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Minigame Compilation - Release Something! X

  • calunio
  • 03/17/2010 03:33 AM
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This is my something for Release Something! X

I don't expect anyone in RMN to play Alvorada do Mal because it's in Portuguese, and it'll be a while until it's complete, so I decided to group the most important minigames from the project and have them as a stand-alone game.

Well, it's not really a game, just a collection on minigames organized in a compilation. This is not just a part I cut from the game, it was designed exlusively for RS!X. It records High Scores and awards you money for your performance. And it's in English.

The minigames are:



Volleyball
Volleyball game played in pairs, you against your former classmates.

Cards
You have three cards in your hand, you have to draw cards until they sum up 21. Cheating is allowed, just don't let your opponents catch you.

Singing
Hit the notes and sing the song.

Knife Dodging
Some crazy clown is throwing knives at you. Dodge them or die!

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edchuy
You the practice of self-promotion
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Hi, calunio! I have tried your minigame compilation. Just to let you know, I had played your game's demo when it was released and actually got to fight the criatura pavorosa, in what I am guessing was the end of the demo. Here's the feedback I have for each minigame:

Knife Dodging:

- In the demo, I know you get to play it twice. I got a killed there a couple of times, before I eventually won in each case. In your mini-game compilation, I only played beginner, since even when it is slow, I do the mistake of getting the knife's thrown way instead of avoiding it, especially when thrown a knife standing up. If I am able to pass, I probably would have at most a couple of hits left before dying (although I have gotten better, managing only 1 hit). It will be nice to have something on screen (a counter, some hearts perhaps?) that indicated how many hits left you have. Also, I guess your minigame in the compilation has only one level. Overall, I see no problem with the game, except for me not being that good at it, sometimes.
- Oh yeah, good choice of using a scary clown to throw you the knives!


Cards:

- This mini-game seems to work as well, except I noticed the older guy never wins. I would guess that probably means the other two players cheat a lot. Anyway, I finally figured out when to cheat, but it's hard to figure out when to do it. I haven't been able to catch anybody cheating, even though I seem moving their hands a lot. I have tried accusing them and have failed to catch anybody. Overall, this game also works as well, although if you try to win without cheating it does take a few rounds to do so. By then one of the two cheaters is likely to have won.


Singing:

- Although I was able to sing Happy Birthday to You with no errors, I haven't able to sing the other two.
- I noticed that sometimes if you pressed the wrong note, everything you press after it is taken as wrong. Normally, I found that you could press the right note and continue the song.
- I noticed for the two songs I wasn't to complete, that at some point of the song the cursor indicating which note to play start moving very quickly, which doesn't give you time to press the right note.
- I also noted that if you press the wrong note, the music in the background gets cut off.
- If you can figure out the issue with the speed, this game, will be, for the most part, playable, if not beatable.


Volleyball:

- I have been only been able to win twice in more than 50 tries. My first one was 15-4.
- For serving, in the information that the bartender gives, you could have said that you serve from the middle behind the backline on your side of the court. Also, I think you tried to mention something about how if you are facing a different direction, the serve would be towards that side.
- I found my teammate generally won't hit a ball unless coming straight at him. The most he'll move is one step forward to reach for it. Before hitting it, he seems to turn to the side a lot of the time. He'll often miss hitting balls one step to the side of him. A lot of times, he'll just stand in place or, if moving, get in your way.
- Your teammate and opponents won't hit the ball if they are facing with their back to the ball or sideways.
- If someone's in the right position to hit the ball but have someone in front of them, they'll often miss it.
- I found myself serving often with power 5. Power 4 is sometimes useful but sometimes serves can't reach the other side of the court. Serving to the side, especially towards the bottom of the court often resulted in a point for me.
- To hit the ball back, I often chose power 4, although sometimes it tended to hit the ball back too far. I also used power 3 as well. I found power 1 and 2 to be too weak and power 5, too strong.
- I don't like that you can't move your player before the ball is served. Also, I dislike that you teammate charges to the net after serving.
- I found that the game got stuck very often when I returned it to long or the opponents hit it out past the right hand line or even hit it inside, but often deep in one of the corners at the back of your side.
- The weirdest thing that can happening, most often with your opponents, is that the ball is served by itself. With this, the ball is often served short and your opponents get the point.
- Also, found that even the ball had not hit the floor, the referee blew the play dead. Usually, it ended being a point for my side.
- Sometimes the ball appears to be heading to fall just short or long of your teammate. Suddenly, there's a graphical hiccup in the path and your teammate hits the ball.
- Sometimes the referee will whistle for one side then whistle again and give the point and serve to the other team!
- I am not able to hit the ball to the sides except when serving.
- To help the player figure out where the ball will land, having some sort of shadow would be helpful. It is hard to calculate where the ball's heading especially if your opponents hit it diagonally. That's probably where I lost the most points.
- Overall, I found this game to be harder to play than expected. Obviously, the bugs don't help! I don't blame you for them, though. Hopefully, you can figure out how to fix them.

That was a really great in-depth feedback. Wow! I'll try to use as much as possible from your suggestions in the game. Just some things I think I should reply about what you said:

In the cards minigame, the older guy does win eventually. He's got a lower chance of winning because of some numerical factors, and because he cheats less. Cheating and catching is supposed to be a matter of timing and attention, and understanding other player's patterns (which don't vary).

I'm surprised that you haven't been able to sing the other two songs... I was afraid this minigame might end up being too easy! I can't seem to recognize any of the bugs you mentioned, except that the music is cut off when you make a mistake, which is not a bug.

The volleyball minigame is the one I feared about the difficulty the most... and I'm actually pleased that you got to win, even if 2 out of 50. I agree the game needs clearer instructions and more action hints. I confess I kinda gave up on fixing the bugs, because I don't even remember the code, and I have to prioritize other stuff if I ever want to finish the game. But I know I have to add more cues, as to where should the player serve from, etc.

Thanks again for the feedback!
edchuy
You the practice of self-promotion
1624
Regarding the cards minigame, I guess I haven't figured out the exact pattern of when those other two guys are cheating to catch them then and what they need to be doing to be actually cheating.

Regarding the singing minigame, the reason why I have failed to sing the other two songs, is that at some point in the song the cursor start moving very quickly of all the sudden, so that the music meter falls quickly to 0 for me, since I run out of time to hit the right note or hit it once it has changed to the next one, and so on.

Regarding the volleyball minigame, it's definitely a frustrating game ...

So, I was wondering whether I actually managed to get as far into the demo as players to get ...

Also, wanted to let you know I just submitted the wrap-up article for my RS! X feedback.
The demo ends in the rock concert... after you beat the leader of the cultists, you can either watch the show to the end, kill the band, or go to the end of the dungeon. That's when it ends.

I'm waiting for the article to be approved!
edchuy
You the practice of self-promotion
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By end of the dungeon, you mean after killing a certain nasty monster deep in it? That's as far can as I got.
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