Dreamscaper: Killer Combat on an Indie Budget
GDC Festival of Gaming
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In this GDC 2022 session, Afterburner Studios’ Ian Cofino walks through the process of creating a satisfying combat system on a small, indie team—focusing on the design, feel and workflow needed to achieve success.
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2:54 Establish Strong Pillars
5:58 Player Options - Depth vs Complexity, Working on pillars, Scope
12:26 Layered Systems (important for iteration & scope)
13:36 Hit Reactions & Enemy States
20:28 Feel
41:45 Keys to success (the most important section)
50:53 Key Takeaways
52:14 Q&A
Huge shoutout to the development team from Afterburner Studios
Dreamscaper: Killer Combat on an Indie Budget
GDC Festival of Gaming
90,384 views
In this GDC 2022 session, Afterburner Studios’ Ian Cofino walks through the process of creating a satisfying combat system on a small, indie team—focusing on the design, feel and workflow needed to achieve success.
Head to GDC Vault (http://www.gdcvault.com) for the latest video-on-demand sessions from GDC 2022—with several GDC videos available to watch for free!
Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribe
Follow GDC on Twitter: Twitter: Official_GDC
GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.