New Powerup: Fighter Drones

I gave you guys a sneak peek at one of the latest updates to Nexus before I moved to the new blog, and in case you missed it here's what it was:




These guys are fighter drones, one of the newest power ups added to the game.  They are search and destroy ships that seek out the enemy, launch an attack, and then attempt to evade any retaliation.  They are nasty and a very effective addition to the arsenal.

When you launch this attack at your opponent it will spawn four drones into your opponents field.  Right now their behavior is actually pretty simple.  They have two main states:

• Attacking
• The enemy has been sighted within a certain range
• Aim at the enemy and fire laser attack
• If the enemy gets too close or the attack has finished, find a new spot and enter search mode
• Searching
• Move to a random position on the map
• If the player is spotted nearby in close proximity go into attack mode

 The behavior will probably be changed after I get some data from testing, but for now it is pretty suitable for the game.