AI flee behavior was screwed. Scared bots were looking for a spot with line of sight with object of their fear when they should look for a safe spot without line of sight. This is corrected.
Hey there again! I did a while ago a gameplay review video on your update v.0.5 and I am aware that there are more updates but I already made this so I wanted to share it anyways. Here are some notes in case the video is too long to watch. Hope this helps!
The squad is really great, however I am wondering if they can get attacked by the turrets in the future updates.
I have noticed that you have introduced new features in the game, such as enemies with shields (pink shields I think) and also drones! However, you might want to show an introductory paused screen that explains what each new encounter does when facing it for the first time, like I did in the video here, you could pause the game by a popping screen telling us what shields do, or what the drones are for (just an idea).
The mouse lost has been again generated in the gameplay video. It happens after the black screen loading one.
There is an issue with the waypoint system where it does not really show you where to go inside the game! Other than these points, I really enjoy the gameplay every single time I test play your game and will be doing more of gameplay review soon for your game.
About the Squad members not being affected by traps & turrets. This is intended. It would require quite a lot of AI Senses checking for them to be aware of those. And it would not add to gameplay experience. So, unless I find an efficient way of doing it, it will stay as it is.
I must find this glitch you got during sequences, I'll do some testing on that using different resolutions and mouse settings.
About encountering new features (like the shield drones), this something I'm working on. It is quite a delicate work because I don't want to bother players with tons of informations. In fact there is a second tutorial availlable (as says the popup you got when in your vessel), it is accessible on the mission console under "tutorials" tab. It is just that the mission console design has a bad design, you did not see that there are two tabs. I will work on that.
About minimap & waypoint. The triangle top left of your hud is not a waypoint, it is just a compass as such it is always pointing one direction. I don't want to implement a minimap because it tends to spoil the tension to be in an unwelcome place. I think I'll trigger the Exit Waypoint when player reached a kill threshold, may be when he dispatched half of enemies.
Thanks a lot for taking the time to play and share your experience. This will make shootout a more pleasant experience for everyone!
Thanks for replaying to my gameplay review! It really makes me happy knowing that what I am doing have a good positive impact on game development!
For the Squad members, it is so hard to make the AI Senses for them! and I do see that this game is so good and well done! Better than most games that I did reviews for on itch.io here!
For the triangle top left, and after you explained it, I think I can adjust my way of playing after knowing how it works! And honestly, your idea about making it trigger the Exit Waypoint after a certain point seems so good!
Other than these little details, for sure your game is great and I am sure you already know this ;) the gameplay is the most fun part of Shootout.
The update is quite stuffed. I added the remaining Squad Upgrades. I also added cost to upgrade them and to run mission.
I also pushed further the AI. Enemies will now use squad order (Follow, Stay, Hold). Order "Hold" will trigger Upgrades if they have some, and they could.
Added Squad upgrade AreaHeal, AreaShield, Turret, Drone! To use the Upgrades Order your squad to Hold(Hold Squad order Key) Squad Order Key is F by default.
The console's purpose is to easily access crew if they are wandering. There you can enlist them in your Squad and Upgrade them if they have enough experience. There are for now 4 levels for them. They earn 1 xp for each mission accomplished.
Level 1 cost 1 xp
Level 2 cost 3 xp
Level 3 cost 5 xp
Level 4 cost 8 xp
For now only the HPBonus is implemented. More to come.
The goal is to improve bots value for the player, and also give them more survivability especially on the Chapter 2 which is quite brutal:
Also, the game now has it's own Steam Page, feel free to wishlist it as it greatly boost visibility to have a fat wishlist :)
Oh wow!! I never expected that review would help this much!! I am really happy that it did, for sure this will motivate me to keep up with your game developments.
