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Its getting somewhere :)

Its getting somewhere :)
Name:Marc Schaerer 
Date Posted:Jan 08, 2007
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After doing extensive tests on how the control sheme should work and would work in the most intuitive way (target: mouse only), I've come up with a 2 button mouse sheme which works quite good.
To allow attacks which are more than hitting a single button and thus a strategic combat, it uses a pseudo gesture system (pseudo gesture because it uses a 9 zone check, where the player itself is in the middle = zone 5). This gesture system works quite well so far and I hope that it will stay as intuitive and simple as it currently is. (moving for example is simply clicking into a specific zone which makes your angel move until you release the button, dash is pulling from 5 to left / right with pressed left mouse button until you release the button etc)

After I've finished this part, I plan to implement a material system for different ground materials and their physical influence on the players angel. (I'm not using TGB physics for that as my Rigid tests so far didn't work out as hoped so using own simple formulas for friction etc is easier to get it going).
There are at least rock, grass, water, sand and ice, which I plan to add. If I can come up with other interesting materials, I'll add them as well. But I think this already gives quite interesting combinations for battle arenas.

PS: When I've graphics I'll add some screens to show the game, most likely with a beta or the game itself as download. I'm not that good in graphics, so this will most likely take a fair amount of time until it is happening.

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J Sears   (Jan 08, 2007 at 19:29 GMT)   Resource Rating: 3
I think that can be the hardest part for a lot of us on here, lots of good ideas that we can get worked out but lacking in the art skills, I'm the same way so I feel ya. That interface systems sounds interested though will be interesting to see itin action

Marc Schaerer   (Jan 15, 2007 at 07:41 GMT)
After I've the core parts finished, I think I will revisit my manga drawing book serie I own and retrain myself (that's the look I'm going for. Kind of CLAMP style with some other influences of "sweet","pretty" initial reaction)

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