ART GALLERY
The next level in our Map and Enemy spotlight series is the Art Gallery! Home to Dandy Ace’s first boss Axolangelo, the Master of the Arts, and his Art Apprentices. Take a look around at the showcased museum assets, paintings, and sculptures found within Axolangelo’s Art Gallery but don’t stare too long and most importantly.... DO NOT TOUCH!
The Art Gallery comes after the Entrance Hall and Banquet Hall levels if Ace chooses to continue down that path. Players can expect the difficulty to begin to ramp up upon entry into the Art Gallery leading up to Axolangelo’s Atelier, where you’ll take on Axolangelo himself. Cuckoo Nightmares, Totems, Midnight Phantoms, Art Apprentices, and Bunny Butlers & Jesters stand guard over the valuable pieces of art Ace will have to maneuver around while avoiding attacks.
Ace will also need to watch his step as the ground is littered with one of the first environmental hazards found in Dandy Ace, Spike Traps. After stepping onto the trap and a short delay, the trap will activate dealing damage to anyone found on top of it. Ace is able to utilize the traps himself by luring or knocking enemies onto them to deal a good chunk of damage. It's always important to be careful where you blink and dash to!
ART APPRENTICE
A somewhat miniature version of Axolangelo, the Art Apprentice utilizes it’s art skills to battle against Ace. The Art Apprentice is easily recognizable by its weapon of choice, its trusty giant paintbrush. While the paintbrush may not look too dangerous up close, it excels in ranged combat by covering large areas in waves of paint.
When at range the Art Apprentice will swing his giant paintbrush sending a blue Paint Wave that expands over time as it travels. The wave begins fairly small but quickly grows to cover entire pathways and larger parts of the level so Ace will need to quickly move out of the way or run quite a ways back to avoid taking hits. The real difficulty comes in when attempting to avoid several waves coming at Ace at once from multiple Art Apprentices at different ranges as the waves will vary in size. Similar to the Bunny Jester discussed previously, the Art Apprentice will Tumble away if Ace manages to get too close before continuing to send out additional Paint Wave attacks from range.
AXOLANGELO
Once you find your way through the Art Gallery, you’ll stumble upon Dandy Ace’s first Boss in Axolangelo’s Atelier. The development team wanted to lean into the artist stereotypes when creating a boss centered around the Art Gallery and really liked the Axolotl animal. By combining the Axolotl with famous artist Michelangelo the team was able to create Axolangelo, the Master of the Arts! With a paintbrush in his hand and an art apron around his neck, Axolangelo is ready to unleash his art skills to kick Ace out of the Art Gallery.
With a wide range of paint based attacks, Axolangelo will have the player constantly on the move trying to avoid them. Axolangelo’s most basic of attack’s is his Brush Stroke. If within range, Axolangelo will attempt to swing at Ace in an AoE cone in front of him. The area will remain covered in paint for a short period of time dealing damage to Ace if stepped on. Similar to that of the Art Apprentice but bigger, Axolangelo is able to send out a large Paint Wave that expands over time as it travels to prevent Ace from remaining at range safely.
The Atelier is a large open space so Axolangelo has to cover areas of the level in paint from above to restrict Ace’s movement options. Axolangelo relocates himself to the center of his Atelier after which he begins to rain Paint Drops down on top of Ace’s current position one by one. Upon landing the area will remain covered in paint for a period of time dealing damage to Ace if stepped on. Axolangelo will also periodically surround himself with Painter’s Aura damaging anything he is able to get close enough to as he chases Ace.
While Axolangelo may be big, he sure can move! If you manage to anger Axolangelo he’ll start looking to charge at Ace utilizing his Paint Rush. Ace will have a short opening to move out of the way before Axolangelo charges in a straight line, dealing damage and carrying Ace if caught in its path. The combination of these skills creates an exciting and challenging experience that will leave players experimenting with different builds before being able to efficiently and consistently take him on!
If you’d like to visit the Art Gallery to take on Axolangelo and his Art Apprentices you can do so today by downloading our Free Demo available on the Dandy Ace Steam Page! If you haven’t already done so, please consider helping us out by adding Dandy Ace to your Steam Wishlist. Tune into next week’s spotlight as we dive deeper into some of the Magic Cards you’ll come across in Dandy Ace.
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