"Your Combat Sucks" | Project Feline Devlog 

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Each day we get closer to Sonic.

You should 100% call the homing attack in this game the "Pounce" attack.

So I wonder how much longer will it take for Raymond to realize he's just making a Sonic game with an OC :D

This is quickly becoming the 3d Sonic game I've always wanted

Since Gabi spends so much time wallrunning, my first instinct would be, this is where the enemies should be as well - stuck to the walls

In regards to player control, it might be helpful to have Gabi target the nearest target *that her controls are pointing towards*. If you're trying to go to the left, but the nearest enemy is to the right, attacking the enemy to the right might feel like the player doesn't have the control they want

The magnetic shoes should be the thing pulling Gabi into the enemy

The genre of this game is slowly becoming "Sonic-like"

It's crazy how someone can make a sonic like homing attack without mentioning sonic once. It really fits in with the gameflow though, I must say that

I feel like a kind of dive kick or kicking dash animation would look really nice for the homing attack, instead of a sonic-esque ball. You could even make it look like she's jumping off enemies when she bounces off them. I think it would make sense for her to use her legs considering that's her cybernetically enhanced part.

It would be cool to have multiple poses each time she attacks. One is her in a ball, another one is a pounce, another a kick and just make them cycle randomly.

Have you considered adding a momentum requirement for the dash attack? It looks really cool when you did from sliding on a wall, and such, but looked kinda cheap when just moving on ground and spamming jump and dash. It would promote building momentum to be able to defeat enemies, i think. Anyways, great job, looks great.

Overall great work as always, however I think you should also add an attack that utilises slide movement. For example, if you slide under an enemy it kills him. It goes with the flow of the gameplay, utilises player's movement and doesn't slow us down, while being rewarding. I think it would be simply satysfying to slide through a group of enemies, blowing them up while maintaining momentum and the combo.

Can't help but admire the lighting of unreal, even your placeholder level looks gorgeous.

It would be cool if her attacks were spin dash-like but instead there are boosters in her legs so she can focus more on her kicks or maybe something like gravity rush were she hones in on an opponent and uses her momentum to deal more damage

The preserved momentum from before the homing attack solves my biggest gripe with Sonic. This game looks so sick.

You making it so that the homing attack doesn't just make you lose your flow and instead carries your velocity basically fixes the issue sonic adventure has with it's homing attack. Great stuff!

Like the combat reminds me alot of the Gravity Rush games

I think giving Gabi a sidearm isn't a terrible idea. That way she can clear out enemies from a distance with the press of a button without compromising any of her speed. All you'd need to do is keep the homing properties, but turn it into a projectile

My advice to you is to check out Spark the Electric Jester 3, but also look into the speed running techniques. I believe you'll learn that beating levels faster can in fact be fun. Breaking the game is half the fun, especially when the game begs you to break it.

Perhaps a fairly sized circle crosshair that you aim at targets you want to dash at. When in range of a target, the crosshair changes colour or bightens. This adds higher player control and skill ceiling.

I haven't seen these videos in a while, and I'm lucky I did. Still looks as good as when I first saw it. Keep up the work!

Man's reinvented 3D Sonic, no way (seriously though, I was losing my shit watching you slowly rebuild 3D Sonic combat almost beat for beat while seemingly being unaware of it)

I don't know if you implement this because you dint mention it but the homing attack should priotise enemies that are close to the center of the screen so you can have better control on which enemie or object you home into, otherwise having more than one enemy in on area would turn the fighting into a hassle again if people want to go fast

You should really consider adding a reticle to the target of the attack when it's in range, so the player can tell when something is being targeted and what is being targeted.

looks like your projects are coming to a completion. it was a nice journey. you taught me soo much.

Easily one of the best Devlogs I’ve ever seen… & this is a lot of work, really hoping this game does great in sales cuz it deserves it 👏

Everything else aside, your editing has improved immensely!

