Weapon Crafting is soon coming to Pyramid Plunge. Here's a quick preview. [previewyoutube=m7d6gTtoKIU;full][/previewyoutube] It's been on my task list for a while and finally work started on it. Will be in this week's build after doing a proper round of QA. So how does it work? As you can see in the video, you have to 1) Find scraps in crates. These are just collectibles and to keep it simple cannot be thrown or dropped. 2) When completing a level, decide where to go in the pyramid, according to what weapon you think will help you most. The map will show you where you will find the blueprints for weapons. When completing a level you can also go back and choose another if you wish to collect all blueprints. 3) Get your partner to decode murals found in the pyramids to get the blueprints for the weapons. Each weapon will have 4 levels. On each new weapon level, the weapon will have some better stats or ability. E.g. The boomerang Level 1 will return only once, Level 2 will return twice and will take more hits against a wall to get broken, Level 3 will cause 2 damage points to the enemies, and so on. 4) Once you have all the required scraps to build a weapon out of a blueprint that you have, you then find a workbench to actually craft the weapon. In the first update there will be 3 weapons including two ranged weapons

• The boomerang
• Slingshot -aim and fire stones precisely at enemies
• Bow - aim and fire arrows. You can pick up arrows from traps too.

In a future update I'm planning to allow players to craft Jetpacks, Grappling Gun and a hilarious Banana Gun! This crafting is a lot of fun in Single Player and Coop. The branching map was originally designed with crafting in mind and finally that part of the puzzle is in place. What about 2-player VS mode? This weapon crafting adds another fun dimension. However I have disabled this feature in the 2-player VS mode because VS mode is all about chaos, chasing and running. The players in VS mode will still be able to find the upgraded weapons in cages. The cage first needs to be lifted by keeping pressed two pressure plates nearby, and stealing it by replacing it with another item - otherwise if you just steal it the flood will be triggered!

[ 2021-06-21 09:04:07 CET ] [ Original post ]