EPIK first FIGHT! Who WINS?? | Punch A Bunch Devlog #11

I face off with my WIFE in MY OWN GAME! Who wins??
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[@Pontypants]

I think you should subscribe now... :) More videos coming soon!

[@luccusa777]

Already :D Waiting For More Videos.

[@xdgaminguploads3129]

Yes! Yes i will!

[@James-ys2dd]

Just started the courses for UE4 C++ and just want to thank you for the recommendation, yes its bloody hard but the amount of info you get is on another level!

[@lebronsgrave2101]

Ponty! Read my suggestion please :)

[@sketchygaz]

Shame KZbin don't put like a promote button there when you're already subbed so then it increases your chance to get recommended.

[@KYLERHOLLAND]

Color of shorts should be next to the health and stamina bars or something so you can discern the difference when y'all are rotating! :)

[@TheBelrick]

Why are so many people concerned about female participation? Havent we all had enough of that? Diversity replaces competence for in this instance Creativity of Games is a Male trait.

[@danielphil4976]

@@TheBelrick your reply is confusing, it doesn't align with kyler's suggestion

[@TheBelrick]

@@danielphil4976 False assumption is that it needs to.

[@danielphil4976]

@@TheBelrick reach

[@toyinsaheed7356]

@@TheBelrick wtf are you on about???

[@CloakedCuts]

I may just be dumb. But it is a little hard to to know who’s HUD is who’s. Maybe like a little avatar pic next to the the bars below indicating who’s bar is player one/two

[@Pontypants]

Yes for sure, I'll need to add some graphics and a name tag around the bars 😊

[@timsonss]

Nice idea!

[@RossTownsend]

Or colour it using the same material as the shorts...?

[@starkerrobert]

@@Pontypants Please make the underpants of the fighter as the avatar (would be nice and epik!)

[@FreakSheepVODS]

Whay i will do is justt add player one and player two in the coller of the shorts ore cluves atleast for a start that will help alot

[@TB-ln8og]

I don’t know if this is possible but could you add a counter like for if you dodge a punch and throw one simultaneously it will do a powerful counter attack. Also I love this game it looks awesome!

[@WesleySales1]

Great idea!

[@axps4964]

Exactly. There is have to be a dodge system ı think but it should be eatin so much stamina

[@aw1lt]

Maybe using the right stick will lean which can be used to dodge?

[@painleroux9486]

Agree with you that's excellent Idea

[@edward.chyrek]

I’ve made two games in the past, a 3D game and a 2D one. But I didn’t make a profit on either. I think your dev log videos are a good way of marketing and I wish you plenty of success 😎🤓

[@sangwonkim9298]

If you already have a job Take game dev as a hobby and have fun *having fun is important* ~ that way you can never fail. Then on side just try to promote it for players to play and get feedback ~ that way build your reputation and earn yourself a respect~while trying to understand what community wants Not to make money ~ no one really wants to buy random games in this century from unknown sources Keep in mind if you think of hard profiting from game dev ~ that's an instant fail from the beginning as there are so many games that are epic yet completely free to play

[@cocoshort6528]

I recommend looking at how the first tree was marketed for advice

[@noahshad09]

@@sangwonkim9298 what’s up with all those lil’ squiggly lines in your comment

[@sorm3536]

The only game dev series I actually watch entirely

[@joshuachan6317]

emm I watch Dani and Coffee Stain Studio 😂😂😂

[@sorm3536]

@@joshuachan6317 I meant series lol

[@hopzinga2790]

@@joshuachan6317 Yes SIR!!

[@NightwatchX2]

It has to be much effort on producing those great devlogs.

[@jaywilliams9721]

Same

[@gurliecampbell7236]

Who else is on his wife's side

[@longjohn7992]

ARE U BETRAYING PONTY

[@longjohn7992]

XD

[@elevatemindset09]

Everyone I think😅

[@lolman4389]

you guys are simps

[@coquetteshadow]

@@longjohn7992 I think they are.

[@TR58699]

How about a Emote System, You can emote Other players like Smiley face or Angry face!

[@timsonss]

This has to be included. You could earn emotes as rewards for winning

[@jacobmedina5041]

Ponty: we should fix the game so you can't punch so much Game: Punch a Bunch

[@kevinkev1530]

Tru

[@anurag9385]

I can see a future for this game

[@noahshad09]

As a person from the future I can confirm

[@musclehamster742]

It's quite the sausage fest in here, huh? Lmao! I'd say from an outside perspective, this looks HELLA fun to play. Muscle Hamster approves! I also like a lot of the video effects you toss in to your clips, it helps give me ideas of different things I can do with my devlogs. ;)

[@thecrazyinvasion]

The Ponty Gamer has a Gamer Wife... who knew; Well I do now.

