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Post by fawfulbeans on Apr 8, 2014 14:30:28 GMT
that was pretty fabulous the presentation was very nicely done, although I had to figure out what button would continue text, the first time while trying to figure it out i pressed ENTER and it skipped the whole conversation, so I went back and started over. I didn't have much difficulty getting past the first bird part, but then the alligators who just come down on you seem really difficult since there's nowhere to go when they are coming right down on you and your thin ladder. I also felt the controls were unnecessarily a bit over-complicated, maybe instead you could have pressing the UP/DOWN arrow keys make it so you start climbing the ladder, X doesn't really seem very necessary to me. Really nice job with this! I had thought that I should include some indication of how to progress though text, I'll add that to the list. As for the alligators that come straight down on you, I put a message up at that point that says you can jump through some enemies. I don't know if the message wasn't clear or noticable enough, but what it meant was that the alligators themselves don't do any damage to you, and you can just jump straight through them. That certain enemies don't do any damage mid-air is a pretty important concept in the game, so it's really important that it's super obvious; if you have any ideas about how I could introduce that, please say. The controls, yeah they take a bit of getting used to, but I think it's the best way to do it. Having the X there means you can drop to avoid things and stuff. Idk I don't want to change the game that fundamentally. |
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Eggom ( a fresh bubu out of the lake, still wet from swimming should eventually dry off
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Post by barfboy on Aug 24, 2014 13:12:49 GMT
luv it a lot
but it needs controller support pronto
the keyboard controls seem a bit wonky for such a fast paced game
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Post by crozier on Aug 26, 2014 4:05:15 GMT
Yeah, this game is a lot of fun. I agree with ya' Barfboy- the jumping is a tad wonky. Jacob's Restaurant is perhaps tied for 1st (along with Bear Surfing Mega Wave) for my favorite games from TPT folk.
But, yeah, Faw, you ever gonna finish this game?
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Post by fawfulbeans on Aug 30, 2014 14:33:20 GMT
man idk, i really should. It's basically finished there's just some stuff that needs to be done based on the feedback i've got here.
Also, there should be usb controller support, or there was at some point in development. I don't know I forgot. I personally could never play it with a controller tho. Maybe that says something about the controls
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Post by fawfulbeans on Apr 2, 2015 17:15:11 GMT
that was pretty fabulous the presentation was very nicely done, although I had to figure out what button would continue text, the first time while trying to figure it out i pressed ENTER and it skipped the whole conversation, so I went back and started over. I didn't have much difficulty getting past the first bird part, but then the alligators who just come down on you seem really difficult since there's nowhere to go when they are coming right down on you and your thin ladder. I also felt the controls were unnecessarily a bit over-complicated, maybe instead you could have pressing the UP/DOWN arrow keys make it so you start climbing the ladder, X doesn't really seem very necessary to me. Really nice job with this! Thing is, they don't hurt you they just knock you off the ladder, so you can jump right though them. But seems that's a bit counter-intuitive So I need some way for the game to teach you that mechanic in a pretty foolproof way because it's kind of the foundation of the entire game. Same thing applies to birds and other enemies. When you did the first section, did you jump into the birds for fun or just avoid them? Because if I can signal that it's cool to jump into some stuff I'll have fixed the game and can release it. i don't care if this is a necro post your not my dad |
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Post by cardigenette of corn spoon not on Apr 12, 2015 4:04:11 GMT
i remember this game it's sick. playing it again, it reminds me of reading a book. The music is book reading music. it feels like a book. great game
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Post by fawfulbeans on Apr 13, 2015 14:58:23 GMT
thanks, that's encouraging, I should really release it
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Post by cardigenette of corn spoon not on May 23, 2015 4:53:48 GMT
rather than X to grab ladder maybe double tapping Z? its a bit tricky using two keys for some reason. i think the only other small problem is that it's a bit too random/cluttered when tougher obstacles appear; its impossible at the spinning cannon balls on rods part + with birds makes it actually impossible. i think even only 1 or 2 spinning balls would be hard enough. but then the laser part after that feels pretty neat and works well i reckon not very hard just good
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Post by fawfulbeans on May 24, 2015 12:54:13 GMT
The cannonballs on sticks enemies are part of the class of enemies that don't harm you but do knock you off the ladder - like birds and crocodile rocketships. Meaning that you don't have to dodge them and can just jump right though them. I'm assuming that's what's making it pretty hard, I remember that bit not being too much of an issue. Again, that the game doesn't teach you this mechanic is a really big problem
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Post by cardigenette of corn spoon not on May 25, 2015 3:15:05 GMT
ah ok yeah maybe that is the problem
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