Tutorial: Configuring the emitters

While enemy emitters can't be configured directly (the emitter parameters are set from the enemy parameters), you can configure player emitters in the JSON file.

Each player has an array of emitters:

"emitters": [
    {
      "type": (emitter type),
      "params": {
        (emitter parameters)
      }
    },
    etc.
]

Every emitter shares the following parameters:

The ranks parameter determines when the emitter will be enabled, for example:

• If ranks: ["D", "C"] and the player has a power rank of "D", the emitter will shoot,
• If ranks: ["D", "C"] and the player has a power rank of "B", the emitter will not shoot,
• If ranks: ["S"] the emitter will shoot only if the player has a power rank of "S",
• If ranks: ["D", "B", "S"] the emitter will shoot only if the player has a power rank of "D", "B" or "S", but not if the rank is "C" or "A".

You can increase a player's firepower by disabling weak emitters and enabling strong ones at higher ranks.

There are four types of emitters which can be configured for player's use (if you are interested in creating more, see Creating new emitters).

Note: Each of the additional parameters must be explicitly defined.

Base

The base emitter ("type": "base") shoots a single bullet upwards.

Additional parameters

None.

Spray

The spray emitter ("type": "spray") shoots an arc of bullets (like the BHell.BHell_Enemy_Sprayer).

Additional parameters

Burst

The burst emitter ("type": "burst") shoots a burst of bullets (like the BHell.BHell_Enemy_Burster).

Note: Since this emitter fires many bullets at once, it can deal a big amount of damage. It would be wise to balance this perk with a long period.

Additional parameters

Rotate

The rotate emitter ("type": "rotate") shoots a single bullet upwards, but orbits around the player.

Note: Since this emitter moves away from its starting position, it's highly suggested to always define a sprite for it, so the player knows where its bullets are being spawned from.

Additional parameters