NTC3'S PROFILE

A bit late, but thanks! I always just assumed rocks were only there to mark the jump points, and that you were supposed to jump at the ledges. Anyway, that chapter is done, and now I just need to navigate the mansion as Aryn. I should figure it out well enough, but I did just find a bug that just restarted the entire nighttime balcony scene when I walked over there. :(

^ Same. Then again, I wasn't too impressed by it so far, so it's not a particularly high priority for me.

In my new game you're going to be able to pick up boxes and place them anywhere.

^ Reminds me of A Blurred Line, where you could also freely pick up stones if you got captured by Lazer Teeth in the opening, although you had to throw them and weren't allowed to just drop them.

Still, there's no reason for it not to work. I should probably think about adding a puzzle or two like that to Nihilo. We're in an early stage of development, but there's already a functional boulder puzzle that's also push/pull, and "move stuff around" puzzle should be good for a sidequest or two somewhere in the middle of the game.

Well, I generally avoid demos here and focus on reviewing completed games. This blog made me reconsider. Expect a review sometime soon. Given the tone of this blog post, there are only two possibilities:

a) This really is the "next great RPG", an example of what a lone developer can do if they're willing to reach for the stars, yet maintain their commitment to quality at every turn. That's a rare thing indeed, and certainly something to be praised.

or

b) You're vastly over-estimating the quality of your game relative to what has already been released, on RMN and elsewhere: an unfortunately common malaise among developers and artists in general (i.e. the many attempts to create "the next Fallout" throughout the noughts, none particularly successful) In this case, an honest review will hopefully serve as a necessary corrective to show the disconnect between promises and reality.

That is all for now. I sincerely hope it's a) rather than b).

Oh, that's great then! And please make sure to give enemies some skills too, though!(preferably even the basic ones, as attack-only cannon fodder is always boring.) I wish this didn't need to be said, but unfortunately newer games on here keep on ignoring such crucial elements of design.