Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Creating the boss
With all the preparaions out of the way, we can start working on the boss ight. We will irst
create a new sprite to work with. In the following paragraphs, we will add funcionality to
this sprite to make it a worthy boss.
Engage thrusters
We only need to add one new sprite for the boss. Let's choose an interesing creature that's
obviously diferent from the starish we used already. It should sill it the watery theme of
this game.
Gobo
, the new Scratch mascot, is a good candidate. He looks somewhat like a sea creature
and is very recognizable:
1. Click to choose a sprite from library icon.
2. Select the
Fantasy
category to narrow down the list.
3. Gobo can now be easily found and selected. We click on the sprite and then on the
OK
buton.
The following screenshot illustrates the preceding process:
This adds the sprite to the stage. We won't make any visual changes to it. However, we will
add some scripts to it to work on the way it behaves:
