Update time!
And first one located Underneath the Armos. O:
So, as I mentioned before, the next dungeon I would be working on is the Ninja Castle. As you probably figured out, it's a dungeon with plenty of ninjas. Here's the run-down of what you're gonna get in the dungeon.
TrapsThere's a few kind of traps I've got going in this dungeon. Some will cause spikes to pop from the ground, others will cause projectiles to come flying at you. So looking at a screen before charging in will be crucial so you can figure out what you're in for.
EnemiesUnlike the last update, I won't bother showing a small screen cap of each enemy because they're all the same, save for colours. Here's our rundown though.
Blue ninjas will teleport around the screen and shoot shurikens at you. Simple stuff. Honestly, they're kinda like Wizrobes, except these guys don't come into the row or column as you, they just appear somewhere and throw it directly at you.
Red ninjas will wander around and throw 3 kunais in front of them. Simple enough.
White ninjas will also wander around. They won't stop too often, but when they do, they create illusions of themselves. They wander around aimlessly and do extremely minimal amount of damage to you, but cannot be defeated. It's best to take the lead quickly so no more illusions can be created.
Green ninjas are a little mean. When you try to hit them with any form of attack, they'll vanish and appear behind you (or another spot very close to you if your 6 isn't a possible target) to attempt to stab you. Your chance to attack is during the time they're stabbing, so you'll need to be quick!
And finally,
orange ninjas are the most harmless. They throw around smoke bombs that deal no damage to you. However, they
will cloud the screen up if left unchecked, making it difficult to see in the area. They don't last long, but it's in that second or two that a shuriken from another ninja will come hurling at you that you'll have a hard time spotting.
Also, our boss.
I was originally going to try my hand at using the GB Aquamentus (the full, original sheet, not the one in the GB set) but I quickly realized that I'm a lazy piece of crap and didn't want to recolour it to fit Pure as well as shade it and all that. >_<
This guy moves around a lot and shoots lots of fire. As the fight goes on, he gets more angry and will shoot more stuff. There's still tweaking that needs to be done, but that's ultimately what will happen with this boss fight.
The Dungeon ItemThe item this time around is...a rupee. No, I'm not kidding. Here's a shot of it in action -
I don't want to go into too much detail. But I do hope it'll be a fun item to use.
Other CrapFrom the screenshot I posted earlier, you'd be able to see that there are a few outdoor segments. There's also a very small tunnel segment in the basement area, to kinda try to make thins a little different. While I was originally going for a more dojo theme, I've kind of shifted focus. It's not really a dojo strictly any more, but more an attempt at a Japanese-esque interior in general.
The dungeon itself hasn't been fully tested aside from myself going through, so there's likely to be some changes for a few things to even things out a bit. But overall, this is what you can expect from the 4th dungeon. The only thing that's really being left out are the puzzles I'm going to add. (So I guess technically, it's not 100% done yet.)
To wrap things up, have two more screen shots of the dungeon.
This room isn't pleasant.
Another outdoor segmentFrom there, this leaves me a small cave to lead to the 5th and final main game dungeon as well as the dungeon itself. (Which I plan to do something kinda different.) That'll wrap the main game up nicely, leaving me any bonus content. The bonus dungeons will generally be smaller, so I don't think it'll take me as long to get through most of them. There's one or two that will be longer though. But we'll get to those when we get there.
