I'm currently in the process of trying to develop a small, but polished
game for a university class, and debating which engine to use. Since
I've used it a bit before, Source is pretty high up on the list, but
this project would require a few things that I'm not sure I've ever
really seen in a Source powered game, and so I thought I'd ask the
community at large what they thought about the feasibility of
implementing them.
The first is to have fluid melee attacks and animations. One attack
would have to lead into another in a way that makes me suspect we would
need some animation blending. Oni would be the best example of the kind
of combat I'm talking about, to my knowledge. Now, I have seen some
basic melee combat done in mods, but I have no idea how much effort it
took. I've figured out how to at least hack together almost everything
else we'd need in the Source engine, so right now this is the biggest
unknown. Does anyone have any ideas as to how difficult something like
this might be to implement in a non-multiplayer environment?
The second unknown, though I expect at worst it could be achieved by
creative use of timers, is to detect how close a particular button press
is to a sound event, such as a beat in the music or some other static
environmental sound.
Any guesses on the difficulties involved in something like this
would be a great help, and I'll keep researching on my own. Here's
hoping that a source mod can do everything we need it to!
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