Also, I feel like that blue in the chat is irritating to the eye. Could you change it to something that fits in better?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25108410/Lux.zip


^Linky^

Few things to note:

1. Lots of it is not done, this is merely a demo and I figured, since it's playable, but not polished, it wouldn't hurt to not complete some stuff (mainly audio and hud).

2. If your computer can't handle it, I suggest throwing away your laptop. The beam mechanics in the game are actually very CPU hungry and you will notice slow down if you don't have at least 2.5ghz cpu. It's hungry because it's accurate, and I love me some accuracy.

3. There are various bugs, please report them as you see fit, but chances are I know about it already and it's something I plan to fix but didn't care to delve into.

4. If you die you must exit and reopen the game, there is no saving/loading either so... don't screw up?

5. Let me know what you think.

Edit: Forgot the important part...

WASD to move, Space to jump, Mouse to Aim, left click to fire.

Yeah, it's always awkward when that happens.
I'll check it out when I'm home with a computer tomorrow.

I think I liked Gravity better. :[

I have a lot of criticisms for the level design here, and the enemy designs.

In my first playthrough, I actually first went into the submerged room, because it felt like the more natural path to take, but ended up dieing because it wasn't made clear enough that you shouldn't be in the water. Of course this logically makes sense, but regardless there needs to be more feedback that water is no good for you. Perhaps your robot should spark a bunch whenever water damage ticks, and the change in health on the top left needs to be more apparent. There needs to be more indications in the level itself that the upwards path is the correct one to take, or that section of the level needs to be redesigned. For a demo like this, or for an early level, I think it's kind of silly to have the "natural" path be the incorrect one to first take.

The enemies you have so far look coolish? But they aren't very interesting to fight against. You just spam your mouse button at them and they die without doing anything. There was one instance where I accidentally hit an enemy that was off-screen and it teleported out of nowhere into my screen and attacked me. That was pretty unpleasant and should probably not happen in the first place; Off-screen weapon hits should probably not do damage.

The rocks that fall during the boss fight don't actually look like loose pieces of the ceiling that fall down. Perhaps they shouldn't spin as much as they do, and it would be REALLY cool if actual pieces of the level fell down to smash you.

Your weapon doesn't really have any impact. It's not very satisfying to shoot, and it's lack of juiciness makes it relatively forgettable. The plasma weapons from Halo that you're drawing inspiration from actually have a lot of different subtle effects that make them satisfying to shoot. When they impact something, they don't just leave behind clouds that fade away; it feels like the plasma is corroding and melting the impacted surface, and then rapidly disperses. They leave behind glowing impact marks, and the particle effect kind of flicker and spark.

Ghost of ET wrote:

I can only guess that soon bravo will add a big ass laser cannon to your arsenal that when fired cause a massive beam that floods your screen with white light.

Fuck yes.

A random gif, since it's been a while since I posted one! The reason being is because we've been working on some pretty boring stuff lately, not much to really show.

EDIT: yes, we're going to be toning down that screen shake haha

Thanks I like a more anime feel but at the same time be in a mid-evil setting

If you haven't entered water at all at this point by platforming correctly, but then you failed the jump to go upwards, you end up landing in a very deep pool. Since it's so deep, it doesn't seem intuitive to try to exit the pool by jumping out on the left side. So you proceed to go through the door in hopes that it leads to some dry land where you can proceed to advance. Instead it just leads to your death.

Additionally, when I had first failed that first jump, it almost looked like the dark gray wall tiles were dense, as if that doorway were locked, which would make sense since, I would argue, it's more natural to follow a path horizontally than vertically and especially so when it's at a fork. Even moreso when you first enter the room via a horizontal path and when most of the action in the room is also horizontal.

Sorry if I'm sounding harsh, Bravo1. I love all of your platformer work.

Since it's so deep, it doesn't seem intuitive to try to exit the pool by jumping out on the left side.

Well you jump much higher while in water, albeit more slowly, bu I will set things up differently in the future, for sure.

Additionally, when I had first failed that first jump, it almost looked like the dark gray wall tiles were dense, as if that doorway were locked

Visually, I can see what you mean, but the door you enter the room from also has this so I figured it would be obvious that they're in the background and not dense.

Regardless, the final version of this room will likely feature the top path connecting to the right of the room rather than the top. My main reason for having this one lead upwards was because it's the only up/down doorway in the testing rooms and I wanted to make sure those transitions worked properly.

I didn't really design any of this with the intent to flow properly, just to test functionality.

Bravo1 wrote:

That's a conscious decision actually, I wanted to make sure that there's no singular safe spot in the room where the player can just camp out.

It won't be nearly as bullet-spongy in the future and will be reworked, but I want to make it a point not to give the player a spot to just relax in.

I dig it.