#3 - First Boss

I love DnD, and I draw beholders all the time- it’s like my go-to for a few years now.

So, I drew a beholder- starting in Aseprite, with no sketches or thoughts on mechanics, I came out with this:

And I was happy enough with it, then I realized I need something for this guy to DO. And I have never created a boss before, so I consulted the internet and began learning about how to make a “state machine”.

If you can’t tell by now, my background is art, not code. But I have taken some Javascript classes in order to beef up my ability to make games- plus I use HTML, CSS all the time at my day job.

So, I ain’t no slouch. But I am a noob.

After about two weeks of fiddling around with Events in Construct and YouTube tutorials, I came up with this.

You can see the 4 states pretty clearly.

1. Drop rocks on player

2. Fire a laser beam at player (which is hacky since I'm creating like a thousand versions of a pink rectangle- remind me to find a better way to do that)

3. Chase player + increase to boss’ speed

4. Sit stationary and give player a chance to do some damage

   
   

Is it the most complex boss fight? Nah, but its good enough for now. And I made my first State Machine, so I’m like a real developer now right? Right. See ya on the next one.