This still keeps the original layout as there's no point to expand the level while testing (the smaller, the faster to test). I also haven't tried some of the sprites, mainly because I've been busy trying to sort out the gameplay itself. Probably in that respect it will be hard to notice the huge amount of improvements compared to the first test.
Click HERE to try the second test version.
Keyboard Controls :
A - left
D - right
Spacebar- Jump
S- jump down
W - talk/open door/pick up stuff/climb (interact is a better word)
Things might be confusing at this point still, but the idea is to talk to both of the NPCs to be able to access the room inside the tree. The final text will be slower and the dialogue will give hints to what the player should do.
But leaving the story aside (that will be arranged in time) the mayor advances in this version would be:
- Global constants working along with the phasing of the story.
- Camera movement moves responding to the character's movement (still needs tweaking).
- Zoom in and out depending on players movement.
- Die and re-spam if falling of the 'level'
- Inside tree layout.
- Dialogue appearance.
- Initial Xbox controller compatibility (yes, you can play it with a controller or keyboard)
There are still far too many problems that need fixing, to list a few:
-Fix camera movement
-Incorporate initial and final cinematic events (need to figure out how to do that :-/ )
-Avoid dialogue boxes to overlap
-Fix characters sprite movement (specially with the xbox controller)
-Set a menu screen
-by miracle... hope to figure out how to control text speed and appearance by pressing keys, instead of having it timed.
There are still loads and loads of things that need fixing, but it's certainly time to speed up with the sprites; any future testing might seem with less improvements as I'll have to balance more between the 'coding' and assets' creation.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
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