SITREP - Week 011

Welcome back Mr. Von Cotta. :)

Hello all.

Maybe an idea for a multiplayer mode could be whatever marines have been fighting against each other have to work together to survive several waves of the robots seen in Running Man. Not exactly an original idea, but it could be done.

SITREP is great! Sharks every week! Who else found them?

Go Cotta! Welcome back and looking forward to your amazing work again!

a new idea (actually i think someone already said it in the forums) is to have a team deathmatch except once in a while, SARA releases a shark creature and wichever team kills it gets a bunch of points.

Thanks for another great SITREP. I love how NecroSonic collects ideas from the community.
So here is my suggestion for a multiplayer mode: It is based on a Team-Deathmatch, but instead of spawning the marines with full capacity of ammunition, they would just be gives like 10-15 rounds. To refill this capacity they must use one station out of 2-4 deployed over the map. Don't know if other games did something similar. I haven't seen it before and it would add to tactical shooting and Teamwork.

My regards, Kendzi

Random SARA selected player hunt (all vs one or one in each team) or defend the general game.

I love you folks, the new concept is great and it's always nice to see some old faces returning :-)

Since microphone input is already on the Unity roadmap for 2011, I think it would be nice to have some training coop in Deadlock. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2KNI2LQbPU Simple moving through the area with some stationary targets would do. They should be placed in such a way that a single man should not be able to dispose of them fast enough and the target would trigger sound / light effect 1-2 sec after having a visual contact with the marine.

Coop firing range would be nice as well.

If the purpose of interstellar marines was to face alien thread, something tells me the command would not tell them the whole story and rather go along the path of finding an excuse (marine must be ready for anything...) for weird and unorthodox training methods with a strong focus on the element of unknown. One part of the training could be focused on this, marines could call it the "madhouse" while the instructors would call it "the falling ship scenario". Alarms everywhere, emergency lightning, floor leaning left / right, training bots spawning on random places and 5 minutes to find a scientist's laptop (that would always be on a different location.) and reach te extraction point. Marines would have no map of the area - command knows the army plans to use a powerful EMP weapon against any alien thread and risks of disabling their own electronic systems are high. That's why the marines use kinetic weapons in the 1st place.

so I if you have a great idea for a new type of multiplayer game mode that needs to be in Deadlock, now is the time to speak up".

assault like the old UT, team take turns to attack and defend. In this case it could be training for seizing and seaching a spaceship, spacestation. Choke points, improvised barricades etc. to make co-op a necessity.

Apart from that I agree on earlier commenters, IM command would want their soldiers to expect the unexpected, and this would reflect on their training complex.
- Enviromental ; lots of hazards in space, marines would ideally know that disturbingly creaking noises, would mean structural integrity failing, which means A. Visors down B. know when to grab something hard C. avoid standing next to pressurised tanks, stacks of pipes etc.

Command maybe anticipates that aliens will have mind control abilities, teleportation etc. which would lead to a mission where the only outcome is failure, just a question of how much...
Mind control would kick in at random, giving orders to members of the squad.
Alien would teleport around and instakill.
I remember my days in the military, when we learned something they would always put these immense constraints on way we did things, so we trained and did horribly, when suddenly these contraints were lifted, we executed it perfectly, as it was simple now...

Okay.. After pressing the pictures of the team i am scared of playing the game :-p (Just kidding :-p (or am i? :-/ ))

Game modes eh?

Well, you've got multiple areas to use and unlock, so why not give players a mode to unlock more? Perhaps players have to get points and get early access to these areas, allowing for said players to set traps and get into defensive positions. The map could then be ever expanding and moving to new areas, with older areas getting closed off so the map isn't too big.

Thank you all for your input regarding game modes for Deadlock.

We will do a gameplay meeting next week to set the specifications that the level design will have to accommodate. I'm not sure that sentence makes sense, but I trust that you guys know what I am trying to say:). Anyhow, we will be sure to discuss all your great suggestions at this meeting.

That also means that I will try to make room for a trip to Cph to join up with the rest of the team (remember that I am stationed on a forward base on the dark side of the moon) and I am very much looking forward to that.

A mixed play style between coop and deathmatch would be funny, both teams are first play the serious tdm, then after "idk" (a explosion or a contermination of sharks), both got to hit the same spot (for activating something or get in a safe area or maby get the Support Mech activated). Or if u would make that we are able to play as sharks, then just copy some of the elements of Natural selection it was a stunning game style.
Iam dont know much about the story and my english isn´t that usefull but i hope i could give any suggestions.