{"id":1290,"date":"2016-03-13T14:47:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T18:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootdiskrevolution.com\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2016-03-13T14:47:37","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T18:47:37","slug":"more-menus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootdiskrevolution.com\/NEW_BLOG\/more-menus\/","title":{"rendered":"More Menus!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can’t stop the menu train, baby! While they’re not as adorable as the main menu, I created the level select and loadout menus this week!<\/p>\n

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Level Select<\/h4>\n

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Here’s the new level select! I tried to make it reminiscent of a PVR menu — Bleed 2 has a minor ‘television’ motif going on. It’s less cute than the original Bleed’s level select, but it gets more information across with the level previews and high scores and stuff. Here’s a gif of it in action!<\/p>\n

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There’s a bit more going on than you might notice (or be able to tell from the compressed gif.) The level preview has a subtle static effect on top, and the preview images become slightly dark and fade in when you switch between levels — when left at full brightness, it’s really jarring to watch.<\/p>\n

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The level previews were pretty easy to make — I shrunk down the background assets for most levels and then touched them up to not look so nasty.<\/p>\n

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Loadout<\/h4>\n

I also worked on the loadout menu! I can’t call it the ‘weapon select’ menu any more, because you use it for more than selecting weapons.<\/p>\n

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Working on these menus also meant I had to start implementing save games (to record and display scores, to know what weapons are locked and unlocked, etc.) Save games are nowhere near fully implemented, but I got a good start! Anyways, here’s some weapon switching in action.<\/p>\n

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As promised way back when, you can select as many or as few weapons as you want to carry! Also seen here for (I believe) the first time is the katana-only weapon, which has a rapid-fire short-range flurry attack instead of pistol fire. Also also, now you get brief descriptions of each weapon and how it behaves, or a criteria for how to unlock it.<\/p>\n

Changing air-dodges also works.<\/p>\n

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Transition<\/h4>\n

Finally, if you haven’t had enough gifs yet, I added a little intro\/transition between the level select and starting the game! I don’t know if I’ll keep it — I’ll probably make it quicker at the very least — but here’s what I’m experimenting with right now.<\/p>\n

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You can also see the difficulty selection there! It goes by fast, but I like how it’s seamlessly incorporated into the level select.<\/p>\n

Whew!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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