Fennic Fox: Gunslinger’s Shooting Gallery Prototype
In 2014 I worked on an unfinished Flash game for Stencyl Jam #14 called Fennec Fox: Gunslinger. It was a dialed back idea of a bigger platformer game where an old timey cartoon character traipsed through different environments. I scaled back the idea even further to make a simple shooting gallery prototype. The basic game is functional but the bonus levels were buggy. Here’s some art from both games.
Title Screens
Gameplay
Fennec Fox
His arm was handled separately to allow for switching out weapons
I liked the idea of a punching mechanic but getting it to work proved problematic
Targets
Backgrounds
I experimented with different rendering styles for the backgrounds. First I tried drawing them in the same program as the characters but that looked too flat. Then I tried painting them with a soft airbrush. Eventually I settled on something somewhere between the two – solid shapes molded with shadow, texture, and gradients. This is also where trouble started as you can see I made the backgrounds many screens wide. I’d sketched them that big originally figuring I could just crop where needed. I think I was just afraid a smaller level would make it look like a spammy flash ad instead of a game. Click for full images.
Baddies and Other Character Animations
Stencyl handles animations by designating milliseconds for each frame. I figured the sprites should use as few frames as possible to keep the motions snappy.
I liked the walk cycle I came up with for the monkey. I also had him holding guns with his feet
One of various characters that could shoot
A punching enemy for variety. As with the player character, getting the attack to connect proved tricky
This guy would drop TNT if you got too close. A code thing you could endlessly tweak
I wanted to populate the streets with civilians and such but I just didn’t allot myself enough time
I like the design of this little mouse Señorita
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