Hi all~
I come to you today with ideas of commanding your squad in a single player shooter.
My idea is this -
(Drag the image to see the gradient in the selected side. I was dumb and forgot to make it solid in the background.)
Here we have what I call a
command square. You will select a
side of the square to guide your teammates to use those two options. Opposite corners will have opposite actions.
In the top left corner: ATTACK
In the top right corner: SPECIAL
In the bottom right corner: GUARD
In the bottom left corner: NORMAL
When the side is selected, your teammates will stop their current actions (Defaulted to an idle stance, which is G-N) and perform an action based on the two that the captain, the player, selects.
1) ATTACK-SPECIALWhen selected, your teammates will seek out enemies and attack using special attacks that use PP/Mana/Power Gauge.
2) ATTACK-NORMALTeammates will seek out enemies and attack using regular, non-PP consuming moves.
3) GUARD-SPECIALTeammates will stand on guard, regroup, and heal teammates, consuming PP.
4) GUARD-REGULARYour teammates will stand guard, retaliating if the enemy attacks them, but will not heal each other.
So, is this a good idea or not?
My questions are this.
- Would this add an element of strategy to the game, or is it completely idiot proof? How would you suggest to add a more strategy-rich element into this?
- How would you prefer to see this controlled, as far as the keyboard goes?
- Are SPECIAL and REGULAR too generic to have strategy?
- What if this was done with a triangle instead of a square?
- Would you like to see 'command square' customization, that is, choosing your own keywords?
Thanks for reading such a long post. I look forward to hearing some feedback.