I feel like your visuals could use some more contrast. I don't mean a post processing effect, but actually making darker things darker. There is nothing really distinguishing a distant wall from an enemy right in front of you- since the color schemes and saturation and values of both are very similar. I think it would really help with readability

Very lovely game dev, keep it up! In my humble opinion, I believe to add more satisfactory to your enemies, add more distinct movement to them. For example, the smaller drone could move side to side quicker, the tank would be slow, the soldiers would dash/boost backwards to avoid your shooting. Also, different testing area could show the potential of the enemies. Guess this could mean, write down what each enemy would do and try to achieve that?

I think you have a ton going on that looks really great. The visual design and weapon feel looks spot on. The biggest issue I think is that it just looks lifeless. I think you have the right idea about humanoid enemies, but the execution kinda just resulted in more floaty turrets than actual humanoid characters with life. I think if you could actually get some enemies that walk on the ground, on two or more legs, it would go so far to make them feel actually different from the other enemies and more alive. There's a very stark contrast currently between the player character, which feels very human and familiar, and the enemies. Particularly with how smoothly and realistically the gun manipulation translates as you reload. It could work for something more dystopic as a lone survivor type of thing, but I think it would feel better to have a world with creatures that feel as grounded.

Lighting, please add cool lighting. The new art style looks epic btw, even better then before!

For gunplay, an overlooked element of satisfaction is the sound the gun makes tapping/spraying/hitting/killing. Also for visual hit marking you can have enemy body/body part highlighting on hit. That always makes gunplay satisfying

They need animations to show theyre alerted, maybe they need to reload, or they overheat, maybe they get into a defensive mode, maybe due to different health they behave differently, like becoming more and more defensive. Generally they should be more animated i think, and there is a lot of opportunity for satisfaction and liveliness

Welcome back, your work is an inspiration, keep up the great work.

i'm gonna buy this day one when it launches, good luck!

I think you're going in the right direction but just remember to focus on the fun factor before anything else, is the game fun is all that matters in the end this is why a simple game can make millions like lethal company

Since this is a Sci-Fi game, it would be on theme if you add interesting weapons like a coil gun or anything else in that direction

Well, if you want a specific combat experience, you have to force the play to play like that For example: If you want the movement to be fast and the player to always run around, then make the terrain large and easy to traverse, where keepings momentum is easy. The enemies should also reward that style of combat, by a combination of reward for moving, and punishment for not.

I remember when an indepedent developer did devlogs of a sci fi FPS. I hope this can fill that void.

A great video as usual man! Since you mentioned level design next time, I'll add that I'm super excited to see what those look like! I'm also hoping we'll get to see what you might be thinking for movement abilities, if you include those. As a sci-fi shooter, you can do pretty much anything with the movement - dodge rolls, double jumps, dashing, etc. (Movement is my favorite part of video games, so excuse me if you decide not to do anything with movement).

Very cool! I guess that you could add some partial destruction and hit effects to the enemies as well. As they are not organic creatures but rather hard surface machines, we kind of expect them to malfunction as we damage them, instead of just being alive until it explodes. It will add another level of immersion to the game feel!

I think majority of the enemies should strafe to the sides , humanoid robots should have much more animations (various hand formations, body spin and so on). I guess there is still lack of enemy dynamics .

Lore idea: make it so that the player is the baddie and he’s trying to conquer a planet, and the people of the planet are just trying to defend themselves, but make it like a plot twist so its a surprise for the player

Nice progress ! Those enemies look quite satisfying to play against. One thing on the visuals is that the enemies don't really contrast with the background much. Right now most (if not all) the attacks you shown have to be dodged after they have been fired. You could vary that with a hitscan attack that clearly telegraphs when it's coming, you'd have to pay attention to the enemy instead of the projectiles for this one. I was wondering if you knew about the Shift + Space shortcut in Unity that allows to quickly maximize and unmaximize any dockable window by hovering above one and pressing it ? It'd probably be a lot better to watch those gameplay or scene demo moments with the scene/game view being maximized, instead of it covering less than a third of the screen. I would also highly recommend upgrading to a higher resolution monitor, for your experience primarily though it would also help with the video quality. I can't stress enough how much better it is to work with space on your screen instead of constantly resizing or scrolling around to see specific things. A 1440p monitor would feel like a revolution, pretty much guaranteed !

