#screenshotsaturday Attacking in Formation - your wingmen will follow ur cue on when to fire. And when they do, expect a LOT of fireworks. Inspired by the Independence Day movie haha #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegame #twitchtv - ThreadSky

stridesgames.bsky.social • 93 days ago

#screenshotsaturday Attacking in Formation - your wingmen will follow ur cue on when to fire. And when they do, expect a LOT of fireworks.

Inspired by the Independence Day movie haha

#indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegame #twitchtv

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eyuzwa.bsky.social•93 days ago

wow!!

mandmstudios.bsky.social•93 days ago

Very cool. A remember the missiles barrages from the old tie-fighter games as bombers made strafing runs. Similar satisfying look to this!

stridesgames.bsky.social•93 days ago

Oh yes! I used to modify tie fighter missions with an editor to try to reproduce this effect. Hahaha that was way back during 1996/97!

mandmstudios.bsky.social•93 days ago

It has been awhile since I played those games. I think have it and X-Wing Alliance on GOG. I should see if I can find the time to dig out my joystick and play some missions.

stridesgames.bsky.social•93 days ago

Fractured Alliance will eventually hav focus on interior combat too. Coz u can’t chip kill ships by shooting its blind spots. Eventually u’d hav to destroy its reactor. Externally using torpedoes or internally using lighter weapons.

stridesgames.bsky.social•93 days ago

Thing is not everyone will be into flying into tight spaces. That’s y there’ll be alternatives to how one can breach the reactor from the outside. Though flying into the reactor chamber is cool though. Flying out before it blows up etc.

juanimator.com•93 days ago

I remember watching Independence Day as a kid and thinking the aerial combat needed to be a video game. 👌

stridesgames.bsky.social•93 days ago

haha yeah ... good inspirations - though some might say it's a cheesy flick ... but it does hav its charm :)

stridesgames.bsky.social•93 days ago

just one last note - the wingmen are firing BECAUSE u pressed FIRE - so even if u r in a cool down, they'll still fire as long as they're in formation; thus ATTACK IN FORMATION.

That means - this is not AI-controlled, it's YOU controlling the firing/shooting!!

stridesgames.bsky.social•93 days ago

just a heads up - these were developed early as part of the core gameplay... the graphical assets came later - explosions were also improved over time...

coz we needed to determine if this is potentially fun or not ... haha

stridesgames.bsky.social•93 days ago

This works for ALL weapons & if u lock onto a slow-moving target and ur wingmen are in formation, then ALL of them will fire their projectiles using ur lock-on data INSTANTLY.

y not fast-moving targets? coz u'd 100% break formation thus breaking "Attack in Formation" rules.

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