Hey there SillikOne, I truly loved your game here, find it so creative and engaging. There are some issues here and there of course, and the gameplay video here covers it all, but I will add some notes just in case you can’t find the time to watch the video. Your game generally speaking is so much fun, it took me a while before I get used to the shooting and moving systems, it is so good once you get the basics. Although, I ask this from every developer here, in order for me to keep doing these reviews I really need some support, would appreciate it if you subscribed to my YouTube channel. (All issues had been captured and left purposely in the gameplay video in order to help you spot the bugs with your game; this should help you in making updates and changes)
I had an issue when I first started the game and customized the controls, also from some reason I could not pause the game.
When you are in the tutorial at the beginning where you should grab the gun and ammo, I couldn’t even see the gun on the floor (so you might want to put a highlighted icon next to it or give it a different colour from the floor) Also I “touched” that orange person and he died before I was tasked to shoot him.
The loading screens for the story after the tutorial had some issues too, you might want to check the video for that.
Picking up weapons to get ready for the mission didn’t work at first for me, so I started the mission without weapons thinking I am having them lol (I had to restart the game so many times to fix many other issues too).
Other than this I did found the game so fun to play and challenging at the same time. The soundtracks and music are great and suit the shooting game you have.
The gameplay video is long but at least the first half has many reviews, and if you need a fellow up video after you make update let me know.
A new build has been pushed! Following a quick patch to fix some debugging tool I forgot to remove...
This build introduce a new threat: Turrets!
You can hack them to target raiders. If you waste enough ammo they'll explode.
Many fixes, tweaks and improvements! Most notably, I doped the PumpGun : better range (30m), more ammo (8) and faster firerate and reload(90bpm). Also added a 3seconds Knock Down immunity.
More info to come in the upcoming devlog!
Thx for trying the game! Don't hesitate to post comments, ideas, opinions, feedback or just a warm hug!
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Hi there,
What is the difference between the demo and the full game on Steam?
Demo v.1.0 has been pushed!
Cheers!
Hi!
I've pushed v.0.9!
Cheers!
Hello!
The DEMO v.0.8 is live!
Cheers!
Hi!
I've pushed a small patch for the v.0.7.
Sorry for the trouble!
Hello!
I've pushed another small Hot Fix (1.65Mb).
AI flee behavior was screwed. Scared bots were looking for a spot with line of sight with object of their fear when they should look for a safe spot without line of sight. This is corrected.
Hello!
ShootOut(SystemD) DEMO v.0.7 is up!
Fixes, tweaks, optimizations.
For v0.5
Hey there again! I did a while ago a gameplay review video on your update v.0.5 and I am aware that there are more updates but I already made this so I wanted to share it anyways. Here are some notes in case the video is too long to watch. Hope this helps!
There is an issue with the waypoint system where it does not really show you where to go inside the game! Other than these points, I really enjoy the gameplay every single time I test play your game and will be doing more of gameplay review soon for your game.
Hello ZakariaGhorfati!
Thanks for going back to the demo!
About the Squad members not being affected by traps & turrets. This is intended. It would require quite a lot of AI Senses checking for them to be aware of those. And it would not add to gameplay experience. So, unless I find an efficient way of doing it, it will stay as it is.
I must find this glitch you got during sequences, I'll do some testing on that using different resolutions and mouse settings.
About encountering new features (like the shield drones), this something I'm working on. It is quite a delicate work because I don't want to bother players with tons of informations. In fact there is a second tutorial availlable (as says the popup you got when in your vessel), it is accessible on the mission console under "tutorials" tab. It is just that the mission console design has a bad design, you did not see that there are two tabs. I will work on that.
About minimap & waypoint. The triangle top left of your hud is not a waypoint, it is just a compass as such it is always pointing one direction. I don't want to implement a minimap because it tends to spoil the tension to be in an unwelcome place. I think I'll trigger the Exit Waypoint when player reached a kill threshold, may be when he dispatched half of enemies.
Thanks a lot for taking the time to play and share your experience. This will make shootout a more pleasant experience for everyone!
Hey Siilikone!
Thanks for replaying to my gameplay review! It really makes me happy knowing that what I am doing have a good positive impact on game development!
