Looking for some opinions on my gun customization system

Casey Hardman · 2011-03-22T04:16:04

My original idea for an FPS was to have the guns have a few parts that you can customize.1. Gun Build - determines the accuracy, recoil, and how frequently the gun can fire. This also determines the appearance of the gun and it is what all add-ons are applied to2. Processor - determines the projectile art, travel speed, damage, and range of the gun. Some processors shoot more than one bullet each time you fire the weapon. Usually don't show up on the gun The idea was that the Processor can be 'tuned' to have more firepower, which would increase the damage, speed, etc. of the processor per 1 point of firepower. Maybe some would even lose value in certain parts when the firepower is increased. The amount gained/lost would vary depending on which processor you're tuning. The con to higher firepower is higher energy cost with most processors. Your energy is your ammo, basically. You have like 2000 or so and every time you fire, you lose some depending on the firepower of your processor. There is a replacement for 'reloading' in the game, though I'm not sure if I want to keep it or not. Your processor has exhaust per fire and exhaust capacity. Every time you fire, the exhaust per fire is added to your current exhaust, and when it reaches its capacity, you can no long fire. You have to pull the processor out (gun builds usually have a way to slide it out without detaching it) and stick a 'shot' in it and suck the gas out. Then all your exhaust is lost and you can continue firing. So pretty much each processor has a specific amount of times it can fire before it builds up too much exhaust and you have to use your shot on it. It's like most FPSes where you have like, 30 bullets loaded and 150 max, only you don't have a maximum, so you can continually fire so long as you unload exhaust when necessary and maintain your energy.Maintaining Energy:There are a few ways to gain energy.3. Aquifer - an optional gun add-on that only certain gun builds allow, the aquifer stores leaked energy each time you fire. They have a capacity for how much leaked energy they can hold at once, a percentage for how much of the payed energy they obtain per fire, and some have a special effect/skill they can use when they reach a certain amount of energy. Like I said, they're optional and some gun builds cannot be equipped with one. They aren't necessary, but if your gun build supports them, not putting one on would be a waste.Canteens - canteens restore energy upon use. Each one has an amount of energy restored, a number of uses and maximum number of uses (charges, whatever you prefer to say), and a refresh rate (they gain 1 more charge every X seconds).-----------So now I'm looking for the opinions of fellow game designers. Do you think you would prefer just buying a gun with a set amount of everything and with typical ammo like 30 per clip and 150 maximum or something? The game was supposed to have an AoS style gameplay also, where two teams fight and try to destroy the others' structures and have NPCs that spawn periodically. Also an arena-style PvP setting where you don't have NPCs and just fight the players. Honestly, I like the idea of customizing your gun and I think the reload and energy system is OK (I'll probably keep it), but...game designers always think their own work is good, right? So what's your opinion? Keep the gun customization system or just make every gun have set stats like most FPSs? Also, would you totally hate the energy and reload system if you were playing this game?

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Started by CaseyHardman March 16, 2011 07:39 PM

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March 22, 2011 04:16 AM

Any other opinions? If not, I'll just let the topic go...
I just hope there's someone else out there who can give their opinion.
If you don't want to read the largeness of the thread, the main question is just:
"In an FPS Player-versus-Player game, would you like customizing your weapon by using different parts?"
Of course, that doesn't specifically cover the customization system I had planned, but it 'kind of' does...

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