Alpha Under Commando

Repix

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Download = https://www.dropbox.com/s/s94k1tydvmla5wr/Under Commando.zip?dl=0
Size = 3.13 MB
Type = .zip
Version = 0.1.0 (Alpha)

Bonus Game with an actual goal.. get to the top! https://www.dropbox.com/s/mru9rv92idh5frd/Reach the Top Demo.zip?dl=0

Left & Right Arrow key = Move Left and Right
Up/Down = Climb Ladders
Space = Interact
Z = Jump
Up = Combat Slide
Down = Prone
X = Fire
R = Reload
1-2-3-4-5 = Weapons
Q = Knife
F = Medkit
Esc = Kill yourself (literally)

Game has seen a major setback because of file lose.
I've tried recoding most of what I lost, so here's what I've got so far.

Renamed .exe file and process to "Under Commando.exe"

Finally incoporated armor system! (It was always there, it just didn't protect you! :p )
Added vibration to gamepad (No feedback on gamepad controls, no further controls added as such)
Added shotgun and bolt-action rifle to gamepad
Added ledge grabbing to gamepad
Added climbing ladders to gamepad
Added "Move off ladder" functionality
Added sliding to gamepad (press the movement joypad)
Updated ammunition graphics
Added bolt action ammunition
Added ammunition splash text


Changed climbing function to jump button
Improved ledge grabbing by increases climbing radius from 4 to 12
Increased the menu button sizes
Splash text is now more readable
Changed "Metabolism" perk to affect all food
"Scavenger" perk now also affects ammo from storage lockers
Adjusted shotgun audio to sound different to the bolt-action rifle


Fixed suicide audio crash
Fixed pickup sound not playing when picking up weapons already owned
Fixed bolt-action button being 5 instead of 4
Fixed two equipping duplications
Fixed ladder not allowing jumping afterwards
Fixed "Assault rifle mag reload" not having any sound
Fixed not being able to ledge grab after climbing

Added minor controller support (NOT FINISHED AT ALL, read further below)
Added storage lockers for minor loot (Low amounts of ammo, instant health, cash and armor)
Added small pouch sound when pulling magazines out during reload
Updated pistol firing and reload sound
Updated assault rifle firing and reload sound
Updated shotgun cocking and firing sound
Updated bolt action cocking and firing sound
Updated medkit sound effect
Updated pickup sound effect
Updated the pistol reload animation a bit
Updated money display sound effect
Added cash register-like sound effect when money is done being added


Changed alpha testing map placement in the room


Controller support only works for movement, jumping, switching to pistol, assault rifle, knife and shooting.
I want some input on the controls and what's preferred as I'm not a gamepad user.

Increased slide speed by roughly 50%
Cut slide range by 50%


Fixed Unlimited medkits bug
Fixed play button not resetting animation when dying
Fixed suicide button crash.. will now quit to menu directly.
Fixed jumping while sliding
Fixed being able to initiate a slide mid-air
Fixed being able to jump while dead
Fixed being able to move while dead
Fixed "dying during prone" crash
Fixed "sliding while dead" crash

Added Options Menu!
- Auto Climb setting added
- Added Save system to options
Added Prone mechanic (Hold 'Down')
Added Slide mechanic (Press 'Up')
Added weapon pickups
Enemies will now look at you.. which is pointless right now, lmao.
Enemies will now also shoot at you (experimental)
You can die now.. pointless thing to add, I know.. I know..


Reduced the length of the Mine laying animation
Added a 30 step delay to climbing to fix rapid climbing (This also fixed the last ladder duplication bug)
Adjusted climbing controls
Medical kits speed increased and heals 60 by default instead of 40 and upgraded now heals 75 instead of 55

Gave the game a name! (Under Commando)
Added Menu (Under Construction!)
Added Continue button to shopping screen
Window can now be adjusted manually

Character now faces the correct direction after animations have played out
(THIS ONE WAS AWFUL TO FIX.. OH DEAR!)

Suicide button goes back to menu instead of quitting outright
Font upgraded from GMS1.4 to GMS2


Fixed ladder duplication bug kind of (Still some weird ladder bugs to track down and kill)
Fixed keycard duplication bug
Fixed ledge grab duplication bug
Fixed ledge grab being to close to the walls

Buffed Acrobatic perks climbing speed by +0.1
Buffed Dexterity perk to have climbing speed aswell (+0.1)
Buffed Dexterity weapon equipping by (+0.05)

Improved ladder collision mask
Improved ladder climbing button (Can now be held down)

Fixed weapon equipping speed still being 0.17 instead of 0.3
(This existed since v0.2... Oh my!! )

Added Ladder system!
Added Keycard display
Removed Rocket Launcher and replaced it with Mines! (Animation will be shortened at some point)

Added more weapon upgrades!

