MALFUNCTION FLASHLIGHT

INTENTION

Inspired by Dredge, I want to set up malfunction flashlight.

• Randomly Malfunction.

• Location Based Malfunction.

RANDOMLY MALFUNCTION

First, I create an event that handles the malfunction. It has a chance of 1/1000 to trigger the malfunction.

Then, I call this event whenever player is moving.

At times, it may feel a bit too frequent. To reduce its frequency, we can do the followings :

• Further reduce the chances of trigger. ( i.e. 1/10 000 )

• Slow down the frequency of calling the event. This can be done through timer event with longer intervals.

But in this prototype, I call the event from player's movement because I want to test the function more frequently.

LOCATION BASED MALFUNCTION

I set up a trigger box that will do the followings :

• Trigger the malfunction whenever player steps into the trigger box.

• Prevent players from turning on the flashlight while they are in the trigger box.

• Allow players to turn on the flashlight after they left the trigger box.

STANDSTILL

The malfunction will not happen if player is not moving ( displacement ) outside of the trigger zone.

ADDED FEEDBACK

The malfunction need to feel intentional, I don't want players to think it is a bug. So instead of directly disable or turning of the flashlight, the malfunction feature will do the following :

• If it malfunction while the flashlight is on, it will flicker with buzzing sound effect before it turn off.

• If player try to turn it back on in the trigger zone, they can still hear the button clicking sound but it won't turn on.