[@dr_nyt4041]

How about skinnier characters who trade health for speed

[@lolman4389]

no

[@dr_nyt4041]

@@lolman4389 why not? It already exists in boxing. Going further on my point, being shorter or longer arms could be other factors that could be added to the game.

[@amaproduction2314]

Seems cool, but instead of health, it should trade it for dmg and, heavier avtar witch trades speed for dmg

[@dr_nyt4041]

@@handl8993 But I think its also a great variable for the game instead having the same fights over and over again

[@googlymooglyman]

@@dr_nyt4041 I agree with you that would be cool. Don’t listen to that guy he’s just being an idiot

[@filiphjertkvist2063]

Commenting for the KZbin algorithm!! Also your game is EPIK :D

[@timsonss]

Yes! This guy needs more views!

[@pocdavactube3475]

How about controller vibrations? There is this thing in the engine called "force feedback"

[@Nizart]

oh... i've been waiting for 6 hours, constantly reloading the page

[@utkarshverma6888]

This channel is so good. It deserves at least a million subscriber

[@Oragani]

I can't believe someone actually disliked this. Probably someone I banned from the Discord server lol

[@gurliecampbell7236]

Yo who else thought it looked like a dbz fight when the punches were flying.

[@sweetbish9042]

my kid wants a wife after watching this!

[@kevinkev1530]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@simulify8726]

This game is gonna be EPIK and will make Epic Games *EPIK*

[@timsonss]

Epic Games have to buck this project! Its looks too fun not to be supported by EPIK GAMES!!!

[@cannabiscactus848]

Tip: add “finishing moves” where when you knock someone out, it will play a predetermined animation of the players choice like slamming them on your knee or picking them up and throwing them out of the ring.

[@Hansy69]

U should add some physics to the fence in the ring and add a little strech to it when the player is close, also make the crowd move and have audio thats my advice

[@Johan12359]

Having rounds where stamina regenerates inbetween rounds may help with stamina dropping so quickly. This way the players have these windows to try to maximize their stamima use, would help maybe prevent players from playing super safe (always only blocking) or super aggressive (spam punching)

[@jayxofficial5126]

I would be lieing if I said I didn't want to play punch a bunch. I love the concept and from what I can see you are a very good dev. I trust you to do good with the project. Just know you already have a sale 👍

[@dancingdroid]

As a side note, as a swedish spare time game developer myself, this series (that I just found yesterday) is very inspiring and while I don't think you should start making tutorials of what you do I would love if you made the videos longer and involved more of your process and thoughts. Can't wait for the next episode!

[@jusu8961]

as a boxer who prides himself for sparring i can confirm this is exactly how it is

[@Shibu-069]

What if we can upgrade our hp and stamina and stamina generation time from store from game money🤔. SORRY if I am giving you so many bad ideas🤗

[@David-vl8qi]

A few ideas to stop punch spamming: combos to encourage better punches, spamming too quickly will exponentially drain stamina, missing a punch will give you a small cool down, missing a big punch will give you a bigger cool down. Also maybe if you block a punch your opponent gets a small punch cool down. Idk if these are relevant to boxing but they are common in games. Check out the game Mordhau for some inspiration. Its a sword fighting game but a lot of the general mechanics like timing your swings and stuff really help prevent people from just spamming and add a good skill curve in.

[@CrackerWhacker1]

U should maybe add a customise your fighter feature where you could maybe buy diffirent hats and maybe back acsesories and like maybe diffirent desighns fir the pants and gloves also a tutorilal fir new players

[@sylvaingiraud3799]

To come back more easily in the game, I suggest you that when you're stoned, you "revive" with half of stamina. I think that can really help 🥊 And as always really good video in which I laughted a lot

[@timsonss]

You should add a timer like in UFC and make stats (punchs, stuns etc) so if players draw someone will win by stats or tie if the stats are the same

[@WaleedDev]

Imagine if you play this game with three of your close friends.... There will be a lot of laughing 😂😂😂😂💔

[@moistairpods2846]

Really good first play test, glad you learned a lot from it! Potential two birds one stone solution: make stamina regeneration speed slightly depend on how frequently you're throwing out punches. That way, flailing your arms around will just make you run out of energy quickly and never get it back fast enough. Tldr; punish bad gameplay instead of making it impossible

[@tbsquatchy2241]

PONTY: The first fight ever! The training bot: my time has come...

