Lantern

Hey everybody!

It's been a crazy week or two, between visiting the ladyfriend, going to a wedding, and losing power repeatedly, but I've got some news: I put up a prototype! There's still a bunch of bugs, but if you want to run around and shoot stuff in a haunted house, you can!

In the upcoming two weeks I'm going to try and address bugs and implement the final features. Afterwards I'll try and host a coordinated play-test session, so people can help playtest, play actual multiplayer, and give me design feedback :)

Play LANTERN here!

Controls:

• Left-click: Fire pistol
  
• F: Turn flashlight on/off (maybe should be right-click as well?)
  
• Tab + hold: Show scoreboard & server name
  

Notes:

• This game is multiplayer-only, so it's only gonna feel like a game if someone else is currently playing too :P You can get a feel for the light/dark mechanics and shooting, though
  
• It's a browser version using Unity Web Player, so if you haven't yet, you'll need the Unity Web Player plugin
  

Buglist:

• Latency in browser build – optimization needed, probably for shadows (this game is very shadow-heavy)
  
• Cannot properly exit back to main menu from game
  
• If the player acting as the server disconnects, game does not shut down nicely
  
• Game-over not yet implemented
  
• House needs a little more room and a few more balance tweaks; specifically, there should always be some small amount of light visible, so players can tell if they’re actually moving.
  
• Gun can fire through some objects.
  
• Still using the Unity pill model for characters