Hi,
I am working on a little complilation of some basic but useful information regarding enemies - so that everyone's using the same names, because honestly I have no idea what to call some of them or which one is which. Here's a link to WIP version, do you have any suggestions on what else to include? Like a short note whether the creature explodes when it reaches an edge or creature's flying pattern?
I took some names from petaQ's Google doc.
I could also try creating a basic level guide, with maps showing spawns and important spots (secrets, places to go in order to spawn certain creature, banks)
Thanks, Paszq
A long long time ago I made a thread on everything2 about precisely this stuff, I will cull the shot info from it later and collate relevant info for things like flying fish. This would be a useful place to include draw delay info as well - this is the phenomenon where an enemy doesn't spawn as usual and you have to kill something else first or scroll the screen back and forth first. Certain enemies are more prone to this. I can add in your requested level secret info as well into separate documents, and knock up some gifs that illustrate the relevant concepts. Great to see someone else eager to spread the technical know-how!
Would be really cool. I prepared a WIP version of Level 1 map with few tips. Triggers are places you need to walk to from the Shop in order to make the creature spawn.
What do you think?
I think it would be best to leave things like triggers out of any level maps, since they can be broken - Snail in L1 for example simply doesn't spawn sometimes, and there are a couple of ways to spawn White Dinosaur based on travel distance rather than a specific loading point one side of the shop. I'll knock up some little videos on all the basic concepts and things needed to advance in the game at the weekend. I have a copy of the code disassembled and the ability to use ICU64 to view memory in real time, but I lack the specific ability to delve into things like bank stuff and draw delay beyond a normal person, if you know anyone willing and interested to crack this logic, let me know.
I don't mean to create 100% accurate guide step-by-step, just maps with general pointers, reminders and some reference for practicing. Ex. which creatures should be skipped on certain levels or where to look for them.
Just curious, do you know the logic behind Giant Armadillo spawn? I know it spawns to the right of the level if you walk around, but I've spent there like 7 minutes walking left and right before it finally appeared.
No idea re armadillo, though I've never had to wait that long for it. Probably I just have experience of knowing how to spawn things - you might want to kill other enemies and move around on the very end screen to get it.
Had a couple of runs, but I still need to improve Level 6 - for some reason I always get double spawn of blue fast bastards on my way after the Dragon, even before killing Grim Reaper. What is the logic behind your suicide in Level 6? The letter appears, you die, the letter disappears, and you still pick up Super Scroll.
Also, meanwhile I made a new version of enemy info pic:
The superscroll in 6 is given regardless of your scroll status, uniquely among those upgrades. There are rare occasions in 2 that you can get it without obtaining the scroll from the east dino for example when it's still loaded into the opposite side of the screen, but generally that's super rare.
Oh, I had no idea. That makes Level 6 much easier, I just kept trying and hunting the dragon while dodging everything else before I collected the secret.