I swear, I was going to start a gamedev project with your very same mechanics! I shall follow your development eagerly~

I have had your game wishlisted for the longest time and here I am finding this channel. Dude, thank you.

My first thought when you said about combat was "Blade Kitten" right away. Because Gabi and Kit share the vibe! Food for thought: *Right now Gabi is the only actively moving thing in the game* So the obvious step would be adding enemies which run/fly and actively chase you while you're platforming to set the gameplay in motion and bring life to the levels. Proactive enemies is what begs to be added in my opinion. Teaching them to wall run would be extremely tediouis due to all the pathfinding work, its impact on gameplay is way too unpredictable and it will generate countless bugs 100%, so it's off the table. Simple flight would be enough. Helicopter enemies? Jet-drones? Rockets maybe? *Same lack of motion goes for the environment* Flying cars passing by, construction cranes moving containers, elevators going up and down. Anything really. Platforming requires MOAR platforms :D *"Push and Pull" or "Rope and Stick" logic* Grab and throw, push and pull, dive and rise. Roller coasters are fun for a reason. Right now the only way of interaction with enemies is the homing attack as the first step. Naturally, this makes player gravitate towards any enemies they see (aka pull yourself towards, rope-type of interaction). Making some things dangerous for this behaviour will add the opposite emotion (avoid something, jump out of explosions, dash from attacks, save your fluffy little ass via pushing things away, stick-type of interaction). P. S. Make sure you make the game YOU like. All our feedback and suggestions are just that. Players don't know what they want most of the time and just beg for feature creep. Don't fall in that pit. This game is beautiful already. Follow your vision and it will be gorgeous.

The combat always looked out of place. Now THIS looks simply amazing. The momentum gameplay is really coming together. The speedrun community will love the schmoovement (and find a trilion exploits - that's unavoidable, but fine). As a programmer, I really like that you showed how difficult the coding process can be and how to deal with bugs.

i wanna see a boss fight eventually that uses these mechanics

Solid improvement! It's really nice to see the progress you've made on this project since the beginning!

That looks really cool, I can also see it possible to include a “super pounce” where if you build up a momentum “gauge” (determined by X time spent at whatever max momentum is), you could home in on an enemy, grab them, then go into a bullet-time to blast off the enemy’s back in a straight-line super dash, with much higher momentum than normal. You’d have a brief second or half-second to aim where you go, but I can see skilled players blasting past stuff regular/first time players would have to work through normally. Gabbi’s a cat, give her a Pounce!

It’s like a 3D Sonic game but you can actually go fast and have a lot more freedom

Man slowly realizes why the sonic games were extremely meh platformers while accidentally reinventing them over several years

Man, the video is ending and I'm legit sad it's over. I would love to see more devlogs, and i can't wait to play the game!

Watching dev videos like yours are so satisfying man. To see how afellow game developers overcome annoying problems in order to refine and pefect their project is truly inspiring. Definitely earned a sub from me.

It's been amazing to see the progress you've made over the last 5 years, can't wait for the game!

This absolutely looks insane, great work man

Awesomely done as always man, keep up the great work!

Ay this is actually really cool, havent seen a indie dev sharing development like this before and you seem pretty on top of getting a good product, respect, hope it comes out legendary cause i love fast games and this seems to be real promising

This game really looks promising! I've so glad youtube actually recommended me this as I was interested as soon as I saw the title! I hope you have amazing progress with making Project Feline Raymond! I just know that I will love this game when it is released to the public!!!

as someone that has been folowing you since the begining, it is nice to see it all come together ! i'm happy for you !

