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Mandalore76 on 25 March 2020
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AngryLittleAlchemist said:
Mandalore76 said:

Continuing with adding screenshots for my Course listings.  These are from "GI Joe:  Escape from The Pit".

GI*Joe: Escape from The Pit
Level Code: RXP-VBP-63G
Description: You start off at the lowest level of GI*Joe's secret underground base, The Pit. Suddenly, Cobra Troops bore their way in through the walls. Fight your way up to the surface, emerging through the Motor Pool above. Fight your way through the invading Cobras on the surface, making sure to blow up the bridge during your daring escape.

Cool level! You have a real knack for good imaginative visual design : D 

Thanks!  Being able to orientate the sub-world for vertical scrolling gave me the inspiration to create an "escape" course where you start off deep underground and have to work your way up to the surface.  An homage to GI Joe where their headquarters, The Pit, has been infiltrated by Cobra seemed like a perfect fit for that concept.  This actually occurred in the GI Joe Marvel comic #53 which I read as a child.  General Hawk and some top military brass had to fight there way out through hordes of B.A.T.'s (Battle Android Troopers).  Having Cobra bore their way in from below was inspired by Cobra's infiltration of The Pit in the movie "GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra".  I used a blueprint of The Pit from the first issue of the Marvel comic as a baseline for what should be on each level and then crafted my own rendering of those themes.  For instance, Level Three was said to have a training area, so I crafted a Target Range and Obstacle Course.  On the surface, I tried to craft as many recognizable Cobra vehicles to take part in the attack as possible.  There are "Trubble Bubbles", a F.A.N.G. Helicopter, a H.I.S.S. Tank, and multiple Rattler Jets.  The Boss fight against Boom Boom in the garage is supposed to be "Big Boa" who was the trainer of the Cobra troops.  I threw in the bridge demolition at the end to bring the tension of the escape to a final climax.