Pistol Upgrades
- Pistol Compensator (Reduced recoil for faster shots)
- Pistol Extend Mags (Increased capacity +5)
- Hollow-point (Increased damage)

Assault Rifle Upgrades
- Hollow-point (Increased damage)

Shotgun Upgrades
- Slamfire (Increased rate of fire)
- Extended Tube (Increased capacity +1)
- Extended Buckshot (Shots per shell increased +1)

Bolt-action Rifle
- Improved bolt (Faster rate of fire)

Added Passive upgrades!

- Medical Manual (ARU Medical Kits restores more health)
- Metabolism (Chocolate restores more health)
- Acrobatic (Climbing is faster)
- Dexterity (Equipping weapons is faster and knife stabbing is faster)
- Scavenger (More ammo and money from pickups)


Decreased health given by medkits by 15% (Balancing for the upgrade)
Correctly increased the knife equipping speed by A LOT! (Sorry, never actually fixed that :D)


Fixed Bolt-action rifle firing semi auto without cycling the bolt
Fixed Blood only going to the right when victims are hit by bolt action rifle bullets
Fixed Bullets coming out of the player object
Fixed Shotgun unlimited ammo climbing exploit

Added in-between level purchase screens to upgrade gear and buy items (2 recycled levels and 1 upgrade screen for now)
Added some more sounds (Equipping, Shells)
Re-introduced the Bolt-action rifle (Plasma Rifle didn't work well at all)
Added Assault Rifle magazine upgrade (Increases capacity by 10 and reload speed)

Changed Assault Rifle magazine reload animation slightly
Changed Assault Rifle reload animation from Magazine to a Stripper Clip system
Reduced Ammo capacity for the Assault Rifle by 10
Reduced length and speed of bullets by 10 (As this kept messing up collisions)

Fixed suicide animation not having screen shake and sounds

Added new weapon: Plasma Rifle (This replaces the Bolt-action rifle completely. (Didn't find a good use for it)
Added currency (This is planned to be used before each level to upgrade your stuff)
Added currency UI and sounds (Bioshock'ish <3)
Added surfaces
Imported to GMS: 2 (This improves some stability)

Improved Rocket Launcher AoE
Improved blood in various ways
Improved some performance things (Still way to go)

Fixed Rocket Launcher not doing damage when it impacts with a wall (Does less damage however)
Fixed Rocket Launcher being reloaded after equipping even when ammo was at 0
Fixed Rocket Launcher Particles not flying far enough
Fixed various blood issues (When targets were hit from the right)
Fixed some additional climbing issues
Fixed the headless death animation not destroying after a while

Known Bug: The plasma rifle will not fire if facing left while standing right next to a wall
Known Ugly: The plasma rifles equip animation looks floppy as heck.. Needs re-doing

Removed mouse look
Changed control scheme

Added auto climbing!
Added auto reloading!
Added functionality to the rocket launcher!!! whooow! (Will improve further)
Added seperate damage values to firearms (Pistol = 4 dmg, Assault Rifle = 6 dmg, Shotgun = 4x5 dmg, Bolt-action = 20 dmg)
Added functionality to the knife (3 dmg per slash)
Added penetration effect to Bolt-action rifle (loses 5 damage per target)
Added a jumping sound effect (Will improve further)
Added hit, kill, stab sounds.
Added a firearm to the enemies (Doesn't actually shoot just yet, this will be combined with an AI update)


Bumped up movement speed from 2 to 2.5
Changed the font color to black
Sped up the rocket reload.. will most likely be further sped up.
Back walls have been changed to a tile system.. Will change solid walls too later. (Performance boost)


Fixed being able to reload Shotgun and Bolt-action on full magazines
Fixed being able to reload the rocket launcher into a negative number
Fixed various smaller reloading bugs
Fixed various tiles not being climbable

Added a functional Bolt-Action Rifle!
Added a jamming feature to firearms (Fast animation for a smaller detail)
Added a suicide button (Escape) this will end the game! but you gotta blow your brains out first :p
Added blood effects
Added a back wall texture
Added a headshot death animation (with streaming blood too! )

Changed the background from blue to black
Removed an extreme amounts of objects from outside the room.. (this should clear up most lag)

Added a new camera with shake effects
Added a temporary test enemy (These will feature new death animations at some point soon)
Added tactical reloads!! (Pistol & Assault Rifle)
Added pistol ammunition
Added the knife to the ammo display
Rocket launcher partially works now.. doesn't actually fire anything though :p
Changed the medkit animation to a pill glass and water


Increased speed for most animations
Changed bolt position while firing on the Assault Rifle
Lightly re-textured some weapon equipping animations


Fixed being able to switch to the currently equipped weapon
Fixed switching from shotgun during pumping process would disable all other weapons

This is an older game, so figuring out my previous selfs code is on the difficult side :p

Added the Assault Rifle, Shotgun and Rocket Launcher to the Ammo Display
Added functionality to the medkits (Press F to use)
Added bullet cases to the pistol and shells to the shotgun

Temporarily added a > 1080p version for smaller resolutions (Until I find a good way to change this yourself)

Fixed the knife completely wiping out the weapon when the character switches to animation mode


Things that are available in the next update (so far):

Enemy AI
Game Over screen
Assault rifle reload system finished
Bolt action rifle reload sounds

Fixed UI staying on screen when you commit suicide
Various minor fixes

Things not available yet, but will be in future updates or the next one:

Improved collision/gravity system for spent casings, blood & gore. (So I can remove bouncy casings 😂 )
Control schemes
(More to come here as I find new things I wanna add to the game!)






