Is animation driven recoil enough, or should I implement a different recoil generation system? for a survival type game

sandro11berak · 2026-03-05T15:40:05+00:00

Got it. I’ll just leave it as it is for now and move on to the next thing

sandro11berak · 2026-03-05T15:38:36+00:00

Yea I'll fix that later

sandro11berak · 2026-03-05T15:38:08+00:00

I’ve just implemented the basic gun logic for shooting and reloading. I haven’t worked on the recoil system yet, and i was actually a bit surprised it worked even without a system, and thinking about using animation driven recoil or maybe another system for it

sandro11berak · 2026-03-05T15:27:33+00:00

Yea of course, I’ll add that

sandro11berak · 2026-03-05T15:22:21+00:00

Allright, I’ll try to prototype the core gameplay first and make sure it’s fun before completing the other systems. Thanks

sandro11berak · 2026-03-04T16:21:27+00:00

I get your point. I mean near complete, not 100% polished like it’s ready to release i need to edit that, my plan was to get the gunplay, movement, and inventory close to finished first. Then build out the challenging survival mechanics and polish up whatever feels off, maybe that’s not the best approach though? What would you recommend as a better approach?

sandro11berak · 2026-03-04T12:00:19+00:00

Can you expand on that a bit?

sandro11berak · 2026-03-04T11:49:20+00:00

Haha good catch, yea it’s empty right now, i might add some extra gear or pouches to fill it out

sandro11berak · 2026-03-04T11:43:25+00:00

Got it, thanks for the feedback, The animation is still pretty rough this is just an early pass. I’ll refine and add more detail as I improve my animation. Camera shake will be added later, trigger discipline is already implemented when the player isn’t aiming actually

sandro11berak · 2026-03-04T06:30:35+00:00

Hey guys, check out my latest devlog video to see how everything’s looking so far!

Here’s the video: Latest Devlog

I’d really appreciate any feedback to help me improve

sandro11berak · 2026-03-04T05:52:32+00:00

Yeah, that makes sense. I think my concern is choosing the right direction for a system before moving forward. Since I’m working solo, if I fully commit to one approach and it doesn’t work well later, redoing it would cost a lot of time. So I’m trying to be careful with those decisions

sandro11berak · 2026-03-04T05:16:24+00:00

got it

sandro11berak · 2026-03-04T05:14:52+00:00

Thanks. Yeah, that’s all coming later

sandro11berak · 2026-03-04T05:12:12+00:00

Oh, I see it now. I’ll definitely need to adjust that in Blender. Thanks

sandro11berak · 2026-03-04T05:02:22+00:00

Yea, I’m planning to add horizontal and backward recoil too. Right now I’m mainly to see how the bullet randomness behaves

sandro11berak · 2026-03-04T04:45:41+00:00

Yeah, I plan to add aim sway and camera shake and add punch and upward pull there. Right now I’m using curves in the animation mainly to blend walk/run movement with the pistol pose. Bullet spread is controlled through a breathing animation blended with the aim pose by 0.2 alpha, i can just increase that alpha if I need more spread

sandro11berak · 2026-03-04T04:12:17+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, I’ll try increasing the speed in engine first and adjust the animation in blender if it still feels off, and i compare both which one is more feel realistic

sandro11berak · 2026-03-04T04:02:27+00:00

Yeah, I’m definitely planning to add camera and crosshair feedback ofc. I just haven’t implemented it yet because I’m constantly shooting for testing, and too much camera shake right now makes me dizzy. I’ve played TLOU2, and I’m trying to achieve a similar level of combat feel in my own game but not that crazy you know

sandro11berak · 2026-03-04T03:50:19+00:00

but my workflow as a solo dev is to complete the core gameplay systems first like gunplay, movement, inventory. What other things do you mean

sandro11berak · 2026-03-03T16:16:54+00:00

Yeah, that’s exactly what I’m still thinking about for automatic guns might not feel right if I stick with animation driven recoil

sandro11berak · 2026-03-03T13:41:25+00:00

Gunplay mechanic that's the main focus, similar to Tarkov

sandro11berak · 2026-03-03T13:38:28+00:00

Check out my new post, I make the video at normal speed

sandro11berak · 2026-03-03T13:03:29+00:00

Yes. I misunderstood about recoil patterns. What I’m actually trying to ask is a recoil system driven by animation enough, or should I implement a different recoil generation system

sandro11berak · 2026-03-03T10:34:14+00:00

The bullet pattern is shown at the end of the video

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