Posted August 25, 2022 by Elvies
#devlog #castlevania #gb studio #retro #action #platformer
May the 4th be with you. Was when I first posted the Herb HP pick up on Twitter "I'm gotta get that Herb! Hyeh! Hya-oof!"
If you ask anyone playing a any game, What's that Heart icon for? They'll probably tell you that its the Player's Life Points / HP. But not Castlevania, they use hearts as ammo for their sub-weapons.
So I thought, "If hearts are for ammo, what do I make for an iconic HP pick up?" Freaking Herbs! That's what. Inspired by Resident Evil and Castlevania Chronicles, the Herb is an item that restores the players HP by a few points.
In earlier builds of the game, the Herb is an item pickup that the player needs to collide first in order to gain its HP refill. [as represented in this gif? jif?] But I decided to make it an auto-pickup from destroying lanterns instead. Yes I went for lanterns [Bloodstained COTM] instead of candles. XD
If Herbs are for Life then what are for Ammo then?