Dev Diary Day 7

GAH! I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THIS! ZOMG! I made a commercial for the game! thats cool. Its for a bike shop that i go to, they have a BOYB kind of party thing on the 2nd saturday of each month. And i enjoy playing my synths down there, bleep bloop.

I extended the Aiming stuff for beam weapons and ranged weapons. So now you can possess a party mob and fire stuff off, so thats fun. That was hard, but not that hard to implement because i had most of it there already. Right now its been kind of high level stuff, nothing gritty, nothing to show PROGRESS.

I will keep this short because i still want to post before midnight (AND I MUST SHEEP). Thats about it then. Let me pass this over to Chat BOI.

Thinking of developing the decision making framework (AI) that I invented? maybe. I'm tired so i dunno. lolz. Dflop has a modified version for its dialogue system, so i dunno.

https://roll4d4.github.io/KLEP/

🛠️ Dungeon Flop – Dev Diary (Today)

Today was a systems + presentation day, tying together combat input, visuals, and tone.

⚔️ Combat Systems Progress

• Ranged Attacks

  • Finished untangling direct-control vs tactical targeting.

  • Standardized how ranged abilities read aim input and range.

  • Clarified the contract between ability logic and aim UI so ranged attacks actually fire when under direct control.

• Beam Abilities

  • Built a proper [c]BeamAbilityBase[/c] that:

    • Channels over time

    • Drains resources per second

    • Uses a LineRenderer for continuous damage

  • Fixed the “beam isn’t shooting” issue by aligning it with the existing direct-control interface instead of inventing new hooks.

  • Implemented Direct Beam Aim UI so beams:

    • Track mouse position correctly

    • Only channel while input is held

    • Cleanly start/stop visuals, audio, and damage

• Melee Attacks

  • Confirmed melee, ranged, and beam attacks now all share the same direct control philosophy:

    • AbilityBase handles rules

    • Aim UI handles input + visualization

    • No ability fires unless the control mode explicitly allows it

🏃 Movement Abilities

• Finalized MovementAbilityBase for dash / leap / charge-style abilities

• Added optional range visualization:

  • Circular fill + outer ring

  • Dynamically scales with EffectiveRange

• Locked in the flow:

  1. Aim

  2. Validate destination

  3. Execute movement coroutine

  4. Impact / cleanup

This gives movement abilities the same clarity and consistency as combat abilities.

🎬 Presentation & Style Work

• Leaned hard into vaudeville / silent-film framing for the game’s tone

• Created:

  • Old TV test-pattern screens with goblins

  • Silent-film style intertitle cards

  • “Step One: Kick Down the Door” visual gag

• Built a CRT / tube warp stack in Premiere:

  • Lens Distortion for screen bulge

  • Grain, blur, noise, and vignette

  • Radial wipes for countdowns and scene transitions

This locks the marketing visuals to the same theatrical identity as the game itself.

🧠 Big Picture Win

By the end of the day:

• Melee, ranged, beam, and movement abilities all follow the same mental model

• Input, targeting, visuals, and execution are cleanly separated

• The game feels more intentional, both in play and presentation

This was a glue day — fewer new features, but everything fits together better.