Hello hello! I will be doing some updates and posts about how the game works. First up is Movement and States:
States
Core Lords has two states, Exploration and Action. When in Exploration, movement is done through real-time navigation. But at almost any time you can jump into Action, which moves into a turn-based mode. Combat is done in the Action state as you might have guessed.
Action Points
Core Lords uses a shared Action Point system for ALL actions, including Action Movement. It does not use a separate “movement” resource.
Move one step, use one action point!
Movement
Core Lords uses the usual horizontal planes but also emphasizes verticality of levels to battle and solve puzzles. The arena you are fighting in will shift and change as rocks fall and form, buildings crumble and dangerous elements block your path.
Because of this, you are able to make some jumps across gaps and drop down jumps. Nothing crazy here.
You can also suspend Stonecores (blocks of stone) using your powers to make temporary or semi-permanent paths as well, but more on that later.
Next up:
Controlling Elemental Cores!
Here we will go into the meat of the game: The Elemental Cores!
In the meantime, give the demo a go and give me some feedback if you can!
Cheers,
Chris