Matthew Theroux- week 04B

Thursday:
Today, we went back over the mechanics. We decided to keep the Pole Vault, Stab 'n Swing, and Cut n' Paste. We also talked about combat. We will keep simple combat for the numerous drone/ minion type enemies. But, more creative techniques will have to be used on tougher, more "real" enemies. For now, LOD will make only one motion. But later, we could easily make more motions to cycle through.
We touched on how each of these could be implemented through a keyboard/ mouse interface. W,A,S,D will handle movement. Although, W & S may be confined to ladders. Spacebar is for jumping. One button will be used for melée attacking. We may have a run button. Another button will be the "action" button that will be context sensitive for Pole Vault or Stab 'n Swing. [SHIFT]?
One button will enable "cut" mode. An icon will pop up from cuttable objects. The player can click on the object to cut it, (as opposed to dragging around it). The object can later be pasted by clicking the icon along the bottom edge of the screen, dragging it to its destination, and clicking. If the destination is invalid, the icon should turn red, indicating such.

Individual assignments:
All of Anthony's stuff is great. Almost no need to comment. Shaylin whipped out his enemy ccpts. We decided upon a flying bat, a web spinning spider, an ink-squirting squiddy, and a "Chupricabra" crawling, lunging enemy. We should probably make up some dipshit enemy that can come in great numbers and be meléed.
We went over level ccpts and definitely decided that Level One will feature a basic black line for the ground (hills preferred) and a lined paper background. Levels Two & Three were slightly more fuzzy. It seems like Level Two will feature a boneyard. There is no reason why other ideas and themes cannot be mixed in, however.
Everyone is encouraged to continue in their areas of development. I also asked that everyone choose one 'value' that each most treasures for the group and come up with a short, 3-4 sentence paragraph to say why. I think next time, I will ask for uniform wardrobe ideas.