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futurecreep315 days ago(+1)

I like the responsiveness/snappiness of controls/attacks. This would be the main thing I’d try to retain as animations get improved.

I like the way enemies behave but they seem too shy when charged towards. Could cheese them pretty much every time with lock on, sprint forward and spam punch.

Really fun bones, I’m sure you have tons of ideas but what I think would suit this greatly is environmental involvement - obstacles, hazards, things to throw and other stuff to make you constantly think about your positioning. Or maybe I need to reinstall Dark Messiah.

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SuperUltraMuffin314 days ago(+1)

Hey, thanks for playing! 

I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I was in a bit of a hurry and accidentally uploaded the build from like six months ago, so you might want to check it out again - the player's animations have been completely replaced, for starters.

I'm not sure how much environmental stuff would make sense, but it's a thing to keep in mind as I go about adding more enemies.

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futurecreep314 days ago (3 edits)

Hit sounds are nice but I’d also try out impact VFX, it’s sometimes hard to visually tell when/where hits land, especially in the dark and while I played muted for a bit.

Subjective but I don’t like when locking onto a far enemy that the camera moves forward, partially hiding the player.

Also subjective but I prefer the character to strafe relative to the (free) camera than turning to move.

Is VSync on (if so, let me turn it off) or do you have a mandatory framerate limiter (if so, how’d you implement one that precise in Unity? I had tried 3-4 methods a while ago and all were jittery)

I’m sure you’re well aware of bugs/jank like the apparent sinking after jumping (and staying sunk on the platform/walls), also managed to get myself stuck in a ready-to-kick animation once but couldn’t replicate it.

Edit: About rain, my personal favorite to this day is a 2007 demo by Nvidia, have a look https://developer.download.nvidia.com/SDK/10/direct3d/screenshots/samples/Rain.html

Still feels unsurpassed, I’d love to try and replicate it for my game(s) one day. It’s pretty wild, they use actual photographs of individual raindrops lit from multiple angles, it’s in the whitepaper.

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SuperUltraMuffin314 days ago

Thanks for giving it another shot.

VFX are definitely on the to-do list.

I don't think I'll be making the player follow the camera's orientation any time soon, but I'll make a note to fiddle with how much the camera can move away from the player during lock-on. Could easily be a setting.

It seems like V-sync is on by default in Unity. I'll make a note to figure out how to disable it in the options.

Thanks for the heads-up on the ready animation stuck, I really thought I'd found all the cases that could cause that.

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