BYAH'S PROFILE

author=nhubi
Other than seeking to free Lord Belzewik, little is known about the black knight. In fact, gender, age and favorite color are a mystery to everyone!

Hmm, I'm going to go with....Black.

Also, will this ever be released or did it slink off into a hole and die a lonely lamented death?

I currently don't have any plans to work on this game, mostly because of more interesting projects I'd rather work on (and currently am).
If I do come back to it, it'd get a huge overhaul, seeing as it is one of my earlier games.

Can't say anything regarding the black knight's favorite color, or I'd need to change the description, since it wouldn't be a mystery to anyone anymore...!

Oh, I didn't mean switch the parts around, just their length!

Dunno, maybe I'm just that slow, but I can definitely imagine the developer taking (a lot) less time. :P

Alright, just finished your game in about an hour and 10 minutes.
Here are my thoughts:
The beginning seems to last too long compared to what comes after that. It took me one hour to beat the first part, and only 10 minutes to do the rest, which to me seems like it should be the other way around.

Starting with lots of skills, items and party members right off the bat is the part where you mock your own typ of games, I think? If so, it really should've been the other way around, imo!

I really liked the slower start of the second part, though. Having fewer abilities, items and enemies to worry about works so much better when beginning a game, and I'd definitely like to see a more fleshed out one like that.

I did die twice, once when fighting the dragon, and another time at the vampire, since I wasn't using the status effects properly mostly.

So yeah, make a game like the second half of DEViL::ender is what I'm saying!

author=SgtMettool

author=Byah
Also, I'd be interested in hearing how the battles were. Too hard, too easy, too hard to follow?

I liked the fact that you presented the battles as more like puzzles than straight-forward battles. Each one has a solution to it and you can't just spam your strongest skills and hope to bulldoze your way through most of them. There were only a small handful of battles in what I've played that could be beaten with brute force, but the amount of strategy involved was very refreshing.

I was originally going to say that the lack of Game Overs hindered the experience and eliminated consequence, but then I ended up liking the fact that you have to adjust your party and strategy if you're faced with a complex challenge.

Thank you for the feedback. :)
That's exactly what I was going for with this game's battles, good to hear that it did work out. As for game overs, one could just save in front of an enemy anyway, and load accordingly. Might as well make it easier for the player. :P

I really want to combine those puzzle elements with a more traditional RPG in my next game. You know, instead of battles having a tacked on element system, and/or just being an attack spamfest. Interested in seeing how that will turn out.

Man, you're quick!
Writing the release blog right now. :o