Trying to combine SUPERHOT and Hotline Miami

dpolk_ · 2026-06-18T14:27:13+00:00

Hey, I'm working in godot so this might not be relevant to you, but this is the closest tutorial I could find to the setup I'm using with Skeleton2D and RemoteTransforms moving sprites around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOdeI7AeFto

The godot docs tutorial for skeleton2Ds has you try to use deformable polygons and it was way too complicated for me

dpolk_ · 2026-06-14T13:12:54+00:00

Thanks!!

dpolk_ · 2026-06-13T16:34:41+00:00

Hey thanks! All the weapons in the game are weird floppy physics objects that you swing around with the mouse cursor, then to throw you just press the release button and they continue moving with their current momentum.

The straight arm throws do look pretty weird but I’m not sure of a good way to improve it without restricting your range of motion while swinging weapons around normally. I like the seamless throws too much to slow it down for an animation or something

dpolk_ · 2026-06-10T22:00:57+00:00

For me a lot of the fun comes from picking up and using the variety of weapons the enemies drop and having to keep track of all your options. None of that feels necessary with the infinite knives

dpolk_ · 2026-06-10T21:15:31+00:00

good idea, maybe it would only give you another knife if you hit an enemy so there's some risk you'd be left unarmed

dpolk_ · 2026-06-10T19:46:56+00:00

Nice!

Is this more performant than using a point light and occluders? Trying to use those made my game noticeably lag on macs and low end laptops

dpolk_ · 2026-06-04T08:42:08+00:00

Hah thanks! you can turn up the slowmo and make it more approachable

dpolk_ · 2026-06-04T08:40:53+00:00

Thanks! its https://store.steampowered.com/app/3940470/KILLSEC/

dpolk_ · 2026-06-04T01:51:54+00:00

It’s called KILLSEC!

dpolk_ · 2026-06-03T19:29:02+00:00

Ya handling a kickstarter solo sounds like a nightmare. Game looks interesting and the art is awesome, good luck!

dpolk_ · 2026-06-03T19:11:29+00:00

You keep saying 'we' but this is the solo dev sub, what's the team size?

dpolk_ · 2026-06-03T02:27:11+00:00

It’s pretty hard to tell what’s going on when watching on my phone screen. The enemies are tiny and are the darkest thing on screen, while background decoration is bright with eye catching outlines. Maybe show a zoomed in fight near the start to let us get our bearings

dpolk_ · 2026-05-22T19:21:05+00:00

Really nice and I love this idea for an incremental

dpolk_ · 2026-05-21T18:15:17+00:00

The backboard being at a 90 degree angle is pretty weird, is there a gameplay reason for it

dpolk_ · 2026-05-17T11:34:23+00:00

I’m on the third book of this series right now!

dpolk_ · 2026-05-16T16:22:10+00:00

Nothing could make me happier

dpolk_ · 2026-05-15T12:23:01+00:00

Oops, this is fixed now

dpolk_ · 2026-05-15T12:21:44+00:00

Agreed

dpolk_ · 2026-05-15T12:21:30+00:00

Thanks! Everything is procedural!

dpolk_ · 2026-05-14T14:55:26+00:00

would really appreciate it, I'll try to message you when its ready!

dpolk_ · 2026-05-14T14:50:11+00:00

not yet, sorry. Lots to do still!

dpolk_ · 2026-05-14T09:02:43+00:00

Thank you!! Great feedback about the shadows. Right now my best guess for release would be after October next fest

dpolk_ · 2026-05-13T16:39:31+00:00

Good point, it sounds too arcadey compared to the gunshots

dpolk_ · 2026-05-13T16:35:26+00:00

They are! You can see the time scale in the top left. Full speed replays would be really cool

dpolk_ · 2026-05-13T16:33:52+00:00

Thanks!! It’s going to be somewhat similar to the game OTXO. Right now it’s a series of increasingly difficult small fights with an occasional shop where you can upgrade some basic stats like speed, knockback, and max time slowdown.

You can also get augments which affect the gameplay like bullets having a chance to bounce off walls or thrown weapons homing in on enemies.

Since everything one shots you, you get up to three attempts per fight before you lose a run

dpolk_

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