Combat Design in Crashlands 2 | Bscotch Ballyhoo

[@satyris410]

Take as long as you need guys, this looks incredible, but I can wait to play it if it means it increases the awesome. much love

[@snowybeefrblx8748]

OH MY GOD YOU’RE SAYING I CAN SNEAK UP ON ENEMIES AND THROW FISH AT THEM? THIS THE BEST NEWS OF MY LIFE

[@shout64]

Loved hearing Adam's narration! Also this game looks GOOD I mean the art. but also the game. GOOD

[@BScotch]

Thanks for the LOVE! I don't normally do Voice Overs so I didn't know how it'd turn out...

[@LadySinovera]

​@BScotch really? You sounded like a natural at it! You have a nice voice and the joke deliveries were well done. I definitely think you should do more voice overs in the future!

[@ShajuKaju]

​@@BScotchvery good

[@Corusame]

I loved the original and didn't realise there was a sequel in the works. This has gone straight to the top of my wishlist, can't wait to play it!

[@novaduck_iv]

Bruh I keep forgetting this is a thing so every time it pops up in my notifications, it feels like Christmas! I loved the original and can't wait to play this one!! The graphics and artstyle look much more prettier too! Amazing improvement!

[@minecrafthorror7033]

Continue to support this channel so that it develops further and can make lots of survival mmorpg games

[@SadVIad]

This looks fantastic. I don't see how a perfect game could get better, but this does. Definitely favorite Indy team just for the fact of how visible your passion is for what you all do. For three brothers, you guys do not get enough recognition. I have bought and buttered up on every game you all have made, and can't wait for this one. I just wish I could get a shirt 😅 We need merch again!

[@BScotch]

Thanks for the love! I also wish we had merch -- it's just such a pain to manage at our scale. Hopefully Crashlands 2 goes big enough that we can swing it :D

[@edward9180]

Best game ever that i played back in highschool. Now i get to play the sequel in my college years. So happy!!!

[@e3.14c4]

Playing hot potato with a fish, I feel as if it would be a crime if future generations weren't taught this enlightening concept.

[@mazzicuda2179]

I am so happy that you guys put a lot of work into this game sequel. Some game devs just implement one or two new features, but you guys are making it the best you can. The art and animations look fantastic, the updates are really nice to have to gain new information and to keep us excited, and it just looks like a lot of work was put into it. I loved seeing the explosion of videos for the original Crashlands, and I can’t wait to see what my KZbin feed will look like once this game releases.

[@bopsap.gammazape]

Brb going out and tattooing Crashlands 2 on my forehead in support of the team and this game, I can't wait!

[@haroldrshi]

Wow! I played the original Crashlands back in 2018, and I absolutely loved all the unique elements the game had to offer. Now that there's a sequel with this amazing new combat system, I can't help but be excited! I want to express my heartfelt thanks for creating Crashlands and keep up the fantastic work. Cant wait to play this!!

[@Lars_Everette]

just got finished playing crashlands original again about 3 months ago and saw this and have never been more excited. keep it up guys!

[@brittanyjadem]

The new combat looks AWESOMEEEEEEE YAHOO

[@mjeivillamin3328]

Looking forward to the sequel of my childhood😮

[@Choco____1]

Hype. Absolute, irrevocable, distilled *HYPE.*

[@racheldarnell8645]

I've been wondering this since I heard CL2 was coming and I'm personally happy to hear about these changes. Thanks for filling in that hole in my head!

[@absence9443]

