Looper - And now?


First thing, thank you all for playing Looper and for all your feedbacks and suggestions, I'm glad you enjoyed it! 

Many of you have asked me to keep working on it and to add new maps / weapons, so...

I started working on the post jam version, I won't be able to work on it full time as I did during the compo period, but I hope to finish it by the end of the Ludum Dare. If you want to stay updated on the project remember to follow it here or on  my Twitter (it's quite empty, I created it recently).

But now let's talk about the news that the game will have (may have variations;  feedback always appreciated):

1. Score System

There are currently two ways to get points:

  • kill a copy of your past self -> +10 points
  • kill the target (the red guy)  -> + 30 points

This leads the player to shoot as little as possible, i.e. kill only the red guy (as you can see in the PomoTheDog stream at 05:50:14 ,  currently first in the leaderboard with 1000 points)

So in the new version killing the red guy won't give any points, but will only allow you to go to the next loop with an extra copy of yourself. In this way,  in each loop you should first try to kill as many copies as possible while finding the red guy and then kill him.

2. Enemy AI

I'm not sure about this yet, but at the moment the red guy is standing still waiting to be killed: a bit boring.  But what if he moves randomly around the map, and maybe even tries to shoot you?

3. New Maps

3 different maps of increasing difficulty (getting smaller and smaller) associated with 3 different leaderboards.

4. New Weapons

On this point I have many doubts. Weapons don't have to unbalance the game or make the game a matter of luck. So for now the idea is that you can find a special weapon every few loops and each one will only have a few shots.

5. Bugfixes and Small Changes

  • death animations
  • bullets will be bigger, slower and will have a trail that shows the direction
  • there will be no more tutorials at the start of every game (finally)
  • linux and mac versions

6. What about the current build and all the scores?

The old build I created in the 48 hours of the LD will still be downloadable and playable. The ranking will also remain unchanged.

Let me know what you think of the various points and if you have any further suggestions

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