Sneaky
Release type: TBA
Latest build date: 2014
Levels: TBA
Author: Alan Caudel
Website: Dummy Duck
Related games: Lighting
ALL INFORMATION IS TENTATIVE
This is an experiment in creating a stealth game in Game-Maker. The point is to avoid detection by the guards and searchlight. The character has no attack ability.
Use the numeric keypad to control the character.
4 & 6 = Walk Left & Right
1 & 3 = Sneak Left & Right
2 = Hide
The first guard is sleeping. If you walk normally, the sound of your footsteps will wake him up. So, you need to sneak by him. This effect was done by making the character's walk animation shoot out small "footstep" monsters that blend in with the background. If they hit the guard, he wakes up and hurts you. If you sneak by, you don't shoot out the footstep monsters and the guard stays asleep and doesn't hurt you.
The second guard is already awake, and on patrol. If he walks your way, hide in the shadows until he passes. This effect was done by simply making the character turn clear when you hold down the 2 key. Simple enough.
A newer version of the game includes a searchlight. This was done with a complex background animation using multiple blocks. The light turns on, and after a brief moment, it turns to the right, and then turns off. When the light starts its move from left to right, it shoots out a monster that blends in with the background, and moves to the right matching the animation. So you have to walk by when the light is off, then you have a brief moment when the light turns on to hide before you get hit. If your character is visible when the light is moving, you get hit by the monster.
A version of this game also appears in Caudel's Advanced Techniques Demo package.
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