Love this! been looking for Metal Marines inspired games for a long time, even thought about trying to develop my own.
Ive wondered how it would be to go real time during attacks (Compared to SNES MM), since that would be a big change in how we play. I do like the SNES "Cut-scene attacks" however, and the way you executed it was impressive. You managed to keep attacks controlled and observable while keeping the action going. Well done!
I'm curious, do you plan to keep the game close to the original with some quality of life improvements, or go beyond and and additional features (like new buildings)?
With regards to feedback,
in this early stage I expect you already have many things like graphics, tweaks and things like multiplayer planned.
When using mechs its a bit hard to predict how they will act at the moment, do you plan to limit their area of focus and if so it could be good to visualize it. Partly at the window when planning an attack but maybe also visualize it when observing the enemy island and/or on the cams up in the corner.
- Since we in this game in contrast to in the original SNES MM might tends to act more aggressive since we lack time stops in between attacks. We also have the ability to overlap attacks, meaning you may base your decisions on ongoing attacks. I myself tend to spend as much time watching the enemy island as my own.
Ive noticed that mechs at the moment walk on water to reach their targets. Ive yet to notice if the mechs has a limited range or if they fly back simply because they are out of time.
When it comes to graphics, do you plan to keep a similar style to the original game?
I'm looking forward to play future versions and I'd gladly come back to the comments with more feedback and questions about the development.