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It's crazy, how everything you had show it's already better the any combat Bethesda has release on the past years. Now, Im waiting for a great world building. Other thing the enemies will be able to had traversal movement too?

Imo the best devlogs are the ones that also show the mindset/thought process of a gamedev Im excited for the bonus content😁

There's something odd about the fact that I see in the steamworks api that RequestCurrentStats needs to be called preferentially to initialize before calling functions like getachievement, but it seems like the video doesn't mention anything about that.

A playtest sounds really nice and a nice design of the steam page will bring some new ppl and wishlists.

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That character controller looks so so good!

Sounds good! I'm excited to see what you're up to. Nice to see your face 🙂👍

Such exciting news can't wait to see more of the game and try it myself!

stealth better than last gen AAA games :)

Looks great so far! Starting my game dev journey myself with UE5. What program did you use in the beginning for your character model creation? Thanks!

Instead of disabling the collision capsule, could you just reduce the radius of it?

Looking great so far!

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I've mentioned before that you don't really need a stamina bar _(or dodging)_ for this kind of game, but if you're going to have one, blocking would be a good use of it. Don't give the player multiple overlapping gauges/cooldowns/etc to worry about; using one resource for multiple actions is usually better. See Monster Hunter _(especially 5th gen lance)_ for some pretty good stamina-based blocking mechanics. Alternatively, you could just give shields limited durability where they have a non-recoverable amount of damage they can take before they break and you need to grab a new one _(it should go without saying this only works well if the player is limited to one shield at a time and can't just select a new one in the pause menu like in Breath of the Wild),_ but a timed block/parry/bash doesn't use durability _(or maybe it still does but shattering a shield with a parry/bash does more stun/damage)_ which is how Skyward Sword and BotW do it - the advantage of that approach is that it's very intuitive for the player to figure out while still allowing room for expansion on those mechanics and mastery by the player. Shields of different quality could have more durability, a more generous parry/bash window _(see Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning for example) or cause damage or longer stun on successful parry/bash, or magic shields might parry with a burst of elemental AoE damage, or be uniquely able to block or reflect elemental attacks. The possibilities are endless.

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Will you have a gather/craft system for things like health/mana/stamina potions and making/repairing weapons and armor? If you will, might I suggest instead of putting gatherables (flowers/mushrooms/ore/wood) on a simple timer, have them respawn in a different area after gathered to keep map exploration relevant and the location of resources always changing. I've never seen a dev implement this and I would love to see it.

This game looks good, but the combat system showed is identical to the type used in souls games, which makes it look like it is at risk of becoming an unimaginative and uninspired dark souls clone. You should only copy from other games what you think is ideal for the game you're making, and that is usually never all of it. If your game is not combat-focused, then copying Souls games is probably fine though.

Was this really a movement-heavy combat system though? It seems like it's just a separate movement system and a combat system. The movement doesn't seem to add anything to the combat, so I predict that players will only use the movement system when they want to run away from fights, and ignore most of the move set when fighting enemies. I don't think you should advertise your game as something it's not, but if you manage to actually implement a movement system that enhances combat, it would be a huge selling point. Wishing you luck!

Movement for movements sake doesn't feel very compelling until you incorporate some form of need or advantage to using that movement. Unreal Tournament comes to mind and so do the old Prince of Persia games. Another good example is if you played Ori and The Will of the Wisps. I don't see it in your video but using a mix of fluid animations and physics in the game makes the movement feel way better. Especially if movement is going to be a core mechanic, polishing it until its fun to just run around. Not just play well but feel good. Its looking great, but a good game usually sets itself apart from others just because of the amount of polish you've given it.

Lock on systems are tricky. I think I prefer systems that auto locks on, because there is just one less button you need to press. For my own game I also use that. I use a "priority" system. So enemies that have a high priority ( bosses and harder enemies that deal high damage ) will be selected earlier then enemies with a low priority level ( enemies that are small or deal low damage ). Once you attack an enemy it will automaticly lock on. I then use a timer. If you attack again before the timer runs out, the lock on will be extended ( and the timer will be reset ). For small/esay enemies this timer runs for a short time, while for harder enemies and bosses it takes more time before the timer runs out. You can also "break" the lock manually just by using manual camera control and rotate away from that enemy. My camera also stays mostly behind the player ( I allow it to rotate an offest to both sides ). I prefer that because it makes switching from melee to ranged attacks ( use a bow or gun ) faster.

Why is it movement-heavy? I don't see any benefits from wallruns or climbing. Or even any way to quickly get behind an enemy or enemy-lines to take out an archer. The combat seems not movement-heavy at all, it seems like you are locked in while attacking, basically just standing around, going one or two steps back and then forth again for your next attack. Mirrors Edge has a movement-heavy combat, but the best example is Overgrowth. In Overgrowth, combat IS movement, the dropkicks, the physics, it's all about speed, positioning, dodging and countering. If you look up some gameplay, you will see that there is never a moment where a character stands still in front of another character and swings a sword.

It would be cool if you can throw rocks to distract the enemies, and then back stab them xD. I think it can be really fun, and it's easy to implement :)

God of war has a great GDC talk about combat and the problems they had to solve to make it feel intuitive

That bow bug is probably from the rotation of back bone, guessing it's self correcting very similar to how fps camras get vary wired when the output code is typed wrong.

my favorite targeting systems are the ones from Arkham Asylum and Shadow of Mordor. they aren't the lock-on variety. they're automatic

Keep going! I believe in you!

How did you make the texture stylized, Look really fine

Wow, that video must have taken a lot of work! I love the mix of cool movement and classic Zelda combat. I really want to play it now!! 😭

Bob, you`re awesome!! Love to see the progress of the ai system. Especially the aggro meter mechanics, gives a lot of opportunities on how to play the game. How could enemies react in cases where the hero is standing on a wall? Is there a solution for that kind of scenario? :) Wonderful progress, keep on going! <3

A pretty complete combat system, can't wait to see how far you take this! Great job!

soooo nice !

Bob MVP!

What do you guys think of this super early stage of the combat system? What weapons or character skills would you like to see? Let me know in the comments! ⬇

Surprisingly Harry Potter Hogwarts Legacy has an incredible feedback feeling for the combat system, with a nice way to select enemies for quickly in combat switch. It gives off a feeling of overpowering control when you master the spells system and develop the necessary muscle memory. I think that's a good reference to look into!

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your work ALWYAS looks professional

¿what's the deal with the trees changing shape when the player character nears them?

Sliding down hills would be so much fun, especially if you can builds up speed and combine it with a jump

now texture the character, but also, how the HELL would you go about adding more physics bones for different outfits? would you REAAAAALLY just have every bone for every outfit exist on the base deform skeleton simultaneously??

lel , already 1000x better than ubisoft games

A dragon boss could be cool

Can i try this out, looks amazing

yes dodge rolling should grant s, its frustrating when a game doesnt do that imo

When I build the game I also have manually to put steam_appid.txt into built files (in the root folder with the exe) otherwise it just crashes

better than ac shadows

for your question on dodge rolling, i think while rolling you should have a small amount of invincibility from incoming attacks, but environmental damage should still be a factor, so if you roll away from a punch you dodge it but if you roll into a wall of spikes, you still get punished for your mistake, but it would probably be best to make the hitbox smaller just so the game isnt frustratingly punishing

Can you share more about your process for blocking out the level? My initial guess was you using probuilder but the texture seems different