I think it's fascinating what you're attempting here in this thread. What would be usually done by large teams of individuals of different disciplines; you're doing solo is just crazy to me. So while I'm not qualified to make any kind of declaration about what is good game design, I can share some personal opinions from a…
Tested out maya live link with unreal and it's pretty good to be able to preview animations in real time. But feedback is a bit choppy so its really only good for blocking in. Little details don't read at all. Not sure if it really speeds things up or not, but definitely nice to get some immediate feedback. Character…
As usual have a ton of things I wish to improve but going to stamp the good enough stamp on her outfit and textures for the current phase of the project. Next I update the bows geo and textures and then dig into rehashing animations. One major problem with animations in last iteration was that I did the bow draw, hold,…
Next illustration (in progress): this depicts one of the planned boss fights. A snake charmer and his cobra. But the cobra is a gorgon. There is also to be an army of normal cobras for gameplay purposes, but for this illustration I couldnt find a way to include the cobra army plus the charmer plus the gorgon and the hero…
Athenian soldier and hoplite have enough animations to be playable. Now headshots and shields matter. If you headshot guys with a helmet it knocks them on ass and does small amount of damage, but doesn't do bleed damage. But in the second they are down you have opportunity to shoot their body or get away.…
a lot of work done on the character controller but probably still a few more days to complete its overhaul. notably, I changed the dive from root motion to act more like traditional jump. it consist of three separate animations, a begin, a looping middle, and an end. This way the distance of the jump can be configurable…
@zetheros I've done that already - the planning. What you've described is kind of where I am right now - developing the assembly line by conducting research and doing experiments. Along with that I am also iterating on game design, starting from the master plan and trying to verify that all of it makes sense in practice.…
Okay last time I posted my next plan on the agenda was to start refining the level geometry. However, I realized that I didn't feel confident enough about some of the gameplay to be ready to commit to making art. The ranged vs ranged combat I felt was pretty solid, but fighting pure melee enemies left a bit to be desired.…
Updates - Level Blockout In the level blockout I've built from the Farms up to Streets Arena 3, which is about 30 minutes of gameplay, going from easy to moderate difficulty. I am pleased with the pacing now, it feels like what I would expect from the first level in a game. It is a pleasant level of challenge and feels…
Project review: Getting close to six month review. I make a full review after completing my next milestone but a few short notes might be worth sharing here. In previous six months I have:* completed prototype, which tested out a few combat mechanics and discarded many ideas to focus on a focused ranged-only design *…