Galactic Gladiator level editor....make your own shmup!

[postman]

After talking with the GG team, they have shared with me the Galactic Gladiator level editor, and its really cool. This is the closest thing we have to a shmup maker at the moment. You can't make new enemies, but you can place all existing enemies and set power ups and groups....

What I would like to know is, how many people would be interested in this? I tried to tell the team what a gem they are sitting on here, and would like to prove it by the amount of response in the shmups forum.

They have no problem with sharing it, but I would like for it to be from their site, so post interest here! I will probably do a write up with instructions on how to use it soon, but it's not very complicated........

[Tomtom]

Definitely, I'd be all over that. Can you do custom music?

[postman]

No custom music the way it's currently set up, same as with backgrounds, you can only use the pre made ones, but maybe with a little hacking it would be possible.......if the source is released.

[Shatterhand]

Yes, the resources must be somewhere together with the editor.

While I probably wouldn't use it too much (Maybe just for curiosity), I'd say that this would be great for the shmups community.

[Frogacuda]

[img]This is the closest thing we have to a shmup maker at the moment.

What about Shooter Maker or Daezemon?

[postman]

Daezemon never got a US release (AFAIK), and I'm not familiar with Shooter Maker...........this level edit is current, understandable, and easy for people to pick up and get started with right away. I know Prelude is out there too, but I could never get it to work, and development on it has seemed to stop.

[CMoon]

Can you....

-edit bullet patterns?
-change the speed of your ship?
-change the way enemies move?
-change the way you power up?
-control score mechanics?
-change the type of weapons your ship has?
-change hit boxes?

[RedKnight]

Star Trek the Shmup game editor!

a shmup editor. sounds interesting.
But I'm way too lazy to code a editor myself.

[postman]

edit bullet patterns?
No. Enemies have defined behaviours.

-change the speed of your ship?
No. The ship also has a defined behaviour.

-change the way enemies move?
Yes. There are about 30 preset paths you can choose from, and you cannot make new paths.

-change the way you power up?
You can control what ships release which powerups, but not add new ones.

-control score mechanics?
No. You can set the minimum required score for a "challenge" type level though.

-change the type of weapons your ship has?
No. You have the standard 3 or 4 from the regular game, plus missiles.

-change hit boxes?
No.

Let me also say that the level editor was not designed with the purpose of being a "true" shmup maker. The team wasn't even thinking of releasing it, it was only after my requesting since I thought it would be really fun to play around with. The main purpose of the editor is to easily make add-on levels and scenarios to Galactic Gladiator.