New Enemies and New Options

For this week, the art team and I met together to establish the beginning of our story, as well as the general mood of our overall story. In addition, I started to sketch new designs for different enemy types that the player will encounter in game. Currently the sketches are still on paper but I will take some more time to create more polished, digital versions soon. The four enemy types that I am drawing include:

- sniper enemies

- melee enemies

- grappler enemies (They steel the package)

- Warships

With these enemy types, I will also begin modeling them as soon as I finish these drawings just so I could get a head start on modeling each one.

So far I could show two sketches right away: The Anvil sharpshooter and The Anvil Grappler

I am confident in the sharpshooter's design particularly because it seems really close to the original enemy type while adhering to general sniper tropes from other games. For example, the sharpshooter's build is smaller and lankier but still gives the impression that it's dangerous. In my mind, these units would be seen flying to areas, planting themselves far way from their target, then proceeding to fire down on their enemies. In terms of color scheme, I think that they will maintain that red and green color.

The general idea for this particular grappler was that they would charge into the player with powered shield arms, and then they would grab the package and place it in between their torso and hips (a gravity field inside the grappler would hold the package in place). From there they would proceed to try and move away from the player. In regards to general bulkiness, the Anvil Grappler is bulkier simply because I feel like their faction would be more into overpowering their enemy, snatching the package, and then leaving. The other faction that I will post later would be sneakier when stealing the package.

The only real complaint I have with the design however is the legs. I'm not sure if I want the enemies to all have thrusters instead of legs so I tried to combine the two. Right now it looks weird to me but I will draw a thruster version or maybe more 'legged' Anvil enemies, then choose the best looking versions.