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Monster Monday 11: Slicer Soldier

Added 2024-08-19 15:59:01 +0000 UTC

Hello, I hope you had a nice weekend. Let's continue our summer special event...

As we reach the end of the summer, I wanted to make sure that this series includes some creatures that could work in the later areas of a game world, maybe as elite enemies. That got me thinking about some more intimidating designs, something otherworldly or even alien...

This is the Slicer Soldier. He is a guardian who has stood for centuries, an uncanny golem created by some unimaginable ancient race...

He stands as an intimidating statue, but when the player gets close, the slicer jumps to life!

He has two methods of movement-- he can creep slowly, but when he's on the attack, he leaps after the player hoping to do heavy damage with a slice from his bladed head. His attacks are quick and lethal, with a three-in-a-row combo before taking a short moment to recover.

This guy has a bunch of animations-- though in my prototype I only made use of some of them. (It took a long time to draw the animations, so I really rushed the programming at the end. :P)

As always, here's a longer recording that shows off the enemy in action:

Gameplay Recording (webm)

And here's a breakdown of this enemy's behavior and animations:

The idle animation is a simple 4-frame loop where he breathes in place, in his ready-crouch position.
Walk is another 4-frame loop, a more traditional stepping animation.
The jump animation is 8 frames. It can be looped or use in between other animations.
There are three attack animations here (one south, two north)-- I originally just had the two directional attacks, but the first north-facing one didn't work right in game, so I had to redo the angle. Instead of completely deleting the original, I figured that I might as well include it as a bonus-- maybe you can find a use for it.
Lastly, there's some additional frames for standing still as a guardian statue.

Like some of the other monsters that I've released, the Slicer Soldier has two directions designed to be mirrored, allowing for full four-directional motion.

Here are the Downloads:

Reminder for RPG Maker users: Like my previous releases in this series, the of the animations are arranged vertically on the sheet. You'll need to animate it manually in the engine by changing the facing direction.

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