I finally got to the point where there is a monster! I constructed a robot figure and made tentacle arms which really shows off weights and skinning. Next action item is to give the robots some AI. I need to offset the initial animation for each robot. In this case, they are too synchronized with each other.
Another issue is the player has to tilt a little when going up and down hills. Otherwise, the shots will not follow the contour of the hills -- this is not a platform game. But the twist is if the player goes sideways on the hill, then no need to bend up or down. So, while the animation is happening, there is an additional transform to the one of the joint matrices.
I replaced my standard game UI with Storyboards. Storyboards in Xcode 4.2 are much simpler to use! In addition, I've thrown in some basic Game Center support for scores and achievements. Game Center integration was a little simpler than I initially expected. So, a time saver.
I just really liked this screenshot and threw this one into the blog. The robots need dust puffs too.
