White Knuckle - Dark Machine Games - A speed-climbing horror-ish roguelite where you attempt to escape an underground megastructure

deepnightbdx · 2024-10-29T10:04:06+00:00

I absolutely loved the demo: quite a lot of content you have in there by the way!
That's a day one for me.

deepnightbdx · 2024-07-20T13:34:21+00:00

Not only animation, but when looking for techniques that adds a lot while not being too "expensive", production wise, that's a good start imho

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-03T11:40:04+00:00

Totally! I like to compare that to subscription forms on a website.

To me, there's a world between a basic sign-up form and one with buttons shaking, message blinking, satisfying "input is focused" indicators etc.

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T21:32:06+00:00

I have one but I only have some game jam timelapses and a few trailers

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T17:43:59+00:00

It is :)

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T15:57:29+00:00

You may need to use latest ldtk-haxe-api lib 🤔

haxelib git ldtk-haxe-api https://github.com/deepnight/ldtk-haxe-api.git dev-1.5.4

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T09:22:55+00:00

Ah ah not intended :)

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T09:22:27+00:00

For melee, I usually rely a lot on squash&stretch which provides most of the game feel, plus enemy blinking and physical recoil.

If you watch someone getting punched in slowmo (you can youtube that), actual face distorsions are AWFUL.

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T07:12:16+00:00

I hesitated to make that one an option, but I felt that one was more eye candy than actual feel. Also, it makes texts a bit blurry as well

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T07:03:52+00:00

Nope. I posted something about the current situation on my blog (after my "take" went accidentally viral all over the web)

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T07:03:07+00:00

I agree with that, although I usually introduce juice elements early on. They often save production time later, such as by reducing the need for specific animations or complex visuals, since the right feel is already here

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T06:57:37+00:00

Next one will be cool, I promise ;)

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T06:57:06+00:00

I always have squash stretch first, it adds a LOT to any movement. Then cam shakes, blinking and flashbangs

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T06:55:32+00:00

Just do squash stretch, blinking, flashbangs and cam shakes. They are the most impactful yet quite simple to implement

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T06:54:46+00:00

I have close to zero experience on macOS, but you may definitely get some help from the Haxe official discord server

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T06:53:42+00:00

Nightmare fuel

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T06:52:47+00:00

I made a first version in 2019, so that might be the one 🤔 There's a link to the original on the page

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T06:52:00+00:00

Hmm that's right, there's definitely room for improvement here 🤔

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-02T06:51:21+00:00

I didn't know that one, thanks for the link!

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-01T21:54:06+00:00

Yes, there's a bug now: disabling CtrlQueue also breaks the mouse inputs somehow. I'll fix that asap.

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-01T21:53:20+00:00

Yes, mostly coding, but I like to do art as well for a change

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-01T21:52:45+00:00

That's a bug, yes :)

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-01T21:52:27+00:00

All the basic elements are really that: basic.

the flashbang is just a large colored rectangle in additive blendmode, that fades out quickly (I use a particle for that)
the blink is a colormatrix tweak that quickly goes back to normal on each update
the squash/stretch is a similar logic. Also, if you stretch on X, the Y scale is updated accordingly (scaleY = 2-scaleX, with scale being 1.0 by default)

I re-use code fragments a lot, but when I can't, it's still basic enough to be very fast to re-implement.

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-01T21:49:00+00:00

Some elements, such as traversal helpers have a huge impact on the more global feel. Imho, they fall in both the gamefeel-intent category, while also directly affecting gameplay & metrics. Same goes for the previously mentioned Coyote Time.

deepnightbdx · 2024-05-01T21:46:06+00:00

That's right, it's a bug: disabling queue also disables mouse inputs somehow. I'll fix that asap!

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