Universal Mechanics / General Design Philosophy

[gahowe13]

Creating a universal character controller, prototyping various game design ideas to establish an explicit game design philosophy

[saricden]

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[saricden]

Notes from last call:

Define scope of game in a post -- for contributors

What experience are we trying to give players?

Emphasize decision making with characters

Because 2D shooter - moving is limited, but aim is easy, so embelish movement options

Have movesets chain together!

[gahowe13]

Created working character and controlledCharacter classes. Will start prototyping various design ideas such as: momentum, movement smoothing, melee attacks, ledge boosts (acceleration when sliding off a ledge), and additional special move per character.

WIP game design philosophy:

Arena style 2D shooter. High skill ceiling gameplay driven by fast-paced gunplay, easy to learn / hard to master movesets and movement mechanics, and engaging stage design.

[gahowe13]

Implemented projectile gunplay. Removed event-based shooting from the [character] constructor and instead implemented a conditional check in update in order to fix timer delay issues when shooting.