 
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Repix

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Updated!

This is an older game, so figuring out my previous selfs code is on the difficult side :p

Added the Assault Rifle, Shotgun and Rocket Launcher to the Ammo Display
Added functionality to the medkits (Press F to use)
Added bullet cases to the pistol and shells to the shotgun

Temporarily added a > 1080p version for smaller resolutions (Until I find a good way to change this yourself)

Fixed the knife completely wiping out the weapon when the character switches to animation mode
 

Toque

Member
So playing here. Some cool stuff there. I found it a bit slow. Animation was a bit slow.

There was a great video on adding stuff to this style of game. It was GDC video. Hmm cant remember the name. But something like adding pizzaz to your game type of thing. Adding kickback, screen shake and other things that would really help you with this game. But its exactly your game. I would look it up.
 

Repix

Member
So playing here. Some cool stuff there. I found it a bit slow. Animation was a bit slow.

There was a great video on adding stuff to this style of game. It was GDC video. Hmm cant remember the name. But something like adding pizzaz to your game type of thing. Adding kickback, screen shake and other things that would really help you with this game. But its exactly your game. I would look it up.
Any animations in particular that was slow? Or just in general? Ill look into the camera, thanks!
 

Repix

Member
Extre! extre! read more aboot it! update news!

v0.02 to be more specific!

Added a new camera with shake effects
Added a temporary test enemy (These will feature new death animations at some point soon)
Added tactical reloads!! (Pistol & Assault Rifle)
Added pistol ammunition
Added the knife to the ammo display
Rocket launcher partially works now.. doesn't actually fire anything though :p
Changed the medkit animation to a pill glass and water


Increased speed for most animations
Changed bolt position while firing on the Assault Rifle
Lightly re-textured some weapon equipping animations


Fixed being able to switch to the currently equipped weapon
Fixed switching from shotgun during pumping process would disable all other weapons
 

Repix

Member
Updated once more! Would love some feedback on this new stuff! thanks!



Added a functional Bolt-Action Rifle!
Added a jamming feature to firearms (Fast animation for a smaller detail)
Added a suicide button (Escape) this will end the game! but you gotta blow your brains out first :p
Added blood effects
Added a back wall texture
Added a headshot death animation (with streaming blood too! )

Changed the background from blue to black
Removed an extreme amounts of objects from outside the room.. (this should clear up most lag)
 

Repix

Member
And that's another update!

Removed mouse look
Changed control scheme

Added auto climbing!
Added auto reloading!
Added functionality to the rocket launcher!!! whooow! (Will improve further)
Added seperate damage values to firearms (Pistol = 4 dmg, Assault Rifle = 6 dmg, Shotgun = 4x5 dmg, Bolt-action = 20 dmg)
Added functionality to the knife (3 dmg per slash)
Added penetration effect to Bolt-action rifle (loses 5 damage per target)
Added a jumping sound effect (Will improve further)
Added hit, kill, stab sounds.
Added a firearm to the enemies (Doesn't actually shoot just yet, this will be combined with an AI update)


Bumped up movement speed from 2 to 2.5
Changed the font color to black
Sped up the rocket reload.. will most likely be further sped up.
Back walls have been changed to a tile system.. Will change solid walls too later. (Performance boost)


Fixed being able to reload Shotgun and Bolt-action on full magazines
Fixed being able to reload the rocket launcher into a negative number
Fixed various smaller reloading bugs
Fixed various tiles not being climbable

This update sure felt like it took me ages.. except it didn't... like at all.
 

HayManMarc

Member
Oh! Looks like a lot of good updates. I'm curious to see how auto-climbing works.

Are you going to implement "anywhere shooting" or keep "horizontal shooting only"? When I tested it, I didn't like using the mouse. Maybe think about implementing a key to change facing direction? I dunno, I'll give it (keyboard controls) more thought later, and tell you what I think.

Really liking it so far.
 

Repix

Member
Oh! Looks like a lot of good updates. I'm curious to see how auto-climbing works.

Are you going to implement "anywhere shooting" or keep "horizontal shooting only"? When I tested it, I didn't like using the mouse. Maybe think about implementing a key to change facing direction? I dunno, I'll give it (keyboard controls) more thought later, and tell you what I think.

Really liking it so far.
There are currently no plans for vertical shooting, I kinda locked myself in a bit of a one way tunnel with the weapon equipping system, soooo.. No flying enemies or something like that, instead it will be based on dodging attacks by jumping.

