[RELEASE SOMETHING! DAY XIII] FEEDBACK THREAD

Made a small observation on the gamepage, but I do have to say the graphics are very charming, when they aren't frightening me into a corner with a security blanket. The whole transformation mechanic is wonderful and I'm looking forward to the plethora of character's I'll get to play as Jimmy...as long as that spider/caterpillar thing isn't one of them....though Sneaky Lincoln would be fun.

Never been a big fan of Zelda fangames, yes you can throw things now, but I do like the look of this so far, but it's got a lot of bugs, most of which sacred caught for you in his video.

Tactics game, and play on RTP not a bad start, and of course all the graphics are. Seriously what is with the maid? Is she exercising around that pole? Oddly I found the second battle to be the harder one to win, not that I think you should up the difficulty of the last one in recompense though. The ending needs a little more story, just a HEA, really? Surely the hero at least gets a kiss on the cheek or half the kingdom or something.

I don't know if the creator, Fomar, accidentally uploaded the wrong files, but there's nothing really to rate... It's just a square grass tile surrounded by water and some random encounters that seemed very bugged. Sorry, I don't know what else to say. :/

I really love the graphics and setting. The intro cut-scene was hella cute. <3 The main character and story telling was interesting enough that I was kind of sad the demo ended so soon. I'd like to get to know more about our protagonist and what exactly she's doing in space all alone. ;)

The scrolling shooter mini game was a nice touch, but I was confused by it at first. I figured out that the character was just playing a game fairly quickly, but a prompt asking me whether I wanted to play the game or not instead of just jumping into it would have been nice.

The game randomly crashed when saving. It didn't tell me why, it just said RGGS has stopped working and will close now.

That puzzle at the end took forever! ...because I'm terrible at such things! Only gripe is that it wasn't immediately obvious I had to press esc to exit the puzzle screen after I'd beaten it.

All and all, really just some minor complaints. You seem to have a great start with this project. I'll be following this one for sure!

I already commented on your page, Kaze, but I'll post here too. I enjoyed this a lot. It was simple but bug free and a lot of fun. I found myself engrossed in the gameplay, thinking long and hard about my next move. When I rushed, I died. Like a true tactics game! :P

The only problem I had was I found the second level infinitely more difficult than the last. Mainly because of all the golems. They swarm the party and deal massive damage and there doesn't seem to be much you can do to avoid it.

Still, all and all, solid mechanics and bug free system is a win.

I enjoyed this playthrough while simultaneously I did not. Though my analysis might be a bit unfair as I don't much like games purely based on puzzles. I'll try to be nice. That said, let's get into this!

First, it needs to be said, I didn't finish it. I played through about three times and stopped, even when I knew what I had to do. I just couldn't bring myself to write down all the secret codes and figure out that switch puzzle, it just felt like a chore and not much fun. :/

So... yeah, I found the puzzle aspect of the game not very engaging. Mainly because the puzzles weren't really puzzles so much as... click around until you click on the right thing. Which isn't always a bad thing, but when the clock is ticking and the world needs saving, it becomes frustrating very quickly.

But not all is lost! I found myself laughing at the dialog quite a bit. I immensely enjoyed the tongue in cheek sense of humor this game has to offer.

The mapping was also aesthetically pleasing. Someone else mentioned previously how the rafters in some of the rooms were haphazard and nonsensical and how it was confusing but also, for some reason, kind of worked. I definitely agree, it works for this game. Also surprising, I didn't get annoyed by the flashing lights or darkness of the setting. I thought that was all just fine and worked very well in the game's favor!

All and all, not my cup of tea, but I can see lots of redeeming qualities about it.

Alright, so, right off the bat, I can tell you that there are far too many tutorial sections. I'm a firm believer in teaching a player how to play the game through the gameplay, even if I don't practice this very well in my own games. Obviously, there are situations when straight up telling the player what to do is necessary, for more complicated systems they may be unfamiliar with, but the first thing the game tells me should not be that the diaries are how you save the game.

I also had a problem with the narration. It was very on-the-nose and too forward. Imagine this, from my perspective, I know nothing about this world or its inhabitants. Suddenly I'm being given lots of backstory, lots of history all at once. The truth is, you don't need to do that in order to tell the story. Players should be eased into plot elements slowly so that it feels more organic and not forced. It's not that the characters and story aren't interesting, it's just that, five minutes into the game, I have no reason to care. I have no vested interest in the characters or the world, and so the whole thing feels empty to me. A story has to make me care about the characters before it can start going on about the setting, in my opinion.

Just so you know, I actually kind of like where you're going with the story. It's really not that bad. In situations like this, presentation is everything.

I didn't get very far into the game. I got very frustrated with the battles. They were uninteresting and numerous. I spent ten minutes just pressing enter. When the boss battle finally came, there wasn't much to him either than to just press enter and hope for the best. I stopped playing when he revived the two minions I had killed.

There was one technical problem that popped out to me, too. The Yarzul never targetted Byinpe. They always targeted the weaker character, which I found a bit unfair and confusing. Also, maybe you have a reason for this, but I found it very odd that Byinpe was so much stronger than the other character. Though, like I said, it could be a plot element I never uncovered.

I hope I haven't disheartened you. The game has charm to it, but there are basic game dev theories it is blatantly ignoring. If you address these you'll be well on your way to a good game!