0011243: "Animation" Suggestions

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0011243	Skyward Collapse	Suggestion		May 4, 2013 10:09 pm	May 17, 2013 1:24 pm

Reporter	mrhanman	Assigned To	Chris_McElligottPark
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Product Version	.802

Summary	0011243: "Animation" Suggestions
Description	I know unit animation isn't in the cards, and would minimize the whole board game aesthetic, but it would be nice if instead of sliding around the board they would hop like you would do in an actual board game. At least at lower playback speeds; I'm not sure how that would look at 8X. When they attack, they could tilt forward and sort of "slap" the unit they're attacking. Ranged dudes could lean away from their target and snap forward suddenly as their projectile is released. When a dude takes damage, it could vibrate briefly. I can't think of a game that does this exactly as an example, but I think my imagination might have been somewhat inspired by the movement of the characters in Stacking. If you're not familiar with this Double Fine masterpiece, it's a game where you control a tiny Matryoshka doll that can control other dolls by hopping into them. The way they animate these otherwise inanimate objects is really quite brilliant and charming. Not that it can be entirely duplicated here, but it might serve as inspiration for more or less what I'm talking about, which is hard to put into words.
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Internal Weight	Feature Suggestion

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
May 4, 2013 10:09 pm	mrhanman	New Issue
May 7, 2013 11:00 am	tigersfan	Internal Weight	=> Feature Suggestion
May 7, 2013 11:00 am	tigersfan	Status	new => considering
May 17, 2013 1:24 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0032363
May 17, 2013 1:24 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	considering => closed
May 17, 2013 1:24 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Assigned To	=> Chris_McElligottPark
May 17, 2013 1:24 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Resolution	open => won't fix
Apr 14, 2014 9:28 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Category	Suggestion - General Idea => Suggestion - General
Apr 14, 2014 9:30 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Category	Suggestion - General => Suggestion

Chris_McElligottPark May 17, 2013 1:24 pm administrator ~0032363	That would just get super distracting, I think; and I've responded on this in the forums a different time.