Oh also, the character now looks in the direction that you're moving, this also helps the automatic climbing system a lot in my opinion! :)
 
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Looking pretty neat! Although the rocket launcher only seemed to work when I was basically next to the enemies.

Also, Hi back! :p
 

Repix

Member
Updated to v0.05 ! I imported it into GMS2.. Though I dislike most of the changes.. It also helps improve fps a lot, so at this point, it's a no-brainer.
I'll most likely have a little hotfix available soon (won't announce it here, but it'll be available in a few hours I'm sure)

Added new weapon: Plasma Rifle (This replaces the Bolt-action rifle completely. (Didn't find a good use for it)
Added currency (This is planned to be used before each level to upgrade your stuff)
Added currency UI and sounds (Bioshock'ish <3)
Added surfaces
Imported to GMS: 2 (This improves some stability)

Improved Rocket Launcher AoE
Improved blood in various ways
Improved some performance things (Still way to go)

Fixed Rocket Launcher not doing damage when it impacts with a wall (Does less damage however)
Fixed Rocket Launcher being reloaded after equipping even when ammo was at 0
Fixed Rocket Launcher Particles not flying far enough
Fixed various blood issues (When targets were hit from the right)
Fixed some additional climbing issues
Fixed the headless death animation not destroying after a while

Known Bug: The plasma rifle will not fire if facing left while standing right next to a wall
Known Ugly: The plasma rifles equip animation looks floppy as heck.. Needs re-doing
 

Repix

Member
Ringa ding son! 0.06 is here.. It's really tiny considering the time it took to get it out.. o_O Anyways.. I just wanted to get this out so I can focus on the bug fixes now.. cause there are a lot of those.

Added in-between level purchase screens to upgrade gear and buy items (2 recycled levels and 1 upgrade screen for now)
Added some more sounds (Equipping, Shells)
Re-introduced the Bolt-action rifle (Plasma Rifle didn't work well at all)
Added Assault Rifle magazine upgrade (Increases capacity by 10 and reload speed)

Changed Assault Rifle magazine reload animation slightly
Changed Assault Rifle reload animation from Magazine to a Stripper Clip system
Reduced Ammo capacity for the Assault Rifle by 10
Reduced length and speed of bullets by 10 (As this kept messing up collisions)

Fixed suicide animation not having screen shake and sounds

There is a new "In-between levels" upgrade screen now! Just go collect the red keycard and progress trough the door to check it out! Only one thing to buy right now.. but hey, more's comin'! :)

 
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Ladi_Pix3l

Member
Hi Hello,

Since I'm currently working on a platformer shooter as well, this peaked my interest.

The game play seems promising based on the control and feel of the player. I like the silliness as well. If there was more than just the first level, I couldn't get to it after the upgrade screen.

Other than that, I look forward to seeing this become something.
 

Repix

Member
Thanks for the feedback! :)

I totally forgot to mention that you have to press escape to continue o_O Got some more stuff soon :bunny:

OMG! I forgot to react to your post! We can't have that!
 
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Repix

Member
AHOY! Quite the update today!

Added Ladder system!
Added Keycard display
Removed Rocket Launcher and replaced it with Mines! (Animation will be shortened at some point)

Added more weapon upgrades!

Pistol Upgrades
- Pistol Compensator (Reduced recoil for faster shots)
- Pistol Extend Mags (Increased capacity +5)
- Hollow-point (Increased damage)

Assault Rifle Upgrades
- Hollow-point (Increased damage)

Shotgun Upgrades
- Slamfire (Increased rate of fire)
- Extended Tube (Increased capacity +1)
- Extended Buckshot (Shots per shell increased +1)

Bolt-action Rifle
- Improved bolt (Faster rate of fire)

Added Passive upgrades!

- Medical Manual (ARU Medical Kits restores more health)
- Metabolism (Chocolate restores more health)
- Acrobatic (Climbing is faster)
- Dexterity (Equipping weapons is faster and knife stabbing is faster)
- Scavenger (More ammo and money from pickups)


Decreased health given by medkits by 15% (Balancing for the upgrade)
Correctly increased the knife equipping speed by A LOT! (Sorry, never actually fixed that :D)


Fixed Bolt-action rifle firing semi auto without cycling the bolt
Fixed Blood only going to the right when victims are hit by bolt action rifle bullets
Fixed Bullets coming out of the player object
Fixed Shotgun unlimited ammo climbing exploit
 

HayManMarc

Member
Nice updates.. Just a suggestion: maybe allow dexterity to help with jumping or ledge grabbing, too? ( like, make it easier to grab the ledge, or something.) Edit: or maybe that should be under "acrobatic"?
 
