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by jkrippy 3930 days ago
Love this!

I uploaded a recording of Level 13 here, not sure what the max level is. This is from my first play through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF2TaK3s4fc

I think it's fun and has a lot of potential. There's some fun combos I started to be able to pull off in the video the more I played. I think this could lead to some really interesting multiplayer combat. If you look at what people have added on to Minecraft as PvP game modes, I think a lot would carry over well to this engine.

I would really like to remap the keys! I can dodge strafe left but not right because of muscle memory. In the video, you can see this makes me attempt to fire the bow when I should be strafing right.

A few suggestions, if you want to develop it further:

) Have an experience point system that grants you access to other skills (could be as simple as faster walking, more hps, regen, etc)

) By level 13, I had no more need for gold because I purchased everything in the shop already. Maybe add on extra purchases like increased inventory space for arrows, etc...

) Add a shield to help block some of the ranged attacks (the physical non-magic attacks)

) Harder AI as you level up would be nice, you can see in the video that creatures don't attack me even though I'm near and they should be able to hear me attacking their friends.

I'm sure I could come up with more suggestions if you want to focus on the game mode more.

Thanks for sharing this with us!

1 comments

Just watched your video. Well played! Thanks for your detailed feedback, I agree the AI could be more difficult but we also have seen a lot of players finding the game a bit too hard. About the shield I would disagree, strafing/moving to avoid a range attack is part of the core gameplay and a fun element, imho. We will definitely work on some improvements to the game in the future.