Hornpipe2's Blog

I just played (with out sound) this for the first time.

 

Very impressive! I tried some moves I knew from International Karate and some worked! Cool!

 

Some nice IK moves are missing though. Maybe it's just me, but defensive moves almost never worked for me. So I prefer more offensive ones. Also the salto over the enemy would be cool, as it adds a lot of dynamic to the gameplay.

Some nice IK moves are missing though. Maybe it's just me, but defensive moves almost never worked for me. So I prefer more offensive ones. Also the salto over the enemy would be cool, as it adds a lot of dynamic to the gameplay.

 

Thanks for the feedback. I used IK for a good amount of inspiration, but I've always found the control scheme unintuitive - sometimes pushing in a direction does not attack in that direction. I realize I risk alienating old players if I stray too far though : )

 

However, something I have been missing (and it seems you too) is a way to leap forward without attacking. I'd like more ways to get the players to swap places so they must turn around. Probably what I'll do is make U+R into a forward leap (like the backwards leap) and eliminate the plain ol' jump. I'll take another look at IK and see what else I might port over, because you're right, I could probably stand to lose some of the defensive moves. I think the Block might be an interesting new mechanic once I get it working though - further testing will no doubt prove that out.

Just played it with sound. I am missing some immediate audio feedback when I hit the enemy (or vice versa).

I really like what you've done here. It's a format game tech that I've been thinking about myself ever since I made the Amiga Ball demo and of course I'd seen Andrew Davie's kung fu babies as well.

 

Very good. It would have been very impressive in the day.