I've made a mechanic and I'm not sure what to do with it. (bomb defusal)

Workshop Discussion
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Overview:

  • There are one or more bomb layers. They can plant small ‘bombs’ anywhere on a surface within 3m of them.

  • Once a bomb is placed, it goes off after a period of time (e.g. 60 secs)

  • Bombs audibly ‘tick’ over time and the tick interval gets shorter and shorter as the bomb nears its end.

  • Non-bomb layers can defuse bombs by looking at them and holding interact for 5 seconds.

What I’m wondering now is what to do with this. I think it’s the seed of an interesting ‘easter egg’ hunt style game, where bomb layers try and place the bombs down in sneaky places. Any ideas?

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Why not search and destroy gamemode

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Ok my eurocents:
Lijaaaang TOWWWERS!
3 obj called towers are in diff spots of the map.
Saboteurs plants bombs that can be defused by enemy team.
Every time a bomb goes kaboom, the tower lost some height.

u can do the Hogjunk storyline too! :smiley: with one big skyscraper

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Okay, I finished a first pass of the mode. Code is QJ7YT

  • FFA base mode
  • One random player is chosen to be Junkrat
  • Everyone else is a defuser, and can only harm Junkrat.
  • Junkrat is invisible, has more health, moves faster, and can place ‘bombs’ (red spheres) every 10 seconds.
  • He places bombs by looking at a surface and pressing PRIMARY FIRE
  • Bombs detonate after 45 seconds. They tick faster and faster as they near explosion.
  • If a bomb explodes, ALL defusers die, and Junkrat wins.
  • Defusers defuse bombs by looking at them and holding INTERACT for 5 seconds.
  • If Junkrat dies, defusers win.
  • When Junkrat takes damage, he becomes visible for 2 seconds and shows up on everyones screen with an icon.
  • When either Junkrat or defusers win, the round ends and a new Junkrat is chosen for a new round. The map ends when score limit is reached (1 point for either team for winning)

I played an hour of it, it was pretty fun. As defusers can play any hero, there was a lot of silly messing about and it was quite entertaining. It seemed easy for Junkrat to just not do anything, so I need to add something to force him to take part (like he has X time to place a bomb or he dies). It also seemed like a round could go on forever even if Junkrat is laying bombs, so the bomb fuse time or laying time should probably get shorter as the game goes on.