Mahou Arms is an anime-inspired character-action hack and slash that tells the story of a magical girl paramilitary group fighting back against an alien invasion.
Happy March! It's time for a big status update. Lots of things have been happening, so we'll break it up into various sections.
[h1]Art:[/h1]
Many pieces of concept art have been created for GARDA HQ. Here are some highlights:
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[h1]Animation:[/h1]
Susan now has grapple animations. We've had to revamp most of the input and animation systems to get this to work. Note that her moveset is still a work in progress and the content of the video does not represent Susan's final state as of yet.
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[h1]Level Design:[/h1]
Three levels have been blocked out and implemented (basic). They don't look like much yet, but here are some screenshots:
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[h1]Game Systems Design:[/h1]
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[*]We've spent a lot of time on documentation to codify the gameplay, progression systems, and overall pacing of the main story missions. We're planning on reworking the in-combat item system to support spells (more details later).
[*]Game design for crafting, shops, and spells/equipment has been started.
[*]Butterfly Cannon for traversal has been created and implemented in various blockout levels.
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This isn't everything we've been working on, but it's what we wanted to show right now. Thanks for reading and thank you for your continued support!