I wrote a devlog where I dive deep on some game design changes I'm going to release (hopefully) soon, plus an explanation about why kills are now so bloody.

Read it here: leoqb.itch.io/nightcrawler...

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Always fun to fool around in a test scene.

That repeated off-screen kill with everyone catching up to kill me once I was already dead made me laugh, like was that really necessary

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I'm testing some big changes to the core gameplay of my game.

Instead of having to kill everyone, you have to kill just 1 target. The guards can be stunned, killed or ignored.

This would have a lot of interesting implications in the game 🧵

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Adding knock-out before a kill. I wanted to make it abundantly clear when you kill the enemy. Is it a bit too much? 😬

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I stitched together some gifs I made for the game...I think it does give a good idea of the gameplay!

As a solo dev it takes time to create these things to show the game to others, but it's cool when the result is fun to watch.

🔗 leoqb.itch.io/nightcrawler

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So the game has been out for already a week and hundreds of people have played it, its humbling

Up until now I had this big goal of reaching a release and there were so many things to do that it was always obvious what the next step would have been, but now..🧵

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It's interesting because I remember it working correctly

#GodotEngine UI is quirky in this: It seems impossible to move the area from the editor without hiding the child node, the collision shape will always take priority. Probably how i introduced the bug, moving the shape instead of the area

Plus I fixed some bugs, apparently the hitbox was flipping incorrectly.

It had actually a big impact: the player quickly learns what the correct range is and expects it to be always the same, but on left facing enemies it was not. This lead to some frustration during some playtests.

I'm thinking of adding a red outline to the enemies when they are in backstab range, same way I use a yellow outline for objects.

During some playtesting I noticed that players tend to not always understand if they are in range, especially when they are approaching a walking enemy.

Wdyt?

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I added a very visible alert when an enemy is seeing the player

My gf says it moves too much, but i think it really needs to catch attention

Also it doesn't last long, you either get killed or manage to break line of sight

Still not sure about it

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So I just posted my game on @itch.io, have been working on it for around 5 months!

It's a 2D stealth game: kill every enemy without getting spotted.

It's available for free, you can download it or try it straight from your browser: leoqb.itch.io/nightcrawler

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I'm about to release the first version of a 2D stealth game that I've been working on for around five months...

...or 7 years if I look at it from a different perspective. 🧵

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