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Repix

Member
Nice updates.. Just a suggestion: maybe allow dexterity to help with jumping or ledge grabbing, too? ( like, make it easier to grab the ledge, or something.) Edit: or maybe that should be under "acrobatic"?
Thanks! :) Not sure how I'm gonna make the Ledge Grabbing easier.. Currently the Acrobatic upgrade increases climbing speed by roughly 15% But I could make Dexterity further bump that up by another 15% as well for a total of 30%
Yeeea! I might do that, thanks! :)



A little bonus update! :)

Buffed Acrobatic perks climbing speed by +0.1
Buffed Dexterity perk to have climbing speed aswell (+0.1)
Buffed Dexterity weapon equipping by (+0.05)

Improved ladder collision mask
Improved ladder climbing button (Can now be held down)

Fixed weapon equipping speed still being 0.17 instead of 0.3
(This existed since v0.2... Oh my!! )
 
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flyinian

Member
I Played it... I didn't get past the first level, got stuck on the store page. Read through the replies above and found out you have to press esc to continue. I'll be giving it another try later.

1. I'm sure you plan on adding all of this later but, I suggest adding a controls screen and allow window resizing for testing would make it a better experience.
2. Had a character duplicating bug. I think I caused it when I climbed the ladder and jumped once I reached the top.
 

Repix

Member
I Played it... I didn't get past the first level, got stuck on the store page. Read through the replies above and found out you have to press esc to continue. I'll be giving it another try later.

1. I'm sure you plan on adding all of this later but, I suggest adding a controls screen and allow window resizing for testing would make it a better experience.
2. Had a character duplicating bug. I think I caused it when I climbed the ladder and jumped once I reached the top.
Yeah that whole escape to continue is a little silly, I'll add a button to continue as well.
A menu is quite important, so I'll get on that too.

Now the character duplication... Hmm.. Could you somehow replicate that? I'm unsure what causes it :S
 

Pixel-Team

Master of Pixel-Fu
Looking great so far. Here's a couple gripes, but they're small:

When he climbs a ledge to his left, he ends up facing right when he reaches the top. That's no good if he needs to shoot bad guys when he gets there.

Second, when I reached the top of the level, the UI started to cover up the play area. Consider extending your map upward, if for no other reason than to fix that issue.

Third, if you're making this a low res pixel game, (and I love low res pixel games) consider rounding off where your blood spatters go, so that they lock onto whatever scenery pixel they land on, instead of having some of them a fraction of a pixel off from one another. This is not a true low res game, and is just as annoying as when people rotate pixels at that size.

Lastly, let the player walk off the top of the ladder instead of forcing him to jump off, and give him some leeway so he can walk off it plus or minus a few pixels. Intuitive controls are everything.

At any rate, you're doing an excellent job. I'll watch this game closely. Cheers!
 

Repix

Member
Pheeeww.. It's out.. took far too long.

Gave the game a name! (Under Commando)
Added Menu (Under Construction!)
Added Continue button to shopping screen
Window can now be adjusted manually

Character now faces the correct direction after animations have played out
(THIS ONE WAS AWFUL TO FIX.. OH DEAR!)

Suicide button goes back to menu instead of quitting outright
Font upgraded from GMS1.4 to GMS2


Fixed ladder duplication bug kind of (Still some weird ladder bugs to track down and kill)
Fixed keycard duplication bug
Fixed ledge grab duplication bug
Fixed ledge grab being to close to the walls



^^^^^^^^ I managed to fix that... somehow.. It messed up my entire game when I changed that, but it's done, thank gawd!
 

Repix

Member
Eyyy! Got some cool stuff here, I think?

Added Options Menu!
- Auto Climb setting added
- Added Save system to options
Added Prone mechanic (Hold 'Down')
Added Slide mechanic (Press 'Up')
Added weapon pickups
Enemies will now look at you.. which is pointless right now, lmao.
Enemies will now also shoot at you (experimental)
Also you can die now.. so.. there's that I guess? Not that important tbh.


Reduced the length of the Mine laying animation
Added a 30 step delay to climbing to fix rapid climbing (This also fixed the last ladder duplication bug)
Adjusted climbing controls
Medical kits speed increased and heals 60 by default instead of 40 and upgraded now heals 75 instead of 55

Options menu has been added!


Weapon pickups!


Sliding!


Prone!
 

Repix

Member
Wow.. Alpha 0........10.. Didn't think I could keep the game alive this long.. Incredible! Anyways.. 0.10, it fixes things!

Increased slide speed by roughly 50%
Cut slide range by 50%


Fixed Unlimited medkits bug
Fixed play button not resetting animation when dying
Fixed suicide button crash.. will now quit to menu directly.
Fixed jumping while sliding
Fixed being able to initiate a slide mid-air
Fixed being able to jump while dead
Fixed being able to move while dead
Fixed "dying during prone" crash
Fixed "sliding while dead" crash
 

Repix

Member
And here's another one.. Probably the most content-heavy update so far considering file size increase.

Featuring minor controller support.. Basic movement works, firing weapons works and using medkits. I just want some basic feedback on the controls or what I should change. (I'm not a controller user)
New sounds and new objects!

