ICE 0.1: a moddable shoot-em-up in D

[ponce]

On Thursday, 20 December 2012 at 20:40:35 UTC, Kiith-Sa wrote:
>
> However, what's the issue with a health bar? Most shoot-em-ups 
> I play
> have one (and I'm not making a one-hit-you're-dead game.)
>
> Is health bar undesirable because it obstructs the view?
> (i.e. would a different way of showing health be preferrable?)
> Or is it simply "not hardcore enough"? (i.e. player having no 
> information about health would be better? That would make the 
> gameplay worse in my view.)

Well there was such "life bar" talk in shoot-em-up communities
like
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=7874&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
I think it has to do with hardcore players targeting error-free
runs.


I have nothing against lifebar and inertia myself :)