ASTROLANCER

ASTROLANCER

>-FISH-D 19 Apr, 2024 @ 9:14am
Possible suggestion
Button mappings to select arms would be more efficient in combat. For example LB and RB on an xbox controller could easily be assigned as an alternative for arms selection.

Pausing the game to select arms slightly slows down the gameplay but understandable if this design is intended.
Last edited by >-FISH-D; 19 Apr, 2024 @ 10:04am
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Exuno 19 Apr, 2024 @ 10:44am 
It's definitely intended, but it would be nice to have some smoother swap buttons even if they're a 'cheat'. The alternative (more retro compatible?) implementation I thought of was having start pause on negative edge; and holding down the button would allow you to select arms instead of move?

While I'm making wishful thinking QoL things; a sound effect and maybe peripheral vision catching animation on thrust being ready to use **felt** like it should have existed — I kept having my internal timing sense of being able to press the button again a second or two earlier than it actually charged.
Studio Hexeye  [developer] 19 Apr, 2024 @ 11:13am 
I went with the pause method since you could end up with quite a few ARMS by endgame and rotating through them while being shot at would be quite awkward. It would be easy to add some optional binds to do so, though.

I swear adding a sound effect to THRUST being full was something I considered but it slipped my mind while I was doing the final pass on sfx.
>-FISH-D 19 Apr, 2024 @ 11:14am 
Originally posted by Studio Hexeye:
I went with the pause method since you could end up with quite a few ARMS by endgame and rotating through them while being shot at would be quite awkward. It would be easy to add some optional binds to do so, though.

I swear adding a sound effect to THRUST being full was something I considered but it slipped my mind while I was doing the final pass on sfx.

Adding a sfx when pressing select to swap main weapons would add a bit more polish as well. Also steam cloud implementation would be great if possible :)
Last edited by >-FISH-D; 19 Apr, 2024 @ 11:17am
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