Development Log #1

Gods Unleashed: Trials of Storm and Fury

Team BBB Games

Pre-production stage

Game Identity:

Gods Unleashed is a co-op third person survival game, where players fight against hordes of enemies from Japanese mythology.

Game logo:

First version of the game logo:

Level design:

First prototype of the game level:

Characters:

Concept arts and block outs of the game characters and enemies:

Player Classes:

Mage

 Melee

Tank

Enemies:

Standard

Range 

 Fast

Heavy

Booster

Bosses:

Susanoo

Raijin

Game Mechanics:

Enemy AI

Enemies now have three classes

Standard enemy:

• Default amount of health (100hp)
• Default speed (600 cm/s) 

Fast enemy:

• Lower amount of health (75hp)
• Faster speed (800 cm/s)

Heavy enemy:

• Bigger amount of health (200hp)
• Slower speed (400 cm/s)

Now enemies have a health bar displayed above their heads. 

It will appear when the player is close, or if the enemy was recently damaged

Abilities Framework:

Abilities are components made to be shared between Players, Weapons and Enemies.

Ability Types

• Passives
  • Apply changes to its owner
  • Examples
    • Melee damage boost
    • Health Regeneration boost
    • Speed boost
• Skills
  • Can Spawn Skill Outputs (a.k.a Projectiles)
    • Movement Types
      • Flying (e.g. Arrow)
      • With Weapon (e.g. Melee)
      • Thrown (e.g. Potion)
    • Damage Types (can be stacked)
      • Instant
      • Splash
      • Ticked
  • Examples
    • Punch
    • Shoot Arrow
    • Throw Health Potion

Ability Triggers

• Use Key; Press / Hold / Release (Skills only)
• Wave Start
• Game Start
• Game Tick
• Enemy Killed
• Ability Chained

Wave-based Enemy Spawning

• Procedural spawning system 
• Set spawn locations 
• Player distance dependant
• Spawn particle effects

Spawn Effects

Spawner Example