The changes in this build are pretty dramatic because I decided to take a step back and evaluate how well the game mechanics were working out as objectively as I could. After doing this, there were a couple of design choices that I decided to change.
Hey everyone! The latest build is up for people to try out. The changes in this build are pretty dramatic because I decided to take a step back and evaluate how well the game mechanics were working out as objectively as I could. After doing this, there were a couple of design choices that I decided to change...
- We are removing the action controls and only keeping the strategy controls. They were making the game to chaotic and preventing us from really reaching the tactical depth we wanted
- We changed items to be procedurally generated instead of hand crafted. The loot game just wasn't interesting enough and this has helped to spice it up.
There are a bunch of other changes involving how abilities work and a ton of new abilities. They are all directed to make the game more tactical and cerebral.
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- Reworked controls to remove direct control and focus on the tactical element of the game
- Abilities now have a cast time associate with them which can be interrupted
- Enemy humans now use abilities against you based on their class
- Class abilities are now randomly selected from a small set
- New channeling type of abilities
- Items are now procedurally generated with various rarities
- Tons of bug fixes from playtesting
- Added Summon Fishmen Ability
- Added Rock wall Ability
- Added Wild growth Ability
- Added Heal Ability
- Added Channel Heal Ability
- Added Burst Shot Ability
- Added Cripple Ability
- Added Silence Ability
- Added Mass Silence Ability
Looks good so far. Some questions:
Any way to make it full screen?
Using right-click to move would be more intuitive than left click since left click is attack.
Thanks for giving it a play! We will look into the idea of using a different button for attack vs move. I know a lot of strategy games use left click for select and right for action (move or attack). Regarding the screen we are locking it to 720p for ease of development for now, but this could easily change in the future.