SCREENSHOT SURVIVAL 20XX

Working on adding enemies to the area. They hop around on the overworld!



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@Alterego
Thank you for the comments. And yes, this is a commercial game. It has already made it through steam's greenlight selection.

The strafing animation are the slow walking animation, this occurs when the player moves in any direction other then the aiming direction. It seemed to make the most sense that the character wouldn't move as smoothly as they would when they walk forwards. I do agree that there is room for improvement, better walking animations or even dedicated strafing/back stepping sprites.

The stealth gameplay is based mostly on the player to stay out of the enemy vision-cones and not making noise. Like firing a weapon, or by getting to close and them hearing your footsteps.
Originally stealth was more realistic. The enemy vision cones had a much wider angle, had a much longer range. They had incredible hearing and could track the player relentlessly. They also had completely random patrol routes, viewing directions and even the vision cone itself wasn't visible; You'd have to determine their facing direction by observing where they where aiming.
But this made the game way to difficult to play stealthily. No matter how hard you tried, eventually you'd get into a gunfight. Ruining your stealth ranking. This is way the enemy vision has been made more lenient. I can't make the area's less wide open as that would hinder the other possible approach; Going on full assault and maneuvering through the enemy bullets.
Like the more recent entries in the Metal Gear Solid series, I really want to give the player the choice between stealth and full assault. Or something in between. If the mission objective allows it ofcourse. During a mission where you are actually tasked with fighting and defeating enemies, stealth isn't really possible; And there for also omitted from the ranking for those levels (incidentally, you can see that in the video I posted earlier. The ranking shown is for the boss fight and if you look carefully, you'll see that the stealth portion has a "N/A" indication)

I do agree with you completely about the tables. It looks kinda weird that the enemies can't see over them and both they and the player can't shoot over them. I was thinking about replacing some of the tables with other taller objects; Or placing crates, bags or other stuff on top of the tables to obstruct sight/gunfire.

A demo version of the game is available for download, if you'd like a more hands on impression of the game. Here is the link to the game's page on rpgmaker.net. Just recently approved :)

@Punkitt
Is the latest screenshot from the battle system?

Nice :)

Woah, nice work with the town! Loving the look of it.

author=alterego
@Chilly-Pheese-Steak:(That's quite the nickname xD) So, I take it that you're working with rm2k/3, right? Are you still dependent to any of the default menu systems? Because it seems like you're trying to imitate that style. However if you can event your own, I think someone with your talent can strive for something less dull and boxy. You game has certain charm to it and I think you could benefit from the extra effort... Unless what you're showing us is still a WIP, in which case, disregard. (Love the animations btw)

Yeah I'm using RM2k/3. I've been slowly phasing out the default menu systems, but yeah I see what you mean about the menus looking dull.

@Gretgor-I think the new HUD is way better. Gj on it! I like the idea behind having a kindness meter.
@Grindalf-That's really nice! The only thing I do not like is how the houses have their doors facing a frozen lake(unless it's supposed to be a path in which case I would recommend making it brown. It might be snowy but blue paths don't really make much sense).
@Punkitt-That's awesome, as always.

Looking a lot better, Gretgor.