Homing attack is a great addition, but I think there should definitely be a bit more combat-movement mechanics to set it apart from being just another sonic clone. Some potential ideas: - A fast-fall/slam attack that could lead into either a slide or rebounding jump - An uppercut from slide that gives you burst vertical movement from the ground - Follow-up/alternate attacks as the homing attack lands, such as inputting jump to kick and enemy downward and gain more height, inputting crouch/slide to "ride" an enemy down like a skateboard (also potential for an enemy jump explosion? or rail interaction where you cut an enemy in half and continue riding the rail), or neither for the standard homing attack - "Hijacking" a flying enemy to use as a glider and jumping off/discarding them shortly after

Cool, still doing it! Love it

Looking forward to this. Been following the project since Gabi's first designs in blender. It's been an awesome trip so far watching it all grow and come together. Keep up the good work!

This was very interesting and well thought out! Can't wait to see how it turns out.

this video randomly popped up in my recommendations and as sonebody who fucking ADORES movement games, i was hooked in a matter of seconds. super excited to see how this shapes up in the future!

It is honestly so cool getting an early look into a game that is for sure going to be a big deal

This was the most reasonable action to take. Congrats on getting there

This is awesome dude, hope to play the full game once it drops

Seeing the homing attack made think of the fluid motions practiced by the Spidermen in Insomniac's games. The entire time I was just imagining Gabi doing flips, tricks, pounces, twirls, airborne poses and whatever randomly-cycled eccentric gymnastics after pulling off a homing attack and rebounding or just jumping into the air. Personally? I'd like to see something like that get implemented, but boy do I know that'd be a real pain to get through. Incredible work as always, Raymond!

we love to see the progress

i literally just saw this pop up in my recommended videos but it is an instant wishlist there mate

Nicee! This is exactly what I've been hoping to see from the combat system! I think that these improvements will definitely keep a lot more of the flow and momentum that the game encourages.

Wishlisted and definitely looking forward to the final product

So long as Gabby doesn't honking rocket launcher snipe and fire herself with a sword to kill a target across the map. Also her attack doesn't just follow the target perfectly regardless of the path they took for her to hit them with a spin attack.

Bro this is one of the bests devlog videos I've ever seen

Been following you for awhile now. The game looks like it's coming along good. And I'm really enjoying how smooth this new fighting mechanic looks. It's unique in it's own way and I especially like the flow of how gabi's wall sliding feels. It looks graceful and like a ton of fun

man you make me wanna speedrun this game more and more with each new devlog! have fun with making the game! if you consider suggestions, i'd love seeing a way to cancel dashes or homing attacks to change momentum direction faster!

My brain thought of having a grappling hook that keeps your momentum but also serves as an attack

looks great!!

There's not a lot of games that focus on fast movement action games like sonic. Glad to see this game is slowly becoming sonic.

8. things 1. what if the homing attack animation was her hitting with the tail 2. will you include things like boss fights? 3. will there be a bonus damage for speed or just a flat damage number? 4. what if with enough damage you just get bonus speed and go through the enemy instead of doing a jump (bad idea) 5. does the game have a combo count? if it does does it affect the game in any way? like the higher your combo is the more speed you get (also kind of a bad idea) 6. i'm a warframe player, the movement there feels so satisfying (imo) like rolling to get more initial speed, being able to gain speed with melee attacks or the bullet-jump 7. make a cannon that sends you flying (bad idea) 8. does the game have a story or just interconnected levels without a narrative cohesion? and finall, cool game. looks really well put together.

First time seeing this game, enjoyed the video! Looking forward to the end product!

I haven't seen anyone mention it but your thumbnails recently have been looking great!

this is how I imagined my imaginary friend to run when chasing me in the car

Amazing. Your dedication and passion is inspiring.

Yeah !!!! I remember commenting some many dev logs ago about how stiff the movement was in regards to the animations. Now everything is starting to come together !! Keep up the great work. This is inspiring stuff.

the momentum carry on the attack looks absolutely beautiful

It's a huge encouragement to see someone using blueprint for such an advanced project!!

Possibly annother avenue for momentum based combat would be some kind of slide kick. Like when attacking on the ground with enough momentum, you will slide across the ground delivering a low attack, possibly bleeding off a little momentum so you can't just slide all the time. Could also be used to make the parkour more varied by having low obstacles you have to slide under.

