Well, to move a bit the things. I'm going to talk about a feature that we added on these months.
We have had many problems with gravity changes, the main one is and has always been the "why?". At the start we thought that the items falling on other gravities would be enough motivation for gravity changes, but they just aren't, people doesn't like to change the gravity to get a power up and if they do, they only do that once per level, they need an extra reason to change.
Another reason to change is to have enemies on other gravities that could somehow affect the gravity on which you're constructing your tower, this is why we created those "Molotov throwers" you might have seen on some gifs, they are usefull for the propose but once again they are obviously not enough motivation for real gravity change, they only make you change and come back to your gravity asap. So they are most like a annoyance that just, just doesn't make you happy.
Here's a gif of the Molotov throwers doing their job:
There were other reasons for a gravity change, like kicking that king's ass (that one on the previous page) or just because the gravity you're in its filled with enemies and you want escape to a fresh gravity. But well, none of them was convincing (and they all are still there). At the end we thought that level design would make a huge difference,,,, and in order to make level design in a game like this we needed to add different objectives, that meant that you couldn't finish the level until something happened....
Sooo we added a padlock on the center of the level just to make it impossible to finish until you have reached something, and by something I mean the keys, you need to get some keys to open the center vortex in order to throw a box there.
Padlock working:
This actually forces the player to change the gravity, in fact this is a basic mechanic that can be used on any level just to make it more interesting. Because keys can be anywhere, we can make the player think a bit to get them, or at least make him to kill some enemies, not just construct the tower.
This is a tutorial level we did to test keys:
At this time we are happy with keys, and we like what can be done with them, however they force the player to play in a certain way. To change to certain gravities not because of their likenes or strategy but because the player needs to go there to finish the level.
This forced gravity change fells ok for us but we would like to hear some ideas (or different detractors opinions) soooooo
. We are also kind of stuck with the game process, and we do still want to get to make this game, but as it has been getting complex the motivation (and time) has lowered hehe , however
we are still here and we are making changes.
So come a comment if you fell like doing it...
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