Added minor controller support (NOT FINISHED AT ALL, read further below)
Added storage lockers for minor loot (Low amounts of ammo, instant health, cash and armor)
Added small pouch sound when pulling magazines out during reload
Updated pistol firing and reload sound
Updated assault rifle firing and reload sound
Updated shotgun cocking and firing sound
Updated bolt action cocking and firing sound
Updated medkit sound effect
Updated pickup sound effect
Updated the pistol reload animation a bit
Updated money display sound effect
Added cash register-like sound effect when money is done being added


Changed alpha testing map placement in the room


Controller support only works for movement, jumping, switching to pistol, assault rifle, knife and shooting.
I want some input on the controls and what's preferred as I'm not a gamepad user.
 

Yrbiax

Member
Hey, i tried your demos.

Very crisp sound effects. :)
Do you have any plans on making enemies move?

Got some 'Getting over it' flashbacks from other demo :D Didnt quite make it to top.

Got this error when i pressed esc:
___________________________________________
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object obj_player_suicide:

Variable obj_player_suicide.snd_fire(100113, -2147483648) not set before reading it.
at gml_Object_obj_player_suicide_Step_0
############################################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stack frame is
gml_Object_obj_player_suicide_Step_0 (line -1)
 

Repix

Member
Hey, i tried your demos.

Very crisp sound effects. :)
Do you have any plans on making enemies move?

Got some 'Getting over it' flashbacks from other demo :D Didnt quite make it to top.

Got this error when i pressed esc:
___________________________________________
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object obj_player_suicide:

Variable obj_player_suicide.snd_fire(100113, -2147483648) not set before reading it.
at gml_Object_obj_player_suicide_Step_0
############################################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stack frame is
gml_Object_obj_player_suicide_Step_0 (line -1)
The sound bug was fixed, thanks! :)

Enemies will move at some point yes, just gotta figure out how I want to make the AI work for 'em. Most likely just a simple "follow and jump if possible" kind of enemy.
But I haven't reached that just yet as that's probably gonna the be the most difficult thing.. so I'm most likely just gonna code that before I begin the Beta.
 

Repix

Member
Sorry for the bump, won't happen again, I swear!

Updated to v0.12 though!! So that's something right? right? right?

Anyways, here's the usual list.

Renamed .exe file and process to "Under Commando.exe"

Finally incoporated armor system! (It was always there, it just didn't protect you! :p )
Added vibration to gamepad (No feedback on gamepad controls, no further controls added as such)
Added shotgun and bolt-action rifle to gamepad
Added ledge grabbing to gamepad
Added climbing ladders to gamepad
Added "Move off ladder" functionality
Added sliding to gamepad (press the movement joypad)
Updated ammunition graphics
Added bolt action ammunition
Added ammunition splash text


Changed climbing function to jump button
Improved ledge grabbing by increases climbing radius from 4 to 12
Increased the menu button sizes
Splash text is now more readable
Changed "Metabolism" perk to affect all food
"Scavenger" perk now also affects ammo from storage lockers
Adjusted shotgun audio to sound different to the bolt-action rifle


Fixed suicide audio crash
Fixed pickup sound not playing when picking up weapons already owned
Fixed bolt-action button being 5 instead of 4
Fixed two equipping duplications
Fixed ladder not allowing jumping afterwards
Fixed "Assault rifle mag reload" not having any sound
Fixed not being able to ledge grab after climbing
 

Repix

Member
Sadly the files was just gone today, all my backup folders were empty. Not sure how it happened, all I know is that I'm legit furious.
 

HayManMarc

Member
Oh my God! I'm so sorry! I sure hope you find it and it isn't actually lost. That's horrible and you have my deepest sympathies.
 

Repix

Member
I did find a very old backup before all my crazy features were added, so that's a major blow.. But Im gonna try my best at making it feel the same as the version that vanished from existence. My new AI system was the biggest loss 😢
 

chamaeleon

Member
Source control for versioning, and automated backups that you don't think about running yourself. Just do it, it will save tears down the road. You know how painful it is to lose work now. Don't let it happen again (well, with the granularity of the backup and the manual versioning frequency anyway..)
 

Niels

Member
Game was wiped for some reason.. my sadness is immeasurable and my day is ruined. (But development will carry on)

Download = https://www.dropbox.com/s/s94k1tydvmla5wr/Under Commando.zip?dl=0
Size = 3.13 MB
Type = .zip
Version = 0.12

Bonus Game with an actual goal.. get to the top! https://www.dropbox.com/s/mru9rv92idh5frd/Reach the Top Demo.zip?dl=0

Left & Right Arrow key = Move Left and Right
Up/Down = Climb Ladders
Space = Interact
Z = Jump
Up = Combat Slide
Down = Prone
X = Fire
R = Reload
1-2-3-4-5 = Weapons
Q = Knife
F = Medkit
Esc = Kill yourself (literally)

Renamed .exe file and process to "Under Commando.exe"

