have been working on my little dark souls game's magic system! you've got 3 different types of magic that all regenerate contextually ☀️ solar: regenerates when you're in the sun 🌙 lunar: regenerates when you're in the shade ✨ celestial: regenerates when you can see the sky - ThreadSky

celechii.itch.io • 20 days ago

have been working on my little dark souls game's magic system! you've got 3 different types of magic that all regenerate contextually

☀️ solar: regenerates when you're in the sun
🌙 lunar: regenerates when you're in the shade
✨ celestial: regenerates when you can see the sky

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celechii.itch.io•20 days ago

also made a little magic sprite entity that will regenerate some of your magic when you're in proximity to them. right now it's all calculated proportionally, so if you stand half in the sun and half in shade, you get 50% solar and 50% lunar regen. if half your screen is sky, 50% celestial regen

celechii.itch.io•20 days ago

idk how i feel about how all these work since it's not very intuitive feeling but it's a fun experiment!! would definitely require some better communication about your current state if i stick with it

rhystories.bsky.social•20 days ago

Thus is so dope Noé I love this idea! I have two questions about what gig said about it feeling intuitive. 1) Is there a narrative reason for the PC having these powers, cause that might help the player understand what’s up.

rhystories.bsky.social•20 days ago

2) just an idea, but could it be simpler to let the player only use 1 set of powers at a given time of day? Like would it work if lunar powers charge during the night, so you can only use solar powers at night, and lunar powers in the day? You could also have night enemies weak to sun, & visa versa.

rhystories.bsky.social•20 days ago

Maybe you thought of all this already, I’m only asking to know your thought process just to be clear

celechii.itch.io•20 days ago

there's a narrative reason for having them all yep! all creatures have all 3, since magic is magic and the 3 types are more like 3 components of the same thing more than 3 distinct and incompatible magics if that makes sense?

rhystories.bsky.social•20 days ago

3) bonus question, is there a release date cause I really wanna play it 🤭🤭✨

celechii.itch.io•20 days ago

hehe it'll be a while!! right now everything you can see in the vid is all there is to it, but i'll keep workin away at it no doubt :)

catbot.bsky.social•20 days ago

Ohhhh this is awesome, so when you're underground in a dungeon, you have to conserve your other types of magic, but the lunar is always available.. I bet that'll make for some cool design opportunities!

celechii.itch.io•20 days ago

YEAAAAHH EXACTLY YOU KNOW IT!!!!!

lake-scum.bsky.social•20 days ago

this rules

celechii.itch.io•20 days ago

thank you i'm so excited to start Making Things with it >:)

skramdm.bsky.social•20 days ago

Question, is there any point where you can neither regenerate solar or luner energy o,o
In the void with no light nor darkness. o-o

celechii.itch.io•20 days ago

later! i'll eventually add status effects that block magic regen but nothing stops it right now. the current implementation just calculates how much light you're exposed to and gives you a proportional amount of solar magic and inversely proportional amount of lunar magic

lily-is.online•20 days ago

freaking COOL

albasoup.itch.io•20 days ago

This is such a cool idea!! I like it a lot

modernmodron.itch.io•20 days ago

Oh I can feel my solar energy going up when I take a walk outside, that's the vitamin D

celechii.itch.io•20 days ago

you know it!! gotta soak it all up!!

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