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Hey, Novalux here. I'm planning to make some games someday, if I ever get around to finishing them. I enjoy trying out others' games on rpg maker as well and writing reviews.

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The Uranoth Chronicles - Remnants of the Past Review

Yeah, might've come off a little harsh as I did the review not long after being stuck on stage 3. Since the doors were closed, literally couldnt find enough monsters to kill to level up my character enough to beat the gatekeeper. I'm sure theres some sort of story to this too, just not really in the segment I played.

Pointless Actions Review

author=Kylaila
Pointlessness, depression and similar are not all that compatible with the wonder of details and fun.
For the time I have been suffering from depression, I lost all sight of the fun details and went into tunnel view. Even the things I could identify as fun, didn't feel fun.

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So you could potentially make it fun by playing with how you think actions are pointless when they are in fact not - and vice versa. How you feel you have no meaning when you actual create one in the world.



I had some of the same thoughts while playing. One of the problems with depression is that you overanalyze and oversimplify unconsciously, always getting tunnel vision from anything that suggests it. Trying to stuff the whole world into a formula. And when every single dialogue box follows a formula, it only serves to confirm your suspicions.
I found the game fun because it was so unexpected and random. I just kept thinking "why am I playing this?" With the implicit assumption that it didn't matter, and taking an amused attitude towards the game. I started off with rock-bottom expectations (humph... this is no real game) and became more impressed as new curves were thrown at me (a battle system? In an rpg? Well, in this rpg? Woahhhh.)

Memories of Elefee Review

So, I want to apologize up front and say that I didn't get to finish the game. I got stuck leveling up trying to get through the mysterious forest.

Pointless Actions Review

It was no problem, I needed the practice anyway. Thought is was worth some sort of mention, and though it was challenging to write this much about a pretty straightforward concept, I got through it with the power of ranting.

"2. That would be a dev mistake, sadly due to copy pasting events Although, your proposal is very interesting. I can see the guy getting fired from his signmaking job and wandering around on a meager paycheck (for wandering around)."
This really intrigues me. The mythos can go to the next level when all these seemingly random-placed motifs are brought together in creative ways, the explanations themselves adding to the confusion. I'd like to see what the wiki for this game would look like.

Deimos Review

Yeah, I'm still new to this reviewing thing. I actually put those first lines in when thinking of ideas and forgot to delete them. Should've wrote more on the battle system, but I was tired.

Antagonist Review

author=Nivlacart
This was our first game that we completed. Once we're more free, we'll try again, maybe with a much longer game without limits :D
Well you're one-up on me, still working on my first. I wasn't aware of the one-hour time limit for the contest, which would explain a lot.

author=Nivlacart
(Karmic Retribution's crash bug, learning 2 skills at once and Ralph being controllable at the end were a few to name).
That was a bug 0_0? I think it works well, shows that Ralph trusts D'vil more, you should keep it. There's some fundamental issues with the story, but also a lot of minor fixes which would go a long way towards polishing off the game (skill trade-offs, for instance). Good luck going forward.

Depression Review

I tried to get the true ending, but it wouldn't let me eat two donuts in a row, and when I exit I die. As much as I want to see the "true" ending, I just cant stomach another run of this game. Not because its bad, but because its so damn effective. So I'm content with dying in the middle of the town square, next to the doughnut addict, with a high score of only one floor. If you will excuse me, I'm going to cry myself to sleep now.
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