HELLOO

Rain Sword Melee is back!

This new update has changed a good portion of the game.  Most of the character code had to be re-written.  But this is going to be fun!

• keyboard compatibility
• movement / controls reworked
• new character
• new charge attack animations
• customizable character data

As you probably noticed we have a new Character!  He is the master of the gun-staff.  Its pretty cool

Changes in the controls

As I was reworking some of the game systems, I also gave the movement system an over-hall.  I decided to change the controls to something simpler and more intuitive to use.  Approachable for beginners and complex for the experienced.  so here is what I came up with.

for joypad...

• move = left stick
• attack = right stick

extra movement is added with the right trigger.

• dash = left stick held in a direction + right trigger
• kick = left stick left in a neutral position + right trigger
• dash kick = left stick flicked in a direction + right trigger

this is similar with the attack stick 

• special = right stick held in a direction + left trigger
• charge = right stick left in a neutral position + left trigger
• charge attack = right stick flicked in a direction + left trigger

In this way we can get the most amount of moves out of a small amount of controls. 

Customizable Character data

I've allowed it so the game has the ability for the character data to be changed.  I have not had time to properly balance all the characters, so they are different but equal.  This gives the opportunity for feedback and troubleshooting of the balance of the game.  For instructions on how to customize the character data, read the README.txt file located with the installed .exe.  This is also just a whole bunch of fun to mess around with.

Well I think that’s it

Bye now :)