In Progress Avengers United Battle Force 2.7.41

[rafhot]

i think B

witch one have the biggest moveset?

 

[O Ilusionista]

About moves, b and c. I hate the legs position of b, I would need to edit it.

 

[Psykai]

I think B could be great with a little tweaking (and with C's colours maybe) and it will be different from ZVitor's Nightcrawler too.

I see what you mean about the leg. It makes him look a little big in a weird way, lol

Really happy to see him coming to the game. He's one of my favourite characters

I know I said I like him to be different form ZVitors in appearance, but will he be similar in gameplay at all? I love all the teleporting moves he has in Infinity War/First Alliance.

Hope you're doing well

 

[Bloodbane]

I choose C

 

[O Ilusionista]

Thanks everyone!

Are you guys read for Black Widow? Here are all her costumes, made by Jhfer

From left to right:
Classic, Contest of Champions, 70's, Eurth (Nosferata), Earth-X, Grey costume


-----------------------------------------

What are my plans for Avengers United Battle Force?

I will update the game asap, with the bug fixes and a new helper. Then I will be back to the work, coding new chars, stages and such.

If everything goes well, I will add as playable: Black Widow, Iron First, Nightcrawler, Falcon. Maybe some other players too, but my focus will be on the stages and enemies (we need more enemies).

About Black Widow, she will be on the next Release, not on the next Update.
Update = when I fix things or add little things to the current release (like I did with version 2.5.2)
Release = A full package, full of new content. The game has, until now, only 2 releases.

WHERE IS SPIDER-MAN?

I would love to include Spiderman on the next release, but there are some reasons to not do it:

1-Since he will have a whole chapter for him, it's A LOT OF WORK. His chapter will have something close to 10-12 bosses, just to give an idea.
2- Spider-man is a fan favorite. Once I include him, he will outshine any other new character on the game - even Black Widow. So I like to give each char some
"highlight moment".

But right after this update, I will need to take a little break, to finish some stuffs for Mugen, which are waiting for AGES to be finished.

I hope I get free time (and good health, which is important) to finish everything, because I have some ideas for new projects which are VERY cool.

I even plan to learn a new engine, since I want to improve my skills as a programmer

 

[Uche]

A new engine?!

 

[O Ilusionista]

Yes. I want to sharp my skills
This doesn't means I will quit from Mugen or OpenBOR - at least, not for now.

 

[Thegr8test]

sounds like a plan z can't wait to see what you do next

 

[O Ilusionista]

Thanks to everyone who voted at Nightcrawler pool (a lot of people, specially at FB). We decided (in fact, people had voted for) to use the version B, from the arcade game.

I've made (with help of GODzilla) a run animation for him, since the arcade version lacks one

(I will still polish it)

And he is also helping me with the sword sprites, so Nightcrawler will carry a sword at his back and in Swashbuckler mode he will use his sword (cutlass) in some moves.

oh, btw, Nightcrawler will have a very unique feature - he will be invisible to enemies while in dark stages. So enemies won't try to hurt him unless he executes an offensive move,

Jhfer is working on Nightcrawler smart palette, so we can have many different costumes for him. And he also made an AWESOME work with the smartpal for a future playable character, which I can't reveal right now. HINT: He/she is an X-MEN

 

[Psykai]

Thanks to everyone who voted at Nightcrawler pool (a lot of people, specially at FB). We decided (in fact, people had voted for) to use the version B, from the arcade game.

I've made (with help of GODzilla) a run animation for him, since the arcade version lacks one

(I will still polish it)

I have mixed feelings about the run animation. He doesn't really look like he's running so much as doing 'the worm' dance move, lol. His sprite's looking good though.

oh, btw, Nightcrawler will have a very unique feature - he will be invisible to enemies while in dark stages. So enemies won't try to hurt him unless he executes an offensive move,

So in areas like the boat's semi-final room, he will be like Black Cat using her Probability Field? That sounds interesting. I guess there's more dark areas planned because I think that's the only one in the current build?

Awesome to see some new stuff I've been playing the current build so much in the last couple weeks I'm getting bored of seeing the same things, lol. It's so addictive though.

 

[O Ilusionista]

I have mixed feelings about the run animation. He doesn't really look like he's running so much as doing 'the worm' dance move, lol. His sprite's looking good though.

Yeah, I still need to work on it. The idea is to make it a cat-like running animation, with little hops.

So in areas like the boat's semi-final room, he will be like Black Cat using her Probability Field? That sounds interesting. I guess there's more dark areas planned because I think that's the only one in the current build?

That is one of the areas where it will trigger, but we will have other dark areas in future builds. Other characters will have it too, like Moon Knight.

Black Cat's Probability Field doesn't trigger that way - it triggers automatically when you stand idle or walk near an enemy. Just stay still near an enemy and you will see it in action (the enemy attacks won't hit her). But if you have a close enemy and a far away enemy - like a shooter, the second one's attack will hit her. I can't believe nobody had abused it yet, lol

I've been playing the current build so much in the last couple weeks I'm getting bored of seeing the same things, lol. It's so addictive though.

I really would like to be faster when update this game, but there are several things which prevents me to do it, like my health condition. I'm finishing some stuff to release an update asap.

