More About The Combat System

In addition to what's already been shown in the test build, there will be a special move that you can learn from each character. You can equip any 6 moves, and use them by holding [Q] and pressing a direction or one of the attack buttons.

We might add a dodge/parry button.

How Friends Will Work

You can have simple conversations with characters and your friendship points will increase or decrease depending on how it goes. When you get a high enough amount of points, you get the option to hang out, where you can play a game with the character. After that you have a more complex conversation, and if that goes well, your friendship level increases, and they give you a gift (this could be an item or a special move). We want each character to have 5 levels, maybe 7.

Friendship Affecting Story Beats

Let's say, hypothetically, Foxy and his crew commit piracy on a certain day of the game, prompting Freddy to fight them. Normally you would have a boss fight with Foxy, but if you have a higher friendship level with him before that day, you can join his crew and fight Freddy instead.

This is a big example though, there would be smaller changes too, like dialogue being slightly different in some cutscenes, or characters appearing in different places for special interactions.