IROG'S PROFILE

author=BlackWolf1992

author=Irog
You don't need an idea guy: he'll impose you to do things that are beyond your current skills and you will not like his ideas anyways; yours are better!

Not necessarily, sometimes having a person to get feedback and ideas from is a good thing. Just because someone says to do something does not mean you have to do it. I recently got some up from Libby on a dungeon that was a bit crappy when I created it. After some feedback from her, it made it so much better. Redoing it was a bit of a pain because I thought this looks good but I redid it anyways and it turns out it is way better and fits the game story even more than it did before. No longer was it a simple dungeon it was now a dungeon with meaning.

This is applied constructive criticism which is good. And it is totally different from an idea guy imposing ideas to your project.

author=Kevincalanor
That's so accurate that I will probably use it in the game.

Be my guest!

author=Kevincalanor
Here's the current WIP of The Cleaner.

Your game demo is excellent. You've built a solid base for a game. The graphics look really cool and the music fits the action very well.

The controls are somewhat clumsy. Mouse aiming would replace the 4 aim keys. With "left click to fire", "right click to reload" and "wheel to switch weapon" you only need a key to jump, a key for the special attack and the arrows. Being able to configure the keys would also help a lot (same as you pointed out in Wizard Apprentice Lya).

The up and down arrows are not used. They could serve to raise and lower the camera relative to the player. When you jump from roof to roof you sometimes need to look what's below you. During the helicopter fight, the lower half of the screen shows an area where there is no action.

It is not obvious that you can triple-jump. A small tutorial message would help.

The difficulty is really high: HP decrease very quickly when in contact with an enemy or by helicopter bullets. Instant death in spikes creates a lot of frustration.


I reached this place.



Is it the end of your demo?


I think you should definitely submit a game page. You have enough level done to upload 4 solid screen shots. If you upload your demo, players can give you the feedback you need.

author=Liberty
:<

My beautiful layout! ;.;
My lovely colour choices! ;.;
WHY?!
HOW?!
WHY!?!!?

If you need help to recover the page, here is a copy of the page as it was on the 12th October.

What about the following?

Your teamwork articles are pure wisdom! A recent project I worked on demonstrated how accurate your articles are.

On the surface level, my initial recruitment post looked a lot like the "I've an idea, who wants to join me." But it mentioned I was able to program and was looking for an artist. By then my profile only had MinST to show what I could make. It got Avee's attention. The vague game idea crystallized while writing it to him. We gained confidence that this project fitted the one month Halloween event. Luiishu accepted to join and worked on the music.

Programming the game naturally put me in the role of gathering and using other member's creations. As I suggested the initial idea the team members considered me as the leader but I always considered myself equal to them. I was always referring to the game as "our game".

During the project, I had the following Extra Credits quote in mind:
"Everyone who touches a game influences it's design. Even if you don't intend for them to."
And apply the following approach to it:
"Then I must intend the team members influence our game design."

The game concept was not fully formed and grew with message exchanges in the team. While guiding the work to make the game coherent, I did my best to give as much freedom as possible to the artists.

The frequent progress updates gave our team a good momentum. It was really motivating to see everyone's new creations.

Near the end of the project, Luiishu suggested his friend Frogge for the voice acting. I trusted Luiishu. Frogge improved our game immersion a lot.

When you're lucky to work in a good team, the advices presented in the articles makes team projects go smoothly.

I think I've been very lucky to work in a great team and I discovered I'm a decent leader.

We'll build collectable healing items to extend player lifetime. The difficulty will be player configurable: affecting enemy HP, fire rate and other parameters. I thought of a way to improve enemy aim that would only be used in the hard mode.