Something to indicate when the mouse is going to let go. A circle under the player that blinks? Yes.
Fix the mouse going off the screen and coming back on bug. It should let go when it's off the screen.
Character should always plow through enemies never bounce off of them unless he's hit.
If the player is hit give him time to recover and toss him around.
Something should happen when he reached the top of the hit sound FX, like he freaks out and blows a bunch of enemies around. AOE spell.
Sound FX for grunts taking damage not just the pinch harmonic.
Mosh Pit is a "beat em up" game where the player must liberate people from the control of the government's twisted machinations. The landscape is ravaged by horrible war and from it comes a notion of peace at any cost. The government has rounded up anyone under the age of 20 and implanted them with a chip to make them docile. The player is part of an underground resistance group that has discovered in order to short circuit the chips they must blast heavy metal and break faces to spike the kids' adrenaline. In order to free as many people as possible the player must control a mosher named Ozzy to through seven levels set in a rebuilding post war metropolis.
The author of this game seeks to combine the nostalgia of the golden age of arcade games with the feel and intensity of a mosh pit. This is done in order to bring out various emotions in the player. To this end the author uses behaviors lifted from real world mosh pits and player interactions reminiscent of old arcade games. These interactions are then combined with an updated take on sprites and a brand new way of character control. Inspired by his life of concerts and video games the author adapts this experience into a video game that reflects this.
Week 9 - Wednesday, Nov 4
Art - making 2 kinds of smash-able objects (damage dealing and smashing for the sake of it), finishing the placeholder damage states for Ozzy
Code – Fixed screen scroll/flixel integration, code cleanup, grunt AI planned out, damage/power system integrated. Pool ball style controls readied for testing.
Music – Starting final recording for the first level track. Compose 2nd level track, Compose game over & victory music.
Week 10 - Wednesday, Nov 11
Art – Scientist placeholders done, start first level background.
Code - Crowd meter is implemented, front and back collisions are added. Damage/power system finished off. Testing Begins.Grunt AI integrated. Decide which control scheme is used then add steering to it.
Music - Start final drum and vocal tracking for first level track. Compose 2nd level track. Finish game over & victory music.
Week 11 - Wednesday, Nov 18
Art - First background finished.
Code – Crowd meter is linked to the combo meter, scientists can now decrease the crowd meter when in position. Front/Back collisions polished. Testing results are put into effect. Scientist AI integrated.
Music - Composing 2nd level track. Start Composing Title Screen track.
Week 12 - Wednesday, Dec 2 – Prototype 3 – combo and crowd meter working together, first level song completed and level 1 background completed. Near finished game at this point.
Week 13 - Wednesday, Dec 9
This is when the actual play test starts. Be ready for this.
Art – Anything that does not have a placeholder at this point.
Code – All animation states inserted into the game.
Music - Start final recording title screen track, game over & victory screen tracks.
Week 14 - Wednesday, Dec 16 – Alpha – One finished level.
Audio feedback to go in a loop instead of getting stuck on the last octave. Add in the UGH and the smack noises to play with it.
Swapping the score and combo #'s position and making the numbers bigger, especially the score.
There needs to be giving and recieving damage
The player needs more things to do and wants to feel more interaction with the hit, the dodge hit buttons need to start coming in.
Hit animation should have a push off one directly after it so it shows he's gaining power.
More feedback for hits. If it's strong something more should happen, the character needs to be more expressive and feedback for if you're doing a good job/the combo meter going up/bad job
We need a team/developer name.
Don't forget about the end of a level/start of a level screens and what they do/audio/graphics etc.
So this is the enemy the player will see the most of. In line with the game the scarier the mask on the enemy the weaker he actually is. This came from a variety of sources, the main one being US swat team outfits and body armor. He needs to look half military and half police force. The cattle prod being the best weapon for subduing people.
EDIT: It might be helpful to make damage and momentum into one unit, so 3/100 = one general collision unit then use those to tweak.
This assumes both the player and enemy have a health of 100 and a max momentum of 3.
Drag mode – When the mouse is down
Click move – When the player is moving to a spot the player clicked
Before the hit
When the player is within a close distance to an enemy that can damage him a dodge icon should appear over that enemies head. Also if there is an enemy he can damage the player can hit a button in order to strengthen the attack (+10) if he hits it at the right time, otherwise the damage is less than normal (-10).