[@ahuman_4617]

here is my idea 2 headbuts type 1)very close to the enemy headbut 2) juming from a position headbuts so if u do the first headbuts it does damage quite alot and stun the enemy 1st headbuts spot=Chest,head these are very effective for the 1st headbut now the 2nd headbuts from a distance its pushes the enemy back stuns the enemy does alot of damage but takes all your stamina for the 2nd the effective part should be the chest only thx if you are reading this

[@UnderfundedScientist]

The jelly arms for the tired punches is amazing

[@fortunegaming1114]

My opinion is to = change the health and stamina bar they don't look really good they will effect your game look

[@blazekyn2750]

Idea : when you get a successful hit when the enemy is stunned you get a little of stamina back or something similar

[@dodart273]

To make split screen:go to project settings search for split screen enable it you can choose if you want a vertical screen or a horizontal one after that go to level blueprint event begin play create player enter 1 and there you go if I helped you please give me a like and remember to stay safe

[@LolCrazyMovies]

I really like the design of the stars and water droplets. Great job and keep it up! Curious wether you'll also work a bit on the match rules next (having rounds and a timer or something)

[@lifedev3296]

awesome work, beautiful people - perfection all the way :D GJ!

[@davnoa5958]

Congratulations with the first ever alfa-tester in the crew! So, what can I say after watching this video? You need to tweak down health OR up damage. Even those chaotic mess hits(that you totally need to ban, yeah...) make some damage, but. I don't saw it on the video. It's just like... If health even decrease, I don't see it. Really. You can totally ignore this comment, if you want. I don't mind. Keep it up!

[@TNIZZELL-y1i]

*Timed rounds *Judge score system based on Hit stats * Toy ring girl between rounds

[@Shibu-069]

You should make lobby or start screen like Fall Guys, Its matches the theme and we can change our characters colour there, it would be very cool

[@PixelArchitect]

This looks better than those Nintendo fighting games I've seen in the past. Would be cool if you could somehow link this to Joy-con controllers

[@buttermuffles6173]

EPIK!

[@flapplal6446]

Yese

[@meowr527]

My favourite vlogger has finaly uploaded a new vid....love u

[@tuna5728]

You could add corner coaches that give you hints

[@brethren1524]

Been scanning through the comments and this stood out, could be a great idea for the tutorial and could easily translate into normal matches.

[@kevinkev1530]

Awesome suggestion

[@ButWhyLevin]

Personally I'd lower the health by a lot and make it like best of 3. This way its faster paced and there is more opportunity for somebody who's not doing so well to recover in later rounds. I love the stars btw!

[@chrismanning5232]

Couple of thoughts: punch speed could slow the more you throw in a row, OR you could limit number of consecutive punches before a small timeout period (half a second, a whole second, something along those lines). Second option seems more inline with boxing. Throw a combo of a few punches, get your guard back up. General thoughts: game looks super fun but it seems hard to aim your punches. I think the punches should always be on target, maybe awarding leaning into them with a little extra damage rather than requiring leaning for accuracy. Matches also seem to last a long time. I'd aim for a standard Smash match length.

[@cristianlyrics6698]

The Game is Looking Amazing❤️

[@timsonss]

You should definitely make the colliders movable just a bit

[@diegomercier8864]

Have you ever thought about the game menu? Press start and you go to a page where you customize your avatars color and then go to another page where you then choose to play 1v1 or 2v2. That be so cool! i have an idea and a logo that i wanted to do for a long time but never got the time to do it :(

[@lebronsgrave2101]

I’m not really crazy about the anime-inspired comic type hits. It makes it seem cartoony, but it’s distracting and just feels wrong to me. Just my opinion though !

[@stevecoxiscool]

It would be interesting to maybe have facial graphics wrapped onto the face to show player expressions and also show wounds that start to appear. Maybe some morf targets that deflate the body's muscles as player gets weaker. Would love to see some example Unreal projects of some of the techniques you used for physics.

[@shahaansalman3286]

Can't believe it's been 4 months since you started this journey. This game is becoming really cool. My suggestion for the stamina system would be to regain stamina fast you have to go back to your corner and enter a sort of rest mode. In that rest mode your "coach" will try n defend u but the player would have a delay in his/her change from rest mode to fight mode. Additionally if you supercharge your stamina(rest for 2 rest periods) you get a super punche that does mega damage with one try for each arm. This suggestion is kind of alot, but i hope it helps you out!!

