Sprite Updates!

Over the past few weeks, I've been updating sprites starting with the basic soldier sprite. Small things like gaps in the middle of the sprite began to bother me the more I looked at them. I felt they detract from the overall 'chibiness' of the sprite. The long barrel of the AK especially pissed me off.

The new sprites feature more colors and less outlines. I also added two head tilt sprites so the soldier will actaully LOOK up when he aims *gasp*!

For all the gun geeks out there, I've basically changed the soldiers rifle from an AKM with a folding stock to stock AKS -74U. The ammo boxes for the gun also have their ammo markings changed from 7.62mm to 5.45mm. The sidearm has been changed from some kind of arbitrary pistol to a USP .45 with an OD frame. The holster has also been changed from a generic design to something thats meant to imitate the BlackHawk CQC Serpa holster.

Man, I have way too much fun making this game.

Sneaking Mission progress

For the longest time, I've been working on this game with no title to fix it to. I've decided that now would be a good a time as any to pick something so I can easily make reference to it. I've always been a fan of the Metal Gear series and thought that, aside from the deliberate quirkiness of the series, the term 'sneaking mission' was unintentionally cheesy.... in a good way. So ya, for now thats what I'm calling this game.

Over the past few days, I've added some 'edge' actions that allow the player to grab on to, climb up, or climb down to the edge of platforms. In addition, players can shift from one platform edge to another nearby edge if they are close enough and on the same level.

A comparably more pointless addition is the newly added semi-lit areas. They don't effect the gameplay in any way at all but they are nice to look at.