Auria {l Wrote}:Hi,
your blue firework would work very similarly to bowling balls, so that sounds redundent
As for weapons not being logical, well that's part of the cartoon world
though I agree cakes could splatter icing instead of exploding, for instance
the difference between cake and basketball is that the basketball always goes for the first player, whereas cake goes for closest
Also, you say that basketballs aren't usually used to attack people; well fireworks neither
Generally speaking, I think we don't really have the time to change items anyway
Hello Auria,
I actually misread what the weapon actually do.
The cupcake auto-aim at the nearest player while the basket ball aims at the first player.
Therefore I reformulate my proposition :
Red firework could aim at the nearest player and can only be given one at a time.
As for a replacement of the basket ball, why not use a guided missile instead, something like a tiny rocket ship with an antenna.
While discussing with samuncle, I thought cupcakes could be used as an invicibility bonus. Just like the star in Mario, the cupcake could give the player a "sugar rush" that makes him/her invicible and goes faster for a short period of time.
I do propose new objects because I feel some of the current ones have gives a really poor aestethic to the game and have no continuity to each other.
In Mario Kart, shells make a continuity:
Green Shell → Red Shell → Blue Shell
Shoot straight → Auto aim → Auto aim at first player
Here in STK it makes no sense
Bowling ball → Cupcake → Basket Ball
You'll have no trouble fiding a cartoon when showing fireworks means someone is going to get into troubles.
But I'm sure you won't find any cartoon that alert the viewer that something bad is going to happend because a basketball is showed on screen (unless, of course, the focus of the cartoon is on sports).
I don't think that because something makes no sense, it should automatically be viewed as cartoony.
And on top of that, I think the basket ball animation is not pretty.
I'm not trying to trigger the "Well we don't have much time/artists/ressources so deal with it" argument, but I'm just pointing that this idea might not be the best one for STK.
Be sure that I'll do my best to contribute to STK and help you change that.
sphyrth {l Wrote}:This post got me imagining something like:
"Muffin --> Grenade"
"Basketball --> First-seeking Pigeon"
But, of course, I can only imagine. ^_^
I also thought a pigeon was a good replacement for the basketball, but this demand a lot more work in animation than a simple object.
Arthur {l Wrote}:Agreed about the cup cake, that one exploding is a little odd, but in a cartoon world you create your own realism.
Again,
I think this is a pretty weak argument.
Everytime I read that, I think about Bubsy or other bad cartoons which were completely horrible because they suppose that, no matter what, as long as it doesn't makes sense it's OK.
I guess I'll have to model and draw some things in order to shake things up a bit.
I'll do it as soon as possible.