Absolutely, hopefully I'm helping here 😅
As far as controls - in all fairness, the issue could totally have just been that I was playing on keyboard & mouse 😅 When I revisit the demo, I'll play on controller and see if I still have any qualms. The main issue I think I had was the sprint key being tied to additional actions - I think jump and strong attack. It might just be a hurdle I need to overcome, and maybe it feels more natural while using controller.
Aside from that, I think perceived "control clunk" might also be a symptom of animation clunk - or alternatively, I think a lot of games presently offer some level of animation canceling. I'm not really sure, if I'm totally honest 😅 It's a lot easier to criticize than it is to analyze without having any experience with game development.
I understand that there are few layers of clothing to be destroyed, I guess maybe it'll come down to how you plan on handling clothing/armor. My thought process though is that currently, it seems as though in order to get nakie, you've got to get your health reduced to 25%, drink a health potion, then repeat that two more times (and reduce your health again for H-scene) -- Very tedious if all you want is to get your horni on. Of course, the situation is a little different if we're talking about armor that provides stats, or that we've worked to get (be it through spending in game currency or finding as loot or something) and the intent is that once the armor's destroyed, it's gone from your inventory. But in the current proof of concept build, that's not the case. Given that we have the ability to both block and dodge, I feel the penalty for not making effective use of those abilities being an instance of clothing damage would be appropriate.
I'm not sure! Either way, just a thought for you to feel free to toy around with and see how you feel about it, if it might align with your ideas. :)
Yeah, honestly I had a feeling that the enemy's finishers having such strict parameters to trigger might have been just an issue of y'know, the game being very far from complete. Totally understandable and not a problem for the current build of the game :)
Thanks!!
BTW, keyboard and mouse are currently the only way to play the game. The game's control mechanics will have to change significantly for controllers to be supported.
As for the animation, a lot of newer games are using what is known as motion matching to have super smooth animation transitions (like Black Myth Wukong). Will definitely look into that when the game matures .
As for cloths, yes, the plan is have a something like Soulcalibur cloth and armor break after critical special attacks by the enemy. So it won't be tied solely to health. That will come after more NSFW animations are added to the game.
Ohh okay! Well, maybe it's more bc I'm accustomed to playing action rpgs with a controller then 😅
Yeah, again given that this is a very very early build of the game, I don't expect it to have those super smooth animation transitions. Any feedback I'm giving here really isn't intended as criticism, so much as things I'm hoping that the end build will have fixed - not within a few patches.
Very cool! And yes, ofc, NSFW animations are the focus here 🤭 Very much looking forward to seeing how the game progresses!