 

[Psykai]

That is one of the areas where it will trigger, but we will have other dark areas in future builds. Other characters will have it too, like Moon Knight.

Moon Knight is gonna be in this!?  You sure know how to get me excited! I love that guy. He's totally insane and his ability to change his personas could give him the chance for some awesome gameplay mechanics if done well (I have faith in you!). And if he can use his staff like in ZVitor's game, he'll be another main character for me I just love characters who fight with staves.

Black Cat's Probability Field doesn't trigger that way - it triggers automatically when you stand idle or walk near an enemy. Just stay still near an enemy and you will see it in action (the enemy attacks won't hit her). But if you have a close enemy and a far away enemy - like a shooter, the second one's attack will hit her. I can't believe nobody had abused it yet, lol

Yeah try as I might, I have never managed to use that ability properly XD I need to dedicate some time to playing just her and see if I can get used to it. Maybe if you do a playthrough for us at some point you could play as her in a stage and show us how it's done, lol

I really would like to be faster when update this game, but there are several things which prevents me to do it, like my health condition. I'm finishing some stuff to release an update asap.

Aw I'm sorry your health's not good I hope it's nothing serious and you feel better soon.

 

[O Ilusionista]

Moon Knight is gonna be in this!?  You sure know how to get me excited! I love that guy. He's totally insane and his ability to change his personas could give him the chance for some awesome gameplay mechanics if done well (I have faith in you!).

I like him. He is a Batman ripoff, but I like him. ZV let me use his Moon Knight sprites many time ago, so I will need to scale it down.
About his personas, I haven't thought about it yet, but its a very nice (and complicated) idea! Maybe I will make him to change the persona when he rises from the ground, so it would be random (like in that FB game).

Thanks buddy.

 

[O Ilusionista]

Just testing Black Widow's attacks. Miss Romanova can delivery some cool combos already

 

[Miru]

Just testing Black Widow's attacks. Miss Romanova can delivery some cool combos already

That’s nice. She has some good combos. This update looks really nice.

 

[Psykai]

She's looking great Ilu!

Well, I finally did it! It took me 2 years but I found the motivation and self-worth to start recording gameplay videos, which I hope to do at a semi-regular rate from now on

I'll mostly be focusing on OpenBOR and other side-scrolling beat 'em up games as they're my favourite genre and I can think of no better game to start off my channel with than this one:

I hope you can all enjoy it and excuse my awful gaming skills, especially towards the latter half of the video where I play with all the reflexes of... um... something that doesn't have any!

Enjoy!  ;D

 

[O Ilusionista]

Hey man, really thanks for the video. I liked it a lot, you have a very aggressive playstyle, kinda like me.
Better than many of the other videos from this game

I am working in Mugen and OpenBOR simultaneously, but OpenBOR only in my free time. Playing a bit more in Black Widow and I decided to gave her some more attack options.

She will be able to change her freespecial, kinda like Hawkeye does with his arrows.

 

[Psykai]

I wouldn't know how to play defensively honestly XD Except maybe characters like Vision. I was off my game with him in that video though.

I was gonna suggest a pistol attack for Widow! That's great!  I love that costume a lot too. It looks great in-game.

 

[O Ilusionista]

Really thanks for all the support.

I am trying to make a great game, as polished as I can. I would love to be as fast as other coders, but my goal is to great a better game (with no offense to the others), something to be a reference for OpenBOR. This is why (plus some other things at my RL) this project is 4 years old already - I am a 40 years old man struggling to continue with this hobby.

I had some help of some friends, so somethings will be a little faster now.
Here are some new info:

----------------------------------- Deadpool -----------------------------------

He will make a crossover with a very well known cartoon Thanks, Psykai.

(and before someone ask, no, he will not be a normal character. I have no plans for it, sorry).

----------------------------------- Select screen -----------------------------------
Now it has some more info about the characters. There will be 3 different information:

- EXTRA MODE > For characters which have an extra mode, where they have different special moves (2 or more) and other things, like different name, stats, etc like Emma Frost or Spider-Woman. (Iron Man will be promoted to this category on the future)
- POWER SETS> For characters which can change one of their special moves by inputing DOWN DOWN ATTACK (or UP UP ATTACK), like Hawkeye and Black Widow
- ALT. MOVES > For characters which has a different attack based on his palette/costume, but not a whole new mode, like Thor, Wolverine and Iron Man.

Brand is a special case - she is the only character which has both EXTRA MODE and POWER SETS.

----------------------------------- Black Widow -----------------------------------
Her development process is going great, thanks for some help I had.

I still need to take care about a lot of things before finish her, since I like to polish and check a character before I release it.

I am just not sure about one thing: Should I release her in the next bug fix update or wait for a new release?
The next update will have a new helper + bug fixes, but no new content aside from that.

 

[Psykai]

He will make a crossover with a very well known cartoon Thanks, Psykai.

(and before someone ask, no, he will not be a normal character. I have no plans for it, sorry).

Oh believe me, it was my pleasure ;D

I am just not sure about one thing: Should I release her in the next bug fix update or wait for a new release?
The next update will have a new helper + bug fixes, but no new content aside from that.

If there are a fair amount of characters (like 3-4) coming in the next release, I think you could probably release her in the next update to keep the game fresh until the release .

I love that character select screen of her by the way! Cool pose!