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[Alec S.]

Breakneck City is out now!


Steam Page

Trailer:







A few days I started work on a 3D Beat 'Em Up called Breakneck City.  In addition to classic-style, arcadey Beat 'Em Up combat, the game will feature environmental interactions and hazards that can be used to your advantage (or disadvantage) in combat.

[Alec S.]

Since this is a beat-em-up, I'm legally required to add co-op to the game.

Also, worked on the camera to let it track multiple targets and keep them in frame.  I use it both to keep track of both players, as well as to follow enemies when they get launched.

[Superb Joe]

while it obviously has a different design philosophy and execution, i would highly recommend playing or watching some of the yakuza games for reference on how the environments of cityscapes can be used as points of interactivity in a beat em up

[Alec S.]

Way ahead of you. The Yakuza games are definitely serving as a a point of reference for environmental interaction.  While, like you said, I want to handle things a bit differently in terms how the underlying mechanics of how those interactions happen, the Yakuza games definitely provide some inspiration.

[WaywardEmcee]

I'm curious about how have you setup your environment. Are they just meshes that you've textured pixel art onto, or are you using some sort of tiling implementation?

[Alec S.]

Textures on a mesh, but the environment mesh is (mostly) made up of evenly-sizes squares, so the squares are moved onto the respective tiles on the UV map.

[Alec S.]

Adding more interactions.  So far I've shown off interactions based on characters getting knocked into things (walls, garbage bins).  I've now also added interactions based on dodging into things:

[cynicalsandel]

how are you so prolific

[Alec S.]

A combination of code re-use, scope control and necessity

[fuedhq]

Pretty great stuff!
I hope to be able to make one at some point (but 2d).
I have been trying to get something close to this

https://youtu.be/hIJm_cSb_VU?list=FLL0P4AeySAhyfD1vlkt2sAw

These other video here specialize on characters taking a beat.




I hope it helps inspire. keep it up, your game is looking great so far!

[Beastboy]

Wow, this looks amazing, woud love to see some more animmations and details in backgrounds and a cyborg character to play with, large variety in characters and pickup wpns, still the main combat gameplay seems solid af, looking forward to play this beauty

[Alec S.]

I've been working on some level design

[seth]

Wow, this looks very cool.  The pole attack reminds me of the episode of Family Matters where Steve Urkel drinks a potion that makes him like Bruce Lee.

[Alec S.]

Screenshot Saturday


Also, Breakneck City now has a Steam Page

[michaelplzno]

This is a very rad color pallet.

[mdotstrange]

Love this! This game is looking great

[Alec S.]

Thanks!

Added a second playable character

[thejevonjames]

I love this! Something that’s missing from today’s popular games is the old school coop beat em up. I was always a fan of the 2d beat em ups, but kid me was blown away when games like fighting force, dynamite cop and Jackie chan stuntmaster came about. I love the pixel textures you have and the contextual environment finishers. I will buy I when you hopefully finish!

[Alec S.]

Thanks!

Here's another interactive object: Chairs

You can knock people into them


Plus you can knock chairs into people





Bonus: Brick wall

[Alec S.]

Enemies can now wield weapons.  They can also be disarmed.