Whack-A-Mole Dragons (Time-Lapse) | Dragon Mines Game Development - Part 1 | Dreams Projects
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This project was put together as part of the arcade community jam in dreams! I wanted to make a whack-a-mole style mini game based on the daxter one from Jak 2...cuz I really liked it back in the day lol.
Check out the project overview below to find notes on sculpting, logic and/or animation for this project!
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Project Overview:
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The basic idea was to make a whack-a-mole game that was based on the minigame from Jak 2, but with dragons! The dragons will be holding a gem (originally wasn’t sure if the gem would be on a crown or something) that will get bonked instead of bonking the dragons themselves lol. Each dragon will sit on a platform that pops them up out of a hole to be bonked. Anytime a dragon is struck, their eyes shut and they make a little noise before going back into the hole.
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✦ Blue Dragon: The common type of dragon holding a red gem worth one
point when struck.
✦ Red Dragon: The penalty type of dragon holding a bomb that deducts
points when struck. They look innocent just like the others...but get
angry and blow up when you hit them! XD I was initially debating
whether I wanted the game to straight up end if you hit these lol.
✦ Gold Dragon: The bonus type of dragon holding a yellow gem worth
ten points when struck.
+Other notes+
✦ The different “states” of the dragon’s eyes are just two separate sculpts
for the pupils that swab visibility when needed.
✦ I considered having the gems/items break when they are hit but
decided to keep them solid. I also decided to stick with directional
button controls rather than whacking at the spots with the imp lol.
✦ All three dragon models will be grouped together in the same spot, and
use logic to make whichever dragon is needed visible when they pop
out of a hole.
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