Looks beautiful :) I'm not yet convinced on the idea of varying the attack shape to provide variety to weapons. From a design perspective it rather seems like a tradeoff between increased combat diversity and forcing the player to slightly adjust their hitting angle, which could be partially engaging, but since all shapes are static may even have the potential to become annoying as it takes away focus from the actual fight whilst trying to match the shape with the currently assumed hitbox of the enemy. At least that's the way it's conveyed to me through the footage. Of course it's good to innovate on the concept of weapon utility in this 2D isometric style, many other comparable titles like Cat Quest, Don't Starve etc. suffer a similar issue, but I don't think it'll solve it in its current state. An example which I found more suitable was from Archvale, where each weapon type has a different attack style with movement and particles which deal damage (although sadly they didn't extend that notion for each individual weapon within a type) which is easier to integrate into the combat flow than vaguely hitting based on a shape on the ground. Archvale's combat is of course paced way faster, by which I mean that this exact approach doesn't need to be applied for Crashlands, but rather I want to express it may be better to have an extension for combat which provides variety whilst only modifying, but not harming the flow of combat. What comes to my mind as another sample which I haven't yet seen implemented, presumably because of its required effort, is to instead alter the way weapons cause damage/knockback/effects for each weapon using the telegraphs from Crashlands 1. For instance the knuckles shown in this video could instead of two fist shapes have a simplified arch according to the distance and angle of the attack, but when hitting the enemy with the left/right side of the arch in alternating order it gradually increases the damage of the hits (e.g. until a 8-hit combo is reached where the increase peaks). That way the player will hit the enemy regardless whether he just plainly hits enemies within distance and angle, however in order to fully utilise the potential and recognize the identity of the weapon the player has to integrate it into his attacks, which on one sides removes the aspect of taking away power from the player if he doesn't obey the shapes and on the other may have higher potential for sophistication, variety & fun from combat complexity I'd imagine. To take other samples from the video, the pan could still have a similar shape, except simplified to a circle on a cone, where the each consecutive hit could increase the stun time on the same enemy, starting with a rather low stun time and losing the bonus when missing an attack. Both of these samples would actually benefit from the telegraphs, since the effects can be shown visually without using icons by changing shade or gradient of the telegraph according to the effect (e.g. coloring the alternating sides darker when hitting with the knuckles & making the telegraph more red with each cons. hit). Of course it's understandable that the current approach may already be deeply rooted into balancing and weapon distribution to be exchanged, but I just wanted to provide some thoughts on it as I love pondering game design choices.

[@BScotch]

That's certainly a fair concern. We won't let anything out the door without extensive playtesting to make sure it's actually FUN :D. So far the weird shapes have been fun and interesting rather than annoying, but we're keeping our eye on it since we agree that it could go off the rails!

[@avieahvrouie-sv5zr]

I played the game summer 2019 and finish it just before my first day as college freshmen. The gameplay, dialogue and concept is so exceptional and creative. 4 years later and I just finished my degree! Yey! would love to play this one. Its going to bring a lot of good memories and more! Can't wait! :>

[@BScotch]

Congrats on your degree!

[@ericbishop1931]

Lookin real good! Can't wait for it to come out!

[@Deathshack]

This looks amazing! I cannot wait to play this when it comes out. the art style and the combat is a massive overhaul and don't mind waiting to have this game blow everything out of the water!

[@vaporreads5095]

those are some impressive shapes.

[@BScotch]

RIGHT!?

[@hiimpranav]

I can't help but giggle uncontrollably every time I see stuff about this game

[@kei_0072]

Yessssss can't wait to play this! I hope fishing is back too

[@BScotch]

Oh you know it is!

[@cvrsor2985]

FISHING FOR THROWABLE FISH!?

[@natasha60937]

It's my all time favourite game

[@doombrowski]

The environments look amazing!

[@mazzicuda2179]

I am fine with knowing that in at most two months there will be another Crashlands 2 trailer. This makes me so happy

[@hakuzosionnach]

Holy. This is a vastly different game o.o

[@immadevvs7774]

Man, I can't believe it when they say there's gonna be a sequel... I fking love this game

[@splendiddream36]

This is goooood. Can't wait to play :D

[@Bryanspeed]

Hope the soundtrack will be as awesome as the first

[@BScotch]

So far we think it's BETTER -- Fat Bard has been killing it as usual!

[@mauri-mattiaslaanesaar5305]

This looks like a truly worthy sequel in the works, can't wait to play it! The first game was brilliant

[@Frogger1400]

Amazing! A Sequel to one of my Favorite games in the Entire Universe?! I’m buying as soon as it’s Out!

[@nicholascherniwchan1752]

Dang bros... looks amazing!! Thanks for sharing a sneak peak and can't wait to play!

