Ivan
Arcane
holy shit, this thread takes me back. 8 years flew by
TH is an epic, non-linear, hard-core RPG created by one person (with some help here and there) in 12.5 years. Available on Steam from 1st March 2021. Supports English and Hungarian. Video created by GAME GOD FLUENT, seasoned TH expert.
Oh, shit. Really? I always believed that Tortured Hearts will come out one day (knock on wood)! Though it's kinda sad that Mr. Gonda and Co. decided to make it first person.
I'm hoping my RPG sense is sharp enough.
The camera basically works like a first person one, but the character is following it "on a leash", so to say. Although the character is usually behind the camera, you can always turn around and see the guy approaching or just standing there if you don't move. Yes, this is unusual. As far as I know, it's never been used in any game, but it becomes natural very quickly. Our testers had no issues with it.
I find the usual "sticky" 3rd person view kind of artificial, so this is a new approach. Our testers didn't have any problem with this method. And yes you can see your characters perfectly. This is like a regular top down solution converted to FPS. For instance, in the Baldur's Gate series you had to "gather your party" before venturing on.
I see. Basically, the areas were built with the first person view in mind. Maybe it could be done, in theory, but I'm alone on this project, having other commitments as well. It would be too risky to touch this now.
Actually it proved to be very practical and smooth on the long run. Also, if the character becomes slow due to encumbrance and lags behind or you move the camera too fast pressing left shift all the time, you can teleport the team next to the camera using one of the radial menu options.