At the just-held Future Games Show Spring Showcase, Witchfire, a 5-year-old meat pigeon-like action FPS game, shared a new developer introduction video for the game. This video highlights the game's magic system.
Game introduction video:
Developed by former Bulletstorm developer new studio The Astronauts, the game will include not only cool gun shooting and melee action elements, but also magic. The magic in the game has four basic elements: air, earth, fire and water.
Game designer Karol Krok explains in the video how these four elements will intertwine and combine in combat. "Each element has its own unique properties," he says. For example, enemies on fire take more damage; Most importantly, all the elements react to each other in an intuitive way. ”
For example, players can attack enemies with the Shock light spell, spreading damage and elements to other nearby enemies. If you set an enemy on fire, whether using a flame bullet or a related spell, unleashing an "electric shock" will cause more damage to other chained enemies because the enemies that started the chain are burning.
The Astronauts says that effective simultaneous use of spells and weapons will be key to survival in the game world. Currently, the game's world "Witch's Land" design has changed from an initial arena style to a semi-open world.
Witchfire will be available in Early Access "soon" and will be available first on the Epic Games Store.