ANIMO Stars Arena Developer Update v0.2.0

New Features

Pilots Everywhere!

• We’ve taken pilots out of their mechs and into the HUB where you will be able to interact with different features (i.e. game start, mech customization).

Loadouts

• We’ve added the ability to pre-configure and save mech presets for quick deployment during gameplay.

• You will be able to save up to 6 unique loadouts.

• Each loadout consists of a cabin, engine, left/right item, bumper, and theme

Firing range

• We’ve added a firing range to the HUB where you will be able to test various mech loadouts and weapons.

“Buzz-B”

• A lightning bolt weapon. If an enemy is hit it will bounce to nearby enemies in a chain of damage to deal 80% of maximum damage to damage a maximum of 3 additional enemies.

Account System

• We’ve now created a new ANIMO account system for users to connect their various accounts (i.e. steam, epic, and blockchain wallet) to sync all of the users data

Emotes

• Emotes are animations that pilots perform in-game. If the emote is activated while in the mech the pilot will pop out during the emote.

Stickers

• Stickers are emojis players can use in-game to communicate with other players.

UX/UI UPDATES

Pre/Post-Game Screens

• We’ve made significant changes to the pre and post-game screens to include player names and game statistics

HUD

1. New overall look! Adjustments to in-game HUD such as ammo indicators and currently equipped weapons

Mech Loadout Screen

• Added a widget to display current loadout’s attributes (i.e. weapon damage, health, armor, speed, class) with comparison features.

• Can equip/change abilities (Dash/Shield/Mortar)

In-Game Updates

• Direction marker for tank movement to help users keep track of forward movement

• Pilot head movement: pilots will now look towards nearby enemies

• Visuals align with damage collision to match rendered mesh

• Height fog is now added

Balancing Updates Movement Updates

Sprinting/Boost

• Added maximum duration and recharge delay

Jump

• Tanks have 1 jump charge, while walking mechs have 2 jump charges

• Added a 0.15 second cooldown to jumping to avoid instant double jumping

• Adjusted movement with jumping to allow for higher precision mid-air

Weapon Updates

Sword

• Sword damage increased to 120

Skyhammer

• Laser damage reworked to be applied every 0.25 seconds

• Laser damage will start at 10, then increase to 15 after 2 seconds of continuous firing. Finally, after an additional 2 seconds of continuous firing, the damage will then increase to a maximum of 22 damage.

• Laser damage will initially start as a yellow laser (starting damage) then change to orange (middle damage) and then to red (maximum damage)

• Maximum firing time is set to 8 seconds. If exceeded, there will be a 4 second cooldown.

• The weapon will go to automatic cooldown after 1.5 seconds of non-continuous use (while within maximum firing window)

Critical Damage

• Critical damage now applicable only to headshots. Note: Does not apply for lasers, hookshot, swords, or flamethrowers.

• Getting hit while doing an emote will cause 2x Critical Damage. Careful with the bm!

• Armor

• Damage to opponent mechs is now calculated based on opponent armor and other attributes

Ability System Updates

Dash

• Players now hold 2 dash charges that recharge every 10 seconds

• Dash will now follow most recent movement input from player (i.e. dash left with left movement)

Shield

• Players can deploy a spherical shield to protect themselves for 4 seconds

Mortar

• Fires a projectile that denotes after 2 seconds and causes a “knock-back” area of effect to opponents and applies small damage

Bug Fixes

Wall Collision Mechanics

• Removed collision mechanics that caused “wall-running”

Charge Rifle SFX

• Removed “beeps” when used

Flamethrower

• Removed bug where flamethrower would continue to fire even after releasing fire button

Weapons Swap

• Removed bug where weapons swap visually but would not swap weapon fx/features until user died