Mini-Weapons | Small auto-controlled extra-weapons

[fidel]

In addition to the main wepaon - which is controlled by the player - we could offer some kind of small auto-controlled mini weapons.

The player could earn / buy those weapons and place them on the ground. The weapons should auto-fire on enemies if in range.

weapon and co ideas:

• angry-mob (10ppl vs 1 soldier ;)
• sandbags
• upward-blowing windmills ;)
• laser to burn parachutes - crash to ground as result
• fireworks/pyro
• sentinel flag tower
• propaganda tower
• landmines
• repair-/repload-drone (repairs damaged mini-weapons)
• gold-digger-drone ? extra resource (could be mix with repair drone -> see iPhone game "Sentinel"

[core]

Some implementation questions:

• display the range or not
• mini weapons stay after stage clear
• do they have limited ammo ?
• permanent fire or just one bullet ?

[fidel]

just my 2 cents

regarding range
It would be nice to see the range while placing the weapon (i.e. a circle around the weapon while placing it. In addition it might be perfect if we would see that circle again if a placed mini-weapon is selected

regarding lifetime of mini-weapons
Good question - i guess per location might be a good solution - as some weapons might be disabled etc in the next location.

regaring ammo
good question too - my vote goes for unlimited ammo - but a definied fire-rate (to limit the power of the minis)

firemode
depends on the weapon - but based on unlimited ammo and a per-weapon range & rate i guess this point is obsolte anyways ... isn't it ?

[core]

Some other things to discuss:

• costs for a mini weapon
• different types of weapons or just a shooting one ?
• limited number of mini weapons ?

a single shooting mini weapon is implemented and works quite good. lets see how we can improve that.

[core]

two auto cannons in action

[core]

basic implementation added.

[fidel]

i love it already