Twin Demon Slayers: more XCom-ish look!

Published May 14, 2018
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I spent some time on altering the visuals in general, to make the things look nicer and more clean. Basically I tried to reproduce the look and feel from XCom games.

First of all, I've changed the way HPs are displayed - from hearts to rectangles. Player characters use blue color, enemies - red.

Also, information about current cover type (none, light, heavy) has been added.

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Goodbye, hearts. Embrace the combined HP and cover display!

Also, the characters are "sticking" to the wall next to them - currently only when dealing with a wall that is on their left/right:

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Additionally, a character can be flanked. This happens when the enemy has a clear line of sight.

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Even though hiding behind a heavy cover, player character is flanked (yellow shield). Enemy goblin has light cover, as it's hiding behind a crate, and not a solid wall.

And, last but not least: I have added UI for actions' display - pretty much the same as in the XCom games (so displaying all potential actions, potential targets and their to hit/flanked statuses):

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That's it for today! Next things on my agenda are introducing Action Points display and adding more actions, including overwatch mechanics - that will be fun!

 

Take care!

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Awoken

I like the breathing animation.  Reminds me of old Nintendo games.

May 15, 2018 01:56 PM
Bryky

Haha, might be! :)

I do plan to alter the visuals completely though - but I want to finish all the core gameplay features first.

May 15, 2018 06:00 PM
Rutin

Nice update! :)  

May 15, 2018 06:53 PM
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