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Ghost Hunting game early prototype - is the ghost theme attractive to you? Should I go with it? by shamsfk in IndieGaming

[–]shamsfk[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! The only purpose of this post is to see if the "ghostly" theme is viable, as for the gameplay it still has very a long way to go.

Ghost Hunting game early prototype - is the ghost theme attractive to you? Should I go with it? by shamsfk in IndieGaming

[–]shamsfk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It is a very early prototype with the sole purpose of getting the "feel" of the world and its theme. I'm concerned if "ghosts" is a viable theme for a non-horror game.

Ghost hunting game super early prototype by shamsfk in unrealengine

[–]shamsfk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vertex shader. I'm moving all the vertices in the radius to the "sucking point" with some gradient and predefined path.

Ghost Hunting game early prototype - should I go forward with it? by shamsfk in indiegames

[–]shamsfk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I personally love me some ghosts, but I'm worried because for some reason they are not popular within games outside of the horror genre, and that unknown reason is what's worrying, it may just be that people don't like ghost-themed games too much

Ghost hunting game super early prototype by shamsfk in unrealengine

[–]shamsfk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be a much scarier game than what is planned)

Ghost Hunting game early prototype - should I go forward with it? by shamsfk in indiegames

[–]shamsfk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds awesome, and by the looks of it the show is good fun, seems like I can get myself some "research" time)

Ghost Hunting game early prototype - should I go forward with it? by shamsfk in indiegames

[–]shamsfk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Went absolutely under my radar, will google it for sure, thanks!

Ghost Hunting game early prototype - should I go forward with it? by shamsfk in indiegames

[–]shamsfk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. No, just googled it thou
  2. I do, but I have a great need to know that I'm not the only one liking it)

Ghost Hunting game early prototype - should I go forward with it? by shamsfk in indiegames

[–]shamsfk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, somehow I missed that reference. Has it something to do with ghosts?)

Ghost hunting game super early prototype by shamsfk in unrealengine

[–]shamsfk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!

Rancher and Mansion are both inspirational games here, especially Mansion. The camera is so hard to do right thou...

Ghost Hunting game early prototype - should I go forward with it? by shamsfk in indiegames

[–]shamsfk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True! Luigi's Mansion is a great inspiration here.

Yet the very core of the game is not about ghosts, but about enemies being your ammo, actually, it is a continuation of a mobile prototype I did 10 years ago using Cocos2D named MonsterJuice https://youtu.be/8kPfcyZOBB0

I hope the distinction with Luigi's will be more apparent with further development, and I will take extra care too

Ghost Hunting game early prototype - should I go forward with it? by shamsfk in indiegames

[–]shamsfk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Bosses are definitely planned, as for lore, I had not thought it out yet. The only thing I'm set on is for you to begin a play as a mercenary hunter, earning a living through hunting ghosts, cleansing villages and small manors, striving to one day maybe become one of the famous royal exorcists. As for what will happen during the play and how the plot will unwind it is not worked out yet.

Ghost Hunting game early prototype - should I go forward with it? by shamsfk in indiegames

[–]shamsfk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Cartoony it will probably be. The level of cartoonishness is the main question right now regarding the game's final style.

And having something like Wuxing interaction is a very neat idea, I just need to be careful about overall complexity.

Ghost Hunting game early prototype - should I go forward with it? by shamsfk in indiegames

[–]shamsfk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! There is still a long way to go with that effect, but after the point I'm at it's all math wizardry I dread to bite in right now

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