Raptura2 Boss. First look and breakdown.

Heyo everyone! Bit of a late post here. My sleep schedule got a bit messed up last minute so I had to do a bit of a scramble ahaha. This boss still has some polish due, but the core of the fight is all completed! Some other things that are on the board this week is UI. Though the new UI may not be in the upcoming build, work on it is officially under way! I'll give you guys updates one that when things are further along.

Just as a quick reminder for VIP ($10+), there is 1 week left on the poll for the next level/character. Adding up the totals on SubscribeStar and Patreon, Rooster/Zol'gan is currently in the lead.

I will also be posting some Hi Res art for the highest tiers soon here.

With that, let's get into the boss fight!

Raptura2 has the return of "Weeble". Once you reach the boss floor you will be faced with him, suspended from the ceiling. The objective is to shoot the glowing blue crystals while avoiding his various attacks.

Do note: While the boss is complete, the environment is still being worked on by our modeller. (This means the boss is suspended by nothing at the moment ahah...

He has some basic swipes to avoid.

He can also grab the screen, and lick you. Icky.

If he hits you with the lick, he will apply contamination to you (Same effect as venom, and purple claws)

Finally, he can withdraw and unleash contaminated bugs at you. These will act similarly to the ones you encountered earlier in the level. If you kill them, it will spawn the ooze by itself that will fly at you.

If there is any time in this game that has made me reconsider Pix's passive it is this fight, as I feel seeing the boss' health bar is actually important in this fight. Something that is important to notice is that destroying the blue spots do not do damage.

Instead, destroying all 3 will stun the boss.

Due to the regenerative features of the boss, Lana (on the sidelines), manages to bring in some of the security system, and uses it to your advantage. Triggering these lasers will cause damage to the boss.

After a certain amount of time, the boss will return to it's previous state, regenerated.

You will need to repeat the process until the boss is defeated.

With the boss destroyed, Lana initiates the self-destruct sequence on the facility to destroy the contamination in it's tracks...

An issue comes along... it seems the contamination has reached Aether's thrusters... being unable to fly, Lana will tether herself to you and make her escape.

Upon exiting the first tunnel, your perspective will return to Aether... something is amiss...

It's not dead.

Being pulled by Lana, it will be your duty to keep the boss at bay.

Shooting the boss' eye will cause it to recoil. While the boss is recoiled, you will have the opportunity to close the blast doors. These doors will lock the boss in, and cause damage.

In total there are about 5 blast doors to close. If you successfully close all of the doors, Weeble will be destroyed by the final one.

If you didn't manage to close him behind enough doors, he will escape during the last blast. The consequences of this are still undetermined.

As a whole, this boss has a lot to him, but hopefully it turns out to be a cool experience once all the polish is implemented :P.

For now, we will be moving on from the fight, and revisiting Hscenes! In the next week, I will be animating Lana's 4th Hscene.

I don't have a great preview ready, but this should suffice for now.

Thank you all for the continued support! I will catch you all next week with some motion on this scene!

-Regulus