What would u suggest to do abt the shooting
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You can definitely try lots of things and see what you like! Just think about what you want you think would be fun and give it a go!
There's no one way to improve combat. I'm no expert myself, but here are a few examples of things I could think of:
- Combo meter - This can be a good risk/reward mechanic and it can be pretty fast to add into a jam as well. You could make it so each kill increases the meter, you could make it so picking up the meat fills it, or even bringing it to the bear. There's lots you could do with it, maybe the meat that drops scales with the combo meter and is worth more, maybe there could be points and getting them scales with the combo, or gain a special move when a high enough combo is reached
- Enemy behaviours - Be creative and give some varied mechanics to your enemies. Maybe grey wolves just move towards you like they normally do, but white wolves could move in a way that's harder to predict. Maybe add some new enemy types like a bird that drops down when you're below it. Maybe have some rare enemies that don't really attack you but steal meat. Just think through what could be interesting and give it a try, if you don't like the way an enemy behaves you can always go with something else or iterate on it
- Different player moves - There are lots of games out there you could pull some inspiration from. You could give your player a dash, a melee option when you're up close to enemies that deals extra damage for some risk/reward, you could throw some bait or a stun grenade to keep the wolves away from you in a tight situation, or you could have something like an explosive attack on a cooldown that is good for occasionally taking down large groups. Not everything will work, but it can be fun to try different things
Keep in mind these are just some basic ideas to get started. I'm not saying these will fix your game or have to be followed, just think of them as a jumping off point for generating ideas. Just play a bunch of games and make a bunch of games and you should have an easier time coming up with interesting ideas