Project Grand Vault is a 3rd person action adventure, game with some light rpg elements. The story follows two Treasure Hunters that attempt to move into a new city, only to get caught up in a race to uncover a legendary treasure.

Report RSS Dev Diary: Combat Development (Vance)

A brief look at our combat development for Project Grand Vault's protagonist Vance.

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This is where the fun begins. For Vance.


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From the onset we wanted to make Vance a brawler, or boxer of sorts. But to reflect his character his fighting form would be looser, more unrefined, and wild.

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First we decided on some basic controller layouts.

We looked at current and old games that are similar in terms of mechanics, and this is what we came up with.

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Almost immediately our combat designer got to work creating concepts for initial move sets. First creating a series random cool attacks. After our team voted on what was best suitable for Vance, a 'basic combo' was produced.

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Then we began animating.

0 1 stance


1 1 jab


2 1 sidePunch


That brings this update for this WIP Wednesday to a close. We will be sure to post more on this front as development continues.

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