BunTorrent

buntorrent.bsky.social

18 October 2026 11:47

Interestingly some older top down shooters had examples. Sinistar had bumper car physics where only bullets killed you, w/ exception of Sinistar himself being a CD source. Pulsar only bullets kill you, no CD. For platformers i've got nothing. Closest is Joust w/ Sinistar physics and 2 source of CD

noldea.bsky.social

18 October 2026 11:36

metal slug don’t have cd at least for basic enemies, so you can get close and attack them with the knife.

Boghog

boghogstg.bsky.social

18 October 2026 11:35

What if it had fish with CD spawning in at random spots

Boghog

boghogstg.bsky.social

18 October 2026 11:31

Yea if the goal is specifically being pressed up against enemies & constantly in the crowd, u could still have massive crowds with CD but the player would have to actively manage them at that point

Boghog

boghogstg.bsky.social

18 October 2026 11:28

Yup, most of them are heavily inspired by beat em ups. Think XBLA-style action platformers/metroidvanias like Shank, Bloodrayne Betrayal, etc. Stuff like Shinobi AoV and apprarently the new CV are very much in that vein. I straight up think even beat em ups could use more CD, tho itd be hard to add