Level Up.pdf

• A guard and a bomber. While the
player is tied up with the guard,
the bombers attack from above.
Depending on speed and
movement, an enemy can be more
dangerous, harder to target and
more frightening. Use the different
speeds: non - mobile, slow,
medium, fast, and quick for your
enemies.
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The difference between a hazard and an enemy is mobility and AI, but every
rule has its exceptions. Just because an enemy is non - mobile doesn ’ t
mean it can ’ t move. Movement = character and life. A humongous
tentacled Cthulhu - esque creature may be immobile due to its sheer size or
even technology limitations, but a player would still consider it an enemy.
Non - mobile enemies like a robotic wall - mounted laser- sighted machine gun
can still have enough AI to make life difficult for the player. Design ways to
keep the player engaged as they attack non - mobile enemies, whether it ’ s a
timing puzzle that stands between the enemy and the player, or even a
puzzle that ’ s part of the enemy itself.
The speed, size and strength 7 of an enemy are inversely proportional: small
enemies are fast but not strong, big enemies are strong but not fast.
Medium - sized enemies can be either strong or fast, but if you give them
7 Hey! It ’ s the three Ss!