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[mzn528]

I think it would be cool if the blood on the ground looked a brighter red and faded to that background brown red over time.

That, my friend is an awesome idea! Didn't think of that, thanks!

[mzn528]

06/09 Update: Magic Mechanism

Finally moving on from melee to magic gameplay...

The main character - Appeaser's playstyle is drastically different from the other characters. As a magic casting, his melee can do little damage and the only purpose is to refill the energy meter to cast magic, as shown below.

[xix]

Nice! That animation is preeetttty elaborate. I like that the spell isn't just "one color ramped up to white". I've been trying to get two or three or four colors into my magic spells to make them pop more... and holy hell it's hard.

[Pixel Noise]

New character looks great I think.

[mzn528]

Nice! That animation is preeetttty elaborate. I like that the spell isn't just "one color ramped up to white". I've been trying to get two or three or four colors into my magic spells to make them pop more... and holy hell it's hard.

Thanks! You might want to play around with Hue shifting and giving them high saturation. I think those tips will help :D

New character looks great I think.

Thanks!

[mzn528]

06/12 Update: New Defense Mechanism

Adding a new defense system to differentiate characters. There are currently two types of defense mechanisms:

1. Static: where you hold down the button and the character will stay in defend mode, usually the mode for heavy armored characters
2. Active: when you hold down the defend button, the character will defend for a short period of time. This is usually for more mobile, light armored characters and requires player to time their actions, also a perfect timing will abosorb 100% of incoming damage.

For example:


Let me know what you think.

[mzn528]

06/17 Update: Parry

Added the parry animation for the main character, which is a quick way to replenish energy needed for magic spells.

[nathy after dark]

Have you read this article on specific game feels? It's a bit long-winded but has some excellent terms in it.

I'm thinking the parry animation might not be chunky enough (is that the right word? it's been a while for me ) meaning that it should carry more impact and possibly more screenshake or even freeze the screen a couple frames to make it hit home. I haven't been following very long, but I bet those concepts would help improve things across the board.

[ManuScythe]

New animations are looking amazing!

About the riposte, I think that the zoom would use some interpolation as right now it is instant?

Maybe you could try like DS3, If I recall correctly it goes like:

First, when character is about to smash, it slowly zooms in to focus players atention on your character.
Second, right at the moment of the impact, it makes a strong zoom in (note that it is not instantaneous, but progressive).
Finally, right away after the zoom in, the zoom kinda bounces in and out very slightly for two to four times to help the screenshake effect.

If I remember correctly it is only this exagerated for huge weapons and certain hits only, some had more screenshake and less bouncing zoom, but there is more what you feel comfortable with I guess.

Hope It helped! 

[mzn528]

Have you read this article on specific game feels? It's a bit long-winded but has some excellent terms in it.

I'm thinking the parry animation might not be chunky enough (is that the right word? it's been a while for me ) meaning that it should carry more impact and possibly more screenshake or even freeze the screen a couple frames to make it hit home. I haven't been following very long, but I bet those concepts would help improve things across the board.

Thanks for the feedback! I will take a look at that article. I had screenshake and freeze at other places and right now I am experimenting different things to make sure I am not spamming that effect, but I agree this is probably an action that can benefit from the "Chunky" feeling lol.

New animations are looking amazing!

About the riposte, I think that the zoom would use some interpolation as right now it is instant?

Maybe you could try like DS3, If I recall correctly it goes like:

First, when character is about to smash, it slowly zooms in to focus players atention on your character.
Second, right at the moment of the impact, it makes a strong zoom in (note that it is not instantaneous, but progressive).
Finally, right away after the zoom in, the zoom kinda bounces in and out very slightly for two to four times to help the screenshake effect.

If I remember correctly it is only this exagerated for huge weapons and certain hits only, some had more screenshake and less bouncing zoom, but there is more what you feel comfortable with I guess.

Hope It helped! 

Thanks for the great advice man! Your tips help a lot!

[ManuScythe]

Thanks for the great advice man! Your tips help a lot!

Glad to hear that, keep up the good work! 

[mzn528]

06/23 Update: Death

Upon death, a crystal will form at the death location. When you come back and destroy the crystal, you will be able to retrieve your lost fragments.


Also once in range, similar to Lord of Fallen mechanics. If you choose not to destroy the crystal then it will release fragments slowly and replenish your health/energy (at the cost of lost souls) to assist you in combat.

[mzn528]

06/24 Update: Transformation Animation Redo

Took me a while... Changed the transformation animation from:



to




Thanks!

[wizered67]

I really like the new transform animation, it looks much better than the old one. Good work!

[justincavenagh]

Just went through the thread, great to see how far the animations have come. I know that you were saying that you want to make sure the animations pop, can you post a video with sound? it would be great to hear what they sound like!

[mzn528]

I really like the new transform animation, it looks much better than the old one. Good work!

Thanks for the kind words!

Just went through the thread, great to see how far the animations have come. I know that you were saying that you want to make sure the animations pop, can you post a video with sound? it would be great to hear what they sound like!

Haha thanks for the kind words! Right now I am still implementing core mechanics and animations so there's actually no sound yet. But stay tuned that will come in the future lol

[nathy after dark]

  Another +1 for the new transformation!

[mzn528]

Another +1 for the new transformation!

Thanks Nathy!

[Pixel Noise]

Yep, new transformation is very nice, great improvement.

[mzn528]

08/05 Update: 60fps, Appeaser Combo, others.

Spent a lot of time changing the game from 30 to 60 fps... It was a major pain in the ass but thank God I am still nailing the mechanics.

Also developed couple of different attack systems including quick attacks and charge attacks, will show later once I have non placeholder art haha.

For now, here's a combo for the main character, Appeaser: