Design: Attack Holds

Visual and Simulated Kinetic Feedback

A small addition made to combat design can have a massive effect on the feel of the gameplay. In the video above I turned off all movement on the player while performing an attack. It now has a weighty feel when attacking and the player doesn’t slide past their intended target.

Result of remove player movement input while attack

• Weighted feel added to attack

• Player intent is achieved by hitting their intended target

• Attack timing is consistently reproduced activation with a static time hold bound to the animation length

Another fun little daily experiment down. Learning more with every idea brought to life.