Contra : Locked 'N' Loaded

[Bloodbane]

Lucia was in a 2d contra? I thought she was only in Shattered Soldier and Neo Contra.

 See attached shot below.

 mgman, I've got the Metal Snake sprites. I should've said it clearly. Anyways, 2nd demo is up, come and download it!

 In the meantime, I'll be working on next levels. Hmmm... I'll bring Fang to this mod. Boy, so many sprites to prepare .

[Mrgrill247]

I separated the backgrounds if you decide to add parallax.

[Bloodbane]

 Thanks to God for these updates!

 Instead of working on Fang, I did this. Oh well, modding mood is not always on same track.
 To save time and space, I use 2 shots in this gif below to show multiple updates:

Deep Alien Pit:



1. See the Weapon Icon on top? yep, now there's icon which informs currently held weapon.

2. I switched the position of 'Shoot I' with score. Looks better this way.

3. Weapon Icon shows F and it shows latest weapon: Flamethrower. It works almost similar to Fang's C weapon. Oh I used blue flame cause enemies use the red one.

4. Another pseudo travel level but this one player travels down. It's harder to make than I thought. I thought bglayer would be enough but I was wrong. Bglayer doesn't autoscroll unlimitedly with vertical movement. I had to use other trick to make the moving walls.
 Speaking of wall, it turned out 'wall' command affect 'hole' so I have to make my own walls.

5. There's new vehicle as you can see. Currently it only moves left and right just like motorbike. It's buggy when moving up and down. I'll fix this later.

6. New alien sprites are ripped. These guys are perfect for this level . There are more but not shown here.

7. I'm surprised to know that Jimbo and Sully is available in Contra 4. I copied their remaps for this mod. This is Mad Dog remap. Scorpion remap is shown below.

 Fort Level:



 I ripped more background from Gunforce to make this level. This level belongs to Extra mission though.
 See the gatling grunt there? I edited sprites from Contra 3 and 4 to make this grunt .

 To tell the truth, weapon switch is doable now complete with HUD icons but there are no screenshots yet. Maybe I'll update this post to show them. Contrast with Pit level above, scripting this is quicker and easier than I thought. Thanks to God!
 Now with weapon switch feature implemented, I could make Power gun (P) .

 BTW MrGrill, thanks for the backgrounds! I have updated the City level with them.

[Damon Caskey]

Looking good Bloodbane, keep it up.

I assume you are using drawsprite() for the icon and that's where your question on unloading sprites stems from, yes?

DC

[borboy]

Very Cool!

[Fightn Words]

Very impressive update Bloodbane!

[mgman]

20 lives I see, eh?

[badjab326]

Everything looks great I only suggest changing "SHOOT" to "SHOT" because I think it makes more sense.

[mgman]

Yes, shot is the more grammatically correct term.

BTW, now I can probably look for tunnel backgrounds..

[Cobra]

As I plan to go back to my original game and work it to be more like Contra when my current project is finished I am absolutely blown away that something like this is possible with OpenBoR. That is some really incredible work Bloodbane.

[Bloodbane]

 Yeah, mgman. I entered that level via tes hub. Previously, I set more lives because I was testing holes. I forgot to revert it back. I won't give 20 lives in the real mod.

I assume you are using drawsprite() for the icon and that's where your question on unloading sprites stems from, yes?

 Yeah, currently I have to load all weapon icons so they can be switched any time.

 The Power gun is done. Just need to adjust its power. It is powerful, you can defeat bosses quicker with it.

[StryfeDC]

I know this is off-topic, but if Contra like gameplay is possible with OBOR, could something like a classic Castlevania be possible too?

[badjab326]

I know this is off-topic, but if Contra like gameplay is possible with OBOR, could something like a classic Castlevania be possible too?

Actually I'm pretty sure someone here is working on a Castlevania mod.

[Fightn Words]

At least one if not more.

[Bloodbane]

could something like a classic Castlevania be possible too?

 Yep. Castlevania is simpler and closer to beat'm up than Contra. It should be easier to make than Contra.

Actually I'm pretty sure someone here is working on a Castlevania mod.

 And he is not me .