Do you guys prefer fewer enemies that are stronger, or many enemies who individually are weaker?

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#1

Hey guys! This might be considered as discussion, but I’m not just asking it to bring up a discussion. I’m using your opinions more to formulate how I want my game to be carried out.

Essentially, I have been working on this game called Pandemic Phase (Yes I know, horrible timing, but development on the original game started mid-January) and it is essentially a Waves-Based Shooter. My main dilemma so far in terms of game design is: Do I want a bunch of easy Zombies, or a more moderate amount of more difficult Zombies? I personally couldn’t reach a conclusion so I’m coming here to ask you guys, which one would be the better option?

  • A large amount of easy zombies
  • A fair sized amount of more diffiucult zombies.

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#2

If it’s wave based, why not make some levels many easy zombies and other levels fewer difficult zombies?
If it’s all the same then it’s liable to get a little monotonous.

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#3

Definitely a large amount of enemies with little health, killing more enemies, despite the health, will make me feel like a boss :sunglasses:

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#4

I’d say a large amount of enemies that are weak as it would be easier to attack and defeat them all at once.
However, if it is wave based then I recommend having them increase, grow, or change.

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#5

Regardless of which of these options I pick, they do gradually get harder. Not to mention there will be a boss every 5 waves. But I will definitely try to spice it up more!

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#6

The zombies do gradually get harder, and there is +1 every consecutive wave regardless of which of these options I choose (i.e. Wave 1 has 8 zombies, Wave 2 has 9, etc.)

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#8

What would be cool is if higher waves included more difficult zombies but lower waves have less or none.

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#9

That’s the plan. The zombies get more difficult as the waves progress, there is also more of them. For instance:

Wave 1 has 8 zombies, each zombies has 40 health.

Wave 10 has 18 zombies, each zombies has 160 health.

#10

True. That’s why a lot of people love doom.

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#11

Also on the contrary, there are more difficult enemies in DOOM which take longer to kill. I think having a variety, some fodder enemies that can be mowed down easily and some more powerful enemies which are more satisfying to kill is a very good idea.
Just having the same enemy over and over again is boring and will quickly get tiring.

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#12

That’s a little bit of my plan.
As waves progress, there is an increasingly larger chance that different types of zombies can spawn. I can also set how many ‘slots’ they take up (so if wave 10 has 18 zombies, and a zombie that takes up 2 slots spawns, then the number is down to 16 zombies left to spawn, as opposed to 17). There’s also mini-bosses after every 5 rounds coming soon, and there’s a major boss on Wave 13.

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