2D Platform-Fighting-Game-Thing (yonni's Worklog)
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New worklog
I've decided to try and motivate myself to continue this project by making a worklog for it. At the moment there's almost complete character movement and some animation, but that's about it. However I do think that those two things should be the most important part of the game so I want to get them right.
The game is designed to be a very fast and fun affair with lots of in the air acrobatics and other such goodness. Fighting is going to be simple with just a sword and some-miscelaneous-projectile-weapon (probably will be a bow). Each will have just one key and repeatedly pushing the sword key while hitting the enemy will gain you combos. Now I know that doesn't sound interesting, but the idea is to keep that simple as controlling the character's acrobatics is more part of the game than using a 15-key-impossible-combo-that-kills-everything.
So, at the min there's running, jumping, double jumping, wall-hanging, rolling, diving, rolling backwards and diving backwards all implemented and working pretty well, as well as a hardness map system that isn't ridden with bugs like my last one :). This still image is probably going to look pretty boring but when running at 40-60fps and with the speed of the movement then it's much more fun.
Coming next is more arm/weapon-related animation and some attacking implemented.
I need some help with controlls though, it's all a keyboard affair, but I'm not sure whether to use the arrow-keys or WASD for the main directional movement, considering that the other hand will have to handle at least 4 other commands and I want it to be at least somewhat intuitive. What would you prefer?
The game is designed to be a very fast and fun affair with lots of in the air acrobatics and other such goodness. Fighting is going to be simple with just a sword and some-miscelaneous-projectile-weapon (probably will be a bow). Each will have just one key and repeatedly pushing the sword key while hitting the enemy will gain you combos. Now I know that doesn't sound interesting, but the idea is to keep that simple as controlling the character's acrobatics is more part of the game than using a 15-key-impossible-combo-that-kills-everything.
So, at the min there's running, jumping, double jumping, wall-hanging, rolling, diving, rolling backwards and diving backwards all implemented and working pretty well, as well as a hardness map system that isn't ridden with bugs like my last one :). This still image is probably going to look pretty boring but when running at 40-60fps and with the speed of the movement then it's much more fun.
Coming next is more arm/weapon-related animation and some attacking implemented.
I need some help with controlls though, it's all a keyboard affair, but I'm not sure whether to use the arrow-keys or WASD for the main directional movement, considering that the other hand will have to handle at least 4 other commands and I want it to be at least somewhat intuitive. What would you prefer?
(Posted on June, 25th 2008, 23:23)
Comments
Rincewind said:
Sounds like fun, besides the bow and map scale it somewhat makes me think of the game Alien Homonid, which is a truly brilliant quick paced platformer that is controlled with only the arrows and 2 action keys, yet there's a large variety of acrobatic moves and brutal combos to use while flying through the game.
Is this going to be a stickman game or are those temporary graphics?
Is this going to be a stickman game or are those temporary graphics?
(Posted on June, 26th 2008, 18:44)
DTM said:
and if it is a stickman game will it have lots of blood effects to counter balance all the black and whiteness?
(Posted on June, 27th 2008, 14:18)
yonni said:
The stickman might stay as character animations take ages to draw, but the levels and the enemies wont be stickmen (well, I might have a few stickmen enemies), but yes, there will be blood, lots thereof
The level in the screenshot is just placeholder while I was getting the animation and movement working
The level in the screenshot is just placeholder while I was getting the animation and movement working
(Posted on June, 27th 2008, 15:58)