It's obviously taking you a huge amount of work to make this, but it looks like the results will be great! Good video too, it's nice to see your design/dev process

This is 1000x better. Great job!

Love seeing this project slowly progress throughout the years.

You can add multiple attack types with a well timed key input upon impact. - A flip kick to the head that launches Gaby upwards while conserving the horizontal momentum. - A grab stand where Gaby grabs the enemy and jumps upwards from it. (perfect for vertical tight spots) - A bounce where gabby connects feet first and bounces back to the direction that she came from. - A hand grab to throw the enemy at a boss or a switch. Not all of enemies have to be drones though, wall crawlers that try to intercept and block Gaby when she's grinding on the walls or guardrails would be a good way to spice up the main game mechanic.

Homing attacks are the way to go! I can relate all too well with all the hurdles around that but great job! PF is looking better and better!

I really like that you went with a cat design. Fits really well with the jumping and running gameplay.

Bro invented Homing attack from Sonic The Hegehog !

I realize this was the samw project I was following a very long time ago. Glad to see it come so far

Looks great! I personally believe this type of game would greatly benefit from sillier moves in cambat as well as the movement. Im thinking more jumping, backflips, dashes and stuff like that. Make her more different animations for everything and make them wilder bc shes a catgirl after all. I am hyped for your finished product!

Happy to see how far this project has gotten

Nice work!

A really cool way to give even more control of Gabi's movement to the player would be to let him control where his momentum goes after her aerial attack, for example, holding forward, Gabi preserves her momentum forwardas it's shown on the video but, if the player holds jump, then instead of going forward she lauches herself upwards! Sideways and backwards should also be an option, that way you could create some even more awesome platforming with this mechanic!

First of all, I've been following thistle project since the beginning, and I love how it's turning out. This feels Sonic-like (I say that as a compliment), with all the momentum carrying into each single one of your attacks. I love it!

I actually cant wait for this game. The project has come so far. The dashing into walls part got me hype!

I will definitely be getting this when it releases, it looks so freaking cool!

omg this game would be insaneee

I have never heard of Project Feline before, simply got recommended this video out of nowhere. Your genuine passion for making this game and the transparency with the process behind developing this new combat system has completely sold me on following this game towards it's completion. The game actually seeming pretty promising helps too, of course.

This is literally the homing dash that sonic has, by any means. Homing in mid air as a main attack, an air dash if no targets are visible, and even the way you handled momentum. Not a bad thing by all means, rather it’s a good addition.

Looks great! Small projects focusing on movement have been great, Pseudoregalia is different playstyle but feels great to play with all of the movement abilities and has a lot of intentionality with how to navigate rooms.

that airdash into a slope to increase momentum looks very cool. now i am curious to see how this will be when its done!

i haven't seen or heard about this game for a year or so. amazing to see its progress

The target picking function could be improved by calculating a score for each possible target based on multiple factors like distance or the angle between the camera's view vector and the direction to the target, and picking the one with the highest score (or at random among all the top scoring ones if there is a tie). You can then add weights to each score source to customize what influence each factor has, and you can even use curves to turn the raw factor into a score and get a huge amount of control. This method is also great for its modularity, as it is quite easy to add or remove factors, or have different factors for different target types. And because the only thing that matters is the relative score between each target, it also means that this type of picking function can adapt to any situation seamlessly.

love the new combat ideas and how u integrated movement as the focus, would love to see some type of point system /reward for not touching the ground or for doing complex combos to make not only the finish feel good when you get a lower time, but a higher score too. great stuff and i will be wishlisting the ass

When you showed them homing in, you had them kicking a box and following. That looked fun

i realy love the entire look and how everything helps to keep your momentum, kinda reminds me of ghostrunner. Realy love your work and also the hoodies