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bsergent / overmorrow

Typescript canvas game engine
http://challengercity.com/v4/projects/overmorrow/
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Combat engine #22

Open bsergent opened 6 years ago

bsergent commented 6 years ago

I'll probably have similar combat systems for any other games I make, so might as well put it in the framework. This will be coupled to the inventory, item usage, and action systems.

bsergent commented 5 years ago

Combat still works as intended while both entities are aligned to the major grid, but the addition of sub-grid movement in 183f4b836c2a82945d9585411a830b435ee759f9 leads to a lot of buggy behavior when they are not aligned.

To fix this, I'd like to actually rework the combat system again. I really like the directional attacking and blocking, but the player is very limited on how they can attack due to the system. Namely, there is very little movement and variation to attacks which is not very satisfying. Players can also just continuously run away without every being hit. The sub-grid really helped to make the combat feel more responsive, but I'd like to add actions such as rolling, charging, back-stepping, spin attacks, etc. depending on the player's equipment. Here are the controls I'm currently thinking about:

Control Action Damage Movement
MOUSE_LEFT Stab Light to single tile None
MOUSE_RIGHT Slash Medium to three tiles adjacent (45 deg to either side) None
WASD + SHIFT + MOUSE_LEFT Charge Medium to three tiles in front Three tiles forward
Hold MOUSE_LEFT Charge Heavy to three tiles in front Three tiles forward
Hold MOUSE_RIGHT Spin Medium to all tiles directly adjacent None
SPACE Back-step None One tile back
WASD + SPACE Roll None Two tiles in designated direction
Responsive MOUSE_RIGHT Parry Heavy to parried entity None
WASD Walk None One tile in designated direction
WASD + SHIFT Sprint None One tile in designated direction (quickly)
SHIFT Guard Reduced None

Also need to think about warmup, acting, and cooldown times as well as stamina cost. In addition, the Controller class is going to need a lot of work to be able to detect all these possibilities. It could be implemented entirely in game code, but I think events for things such as releasing a held key should be built in.