Releasing my second game on Steam!

I believe this, or something related to this, is called Hit Stop, where you get a momentary slowdown on successful hits/combo.

I totally get what you’re saying! My aim was to make each step of the combo feel more intense with the camera angles, but I can see how adding more impact could improve it. I’ll definitely keep that in mind for a future update. Really appreciate the feedback, thanks a lot!

I think what you're talking about is a trick in animation where you hold the frame when the hit connects for a bit longer than usual while shaking the screen, basically the characters stay frozen while the visual effects happen. In 2D fighting games they even go as far as having a frame or two where the background goes white then black when you do some special moves, this is to comunicate to the player that the attack connected while also adding some visual flare.

It’s been a bumpy road for sure! Thanks for the good luck, I appreciate it 💙

You should definitely give it a shot! You can absolutely reach that level of polish you'd aim for, but just know it might take longer than you expect... Bot Loop was supposed to take 1 year, and it ended up taking almost 4!

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