[@michaelkaler3138]

Very excited to play! Love the next iteration's look

[@AzelusArts]

cant wait to play this

[@juice8225]

Love the first game, was great to unwind during a very stressful time. Cant wait to play!

[@m4dmaxx363]

Looks really nice, :) I'm excited to see the next Episode

[@liamstanderjunk]

im in love with the first game but well done guys this is so much better

[@gav2319]

Me and my dad throw fish at each other while we’re ice fishing, they can be truly menacing weapons of terror

[@BScotch]

This person knows what's up. Also: kids don't try this at home

[@Le_Crook]

I am working on an isometric game for the first time. And it's hella hard to do pixel arts with 30 degree perspective. The tileset was easy but when it comes to characters, it's so hard. THIS GAME IS AMAZING I CAN TELL! THEY REALLY WORK HARD!!!!!!! LET THEM COOK!

[@Saffreuge]

As a dark souls enjoyer, I'm digging this. Can't wait to play this on the hardest mode possible!

[@cozy_quon9679]

I remember those names in the end credits haha, when I beat the game as a kid in 2016/17. I made so much memories then and cant wait for the second. was sad when I beat it ngl

[@Redshirtgaming96]

So awsome!!!

[@QinXo.]

So fantastic, hope the crafting feature is more complicated, Like we must processing some materials to craft something and the worktable have different type for every process, Example we want processing leather/skin it's have own worktable, and processing bone have it's own worktable 😊

[@clarkkhentalcos3548]

The game looks sick!!!❤

[@THAT_GUY_twich]

Yes :) finally

[@vermili0n9]

So excited for this!

[@faraon1525]

I'm glad that this game will be released on android

[@tortoiselover7215]

I really hope this game delivers on all the good aspects of the first game, while cutting a lot of the very annoying stuff that wastes your time (such as getting the Megagong or Giantbone Helm, without much reward)

[@Gnomable]

That's so many fun shapes!

[@jhunruselllongcop5436]

I can't wait to play this game

[@Rizzbulla]

Crashlands was a masterpiece

[@tsia8944]

Cant wait 😢

[@vigilanterorschach2600]

Already loving the game, my only problem (and most of the complaint as well from other people) with the OG game was that it got repetative real fast, combat was easy even on harder difficulties and like you mentioned in this development "blog", you just dodged rectangles and circles the whole game. What could have improved this experience would be co-op, now I know that the game has co-op capabilities since you can play the robot helper but that isn't really playing with someone else if you catch my drift. Maybe we could include another protagonist which could be piloted another player, would certainly be fun. These kind of games are generally more fun with more people. I just hope that if you guys do decide to make it into a co-op game (please do, many people want it), the difficulty of the game wouldn't drop that hard. Cheers, keep it up!

[@samucagamesbr162]

i need a demo for this right now!

[@oryuji2610]

My life would be complete if this game releases on PlayStation

[@Lamba1]

So excited

[@thecinemagician]

I'm so wound up with excitement I could LITERALLY FIRE ANIMALS OUT OF MY FACE... with telegraphs.

[@kevii4729]

You could also include something multiplayer, it would be really amazing to play with friends

[@parempoomp8673]

I loved and love the og game, and i will love this game too, i can tell it even with my prediction skill count -69 Even if it takes me to haunt my grand grand grand grand childrens' bodies to play this game, then you know I won't hesitate

[@nathanieljpwills5526]

MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THE EPIC PETS!

[@cdw909]

I’m furious this is not coming to consoles been here since crash lands beta 😭

[@BScotch]

Hopefully someday! The original also didn't come out on consoles right away

[@jacksonhagen7686]

This game looks super cool! Just wish It had true coop gameplay..

[@choiseanr6607]

Omg it looks amazing!! just one question tho, is the Netflix subscription subjected to change when C2 eventually comes in mobile??

[@Nhatanh0475]

This could be an eye sore but hey, at least it’s unique in some way. But still gonna have some weapon with difficult hitting zone.

