‘Super Laser Fury’

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Team FunTrove

December 4, 2022

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electrolyte

Hey all,

So I appear to do that annually … Start a brand new facet venture with the hope of turning it right into a full recreation. However the disgrace pile does appear to be rising!

I made some learnings …

2021 was the 12 months of Nascent Prophecy, an isometric journey recreation set in house and definitely itched a sci Fi scratch. It acquired fairly far with a full chapter launched, the second function full and a 3rd being laid out. Sadly the scope and ambition proved an excessive amount of and my studying was clearly story primarily based / puzzle video games take quite a lot of work.

https://electrolyte.itch.io/nascent-prophecy

Jumping to now, and I used to be lucky sufficient to have an excellent break over Christmas and new 12 months to do some noodling and in addition take into consideration what sort of recreation I’d like make and play.

Turns out one thing the place you do not have to suppose an excessive amount of, one thing you possibly can dip out and in for motion, and one thing bombastic!! I’m a dad of 4 so time poor which is probably why I’ve gravitated to those pillars – in full distinction to the sluggish tempo of Nascent Prophecy.

So the excessive degree pitch: Combine a shooter like Xenon 2 and bullet hell motion into a 3rd individual shooter. Lots of bullets, waves and issues to shoot and keep away from.

Additionally exploring a manner for procedural ranges to cut back the burden of environmental layouts – one thing Nascent Prophecy suffered from acutely.

Anyhoo, that is the hope 2022 –
let’s have a look at what twists and turns pan out, all welcome for the experience


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mobilelast

Screenshots and gameplay video on Twitter look very good certainly. It can be fascinating to see the place that is going.

One factor that may develop into a problem is that video regarded fairly darkish. As dodging is a vital a part of the sport, incapacity to see the obstacles correctly can get irritating.


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– Dev diary right here

electrolyte

So the video games idea has been evolving and fairly than make a moody third individual shooter – that can inevitably require some type of story, the sport play has shifted to … More of a sports activities focus!

Think crowds roaring – reacting to the spectacle, sponsored by adverts piping out and gamers competing in heats to attain one of the best occasions to filter out arenas. I’m additionally excited to say I’ve teamed up with a dev and as such can deliver their experience in procedural era giving runs a novel twist every time.

Art is clearly shifting however tremendous enthusiastic about this new focus.

Stay tuned!


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electrolyte

Been some time since posted right here. Progress has been going effectively however nonetheless not acquired a reputation for it

The core recreation loop is now in place from the locker room the place you should purchase new gear to the present division leaderboard, district map and the sector warmth.

A good bit of Dev time has been sunk into the leaderboard that simulates the opposite gamers runs and scores. Also making that knowledge persistent has been a studying curve.

Here some grabs and there is additionally display recorded footage of current fight.

And to see it in movement, footage posted on YouTube right here:


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electrolyte

Thanks Alain, this weekend added some transferring partitions to the sector in order that it might probably reconfigure as beacon waves are cleared out. Also added extra animation set to one of many enemies exhibiting a brand new head shot detection!

One massive query I preserve asking and is now beginning to bug me is what to name this?

– Laser Overdrive
– Laser Gauntlet
– Run it, Shoot it
– …

A recreation thats a future sport, not Mad Max however slicker – operating man, Tron kinda vibes. Compete to race and obtain a finest time, shoot and qualify. All set in opposition to a backdrop of stay crowds and enormous arenas …

Video of partitions and warmth photographs function!!


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electrolyte

Hi all, notice this fairly a quiet for the reason that discord powered up however kinda discover it helpful to document progress right here in slightly extra lengthy kind.

So I’m heads down seeking to create a demo within the subsequent month or so. It will encompass a reasonably finish to finish circulation with one enviornment to race by. Super eager for individuals to play it to get suggestions. Spent fairly a while ending off the race logic and ‘beacons’ that exist inside the enviornment’s. I’ve additionally realized that with some planning I could make arenas work exhausting by throttling what number of beacons are lively and what number of waves of enemies they spawn.

I additionally found {that a} rouge clear video texture was rinsing the body fee. Removing it now means it is operating at 115fps!

Here’s some extra screens and in addition new gameplay footage (clip 10 now!)


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electrolyte

Hi all, have handle to tweak a number of little bits and been doubling down on core circulation. Arenas can now have from one to 3 beacons – which implies three completely different pickup factors. This helps as I can now get extra bang for buck with the areas.

Also been fleshing out the locker room the place gamers can customise their load outs, monitor warmth outcomes and finally negotiate sponsorships.

I used to be aiming to have a demo accomplished by finish of this month however monitoring too many tickets so realistically will push this out. Really need extra individuals enjoying it … But additionally need to be certain that it is stable!

Till subsequent time Coffee

Above, one more tweet to the stadium format!


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