For the Squad members, it is so hard to make the AI Senses for them! and I do see that this game is so good and well done! Better than most games that I did reviews for on itch.io here!
For the triangle top left, and after you explained it, I think I can adjust my way of playing after knowing how it works! And honestly, your idea about making it trigger the Exit Waypoint after a certain point seems so good!
Other than these little details, for sure your game is great and I am sure you already know this ;) the gameplay is the most fun part of Shootout.
I've pushed v.0.6a
Hello!
I've just pushed the version 0.6!
The update is quite stuffed. I added the remaining Squad Upgrades. I also added cost to upgrade them and to run mission.
I also pushed further the AI. Enemies will now use squad order (Follow, Stay, Hold). Order "Hold" will trigger Upgrades if they have some, and they could.
To use the Upgrades Order your squad to Hold (Hold Squad order Key) Squad Order Key is F by default.
Pushed a new version.
The console's purpose is to easily access crew if they are wandering. There you can enlist them in your Squad and Upgrade them if they have enough experience. There are for now 4 levels for them. They earn 1 xp for each mission accomplished.
For now only the HPBonus is implemented. More to come.
The goal is to improve bots value for the player, and also give them more survivability especially on the Chapter 2 which is quite brutal:
Also, the game now has it's own Steam Page, feel free to wishlist it as it greatly boost visibility to have a fat wishlist :)
Following the kind & informative review from ZakariaGhorfati the demo has been updated to v.0.5!
Please enjoy! And do not hesitate to share feedback, impressions, ideas...
the update is followed by a small fix, advanced Tutorial was broken, it is now fixed.
Sorry for the trouble.
Oh wow!! I never expected that review would help this much!! I am really happy that it did, for sure this will motivate me to keep up with your game developments.
feedbacks, comments and reviews, especially streamed play sessions, are invaluable when one cannot afford to pay dedicated testers :)
Hey there SillikOne, I truly loved your game here, find it so creative and engaging. There are some issues here and there of course, and the gameplay video here covers it all, but I will add some notes just in case you can’t find the time to watch the video. Your game generally speaking is so much fun, it took me a while before I get used to the shooting and moving systems, it is so good once you get the basics. Although, I ask this from every developer here, in order for me to keep doing these reviews I really need some support, would appreciate it if you subscribed to my YouTube channel. (All issues had been captured and left purposely in the gameplay video in order to help you spot the bugs with your game; this should help you in making updates and changes)
The gameplay video is long but at least the first half has many reviews, and if you need a fellow up video after you make update let me know.
Thanks a lot! I really appreciate your effort! Your review will definetly help me offer a greater experience for all!
I'll address all the flow you went through for the next build!
Impressive. Do you work in a team for this?
Hello!
Thanks for the compliment!
Nope I'm working solo on this :)
So you made all the models, animations, levels and also the coding? And you just started in 2018?
Ahah! No, I work alone on the project, but I bought assets.
All aesthetic assets are bought. I do the rest.
Hi!
The Demo has been updated to 0.4
Hello!
The Demo is now in its version 0.3
Hello!
The Demo is now in its version 0.2
please enjoy, and don't forget to leave feedback, rating, comment, ideas, cheers and what not.
I'm especially looking for feedback on the difficulty, is Station23B challenging, too easy, too difficult?
Do you want to see a difficulty slider?
Hello!
The Demo is now in its version 0.1
Please, enjoy and leave some feedback, ideas, ect.
Thanks for trying the demo.
A new build has been pushed! Following a quick patch to fix some debugging tool I forgot to remove...
This build introduce a new threat: Turrets!
You can hack them to target raiders. If you waste enough ammo they'll explode.
Many fixes, tweaks and improvements! Most notably, I doped the PumpGun : better range (30m), more ammo (8) and faster firerate and reload(90bpm). Also added a 3seconds Knock Down immunity.
More info to come in the upcoming devlog!
Thx for trying the game! Don't hesitate to post comments, ideas, opinions, feedback or just a warm hug!