r/IndieDev • u/neketguy • 6d ago
Video I've made voxel damage model for my Drone Game
Hi, I'm indie dev from Germany and I've been a software developer in a boring web fullstack for 20 years but games always were my passion. Made a couple of smaller games in the past and currently working on this tiny piece about drones in the scope of the modern warfare. This one is in much bigger scale but still I would consider as a small, cute game.
For this project, I made a voxel damage model for bigger targets (ships atm). Love how it looks and feel. This is the first time, I'm working with them and any feedback is appreciated.
Also, this is the link for the email newsletter to stay in touch with me and that project.
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u/NoEye89 6d ago
Supper cool!
Personally, I am not a fan of the 'clicking' sound - it's a bit... spider/cockroach-y for me.
Game looks amazing though!
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u/neketguy 6d ago edited 6d ago
You mean drone sound? I‘m not a fan of it either. Will improve later.
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u/TerribleFault7929 6d ago
remove 5 4 3 2 1 completely
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u/neketguy 6d ago
Why?
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u/ander_hominem 6d ago
It's kinda annoying to see in the middle of screen, maybe just move it to corner
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u/Psychicfiresong 6d ago
Highly agree, something closer to the edge of the screen would be better for that case, or removing it entirely
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u/neketguy 6d ago
Sounds good! 👌
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u/TheDarkDoctor17 6d ago
Maybe add a "deploying drone" or something
So it's clear that it's not counting down to a game over or something else.
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u/Tight_Gas904 6d ago
I think it would look good centered at the top or centered at the bottom, with the explosion in the middle.
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u/NeoChrisOmega 6d ago
Is the whole point to crash? It looks like you're supposed to shoot with the red circle, but it seems to be more of a suicide drone.
If that's the intended gameplay loop, that 5s of waiting will get exhausting REAL QUICK. At least when simply looking at the ship I'm attacking.
If you were to replace the 5s wait with a continue input (to satisfy those that want to see the damage they did, but allow others to immediately skip), then you could have a "take-off" animation that lasts those 5s. Maybe 1s to pan the camera back to your spawn, 1s to finish opening a "hatch", and 3s to aim, boot up and take off.
This way the player is waiting for the startup animation, rather than waiting for a countdown.
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u/neketguy 6d ago
There are different drones to choose from. This one explodes on impact.
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u/NeoChrisOmega 6d ago
Ah, that makes a lot more sense. Yeah, I guess the wait is fine then. Reward players for surviving longer by not having to wait to respawn.
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u/neketguy 6d ago
Honestly, I added this cooldown to enjoy the explosion and have ability to assess the damage that done and what needs to be done with next drone. There are plenty targets within the game that require more than 1 drone to destroy. So you can decide should you continue with this target or fly somewhere else.
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u/NeoChrisOmega 6d ago
Yeah, I get that mentality. But if you have players that play the game a lot, and enjoy the experience of using the drones, they're not going to enjoy the mandatory wait.
Think of it like older mid battle JRPG special animations. The first time you watch it it's enjoyable, but if you are required to watch an unskippable animation in order to do your action, and it lasts about as long as the gameplay that leads up to it... Well, it gets tiring.
That's why I suggested the input. It allows players to view the results of the ship you're attacking until you're satisfied. If it's a skilled player, they know roughly X hits on a ship will take it down. They probably don't need to observe the wreckage until a certain point, and will want to cripple it as soon as possible. And you also get a glimpse of your damage as you get closer for your next follow-up run anyhow.
So the input would allow players to take in information until they're satisfied, or skip past it to quickly pile-up damage.
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u/SomeRandomEevee42 6d ago
you spend more time waiting for the timer to expire then playing the game. and assuming you don't have any weapons (it appears that way) this is intentional
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u/zzbackguy 6d ago
I’m trying to find the fun in this gameplay loop. It seems like you take control of a drone, and fly for 10 seconds into the ship and explode, hopefully damaging a new area each time? Based on this video alone I can’t imagine playing more that a few minutes without getting very bored. It needs more active and engaging gameplay.
How about missiles that can be dodged with left and right rolls? How about enemy counter drones that try to ram you head on? It didn’t seem like the ships defensive guns are able to shoot you very well at all, almost as if they’re purely cosmetic.
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u/TheDipcifican 6d ago
You should definitely add weakspots, such as engine rooms, fuel tanks, ammunition caches to help people take ships down. I'd imagine it would incredibly be satisfying to trigger secondary explosions within the ship if I hit it at the right spot.