Hi everybody! We are there. We can now say that the game is almost solid, (nearly) bugfree and pretty well balanced. Even do, there is still a long way to go with the project. Now, however, it’s time for us to make changes!
(pixelselfie: Marco, Zago, Ivan) Our plan is to 1 - re-design the menu 2 - create a more complete loadout menu for the rioters. Similar to the police menu, offering the opportunity to add and subtract groups. 3 - push strongly toward a more immediate style of gameplay, removing all the delays between the command and the action. It will be a bit less realistic, but the rocket will launched when you want! No more waiting for the guy to arrive, load it, light it then finally fire - Just CLICK and SHOOT! So you will find an option to switch between the “realistic” gameplay (like now) and the new one (more immediate) “action” gameplay. 4 - remove redundant submenus. 5 - add the GLOBAL MODE, where you will be able (in single or multiplayer modes) to play ALL the levels, starting from the beginning right through to the last one. Progressing only by completing each level in order to progress to the next one. We will include a well-balanced learning curve for each of the difficulty levels. New items will also be unlocked and usable at every level. 6 - major changes to the UI. We want the UI to be more visible, more immediate. This will also make it easier to play the the game with a joypad. 7 - add skills and items to let the rebel groups be able to charge and fight toe-to-toe. We’ll be addin the likes of crowbars, ironbars etc. for this. 8 - unify the unit parameters. No longer will you find a wounded unit still reacting positively. Likewise you won’t see healthy units reacting negitivly and fleeing the scene. All units and groups will begin a fight at the same level of morale, what happens next will be down to your actions. In order to make these major alterations and addtions we plan to halt the weekly updates for now. We need to rewrite some parts of the code from scratch. We believe we’ll need several weeks to achieve our goal. BUT In the meanwhile, we’re working on content. I’ll post again to give you a taste of what to expect but in the meantime, here’s a clue… it is related to the editor. So… RIOT ON! Ivan Post Scriptum! For the record: The team spent 3 years in development, not 5! 5 years ago Leonard did the crowdfunding on Indiegogo then tried to create the game with three different indie teams, without results. IV PRODUCTIONS and MERGE GAMES, we began the game completely from scratch 3 years ago. Less than one year ago we changed the gameplay and game design (the original design was too hard and confusional - and boring!) The two years before we were not involved -and we had no money from the crowdfunding! We know that three years is still a long time, but it’s certainly shorter than five years!