PUTTING OUT FIRES | Mud and Blood - #15
1Huh... didn't expect fire extinguishers to work like that.
Mud and Blood, the cult classic flash strategy game is back with a vengeance and this time you are on the offensive. This is a brutal real-time strategy game set in World War 2 where you command a small squad of soldiers against impossible odds in a procedural and unforgiving battlefield.
I've spent a fair amount of time re-arranging the AI in order to navigate forest fights better. In a nutshell, the enemy will simultaneously move in and out of contact and keep a general SA (situation awareness) on how their squadmates are doing. Depending on their TTPs (tactics, techniques, and procedures) either SS or FJ or Wehrmacht, will behave with various degrees of aggressiveness and cohesion in order to match their archetypes. My goal is not to make the AI perfect woodland assassins, however, but rather to simulate soldiers attempting their best to win a fight. This was the hard part because it was easy to code the perfect solution but rather challenging to code human-like behaviour and plausible tactical mistakes in a high-stress situation. The result is very satisfying and also makes the Germans more aware of your troops while you are trying to be cute in the trees.
We also got new sounds and effects when bullets hit the trees making the forest fight colourfully and snappy. Soldiers that are moving within trees will also generate noise and leaf particles. This will help players determine where sneaky Germans hide in that hedgerow. It will also help the Germans know where you are so careful disturbing the vegetation too much you might catch a Faust!
The way explosions worked in MNB was satisfying but not to the level I wanted in order to simulate warfare AND be a factor for emergent gameplay. With this latest patch, we get exactly that. There is a lot of back-end stuff going on but for the commander the most noticeable aspects of how troops are now affected by explosions especially when it comes to buildings and cover. A grenade that gets through a window of a house and land inside becomes a real threat now. Mortar shells that land on the roof of a house are not directly threatening but will shake your guys up a lil bit. Fragments from an incoming 88 shell that hits right outside of a defensive position will come straight at your soldiers if it doesn't get stopped by the cover. Overall it doesn't make the game harder but rather makes deflagrations behave in a more authentic fashion.
PUTTING OUT FIRES | Mud and Blood - #15
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