Platformer 3D concept(unnamed)

Megalomaniak

You can only avoid it if the ion/plasma blast is shot at a target placed during game play at the location of player during the moment the shot is fired. Right now I'm guessing the blast continues to track the player?

Also: that is not how lasers work. Well, they do, but speed-of-light and all that. ;)

Ace_Dragon

@Megalomaniak said:

Also: that is not how lasers work. Well, they do, but speed-of-light and all that. ;) If he made the lasers realistic, they would be impossible to avoid ;)

Anyway, looking at the latest video, I do wonder if the game is starting to rely too much on the sudden braking mechanic (thereby slowing the gameplay down significantly). Perhaps one idea to consider is to replace the full braking mechanic with one that allows the player to apply a single impulse to the disk (in the opposite direction of movement) to slow it down a bit while he is in the air (with it becoming unavailable until he jumps again). This would make tricky jumps require a little bit of skill as opposed to braking all the time and doing baby steps to the next platform.

Megalomaniak

@Ace Dragon said:

@Megalomaniak said:

Also: that is not how lasers work. Well, they do, but speed-of-light and all that. ;) If he made the lasers realistic, they would be impossible to avoid ;)

Hence my calling it an ion/plasma blaster. ;) Though some kind of reflector/shield mechanic could certainly be utilized for LASER avoidance.

Schuster

@"Ace Dragon" Perhaps one idea to consider is to replace the full braking mechanic with one that allows the player to apply a single impulse to the disk (in the opposite direction of movement) to slow it down a bit while he is in the air (with it becoming unavailable until he jumps again). This would make tricky jumps require a little bit of skill as opposed to braking all the time and doing baby steps to the next platform.

....Good idea....Yes,...I try to make it....better for the momentum of the game....stop/brake disc I'll leave just for looking around ( idle and rest )?....probably will need to save the player's last position on the platform from which the last time he jumped ( but probably not on every...platforms save slots )....because jumping will be harder.

@Megalomaniak Yes,...I don't want to make the Disc a shot...so the only way to avoid laser/plasma missiles? is a shield and fast movement..more precisely fast jumping......These flying bots/drons are just an obstacle and not something the player will fight....that's the idea.

Thanks guys for the support , follow my project and help. P.S. ....now I'm working and brainstorming of the platform obstacles/traps and their mechanics.

MagicLord

@Schuster said: Thanks guys for the support , follow my project and help. P.S. ....now I'm working and brainstorming of the platform obstacles/traps and their mechanics.

I would like to see some platforms you must activate pressing a button or a lever somewhere, some platforms that breaks a small time after you walked on them and re appear after some time. Also the jump disc could carry on it's top items like boxes allowing to stack them to reach new platforms. Another cool thing is the jump disc could carry on it's top a special gadget like Ice gun to freeze some water areas to make them solid and be able to jump on ice, some firelball to make it easy when there is drones, like Mario each weapons would be hidden in the level and you could loose it when you fall or get hit, or you can change the actual gadget for another or carry two at same time. Go further with a skill tree, to unlock longer jumps, time slow, shield , turret , team drone helping you. There is infinite variations to make it lot more than a jump only platformer and less boring if it goes beyond a concept ;)

Schuster

Hello,....some updates on my project :) .....I've added damage and shield progress bars ....the shield will be available probably through shield bonuses in the game.

MagicLord

@Schuster said: Hello,....some updates on my project :) .....I've added damage and shield progress bars ....the shield will be available probably through shield bonuses in the game.

It looks good, add a particle trail when the object moves, it will look better and helps visualizing the trajectory :)

Schuster

Thanks,....Yes, I was also thinking about it (particle trails), some decent :) ....also by buttons pressing activated platforms and the doors....some traps, laser shooting turrets to avoid and maybe invent some physics-driven puzzles. ........so the player controls mechanics are more or less finished....just two more things to do....for a player camera - avoiding obstacles and that the disc when it gets to the edge of the platform gets stuck :) ....now I took a break on this project and worked on other projects already worked out....I have some others projects.... some of are Atlansea - underwater Third-person adventure , Steel fighters - Third-First person robots shooting game , Ice Prison - First person exploration - puzzle ...mainly underwater apocalyptic sci-fi mysterious game....all started with Godot 2.1.x....mainly Ice Prison and Atlansea i want to finish. ....for this project I need a well-thought-out gaming environment ... there will be smaller islands....the disc will start at the top and will gradually descend down the islands.

MagicLord

@Schuster said: Thanks,....Yes, I was also thinking about it (particle trails), some decent :) ....also by buttons pressing activated platforms and the doors....some traps, laser shooting turrets to avoid and maybe invent some physics-driven puzzles. ........so the player controls mechanics are more or less finished....just two more things to do....for a player camera - avoiding obstacles and that the disc when it gets to the edge of the platform gets stuck :) ....now I took a break on this project and worked on other projects already worked out....I have some others projects.... some of are Atlansea - underwater Third-person adventure , Steel fighters - Third-First person robots shooting game , Ice Prison - First person exploration - puzzle ...mainly underwater apocalyptic sci-fi mysterious game....all started with Godot 2.1.x....mainly Ice Prison and Atlansea i want to finish. ....for this project I need a well-thought-out gaming environment ... there will be smaller islands....the disc will start at the top and will gradually descend down the islands.

Wow so many projects. Be carefull its' the best way to constantly delay from finishing one.

There could be flying drones the player must wait for the right time to jump to fly to the other platform. This is Mario 3D with a flying disc and drones :D

Megalomaniak

Could have a mechanic in the game to bait a drone to a certain spot and then jump on it to use it as a mobile platform, once jumping off of it the drone could explode or get momentarily disabled(and while on it the drone should be disabled as well). Just an idea.

aztecsensei

wow! look at that! fantastic work. congrats! :)

Schuster

@aztecsensei Thanks very much.....I appreciate it!! @Megalomaniak Good idea ... maybe :) .....for a few days I had a rest from development...... ....nowadays I leave the game plays mechanisms aside and concentrate and learn/improve my workflow regarding PBR materials,texturing,etc. and also level design from a few interesting sources on the internet. .....especially now I'm making rocks formations for a huge platforms.

Schuster

Hello, so I started to devote more on how the demo/game begins...the first platforms,traps,obstacles...so-called greybox level design.....so great art at this stages not necessary. I have done touch button for doors and moving lasers....using signalManager singleton script and groups. ......I will upload the video later :)

Schuster

......button-activated door and lasers I have three kinds of lasers - static / animated / moving scripted lasers

MagicLord

Interactive buttons is cool :)
Pause game and switch to another camera showing the door opening can be usefull.

Schuster

Yes,very useful almost necessity when the door is not seen and are more distant..like in the Tomb Raider™ series :)

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