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[dao cowboy]

I came up with this idea awhile ago, and I'm unlikely to pursue it, so I thought I'd release it into the wild in case anyone thought it wasn't bad.

Basically, think Contra or Metal Slug.  WASD controls running left/right, jumping, and ducking (or going prone).  The mouse controls a targeting cursor.  Mouseclicks fire the gun.  A ray drawn from the player character to the current position of the cursor determines what angle the gun fires at.  Facing is determined by whether the player is running towards or away from the cursor.  Positioning the targeting cursor close to the player character and clicking throws a grenade.

[quantumpotato]

I've played dozens of games like this.. this isn't a novel control scheme. The WASD+Mouse platformer isn't anything new.

[ｂ∀ ｋｋｕｓａ]

a bit late, they did that in 1995.

[s0]

anyone remember soldat? that game was fun as fuck.

[quantumpotato]

anyone remember soldat? that game was fun as fuck.

Yes!

[Bauxite]

Word of warning here, if you want the game to support gamepads as well, you'll have two control schemes where one of them is vastly more accurate than the other (mouse versus analog stick). As many people expect games to have gamepad support, this might be a difficult design problem in your levels. I'd say it's one of the main disadvantages of the control scheme, and it might be a better idea to just have WASD for walking and arrow keys for aiming, like in some old school platformers.

[Reyn]

I think DeadBolt made a really good use of that scheme:




Also Soldat still exists, but the player base is a bit too small and everyone is just so good at it already its hard for newcomers to get into it.

Im currently developing a game with a similar scheme and while mouse aim is quite easy to implement I must say smoothing the analog input from a controller is a pain in the butt... But still the difference between both schemes is quite contrasting, WASD is not better than analog movement but that hardly matters when the mouse is SOO PRECISE, you really need to choose only one input if youre going for PvP, otherwise aiming help is enough for both inputs to coexists (For example Enter The Gungeon) and depending on your game using a controller could actually be the best choice (see Hyper Light Drifter, which uses the same principle even tough the perspective is different).

[dao cowboy]

I guess I don't play enough games.  All of my ideas have already been done.

[quantumpotato]

I guess I don't play enough games.  All of my ideas have already been done.

I really thought this was a troll account when you posted this thread. Maybe check the Player section for some games to try.

[airman4]

I guess I don't play enough games.  All of my ideas have already been done.

there is no new idea unless go talk with GOD about some

[CesarD8]

I guess I don't play enough games.  All of my ideas have already been done.

All the ideas have already been done, man. Everything is a remix of a remix of a remix.

[JWK5]

Just because an idea has already been done doesn't mean you can't do it better or do it in a way that makes it feel fresh and new again.