Enemy hits Player (enemy momentum > player momentum)
The enemy is behind the player (enemy always wins this no matter what momentum level the player is at)
Enemy Momentum +1
Player Momentum -3
Enemy Health +0
Player Health – 15 * Enemy Momentum Level
Enemy Animation - Hit
Player Animation – Hit from behind (If damage is > 15 Hit hard from behind)
Player is in drag mode
Enemy Momentum +1
Player Momentum -1
Enemy Health + 0
Player Health - 10 * Enemy Momentum Level
Enemy Animation - Hit (if the damage is more than 20 Hard Hit)
Player Animation - Hurt (if the damage is more than 20 Hurt Badly)
Player has been thrown/moving
Enemy Momentum +1
Player Momentum -1
Enemy Health +0
Player Health - 10 * The difference between the player and enemy momentum
Enemy Animation – Hit (if the damage is more than 20 Hard Hit)
Player Animation - Hurt (if the damage is more than 20 Hurt Badly)
Player is in click move
Same as drag mode
Player is still
Same as drag mode
Player hits Enemy (player momentum => enemy momentum)
The player is behind the enemy
Enemy Momentum -3
Player Momentum -1
Enemy Health - 30 * Player Momentum Level
Player Health +0
Enemy Animation – Hurt (if the damage is more than 30 Hurt Badly)
Player Animation - Hit (if the damage is more than 30 Hard Hit)
Player is in drag mode
Enemy Momentum +1
Player Momentum -1
Enemy Health + 0
Player Health - 10 * Enemy Momentum Level
Enemy Animation - Hit (if the damage is more than 20 Hard Hit)
Player Animation - Hurt (if the damage is more than 20 Hurt Badly)
Player has been thrown/moving
Enemy Momentum -3
Player Momentum -1
Enemy Health - 20 * The difference between the player and enemy momentum
Player Health +0
Enemy Animation – Hurt (if the damage is more than 20 Hurt Badly)
Player Animation - Hit (if the damage is more than 20 Hard Hit)
Player is in click move
same as drag mode
Enemy whose been hit knocks into another Enemy
Hit Enemy Momentum -1
Hit Enemy Health - 1/5th the damage enemy that hit him just took
Hit Enemy Animation – Hurt (if damage is more than 20 Hurt Badly)
Original Enemy Momentum -1
Original Enemy Health -5
Original Enemy Animation Whatever animation it was in previously it repeats
Enemy whose been hit knocks into the Player
Nothing happens
Player whose been hit knocks into Enemies
Enemy Momentum +0
Player Momentum +0
Enemy Health +0
Player Health -5
Enemy Animation – Hurt (if the damage is more than 20 Hurt Badly)
Player Animation - Hit (if the damage is more than 20 Hard Hit)
X Week 1 - Wednesday, Sept 2 X
X Week 2 - Wednesday, Sept 9 X
X Week 3 - Wednesday, Sept 16 X
X Week 4 - Wednesday, Sept 23 – half way finished with prototype 1
X Week 5 - Wednesday, Sept 30 – Prototype 1 – Finished controls with moving enemies and a
mocked up level.
Week 6 - Wednesday, Oct 7
Art - Concept art for main enemies (builders/non-builders being similar)/Work done on background
Code – Screen Scrolling, drag and throw(dramatically lower max speed when dragging as opposed to throwing), slow down enemies.
Music
Week 7 - Wednesday, Oct 14
Art – Main character animations for various stages of running(with trails)/Second character concepted
Code – Mouse joint added to the throwing, Combo system started. Enemy AI started.
Music
Week 8 - Wednesday, Oct 21
Art - Hit and hitting place holders are made/Background finished/Secondary character run animations/scientist placeholder created.
Code – Combo system finished and inserted sans graphics. AI for the scientists and grunts inserted.
Music
Week 9 - Wednesday, Nov 4 – Prototype 2 – Tested/finish controls, enemies in place with screen scrolling and collisions with a goal to hit a set combo number for the player. Finished animations for the character and finished first level background.
Week 10 - Wednesday, Nov 11
Art – Hit and being hit (weak, medium and hard front/back) animations completed for grunts/scientists
Code -Momentum system put in place(enemies now knock player down/deal damage)/Combo system finalized/Detecting front and back hits.
Music
Week 11 - Wednesday, Nov 18
Art - Health animations for player and enemies
Code – Crowd meter is linked to the combo meter, scientists can now decrease the crowd meter when in position. Second character controls implemented.
Music
Week 12 - Wednesday, Dec 2 – Prototype 3 – combo and crowd meter working together, Two characters controlled by the player. Scientists and enemies behaving like they should.
Week 13 - Wednesday, Dec 9
This is when the actual play test starts. Be ready for this.
Art – Damage states animated for player characters and scientsts/grunt enemies
Code – Breakable objects inserted. Health and damage added, player now able to lose and revive downed characters.
Music
Week 14 - Wednesday, Dec 16 – Alpha – One finished level.
Week 1 - Wednesday, Sept 2 X
Week 2 - Wednesday, Sept 9 X
Week 3 - Wednesday, Sept 16 X
Week 4 - Wednesday, Sept 23 – half way finished with prototype 1
Week 5 - Wednesday, Sept 30 – Prototype 1 – Finished controls with moving enemies and a
mocked up level.
Week 6 - Wednesday, Oct 7 – Tested and refined controls/Music implementation is discussed
Week 7 - Wednesday, Oct 14 – Collision system implementation
Week 8 - Wednesday, Oct 21 – Enemy AI inserted into the game for the scientists and grunt enemies and Music is implemented.
Week 9 - Wednesday, Nov 4 – Prototype 2 – Tested controls and working collisions with momentum system in place.
Week 10 - Wednesday, Nov 11 – Combo system is put in place
Week 11 - Wednesday, Nov 18 – Crowd meter is inserted into the game
Week 12 - Wednesday, Dec 2 – Prototype 3 – combo and crowd meter working
Week 13 - Wednesday, Dec 9 - Enemy AI is inserted for Large Angry Guy, Spike Trap
Week 14 - Wednesday, Dec 16 – Alpha – One finished level with placeholder graphics, tested and awesome.
