Clement, Swamp almost had a headshot aspect to it, but early in development I took decided against that feature because it increased the difficulty for players. The original idea was that moving the mouse vertically would line up head shots, so you had to center the sound on both axis. In those early days I was still fighting tooth and nail to even get people to accept the mouse, so I limited the game to a single horizontal axis.
> From: Clement Chou <chou.clem...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Quake / 3D FPS games -was- Re: Mysteries of the > AncientsConsiderations > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Date: Saturday, May 4, 2013, 3:37 PM > Actually, that rifle was one of the > things I loved about Jedi Quake when I tried it. I got > pretty good with it at one point, but haven't played AQ in > so long... should probably give it a go again. I just wish > we had more multiplayer fps titles. I've said before that I > think Swamp's base combat and weapons would translate > wonderfully to a pvp game. But it's been a dream of mine to > be able to enjoy something as complex and strategic as > Counterstrike for a long time, which is why I wish weapons > in games like AQ would have different properties other than > just rate of fire and amount of shots that it can hold, etc. > The remaining thing for me too... all the audio fps titles > I've played require too many shots to kill an enemy. In a > mainstream shooter, it's possible if you're skilled enough > to pick people off with one shot or two that are > well-placed. I wish there'd be some way to implement more > precise aiming. Targetting headshots is something that > happens in regular shooters all the time, yet there hasn't > been an implementation of that in any sort of form that I'm > aware of. Swamp in particular, with the whole zombie thing > would probably benefit greatly from a head shot > mechanic, given the fact that in most contemporary fiction > zombies die the fastest when shot in the head. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
