Game Design Discussion

[fiery sentinel]

ok nw

[regal adder]

I’m in school

[fiery sentinel]

ok gonna sum it up in a message

[regal adder]

Please do

[fiery sentinel]

in doom eternal you are shown by a video on what the ability does
then you test the ability in a test chamber
then the level tries to give you forms to use the ability
and then the next 3 to 4 levels (or less depends on your game) you use that new ability progressively more until you are as comfortable with it as the other ones, you need enough levels depending on how complex the ability is and how much it will be used, like grenades 2 levels will be enough, but a flame thrower weapon needs 3. More complex and not usual = more levels

[regal adder]

Ability = one world

So bascily let’s say 10 worlds

Right and each world is focused on a different ability

[fiery sentinel]

if you were to put 5 abilities i would recommend to give one space between them

[regal adder]

What you mean?

[fiery sentinel]

but you also need specific feedback because

each ability is not the same, and change the gameplay

[regal adder]

The game is in its early phases

[fiery sentinel]

well try with each level own ability

you will end up with a demo

[regal adder]

Yes like for example there’s walls

Or i could do something like this

A thing where you can switch between abilities

[fiery sentinel]

well that's more player actions, so it will result in a general gameplay where the abilities can't be that different

but is your game so do what you want

[regal adder]

Yeah fair should I revert back to the old one or is this more insterding?

[fiery sentinel]

what's your game about?

[regal adder]

A square

That’s going through multiple worlds

[fiery sentinel]

well then you need abilities that don't change

but i can't give a very deep advice, until you have more gameplay ideas

[regal adder]

I’ll dm you don’t wanna it on a public server

Later

I’m in class

[fiery sentinel]

ok

me too

[regal adder]

Let’s focus shall we