[@crash355]

Space Captain Patcher O'Houlihan

[@SeptemberMeadows]

I really hope this is coming to Galaxy tablets! 😃

[@520-xiaoxiaoxiaoyun]

I saw the promotional email and the memories of the dead started attacking me. I came into contact with this game 5 or 6 years ago and was very addicted to it. However, this game was also very tiring. I lost my save files, failed to clear the level, and had no energy to play it again. I could only follow the main quest, and it didn't have much in the way of extra content. I'm interested in getting my hands on the next production, and I'm worried it will be the same as before. There isn't enough content and it's tiring to play.😑If possible, I hope that multiple people can cooperate and support multiple platforms [pc&ios&android]

[@GonzalesSpidi]

I feel like this gonna be hard on phone to land, or joystick. but definitely on phone. remember playing your game on phone with a ps4 controller, was a nightmare cause the buttons are shown for Xbox.

[@TheRipdub]

Miss the old art style

[@CristianManuelAlvarezJauriga]

Ojala algun dia saquen traducción a español es de mis juegos favoritos mucho apoyo desde 🇨🇺

[@Eryss11]

Will there be a mobile version? it would be soo cool if u added local multyplayer❤

[@24-BIT]

BONK

[@cksoup]

i crashed onto woanope so i could helldive for super earth. somethin about comin in hot just does it for me

[@Luka-zr1kq]

Is there any information about co-op maybe? or i assume there isnt gonna be any like in first version

[@highlysuspicious6417]

Why don't you add some dodge ability on the first crashlands?

[@dentheduck2095]

Too costly for them to make updates, so they just decided to abandon the first one it seems to me. First game has really slowed and sluggish progression on higher difficulties which makes most people drop the game.

[@ShajuKaju]

I CANT WAAIIITT

[@SamGGreenberg]

Looks amazing. Any updates to the controls? I'll be playing on SteamDeck; that allows for a lot more buttons than phone.

[@BScotch]

It supports keyboard+mouse, controllers, and touch, and we've been designing and playtesting to make sure it feels great on all of those form factors since the beginning :D

[@kateauston7090]

Crashlands 2 a long dream comes true 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤I hope For Android switch too I wanna crush aliens on trips😂🎉

[@ninjakai03]

will you also add the ability to see your own hurtbox area? kinda like touhou's focusing mode

[@lanelauhoff]

Hell yeah. I wonder which game engine they're using for this?

[@BScotch]

We've been using GameMaker for over a decade, and are using that for Crashlands 2 as well

[@TimConceivable]

still GameMaker

[@MuhajirinWalAnsar-kf3zh]

I hope you guys make crashland more smooth on mobile

[@ygfrrrr]

please release it for mobile platforms too! i loved playing crashlands on my phone back then

[@Dolkip]

coool bros

[@lkir9458]

Please Add Multiplayer like 4 players please!!! I really want to play it with my friends just as much as i wanted to on crashlands 1

[@respectable2540]

is multiplayer that hard to make? i would love to play with my brother or friends..

[@BScotch]

It is indeed. It adds a huge amount of design and technical complexity. We want to have a multiplayer Crashlands game someday -- hopefully Crashlands 2 is successful enough that we can do it!

[@TimConceivable]

yes.

[@El__animal_xl]

Finally news 😢😢😢😢

[@AleBrito-ly5ok]

Lo van a dejar para desscargar gratis o no

[@yetian5790]

Will Chinese Simplified be supported？ or online play with my friend?

[@zio4n]

Is it going to be available on phones?

[@biswajitpanda9159]

Which game engine is being used? Is it a 2D game of 2.5D???

[@mattkevin2432]

Will there be a mobile version?

[@TBBd-d]

I need Savannah xD

[@Pedroペドロカルロ]

Cuando sale 😔

[@alannala9235]

wish the game was free lmao i got it on a holiday event on epicgames and ever since forgetting my password I haven't played since

[@abrahamisraelcervantesvald1813]

Maybe 4 multiplayer please..❤❤❤

[@dxvd7]

Hey BS, will this time have a translation into Portuguese Brazil?

[@alejandromontalvo5983]

Ojala lo saquen en español ami me gusto mucho el primer juego

[@AleBrito-ly5ok]

Cuando sale