[BOR] _Avengers United Battle Force_

[SorcererSupreme]

Hey O, you're still planning on adding Scarlet Witch?And i was looking for this post and ended up posting on the Shoutbox xD

[O Ilusionista]

Dude, how about Cap America's shield reflect (or destroy) projectiles?
 The same for attacks that the shield goes on front of him, like charging star?

Its doable, but its a bit of too much work.

Hey O, you're still planning on adding Scarlet Witch?And i was looking for this post and ended up posting on the Shoutbox xD

For sure. For the next beta, she will be a Helper. The playable version only on the third beta.

[SorcererSupreme]

That's interesting, can't wait to see how will it be. I'm pretty sure it will be awesome.

[ulisan]

Its doable, but its a bit of too much work.

No biggy, it's awesome how it is!! 

[O Ilusionista]

While I am not working on this project for a while, there is something which was already done, take a look:

Deathlok helper - Does multiple shoots in both directions


Thor helper - calls some thunders in random positions

(I am aware of the cuttted thunder sprite, its the way it is in Golden Axe Revenge of Death Adder. I will edit it when I return to this)

Finished helpers

• Merlin - will be used as Black Knight's NPC only
• Psylocke - Now she teleports herself at the end of the move
• Storm
• Firestar
• Captain America
• Hawkeye
• Emma Frost
• Jack of Hearts
• Deathlok
• Thor

Unfinished helpers

• Cyclops
• Jean Grey

[sky79]

Curious, why not have 'Buster' as a helper for IM and WM? That way they don't have to wait till the game is beaten to see him in action (or till the sprites are done for that matter)

[O Ilusionista]

I can add Hulkbuster as a Helper if you send me the sprites

[O Ilusionista]

Quick preview of Tigra and all helpers so far.
Tigra is not finished, but will be included on the next beta.

[warecus]

love the helpers, thor's the best by far

[O Ilusionista]

I had just a little time to work on this, so I worked a bt on Tigra's throws. Her forward throw its a vault over the enemy, where she grabs the enemy's head to throw him. Works kinda like Skate vault throw in Streets of Rage:





A little surprise will happens if you try to do this in very tall enemes

[O Ilusionista]

• This is something some people asked me and its a fan favorite (*cough* zvitor *cough*): Wolverine (and maybe Tigra) will be able to climb the tall robots, like Golem and Sentinel.


After that, he will execute an auto attack.

• Jhfer finished the Spiderwoman sheet.

[Jmaxximus]

Very nice

great attention to detail

[sky79]

Now that's a sweet touch.

[O Ilusionista]

I managed to find some free time to make a video, showing Tigra, Wolverine and Red Hulk grab attacks.

[warecus]

love everything O, so many memories with enhancements.  if they made this the one I played on sega I would still be playing it.  sad your taking a break but happy too, because you seem to come back stronger.

[O Ilusionista]

Yeah, things got weird at my side, saddly.

Jhfer had finished to edit Spider-Woman.

I will try to make different moves for jessica drew version and julia carpenter version.

[O Ilusionista]

Hawkeye now can grab enemies and attack, with some combos with arrows.



(a 2-hits shoryuken-like attack, finishing with an arrow shot)

And I am thinking about something which is bothering since long time: to give make all chars be able to run. The only 2 characters which doesn't runs, Hawkeye and Thor, doesn't makes much sense. Hawkeye is very agile and Thor can fly.

So, probabily, I will let both characters run.

Roster:

Playables - 14

Quicksilver, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Captain America, War Machine, Beast, Thor, Namor, Hulk, Emma Frost, Brand, Black Cat, Vision, Wolverine

Wips (more complet to early stages, from left to right) - 7

Red Hulk, Tigra, Black Knight, Hercules, Spider Woman, Psylocke, Human Torch

[felideo]

  wow ... is getting very good, congratulations ilu   

[Laforga]

Definatly, all characters should be able to run that´s a great addition to Hawk and Thor´s moves.   

[O Ilusionista]

Definatly, all characters should be able to run that´s a great addition to Hawk and Thor´s moves.   

I totally agree.

Since I am very overloaded with jobs in my RL, I decided - as I should did since the start - to face this as a hobby and to not push myself to a specific date of release. It will be released when I think its enough.

Maybe this can sound arrogant, but its not my idea. I will explain: this decision made my mind softer and reverted this project to be something enjoyable to do, not a heavy obligation as I imposed myself. Mea Culpa.

Some points I would like to share:

• I am using the latest build of OpenBOR - which had fixed the combination of weapon + block, so now you will be able to block with characters that use model weapon, such as Emma Frost. But...this broke some of my random sounds, as in Hawkeye's attacks. I will need to check it further.

• Game size - As expected, the overall game size had grown.
Files - The first demo (pak only) weights 35mb, with 2786 files. The latest version weights 71mb with 6385 files (I still need to cut some fat)
Playable characters - 10 in the last version. 14 in the current one (and maybe it will go to 16).
NPC - 4 in the last version. 15+ on the current one.
Stages - 5 (I am count per stage, not per level). Now its 15+.
Helpers - None at previous version. 11 at current one.

• Loading time - The loading time increased too. While its still acceptable, I think I could upgrade it.
Testing on an old mobile, Zvitor's game took 25-30 seconds to load. Mine took 56 seconds. But his game has 245mb complete while mine have 70mb in demo. I will see what I can do.

• I think I am finished with Hawkeye's updates. Now whenever he spawns on the screen, he unleashes a rain of arrows to clean the area


I will try to record a video as soon as possible

[Uche_of_IMT]

Wow! Can you do something like that to all the other heroes in the United Battle Force as well?

[O Ilusionista]

Yes. In fact, Brand, Hulk, Red Hulk, Thor and Namor already do it.

[O Ilusionista]

Here is a short video showing some of the Hawkeye's updates

[exava-tan]

im a little late to this. but is ms marvel going to be playable or just npc? i need.. for reasons..

but so far i like it. 

[O Ilusionista]

If someone helps US with that, yes