game dev/sk8r grrl/guitar/flute/tree liker/indie game obsesser/basic autumn bitch. working on hoptix!
<3 @static-echo <3
i've been working super duper hard all week on camera stuff and i think it's finally far enough along that i can show it off a bit! it's still WIP, and i expect i will be making little changes to it about twice every single time i sit down to work until the game comes out, but i think it's starting to feel more dynamic and physical!
what do we think, gang? :3
i really like the way it feels in the second gif! the first one is a lot less noticeable but, i imagine that's kind of the point?
yeah this stuff is really tricky to balance! it's possible that the effects in the first gif are a little too small rn, i can definitely imagine myself trending that way after a week of motion sickness from working on this lmao. but idunno, maybe it doesn't need to be noticeable to feel good? it's hard to say...
yeah, exactly! like, i feel like if it was always noticeable you'd get some sort of fatigue from seeing it! i think the more pronounced effects are in some ways a like, reward or something,,
The second gif is a big improvement; it's often difficult to tell when you've gotten a speed boost in games with heavy parallax scrolling background elements, but it's very apparent in the second gif
thank you! :3 def agree that the booster effect is the biggest W so far
I like it! The little jolt effect it does with the boosters is a really nice tough esp.
yay thank you! those sorts of long booster sections are definitely meant to be more visual spectacle than like, interesting for gameplay reasons, so i'm glad they're feeling better :3
i'm liking the small slowdown as you go near things in the first gif. and i am liking the speed boost ability in the second one. that seems like it could lend itself to a lot of cool tricks
Looking good! The little lakitu camerabunny we all know is there needing to catch up to bursts of speed really helps!
i have this system named "skatephotographer" in all the files and stuff after the tireless heroes who keep up with skateboarders with their little handheld cameras and their own boards. i think camerabunny has a backwards baseball hat on, and stars in their eyes...