Finally incoporated armor system! (It was always there, it just didn't protect you! :p )
Added vibration to gamepad (No feedback on gamepad controls, no further controls added as such)
Added shotgun and bolt-action rifle to gamepad
Added ledge grabbing to gamepad
Added climbing ladders to gamepad
Added "Move off ladder" functionality
Added sliding to gamepad (press the movement joypad)
Updated ammunition graphics
Added bolt action ammunition
Added ammunition splash text


Changed climbing function to jump button
Improved ledge grabbing by increases climbing radius from 4 to 12
Increased the menu button sizes
Splash text is now more readable
Changed "Metabolism" perk to affect all food
"Scavenger" perk now also affects ammo from storage lockers
Adjusted shotgun audio to sound different to the bolt-action rifle


Fixed suicide audio crash
Fixed pickup sound not playing when picking up weapons already owned
Fixed bolt-action button being 5 instead of 4
Fixed two equipping duplications
Fixed ladder not allowing jumping afterwards
Fixed "Assault rifle mag reload" not having any sound
Fixed not being able to ledge grab after climbing

Added minor controller support (NOT FINISHED AT ALL, read further below)
Added storage lockers for minor loot (Low amounts of ammo, instant health, cash and armor)
Added small pouch sound when pulling magazines out during reload
Updated pistol firing and reload sound
Updated assault rifle firing and reload sound
Updated shotgun cocking and firing sound
Updated bolt action cocking and firing sound
Updated medkit sound effect
Updated pickup sound effect
Updated the pistol reload animation a bit
Updated money display sound effect
Added cash register-like sound effect when money is done being added


Changed alpha testing map placement in the room


Controller support only works for movement, jumping, switching to pistol, assault rifle, knife and shooting.
I want some input on the controls and what's preferred as I'm not a gamepad user.

Increased slide speed by roughly 50%
Cut slide range by 50%


Fixed Unlimited medkits bug
Fixed play button not resetting animation when dying
Fixed suicide button crash.. will now quit to menu directly.
Fixed jumping while sliding
Fixed being able to initiate a slide mid-air
Fixed being able to jump while dead
Fixed being able to move while dead
Fixed "dying during prone" crash
Fixed "sliding while dead" crash

Added Options Menu!
- Auto Climb setting added
- Added Save system to options
Added Prone mechanic (Hold 'Down')
Added Slide mechanic (Press 'Up')
Added weapon pickups
Enemies will now look at you.. which is pointless right now, lmao.
Enemies will now also shoot at you (experimental)
You can die now.. pointless thing to add, I know.. I know..


Reduced the length of the Mine laying animation
Added a 30 step delay to climbing to fix rapid climbing (This also fixed the last ladder duplication bug)
Adjusted climbing controls
Medical kits speed increased and heals 60 by default instead of 40 and upgraded now heals 75 instead of 55

Gave the game a name! (Under Commando)
Added Menu (Under Construction!)
Added Continue button to shopping screen
Window can now be adjusted manually

Character now faces the correct direction after animations have played out
(THIS ONE WAS AWFUL TO FIX.. OH DEAR!)

Suicide button goes back to menu instead of quitting outright
Font upgraded from GMS1.4 to GMS2


Fixed ladder duplication bug kind of (Still some weird ladder bugs to track down and kill)
Fixed keycard duplication bug
Fixed ledge grab duplication bug
Fixed ledge grab being to close to the walls

Buffed Acrobatic perks climbing speed by +0.1
Buffed Dexterity perk to have climbing speed aswell (+0.1)
Buffed Dexterity weapon equipping by (+0.05)

Improved ladder collision mask
Improved ladder climbing button (Can now be held down)

Fixed weapon equipping speed still being 0.17 instead of 0.3
(This existed since v0.2... Oh my!! )

Added Ladder system!
Added Keycard display
Removed Rocket Launcher and replaced it with Mines! (Animation will be shortened at some point)

Added more weapon upgrades!

Pistol Upgrades
- Pistol Compensator (Reduced recoil for faster shots)
- Pistol Extend Mags (Increased capacity +5)
- Hollow-point (Increased damage)

Assault Rifle Upgrades
- Hollow-point (Increased damage)

Shotgun Upgrades
- Slamfire (Increased rate of fire)
- Extended Tube (Increased capacity +1)
- Extended Buckshot (Shots per shell increased +1)

Bolt-action Rifle
- Improved bolt (Faster rate of fire)

Added Passive upgrades!

