Hello again, my friends!
It’s like the new year brought on a whole bunch of new creative ideas for me. I’ve been revisiting old levels and updating tilesets. I was revising an old level that’s supposed to take place within the digestive track of a huge monster when I had the idea to include boils and abscesses the player can shoot at. I was pretty grossed out having to animate boils bursting, but its going to be so worth seeing how the players react to them in game!
I’d like to share a bit on how I came up with this level idea. Back in the early 90’s, there was this really cool educational program called The Magic School Bus. As the name suggests, the titular school bus was able to perform incredible transformations, and in the episodes where the viewers would be taught about biology, the bus would shrink down to the size of a cell to be able travel inside of the body to see in real time how the body reacts to infections. I know this is going to make me sound like a nerd, but I really enjoyed those episodes! I can’t remember exactly what I learned, but I always thought the inner workings of the body was so cool. I commonly tell my children that if I weren’t so into computers, I’d have been a surgeon!
Being honest, this level is lots more fun to work on now that I thought of a few interesting acid puzzles. I’m trying to brainstorm a few other ideas that relate to the functions of the other organs rather than just the stomach, but it’s a bit challenging! However, if Kenny is 1 thing, it’s creative! I can’t wait to show you guys more of what I can come up with, but unfortunately, I’ve got deadlines and they’re coming up fast! So until next time, my friends!
