Competition #16 - glynnsmith

[BloodRobot]

hey man,

first thing that hit me was I'd like to see your boss monster really fill out that lift, like he was way to big to fit on it and the machinery was sparking and on the verge of breaking due to the hulking size of the beast. How bout some of those spinning/flashing yellow lights and steam shooting out of vents. You got a good eye for design, so of course this will be " the one to beat". GL

[glynnsmith]

Yeah, BR. That's the thing - I want him to be hulking out, but I want him to be fairly agile and powerful-looking. Like, the first attack he does is a sprint run that knocks out most of the props and crates in its' path. I also really like the idea of him swinging around the pillars with his hands, too

I think the gattling cannon's gone. I might just replace it with a rudimentary camera or something. Argh. I do like it, though

[dbsmith]

How bout a hammerhead type head for bashing? Also, I'd consider something "hand-like" but other than hands if u know what i mean?
Looking sweet!

[glynnsmith]

Oh, nice idea! I like it

About the hands - Can you explain? :P You think it'd look better with hands that don't look like hands? :P

[BritBrit]

I think the boss looks dope with the hands. It gives it that sort of uncomfortable human/machine mix. Like those walking gears in MGS4. The legs on those things are so organic that it's creepy how they move

[Natace]

Hmmmmm, several ideas come to mind:
- Resi evil Nemisis style creature
- 4 legged mutant style creature like that thing off Doom 3 (the pinky demon remake)

Or my favourite idea....the deceptive boss.
The deceptive boss is where there is a lead up that gets people ready for a big fight, they get lots of weapons, ammo, armor and so on, then they travel through bunches of empty corridoors that have brooding music.
In this scene, the player would travel through those dark office spaces or whatever it is and come to an elevator, GREAT!
Only to see a cute little creature sitting on the elevator making cute little noises.
This puts the player off guard since there WAS a big lead up to a boss, and this little creature appears (I know...not everyone falls for the deception, but some do :P).
Then during the cutscene or whatever it is, you see this cute little creature either:
A: turn into a hungry flesh eating monster
B: get ripped through the floor of the elevator by something biiiiiig before the big thing bursts out from underneath.

Here is a great example of the deceptive idea.
YouTube - Its' War Cutscenes Part IV(Conker Live & Reloaded)

I remember playing the nintendo 64 version of that game, and I was fooled by that boss at first.

[BadgerPirate]

I'm liking the concept. This would be a game I would want to play.