[@agerty]

Oh the idea for regain the stamina faster is great ! I noticed during the video that the players have no other reason to move away from each other than to protect themselves I hope the game's master will consider your suggestion 😉

[@TheProfessionalReject]

I feel like the game takes too much time to complete a match. From my perspective it looked like it took like 4-6 minutes per game. I think you should reduce the health of the characters to increase game paste. The game should be a quick let’s do this. Just an option as I think the game will still be great if you don’t do this

[@ovodus2073]

hey maybe try making rope physics? That would be a nice addition to the game ring. I feel like a normal barrier is a little underwhelming for the ring

[@berkayaksoy52]

If punches make more damage, you can put in rounds like in real boxing where you recover some health and stamina. Other than that you can change the colors of the corners of the ring like it is in real, blue white red white.

[@GreenifiedXD]

I have an idea: Add a cooldown for punching! For example: After 3 spammed punches, put a cooldown from 0 to 5 seconds. It would be awesome

[@kreativekendi4267]

No it's not

[@shubhamawasya5385]

I am unable to package my game for android I am getting graddle error.... Please help me ..... I tried everything....😭😭.... Keep up the good work...

[@agerty]

A little advice : add a menu at the begining, or a pause menu to pause the game. Then you'll be able to add simple settings to adjust the game during tests AND without having to search in the spaghetti :) (for example disabling stamina during your second fight) I'm not fan of too much settings in games but it could be temporary for the dev journey

[@adiazpolo]

my goodness this game in vr would be fun

[@vege8222]

Random idea: More hp -> faster stamina regeneration... Less hp -> slower stamina regeneration. or even the other way.

[@Shibu-069]

If you have to teach Players about your controls, you can make one tutorial level when we start the game first time. There you can teach us your controls by the help of A.I. it will be good

[@Rzorclw]

I saw this in my recommended and legit screamed "LESSGO!" I'm so excited 😁

[@codecritterz]

You should add a character color customization for the shorts and gloves. Also, for each player, the two colors should be in a square split in half. The top color is the glove color, and the bottom color is the shorts color. It will display near each player's HUD.

[@swapitiRL]

I think you Need to simplify the concept . May be remove energy . Like gmtk said, just refocus on what's important

[@microdavid7098]

Nah, I think slow addition could help. Like add it when people grind the game enough. Then add on the stamina for an extra challenge.

[@MisraPreetiman]

Looks amazing ! Should definitely include Viv for future game testing. Keep up with the amazing content ! Love from India

[@nowboe6154]

I have been waiting for this moment for all my life.

[@Vamaka12]

That was The EPIK Fight! Thats Really good game nice job when you will finish it, Will you put it for xbox and ps4? And please can you make tutorial about how to add controller xbox one support because i can't find what will work for me and I think for other people same will be instersting. Thank you :) sorry for grammer i am from Russia Good Luck!

[@neuvatn]

split-screen, I can definitely see how much it is needed here now.

[@ronniereflex5249]

Maybe it's an option to pick up stamina on the floor with random pickups. Since it's already an arcade like game. This will give you instant stamina. Make the pickups like water bottles or partner up with G-FUEL ;)

[@coursemimic5081]

Who else noticed they make a great couple.

[@timsonss]

Some ideas randomly crossed my mind Maybe you could make different modes or settings like: You can turn helmets on or off, so if you make a helmet it will take longer to KO or Stun making for a slower experience, on the other hand without helmets it would be much faster. Maybe something like Modification fights in Mortal Kombat could be implemented as well

[@danieljeppsson6913]

Looks like it will be a lot of fun! Need rounds (you can be saved by the bell), shorter matches overall perhaps and maybe a stamina system that regenerates more if you perform certain actions, maybe for successful blocks? Audience sound will add a lot as well.

[@sambee7292]

I love the game so far, but you run out of stamina too quickly. You are spending the majority of the game stunned because you can't hit for shit when you're so weak.

[@schlizzer2018]

Nice Video!, but i think the problem with the spamming is solved, if you just increase the max distance between the two players...

[@23edsa]

Check out dark souls fight system, to prevent spamming they have this input queue, it ques one next move whenver you spam attack buttons, a second hit will not come out unless the first one is done, and the fact that you cannot cancel out of the queued move teaches you to commit to your inputs

[@andreasandersson5972]

Really cool! Love it and yo make the BEST devlogs out there! I have a tip, I don’t know how long a match is bc you edit them. But split the gameplay into 3 short rounds, lets say 1 minute each. In that way the player can be more casual and fire off alot of punches. When a round is over you get full stamina again and the fight is back on!!! Keep up the awesome job!!

