Thoughts on Death | Official Unity Discord | Page 1

whole igloo Mar 9, 2023, 7:41 PM

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Like "oh the writing for Phanes is good" or "the rifle seems like it might be boring to use"

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Thoughts on Death

novel flare Mar 10, 2023, 4:14 AM

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Isn't Soul = Health, sometimes it says Soul and sometimes Health. Or are Health and Soul different mechanics?

whole igloo Mar 10, 2023, 6:08 AM

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No. They’re the same thing

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I changed the system recently

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Not everything has been fully updated

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Lmao I just realized
MANKIND HAS WON
HELL IS EMPTY
SOUL IS FUEL

novel flare Mar 10, 2023, 6:43 AM

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i suggest making player and boss healthbars (soulbars), in a white color then.

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and maybe have an effect of particles flying out of enemies into you when you drain their soul

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will it be a 2D platformer?

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it's giving me a very hollow night kind of feel, making it dark and grim but using vibrant colors and effects would probably work pretty well no matter what kind of art style you will end up going with.

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one suggestion is to structure the locations more linearly. staying in one location in act 1 then another, can give more of a progression than moving back and forth. If you want to give a throwback to earlier areas of the game you can use similar areas and apply them. for example if you have an early area inside a volcano, you can use similar enemy design at the end of the game when you are inside hell etc. But I wouldn't go back to Mars after you left it.

whole igloo Mar 10, 2023, 7:01 AM

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novel flare will it be a 2D platformer?

No, it’s a 3D movement shooter

whole igloo Mar 10, 2023, 7:01 AM

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novel flare one suggestion is to structure the locations more linearly. staying in one locat...

Problem is, that’s what makes the most sense

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Moving from place to place is just naturally how the god of Death would go about it

novel flare Mar 10, 2023, 7:02 AM

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whole igloo No, it’s a 3D movement shooter

this will make the visuals a lot more difficult. But you can probably paint a skybox with some of the grander visuals

whole igloo Mar 10, 2023, 7:02 AM

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Yeah

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I’m leaning towards Ultrakill-esque visuals

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Do I wish I could make it realistic? Yes

novel flare Mar 10, 2023, 7:03 AM

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whole igloo Moving from place to place is just naturally how the god of Death would go about...

could you make it more open world then? have a map of locations and be able to revisit locations and make it feel more natural? eg you have NPCs give quests and that way you know where to go instead of having distinctly level 1 level 2 etc

whole igloo Mar 10, 2023, 7:03 AM

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But I’m one 14 year old so I sincerely doubt that’s feasible

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How much of the document have you read?

novel flare Mar 10, 2023, 7:04 AM

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i flew over it, so not too much, so wanted to get a basic idea

whole igloo Mar 10, 2023, 7:04 AM

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Many of the things you’re suggesting are good general game ideas, and I appreciate the feedback, but they don’t fit my game very well at all

novel flare Mar 10, 2023, 7:04 AM

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yeah that's fine, just suggestions i throw against the wall and see what sticks 😄

whole igloo Mar 10, 2023, 7:05 AM

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Fair, and much appreciated

novel flare Mar 10, 2023, 7:05 AM

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you probably need to try to think about the minimal viable game you can create and then expand more and more

whole igloo Mar 10, 2023, 7:06 AM

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Here’s the basic description: it is a story driven linear campaign movement shooter focused on limitless speed and upgrades, grand and varied locations, simple yet intertwining weapon design, and large amounts of enemies

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It’s like a Doom Eternal/Ultrakill mix

novel flare Mar 10, 2023, 7:07 AM

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make the player, make like one enemy and build one basic level, then work on your character stats, how fast feels good, what kind of jump etc etc, then slowly add the new enemies and levels and slowly expand.

whole igloo Mar 10, 2023, 7:07 AM

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But faster and more emphasis on the story

whole igloo Mar 10, 2023, 7:07 AM

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novel flare make the player, make like one enemy and build one basic level, then work on you...

Yep, that’s my plan :D

novel flare Mar 10, 2023, 7:08 AM

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it's great to have an end goal, but it can be difficult to get there, so try to think of steps by step how you can get there

whole igloo Mar 10, 2023, 7:08 AM

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Already planning on taking a game design and Unity camp

novel flare Mar 10, 2023, 7:08 AM

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for 3d based shooters there should be tons of tutorials online as well, so i think it isn't too bad of a first game idea

whole igloo Mar 10, 2023, 7:08 AM

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Bought FL studio for music production

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Hang on brb

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Back

novel flare Mar 10, 2023, 7:14 AM

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making 3d models for enemies will be tough though.

whole igloo Mar 10, 2023, 7:16 AM

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Yeah that’s my biggest barrier for sure

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But I’ve already made some models myself, I have a friend who can model far better than I can, and I’m going to be taking a class on it as well

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I am fucking making this game

novel flare Mar 10, 2023, 7:18 AM

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impressive, i can only do some basic pixel art, natural 3D stuff is beyond me. The game i want to make, I'll make my inhabitants colorful balls probably, LOL

whole igloo Mar 10, 2023, 7:18 AM

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Well thank you

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A program called tinkercad is technically designed for kids to use but I’ve found it very helpful for basic models

novel flare Mar 10, 2023, 7:19 AM

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i use sketchup usually, which is also pretty easy to use

whole igloo Mar 10, 2023, 7:20 AM

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Ah ok

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Good luck with that

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