I really do think you are so close to having a really enjoyable game here, but its way too punishing as every soldier kills you within a nanosecond of seeing you. It seems like its structured around throwing the people around and using that chaos to grab a weapon and shoot, but even just a half or quarter second longer until the enemies shoot could make a huge difference to still reward planning and using telekinesiswhile making it a bit more fluid overall.
Would love to hear if you already tried this for some balancing ideas (or maybe even an "easy mode".
Regards from Germany,
Marco
Hey, thanks for the reply :) I just started it up again to try it out some more and you are right, I was approaching it from a wrong mindset. If I understand it right, the combat is mostly around telekinesis throwing then, right? Guns mostly just as a last resort to finish people off.
I am wondering how it would feel to make the Telekinesis a bit more restricted though (like an energy meter that slowly refills or a limited amount of uses per level)? And instead make the gunplay a bit more viable so the two parts might feel a bit more balanced to a new player. I am going to tinker around with it some more though :)
Great! I tinkered ealry on with things like an energy meter. It turned out to just be really frustrating lol.
When you grab, the cursor expands, Telekinesis is unusable until it returns to its original size, a couple of seconds I believe. Quick recharge that keeps you in the action so it can't be spammed but you also don't end up hiding in a corner waiting for a recharge.
I'd quite like to come back to this game for a sequel one day because the response on Steam was really positive. Different modes could be pretty cool.
For now, wait till you get a hold of the shotgun haha. I'm really happy with that one :D