I've never heard of Brand but she looks interesting to play.
She is a Special Agent of the United States Government and the head of S.W.O.R.D., a subdivision of S.H.I.E.L.D., charged with defending the Earth from extra-terrestrial threats. http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Abigail_Brand_(Earth-616)
It looked like she can take her gun out and put it away so I guess when she has it out, the attack button shoots? I wonder if that would be better for Hawkeye too to make it easier to shoot his arrow.
Brand's gun mode has many details to work and to avoid her being cheap, and its the most complex code of the whole game:
- It cost power to draw the weapons, and you have 20 bullets to shoot. You can return to normal mode with no cost, but to draw the guns again, you will cost power again
- Every time she draws the guns, her ammo is refilled
- She can't block in any mode - block is used to drawn the guns
- She can't run while in gun mode
- She relies only on her bullets while she is in Gun mode. No melee attack avaliable, so you need to keep away from the attackers
- Attack button shoots bullets, and cost 1 ammo (jump attack cost 2). Once the gun is out of bullets, she reverts automatically to her normal mode
- She has 6 different guns, with different actions, which she can change by doing DOWN DOWN + ATTACK. Unlike Hawkeye, the guns are persistent, so if you choose Fire Spread and dies, whenever you get back and enter the gun mode, you will get Fire Spread again. You can see the guns here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MivtObfKb_A
- Each gun has a special move, executed with D,F+ATTACK. Costs more bullet than the normal shot.
Hawkeye's arrows are faster and does way more damage, so I can't make it shoot freely because it would break the game.
Shocking! I expect followup bolts would be shot on ground when he lands
Its on my plans
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I am very focused to be able to release the new demo in december. Whish me luck
- All enemies can now be attacked while they are lying on the ground. Not all characters will be able to him them though.
- Brand fly mode is finished. While I am not a spriter, I liked the result of the edits I did for her:
- Alongside the normal attack and special attack, she has a back attack so she can hit the enemies behind her. She is the only character which doesn't turns around and can attack enemies from behind.
- Sky level boss done - Hydra Ship
I was going to include another boss, but I will stick to this one for the next beta.
Now I will finish all the vehicles of the Sky Stage and move to the other stages.