- Medical Manual (ARU Medical Kits restores more health)
- Metabolism (Chocolate restores more health)
- Acrobatic (Climbing is faster)
- Dexterity (Equipping weapons is faster and knife stabbing is faster)
- Scavenger (More ammo and money from pickups)


Decreased health given by medkits by 15% (Balancing for the upgrade)
Correctly increased the knife equipping speed by A LOT! (Sorry, never actually fixed that :D)


Fixed Bolt-action rifle firing semi auto without cycling the bolt
Fixed Blood only going to the right when victims are hit by bolt action rifle bullets
Fixed Bullets coming out of the player object
Fixed Shotgun unlimited ammo climbing exploit

Added in-between level purchase screens to upgrade gear and buy items (2 recycled levels and 1 upgrade screen for now)
Added some more sounds (Equipping, Shells)
Re-introduced the Bolt-action rifle (Plasma Rifle didn't work well at all)
Added Assault Rifle magazine upgrade (Increases capacity by 10 and reload speed)

Changed Assault Rifle magazine reload animation slightly
Changed Assault Rifle reload animation from Magazine to a Stripper Clip system
Reduced Ammo capacity for the Assault Rifle by 10
Reduced length and speed of bullets by 10 (As this kept messing up collisions)

Fixed suicide animation not having screen shake and sounds

Added new weapon: Plasma Rifle (This replaces the Bolt-action rifle completely. (Didn't find a good use for it)
Added currency (This is planned to be used before each level to upgrade your stuff)
Added currency UI and sounds (Bioshock'ish <3)
Added surfaces
Imported to GMS: 2 (This improves some stability)

Improved Rocket Launcher AoE
Improved blood in various ways
Improved some performance things (Still way to go)

Fixed Rocket Launcher not doing damage when it impacts with a wall (Does less damage however)
Fixed Rocket Launcher being reloaded after equipping even when ammo was at 0
Fixed Rocket Launcher Particles not flying far enough
Fixed various blood issues (When targets were hit from the right)
Fixed some additional climbing issues
Fixed the headless death animation not destroying after a while

Known Bug: The plasma rifle will not fire if facing left while standing right next to a wall
Known Ugly: The plasma rifles equip animation looks floppy as heck.. Needs re-doing

Removed mouse look
Changed control scheme

Added auto climbing!
Added auto reloading!
Added functionality to the rocket launcher!!! whooow! (Will improve further)
Added seperate damage values to firearms (Pistol = 4 dmg, Assault Rifle = 6 dmg, Shotgun = 4x5 dmg, Bolt-action = 20 dmg)
Added functionality to the knife (3 dmg per slash)
Added penetration effect to Bolt-action rifle (loses 5 damage per target)
Added a jumping sound effect (Will improve further)
Added hit, kill, stab sounds.
Added a firearm to the enemies (Doesn't actually shoot just yet, this will be combined with an AI update)


Bumped up movement speed from 2 to 2.5
Changed the font color to black
Sped up the rocket reload.. will most likely be further sped up.
Back walls have been changed to a tile system.. Will change solid walls too later. (Performance boost)


Fixed being able to reload Shotgun and Bolt-action on full magazines
Fixed being able to reload the rocket launcher into a negative number
Fixed various smaller reloading bugs
Fixed various tiles not being climbable

Added a functional Bolt-Action Rifle!
Added a jamming feature to firearms (Fast animation for a smaller detail)
Added a suicide button (Escape) this will end the game! but you gotta blow your brains out first :p
Added blood effects
Added a back wall texture
Added a headshot death animation (with streaming blood too! )

Changed the background from blue to black
Removed an extreme amounts of objects from outside the room.. (this should clear up most lag)

Added a new camera with shake effects
Added a temporary test enemy (These will feature new death animations at some point soon)
Added tactical reloads!! (Pistol & Assault Rifle)
Added pistol ammunition
Added the knife to the ammo display
Rocket launcher partially works now.. doesn't actually fire anything though :p
Changed the medkit animation to a pill glass and water


Increased speed for most animations
Changed bolt position while firing on the Assault Rifle
Lightly re-textured some weapon equipping animations


Fixed being able to switch to the currently equipped weapon
Fixed switching from shotgun during pumping process would disable all other weapons

This is an older game, so figuring out my previous selfs code is on the difficult side :p

Added the Assault Rifle, Shotgun and Rocket Launcher to the Ammo Display
Added functionality to the medkits (Press F to use)
Added bullet cases to the pistol and shells to the shotgun

Temporarily added a > 1080p version for smaller resolutions (Until I find a good way to change this yourself)

Fixed the knife completely wiping out the weapon when the character switches to animation mode


Things that are available in the next update (so far):

Enemy AI
Game Over screen
Assault rifle reload system finished
Bolt action rifle reload sounds

Fixed UI staying on screen when you commit suicide
Various minor fixes

Things not available yet, but will be in future updates or the next one:

Improved collision/gravity system for spent casings, blood & gore. (So I can remove bouncy casings 😂 )
Control schemes
(More to come here as I find new things I wanna add to the game!)






Those lowres sprites and animations are just the best!
 

Repix

Member
Game has seen a major setback because of file lose.
I've tried recoding most of what I lost, so here's what I've got so far.

So the game has been changed drastically.

Hope most of the features have been recreated as best and close as possible to what they were before. Do let me know! This has been a rough one.
 
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