Extend game mechanics

[ogallagher]

Currently the controls are limited to: move, point, and shoot. However, the game could be more fun and dynamic if other complexities were introduced. Here are some ideas:

• abilities. There are different ways to grant abilities, but regardless of how they’re obtained, here’s a list of potentials:
  • shot spray
  • shot speed
  • run speed
  • time slowdown
  • rewind
  • shield
  • grow obstacles
  • cut obstacles
  • screen wrap-around
• player class selection. Different classes have different abilities.
• items with abilities. This could be an alternative to player classes, where items give abilities.
• possess ghosts. If your current player dies, you can take over one of your avatars from a previous match (a ghost).
• possess other team’s ghosts. If your current player reaches the target base, you can take over a dead ghost from the other team.
• other base actions. If left click is shoot, then right click and other keys could be other actions.
• tow dead ghosts. If a ghost was killed in its first match, it will never reach the target base in future matches, unless there’s a way to move them otherwise, like pushing/dragging/possessing.