Replace Badguy Counter bool option with number requirement

[Alasdairbugs]

It has come to my attention that many people want the badguy counter added back

• Some level designers have said that they dont appreciate the badguy statistic feature
• Some level designers do appreciate the badguy statistic feature

Recently, a change has occured where the badguy statistic is removed by default. This is not a good compromise.

• Some people want to use enemies without needing to necessarily kill them in order to hit 100% goal. Example: the high, out of reach owls in "In Flanders Ice Field"
• Sometimes, it's not difficult to accommodate it. Example: placing ladders or ways to get on the roof to hit owls with fire bullets, or etc in "In Flanders Ice Field".
• However, there are still some edge cases where inaccessible badguys might be warranted.
• Badguys should still aim to not be in out-of-reach areas, as players might attempt to kill them, and spend time trying to figure out how, only to waste it. They might think there are secret paths to an additional region of gameplay.
• There are some levels which are air flower only, and contain spiky enemies only killable via snails. But it is not as fun to carry around snails everywhere for each badguy, back and fourth.

Therefore there has to be a compromise, not a complete deletion of an entire feature.

A perfect solution would be:

• add badguy statistic ON by default
• EITHER: let players set a specific badguy to be slightly transparent/look different, to let the player know it doesnt count to statistics (This could also integrate well with dispenser enemies, which do not count to the statistic)
• OR: let players set the badguy limit manually, so that some out of reach badguys can be accounted for, should it not be reasonable for them to be killed.

The latter example should aim to be for edge cases and not poor design choices. That way some designers who don't appreciate the mechanic can chose their playstyle(s) appropriately to focus less on this mechanic.

IMO badguy statistic feature still has a place in the game, and there are interesting design practices you can encorporate as a level designer, to make some more unique scenarios where the badguy statistic needs to be reached. Unique and inventive Enemy utilisation is a declining principle as of recent, and deserves to be revived.