Here are some more videos showing some of the changes of the newest demo.
In this video we show how we changed the Anurabi fight, you can see the entire screen during the whole fight, helping you see where the boss and projectiles are at all times. There's also a screen transition when he's defeated. Other small changes include more details to the background and foreground.
As we showed before there have been some improvents to the art in some areas so they are more distinct and memorable, making traversal easier.
And here's another design change, watching people play the game we noticed that sometimes players skipped a good chunk of the stage missing out on secrets, collectables, etc. So we made a small change that force the players to explore a little more.
We hope you liked these updates and give the game a try. You can support the game and get this new version at Patreon or SubscribeStar.
The zoomed in camera does make everything seem bigger and more intense, but wasn't very practical from a gameplay perspective. Would need a lot of camera adjustments to perfect, and idk if that's worth that much effort for 1 room. (zooming out for certain attacks, or based on distance from boss, etc.)
We still consider doing a more dynamic camera for bosses, but it really is a case by case thing. Some bosses will be smaller but will move a lot, other will be huge and fill the entire screen so we'll really have to try different things for each one
Yeah, no "one size fits all" with this type of thing, and gameplay is definitely the priority. Plus, there are plenty of ways to get that same intensity without applying advanced camera work, by using tools like screen shake, lighting, music, etc. No doubt you guys will make your game the best it can be, keep up the good work.
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The zoomed in camera does make everything seem bigger and more intense, but wasn't very practical from a gameplay perspective. Would need a lot of camera adjustments to perfect, and idk if that's worth that much effort for 1 room. (zooming out for certain attacks, or based on distance from boss, etc.)
We still consider doing a more dynamic camera for bosses, but it really is a case by case thing. Some bosses will be smaller but will move a lot, other will be huge and fill the entire screen so we'll really have to try different things for each one
Yeah, no "one size fits all" with this type of thing, and gameplay is definitely the priority. Plus, there are plenty of ways to get that same intensity without applying advanced camera work, by using tools like screen shake, lighting, music, etc. No doubt you guys will make your game the best it can be, keep up the good work.