YDS' LET'S TRY THREAD

You shattered his vision of you as a kind and sweet KAWAII chick with your vulgar mind and potty mouth lol

i don't know if you meant the Carpe Diem review to be funny, but it was.
It sort of cracked me up that they drop 10 names but it still takes five minutes to find out who this scientist we're following around is :P

I'm not really liking all this Carpe Diem bashing. This designer is really trying hard to make a good game. Honest and fair effort deserves honest and fair feedback -- not honest and humiliating. Constructive feedback will motivate him to improve the game; using the game as a butt-end of forum jokes will motivate him to pursue a hobby that doesn't bite back.

I understand how game-bashing can be a knee-jerk reaction, but people actually read these forums and react pretty strongly to them, especially in real life.

With that said, I can understand the in-video jokes or rants; that just comes with the territory. Creator watch at their own risk :)

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What is your criteria for choosing a game to try?

Something like this could be very helpful for me because I rarely get enough criticism, not that it doesn't warrant any.
Hayate no Gotoku! Dream Apocalypse
Either people never bother to finish it, thus giving me incomplete information on what needs to be fixed.
Or they love it (fans of the series) and do nothing but praise it.

It is the real time criticism that intrigues me.

Yeah, I like the idea of the real-time criticism as long as it does not humiliate or put down the creator. It just has to be done carefully, and I think YDS is going into this with the intent to help people -- not to hurt them. My LP of Hero's Realm is/was basically the same idea.

Hey YDS, I would love if you would do this for my game Vindication. I love getting feedback, as I often use it to improve aspects of my game despite it being finished over a year ago, and am also working on a new project which could greatly benefit from any sort of commentary about my existing work. I also am the kind of person who doesn't understand the concept of being offended, so I'm monumentally unlikely to get angry about anything you say! I am watching some of your videos now and they seem like exactly the sort of thing that would be insanely helpful to me.

Lmfao!! Hey YDS, thanks for attempting my game in your "Let's Try"! First off I just want to say that even though you struggled with the game, I did enjoy your play-through xD. It was quite funny even though you were dealing with a lot of flaws in the game itself.

I APOLOGIZE for that first boss battle. I've received a lot of feedback on him and my battles in general, and I am currently reworking the stats of ALL of my monsters. I definitely made that boss waaay too hard, especially for a first boss. I have some great ideas for the battles so I can assure you that all the issues with the battle system will be addressed and have been noted, as Deckiller has mentioned as well. He is definitely beatable, but he's not supposed to increase his armor that much...idk why he did! Bad luck I guess. Again, I apologize for your struggles.

As for the text speed, long intro, etc etc...that will all remain the same. Actually, I'm reworking the intro right now. The length will remain the same, but I think you're right with throwing all those terms at the player so early. Yes, they will all be refereed to later on in the game, but spreading them out more is definitely a good idea.
Also...and maybe you'll kill me for this...but there IS a sprint button...I've had a lot of people tell me they didn't know there was one until later on...so I'm adding a small "tutorial" in the beginning of the game to let the player know there is a sprint button.

I just want to let everyone know that I've received a lot of feedback, both positive and negative and I am taking it all in. I don't disapprove negative feedback, I just ask that you make it constructive, because I'm open to ideas and what people think I can do to better the game. However, there are certain things that I just will not change, because of my own personal choice, but when it comes to playability and difficulty actually playing the game, then I'm all ears.
I'm working hard on fixing ALL of the mistakes that made this demo so unattractive, and I really hope you take another crack at this once I fix everything up, YDS. I'd say try it one last time with the demo you have now, but you might already be fed up with it lol. There is a ton of game left, and I think Deckiller said it..or maybe nobody did, but the game does get better as you play it. But right now my mission is to make that true as SOON as you play it.
So before I make this too long...yeah...thanks again for trying, and I'm sorry again for the faulty boss haha.

Hm....I wonder why it' keeps messing with you. Try and level up Skylar and Haru one level. That might be the difference in beating the boss. Also, save Trance's magic until you can't deal any damage with him.