The first prototype!

When I started this week I was hoping to have a first very basic prototype up by the end of the week. And i'm glad to say that I managed to do that!:) On tuesday I did some research about similar 2D multiplayer action games. I wasn't sure if my conclusions were good so I wanted to check it with the target audience and maybe get some new input at the same time. I posted a form on Reddit and around 60 people responded.

After this I started concepting about possible mechanics, because the core-mechanics have to be good and simple (according to Reddit and my own conclusions). The core-mechanics that i've come up now are: Moving and jumping (basic like in a lot of games), a way too shoot bullets, a health bar that gets inflicted by a little damage every second, and to shoot, the bullets also take a little of the shooting player's health. During the tests i've had a lot of interesting feedback like a cupcake character that shoots with his own dough. (This way it makes sense that he loses health when he shoots). Etc.

Here's a small video of what the game looks like right now. If anybody is interested in playing it, they can let me know and I could upload it somewhere. So that's it for this week! Will try to improve the prototype next week.

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