ;o Though the gravity cores don't really do anything from a distance unfortunatley.


I'll bug tact tomorrow on how he made his gravity things long range, and if I can't reach him right away, I'll reverse engineer his ;o

[Tact]

Sord, select your gravity field part and then the "Att act" box on the bottom of the information window.

The higher the number in the pulldown menu, the longer the range.