I'm sure you will succeed. Good luck dude

Super fun watching you blow stuff up!

I like your video!!! The project looks amazing. I would recommend watching a video by the developer of Patch Quest. He talked about how he developed a game for 2 years without play testing or having a fun simple game loop made and he ended up scrapping and redoing the project. I would 100% recommend to focus on the fun game aspects of the game first and make sure the combat and game loop is fun and then go back and add all the details you want too.

I'd love to see how you make the models, It's something i struggle with so im sure it would be pretty useful. Good video!

Loving how the game looks so far, but I feel like a little contrast is needed

I can't wait to see you make that Inspector smaller in the next devlog, lol. Subscribed I'm serious about the Inspector tho

Love the art style. Definitely getting this game

Finally the great unity guy has returned from his cave

Titanfall 2 mentioned let’s gooo!!!!!!!!

also the reason all of the enemies feel the same is the movement code you need to make them do something other that move toward you until hitting an invisible ring like make the flying enemys move around you and strafe and go really high to drop things on you and make the tank move far slower than the player but do devestationg ranged damage making the player go to them

Love the enemy models, idk if its just the testing area you used but itbfelt like they blended into the background a bit. Maybe if they were a different color it would distinguish them a bit

Up the colour saturation on the enemies, they aren't distinct enough from the environment. 5:47 The loot balls are too similar to each other, from a distance they all look like spheres, make the shapes more distinct like cubes, spheres and pyramids, also increase the saturation of their colours, they are too similar to each other. Don't be afraid of colour.

A long range mortar like tank enemy would be pretty sick and it could have drones guarding it for support.

I'd love to see your progress watch all videos and good luck for your dev. Just one question where you can find that art style? Guns Environment enemies you model them your own using blender or something. Hope this will help for another dev like me

this looks amazing and i would 100% play this game, i do think the enemies are great but i didnt see enemy that was more fast paced. you should make a enemy that is small and runs around and climbs on the wall while rapid firing at the player. or like a thick laser beam. i dont know it seems like it would give the player that little fear in them when they see 3-4 of them along side with a tank or somthing. just to give that varriaty.

How have I not seen this on KZfaq before, this game looks amazing, keep up the incredible work! I will say though, although the enemies look fantastic, and the attacks are pretty good, but they do feel a little too similar to each other. This might be overly complicated or annoying to do, but giving each enemy a unique way of attacking or unique attack could help a lot in making the enemies not feel the exact same. (i.e. have one drone use smaller missiles, and another that uses large ones, another hit-scan lasers, or have the mini-tank be incendiary weapon focused and the big tank focus more on lasers or explosives) You don't have to use my exact examples, but I think it would help a lot in making each enemy feel unique instead of feeling almost identical in how they attack with the current system of reusing weapons a lot. Important thing to note, I am not a game dev, but I do think this could help in making combat feel better.

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Nice, looks great!

Wow amazing gme!Lucky u have a huge audiance ,im working on a game ive done 1 devlog and it got barely 8 views..😂😢

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I find that the enemy canons target the feet of the player Wich is weird I assume your target point is at the feet

A big part of satisfying gunplay comes from the visuals and sounds. The hitmarkerks are a decent way to give player some feedback, but you might want to look for more punchy weapon animation assets or even invest into an animator once you're on the final stretch. As an example, Bungie are a masterclass on satisfying gunplay. Say what you want about Destiny(it's ass imo), but its gunplay is unmatched. Bungie pretty much perfected the idea of satisfying weapon visuals. Not only are the weapons punchy and weighty, the enemies have appropriate reactions to being shot at. Small arms like handguns and SMGs make them flinch, while large weapons such as handcannons and shotguns make them fall backwards when hit but not killed. The enemies also "dodge" shots that you miss near them, just to give that extra feedback and make them feel a bit more lively, even though they didn't actually dodge anything and you simply missed. And of course, they have satisfying death animations and visuals when you finally do get the killing blow. Implementing some kind of simple destruction system for your enemies would already go a long way to giving the player proper feedback. Doesn't have to be anything super flashy. Even a few predetermined destroyable areas can make it feel better, and also gives the player proper reference on the damage they're dealing, especially on tougher enemies. Deep Rock Galactic does this by segmenting the enemies' armor into chunks which then break off when damaged, and the exposed areas will take more damage once the armor is removed. Your drone enemies may not need too many animations for being shot at, but the humanoid enemies will most definitely need some to better drive home the power behind the player's weapons.

