Hello everyone,
Disclaimer: I'm a total noob in game development, zero experience. But I have decent skills in programming and grasping concepts quickly.
I have been thinking about developing a fighting game, it will be a 3rd person pov, parkour style, and will use walls and jumping in the game to hit your opponent.
What I think it is unique about it is the controls will be very complex. Pressing X will not simply hit the opponent at the same location and laterality. You will be able to control to hit left/right sides and head/body/legs. Blocking will also be effective only if you target the same location and laterality of the hit. So if player 1 hit left torso, you have to block left torso to negate 100% of the damage, if targeted left head, and blocked left torso, you will block 50%, and 0% if blocked left leg. Also I want to walk on the wall and jump to create a momentum. I want to maneuver in the air so you can hit the player without blocking effectively.
I know this is complex already, and I don't think it was done before.
Do you think it is a feasible project? How long do you think it will take me to build such a game if I worked on it as a hobby? What are the major challenges?
Appreciate insights.