General Hero damage guidelines

General items

• Player receives damage when:
  • Hit with any projectile (enemy weapon or automated dungeon mechanism [think arrows from walls])
  • Bumps into an enemy
  • Falls off of a ledge
  • Walks on a dungeon tile
• After receiving damage, player blinks for a second (invincible) to allow them to retreat to another position.
• Sound played for damage received

Collisions creating damage

• what triggers the getting hit animation?
• if you're attacking and being attacked...
• if you simply run into enemy

Light damage animation

• Use for light projectile hits & collisions with enemies.
• When colliding with enemies, player is pushed back a bit.
• Animation sequence: 1,2,3,1. 120ms for initial frame, 80ms for the rest.
• For Player stays in place for this hit. (like a jab)

Medium damage animation

• Frame sequence: 35, 32, 33, 34, 33, 34, 35. 120ms for initial frame, 80ms for the rest.

Heavy damage animation

• Player is pushed back (standing position changes) up to 24 pixels by this hit.
• Frame sequence & adding a flash to emphasis the impact. 35, 32, 33, 34, 33, 34, 35 . (flash frame is bold)

Damage sprites are pretty self explanatory. (Facing down, Left & right, facing up)

Falling off of ledge

• If the hero is > 20% over the ledge, he slides off.
• Custom falling sound played when in falling state (descending tone).
• Sprites to be drawn for falling animation
• When the hero falls off of a ledge, an animation occurs and hero takes damage.
• Afterwards, he re-spawns to the exact place he entered the screen.

Example:

Death animation

• Death animation still needs to be developed. (proof of concept)