Have you heard of Arcadian Rift?

I think it would be fun to give enemies weak spots which would be hard to reach but would do extra damage

1) The white and blue theme is fatiguing for me to look at. That's just me though. 2) The enemies need way better aim. I kept waiting for them to hit you but they never did. When they land a couple of shots dead on that's when their threat becomes real and they command some sort of respect

you could try adding a tiny random rotation to the hit markers

i still think your enemies have too many attacks. but it's good nevertheless. i can use a very simple exemple, real life tanks (and helldivers 2 automaton tank) where an enemy with big health and big damage is such a big constant threat that it changes the dynamic of battles enven though it has 2 attacks: main gun and machine gun. have you tried to make a prototype map with multiple enemies yet ? just enough to prototype the gameplay and get an honest feel about it

Awesome work!! Btw, one tip I would have when it comes to enemy design, and art direction as a whole, is to really study shape design. Currently your enemies all look fairly similar, with big, square, tank-like appearances; varying their silhouettes more would help communicate to the player what to expect from the enemies they're fighting. Especially if you're making a fast paced game. I would take a look at Destiny 2's enemy design for reference on good shape design in a fast paced environment. Also, shape language can also be used for story telling purposes quite effectively as well. This workshop from Hardy Fowler might get you started: kzfaq.inforgqM156aRxY?si=KtinagK2XXurhZyh That being said, this looks really great and I can't wait to see it finished!

i don't know if those are the final weapons but it would be very good if you made more unique weapons. The enemies and environment is so cool and futuristic, i think that a normal assault rifle and pistol don't fit that much.

You might wanna pool the projectiles if you want your game to run well.

If you want to perfect gunplay, look at Destiny 2 combat. The game has its issues but the gunplay was its strongest element. Study how the enemies react when being shot at. A key element is also the sound like headshoting a fallen making its head pop and have this air gushing out sound. Amazing work so far goodluck

1:26 - 1:36 can you give the link/name of that music? I think it was called game over or something but i can't find it

Does the tanks big gun actually fire? Otherwise I don’t see much of a point in it being there, it just miscommunicates the function of the enemy. Also, the bullets on the turrets look a bit wimpy, like they wouldn’t deal that much damage

what software do you you for making roadmaps that you showed 2:15

I gotta say. I really hate hitmarkers. It feels to me like such an immersion breaking and cheep and artificial way to create "satisfaction". I'd rather have games with good response mechanics like ragdolls and blood or other forms of in game responses that fit the narrative of the game. having a hud or audio element for something like that just takes you away from the game. It is kind of frustrating for me that in the recent years basically every game is using more and more excessive hitmarkers to create fake sense of satisfaction... anyway - good luck on your game!

It would be cool if you could make an enemy inspired by the droid from the movie Oblivion

tuff video

Do you have tips for anyone that wants to start game dev in unity

Lastly, I think the explosion is awesome, but it looks out of place, art style wise. Why not try playing around with the explosion colors a bit?

Wow, great job, but can you do tutorials for beginners

Hey this looks awesome! Do you need music for it? I am an audio engineer and composer. Let me know!

GIVE THE TANK A RAY CANNON, THE TANK NEVER USED THE TANK PART

Dawg you hit puberty hella 😭

That Unity Guy discord server when?

you should make a demo so people can give feedback on it, not just you

aw man. what a mess. everything is so bright and blue it hurts my eye. tone down the brightness. Is that a damn PIP scope on that sniper? what you need is a vision man, maybe a game designer to help you out. what is this game even if not just "sci-fi fps"

in my honest opinion combat and movement feels slow.

almost all of your enemies are bosses and have way to many ways to attack make variations for the diffrent attacks man

I think the enemy designs are a bit too safe. If someone was just looking at the silhouettes of all the enemies you might have a hard time knowing which enemy is which. In Halo you can look at any enemies silhouette and instantly know what species they are and what they can do. I'd say just experiment more with the shape language of the enemies.

This all still very much ripped from Arcadian Rift, and it's very apparent.