New enemy!

There are three new enemies in the game! Let's talk about the first one. It's called the "jumper," and it jumps around on walls, following the player. The jumper is designed to solve a few gameplay issues. First of all, it's nice to have as much variety in enemy design as possible. But the jumper is specifically designed to encourage teamwork while also working in a single-player setting, here's how it looks:

How do you encourage two players to tackle an enemy together? One way is to create a classic aggro mechanic so that while the enemy has full focus on one player, the other player is able to do other things since they are not being targeted. With the jumper, this is represented by an impenetrable shield aimed at the player who has aggro. It looks like this:

So the player not being aggroed can shoot it from a different angle. Although it will jump away the moment it gets hit, so make the bullets count and wait for the next opportunity.

How do you kill it if you are playing alone? Well, first of all, when it jumps from one place to another, it flies over without any shield. So if you are fast enough to aim, you can catch it in mid-air, which is very satisfying. But the easier way is to catch it just before it jumps. That's when it lowers its shield right before flying over to the new point. Here is how that could look:

Another mechanic that encourages cooperation is its actual attack. On every fifth jump or so that the jumper does, it will fly into or through the player. The player can dodge the attack with timed movement, but if the jumper hits the player, the player will be "constrained." This means they will be semi-stunned, with limited aiming and movement, although they can still use the gun and make slight adjustments. In single-player mode, it's possible to break free by rapidly moving the mouse for a few seconds (making it very challenging to handle other enemies simultaneously):

In multiplayer, you can free your friend by shooting at the constrainer that is literally stuck to the player's feet, and that looks like this:

It's mechanically similar to hunters in Left 4 Dead, but here they are a bit easier to dodge, although there can be a lot of them.

That's it for this little update! Next time, we'll take a closer look at the player's health system, such as what happens when you reach 0 health points and how teammates can revive or save you.

Stay tuned, and don't forget to sign up for our beta! www.Knackelibang.com

/ The Knackelibang Team