I wanted to share some news, only 2 regular non boss levels are left (out of 10 regulars, although 3 boss levels need to be drawn).
But the game is moving forward, with hopefully all levels (regular, boss and bonus) done by the middle of next year (at alpha state), and music finished too.
Bellow is bamboo level, essential level in a ninja game . It also has a bridge where ninjas jump out of a river to the bridge (something I wanted to have, and was thinking about before starting this game). Not shown here as it needs some polish.
This bamboo level will be penultimate level (level 9).
Next level after bamboo will level 10 and the last regular level, and after it is the big boss, the Shadow Lord!
I wanted to give some news on Shadow Gangs, especially that now I will be designing the final level of the game (regular level, there is still 3 boss levels and the bonus stage not done).
I just finished the factory level with the picture above.
It is the longest level in Shadow Gangs (Mission 4, level 1), and packs gameplay similarities from Shinobi mission 4 levels and mission 3 levels, and Nemesis II msx version .
The msx Nemesis II connection will be apparent when reaching the last section of this level.
One change that we will make is to remove the ninja mask from Dan when he is ninja form. This will be done in the fix phase of the game.
We plan to finish it by the end of 2019, and release it either by the end of 2019 or first half of 2020.