Devlog 0.1.1 Release

Hi everyone!

The Vampire Themed Game Jam - October 2021 is now over, but develpment of Blood Empire is still ongoing! Thank you to everyone who has played, rated and reviewed my game. I have taken the feedback onboard and implemented as much of it as I can!

Here is what has been developed:

1) Combat: As seen in pictures above, the player can now shoot enemies. The first enemy to fight will be Alex (a New-Born Vampire) and he can grab the player and then drain their blood. This depletes the players health. In a grabbed state, the player must rapidly press the interact button to push away from the enemy. This stops your health being depleted and temporarily stuns the enemy, giving the player ample time to escape. Combat will be fleshed out for different enemy types. But Alex is the basic vampire and therefore only has limited speed and abilities.

2) Dialogue Interaction: As seen in the images, work has been done to make it clearer which option is currently selected. It also comes with sound effects when highlighting and clicking. Also Dialogue has been reviewed and edited to be more readable and provide hints to the player.

3) Pausing: The game can now be paused at any point outside of dialogue by the player. This allows you to quit, see the controls and load the last checkpoint. This may be fleshed out with more options

4) Sound: As mentioned in point 2, sound has been implemented. So far BE has sound effects for:

- Footsteps, - Jumping and landing. - Drawing gun - Firing Gun - Dialogue effect for Open, Close and Option selection.

5) Bug fixes: Collison in the Toilet Area on either side has now been fixed, so the player doesn't fall to their death.

What to expect in future:

For this Christmas I want to complete this level at the Nile bar. This will allow us to uncover more about the Blood Empire and establish our main antagonist.

Also some gameplay improvements such as pickups and additional characters and areas will be introduced.