[@wermaus]

Some ways of quickly regenerating stamina would be rad. Also don't make it too slow-paced, right now it seems like there's a whole lot of standing around just to breathe and generally I think devs underestimate how fast gameplay should be.

[@user-gh8kl8ff3v]

You should make the boxing ring borders flexible so they would imitate ropes better.

[@melkerhallstrom9339]

Idea: You should get a bopping soundtrack for the game! I’d love to work with you and make one. I can make music from pretty much any genre, please let me know Ponty. Love your vids❤️

[@hosseintm165]

I think you should add : 1. options to change the amount of health and stomina (that doesn't mean there shouldn't be a very ballanced *default* option). 2. Endless mode (with the score popping up at the end of each round) I'm looking forward to this project of yours :)

[@dancingdroid]

Lowering both health and stamina would make each punch more valuable and stop the total spamfest that's going on at the moment, making it more rewarding for doing successful blocks and dodges and makes landing a large hit that leaves you open while charging a gamble unless you master it. Also, instead of blocking making you stop regenerating stamina you should regenerate stamina FASTER while blocking but make body hits while blocking drain the stamina more than standard. This way you can control your stamina regeneration but it can easily cost you if you're not careful. Having each move have both a pro and con makes it more balanced and puts more emphasis on management of your moves and taking advantage of what your opponent is doing. As for the stamina thing just have the sweat droplet be gone when at max stamina and as soon as you go below max stamina make a tiny droplet appear that grows in size until you get stunned. It's a very easy to read visual that EVERYONE will get straight away.

[@malorum]

I made the pegboard! EPIKKK! Oh and I do count myself in that 95.3% DUDE analytic :)

[@457Deniz457]

#Pro #Tipp: How about 2 Trainers (For every Player one) which are sometimes calling you and cheering you a lot and if u go to them u drink 1-3 sec and regen a lot of stamina 💪😊 #Btw well edited and nice video 👌😊

[@vinnubanb6602]

Everything amazing buddy! The only thing is that maybe you should put a really thicc border around the health and stamina meter. For example, the wife used a lilac and black colour scheme, then use lilac for the stamina (glove colour for stamina) and use black for the health(short colour for health) Yeah guys short is the health, ya gotta deal with it 😎

[@youribethrowaway4889]

What if you added the helmet and it comically gets knocked off whenever stamina’s low. Then it “re-plops” on the boxers head w sound when he’s good!

[@zentoa]

you should make it so the players have the stamina and health bar surrounded in the color of there shorts, because at first i didn't really know who's health and stamina was who's. Great game btw :D

[@tepgamer7413]

I really like the stamina system. I think you should show the numbers of the damage because during the fight I could not tell if someone was hit or not.

[@timsonss]

Maybe you could add different types of fighters? Like the dude might have more hp and harder punches but less stamina etc.

[@connorwilson9016]

Some things I believe would improve the balance and feel of the game - Rather than creating split-screen (the play area is small enough that it'd be kind of redundant) link the leaning to the rotation of the character. If the character is facing towards the left, the normal position of the left lean on the right stick becomes a downwards lean. - Adding a superficial cooldown to punches would also likely be the wrong approach. If you add a negative connotation to spamming (such as punching into the air or hitting the opponents arms heavily reduces stamina vs a small reduction for body and head shots) it will force players to be more strategic with the little stamina they have - Also to entice players to be more conservative with their punches, stamina regeneration should be increased if the player doesn't fully deplete their bar. - Damage for a hit done to a stunned player should also be heavily increased. (1/5 - 1/4 of the total health?) - Maybe also increase the amount of damage that is done to a player that is punching - Leaning into a punch should do much more damage than it does currently.

[@iesharamos4749]

1:30 That should be a powerup where you lay boxing glove's making your regular attack's from the arms do less damage but you can control your boxing gloves from anywhere in the arena to hit your opponent from farther away

[@YaBoyEmoy]

She's beautiful but when I say her so calm in the other eps. Like when she named the game I didn't expect her to cures so much Never judge a book by its cover (or the first few pages in this case)

[@Christoff6025]

you 2 are 2 mean punching machines!!!!! I loved the epik finale!! Way to go Vivien!

[@MelodicTurtleMetal]

I think you need to slow the movement speed of a stunned character a little bit. Also, while blocking, you should still get stamina back, but at about half of a quarter the speed as not blocking.

[@falumate2349]

I think you should add a block stamina so you cant block forever, maybe after 3 big punches you cant block but you loose less block stamina if the hit is less powerful

[@Jabbathefrukt]

You should add a minimum delay between the punches of like 0.5 seconds.