PALLADINTHUG'S PROFILE

I saw the game was recently updated for the Bacon Jam2 but I cannot find the change log or an appropriate file to see what was changed. Any info?

I can't believe no one left you a review for this game, so I fixed that.

I'm really impressed with how well your review is written and that you enjoyed elements from my first game.

Yes, I am very early in development and it shows. I am glad it wasn't too off putting to enjoy the story and elements there in. I'm extremely happy for having something as in depth and generous as your review is and it really brightened my evening, thank you.

I am please Libra was useful. I was so worried about this skill and it saw a lot of changes and it's own custom script to give it enough flair to rival the player wanting to use it first over blindly mashing buttons. Meteo in itself was meant more as a pull, and during the original game was
sealed by the rival Empire's mage.

In fact a great deal of the game, around 5 hours was cut where Shade assembles an army and brings a still living Heathcliff and nation of mages to it's knees to give Emmet the backing to save the town all without the use of Meteo. Sadly no one likes an excessively long RM game, and it was difficult to finish as my father was dying of pancreatic cancer at the time of it's development. So I rushed the ending, as you plainly saw.

Chuckles was meant to be revealed as Heathcliff in disguise, and Willard's own identity was meant to be more of a story in itself as well making the game even longer.

At this point I realized for the first game a maximum of three hours was preferable to get the widest audience possible and still tell a story.
I admit you are right it does dissipate a bit towards the end, but I am learning as you said and I am willing to improve this situation.

I also wanted the former Avatar to be more of a teacher to Emmet as sort of a human father figure. I lost a lot of good opportunities because I am a weak story teller who focuses on humor and dialog to really grasp a player. I like showing more than telling, but I focus too much.

Yes the definite friction between beastmen are those who serve and try to assist the humans like merchants as opposed to forced labor like the miners who will have none of them. The Russian accent was more of a stigma that showed Ivan wasn't from the same country and passing through. He unfortunately got caught up in the war and was forced to stay.

Wolfe originally could detect traps etc in the lead making him necessary to have in the castle, which was visit-able at any time before the last build. It was a death sentence without him and I felt if the player wanted to explore and die, they should. After my friends play tested the game in front of me, going there at level 3 with the boat and intentionally trying to break things and go against the switch array I decided to make scene flow more concise and give it a definite structure.

I intended the player to reach the level cap by that point due to the need to focus on story elements, and it seems that was a poor choice on my part.

You are absolutely right. Had I done it differently I would have had the player reach max level by the time the battle with Nidale took place to make things a bit less anti climatic.

Hearing you say that about the world and it's characters is just overwhelming. Thank you deeply. I am so very happy they had some impact, if only briefly.

Props to you for taking your time to tell me what worked, and more importantly what didn't work. I am very eager to learn and improve and your time here today helped me vastly with some fresh perspective. Thank you again for taking the time to bring about a well thought out, and written piece of criticism.

It is so very important to have something this precious from you and the other players. I can only hope my next project: Wheels and the Leg Girl! will be all the better for it.

author=nhubi
You should be, it adds a surprising amount of charm.

In regard to height I've seen it tackled in a few ways, one of the most consistent was having two busts on screen at once engaging in conversation, then you get the relative height between them displayed in a way that is direct and simple to interpret, and allows for a few gradations other than just tall and short.
Whichever way you go about representing them I'm sure I'll be impressed, after all I have been so far.

Great to hear, and thank you again. I do plan to have busts on the screen same time, though with the mouse script limiting me to default window size it will appear cramped. I am half tempted to reduce things in size 50% to get away with so much more once the puzzles are finished.

Right now the court scene is awaiting the evidence presentation script, and we are working to get that done before a video demonstrating court.

author=manyes71
Sounds like Ace Attorney. I look forward to the finished product!
Also, it's a little strange how they don't have Data on humans, but you have JcPenny's, Sears, Office Max, and a lot of well known (Earth) stores.

Oh- easily explained. The first crime happened on Earth committed by an alien.
I really need to get a video up here so we can see some more details. Sorry for letting that go unexplained. The duo start out on Earth and get taken to testify in galactic court after being deputized.

Thank you very much!

author=MakioKuta
But are they really Earth stores??? I wonder...

We will have to wait and see. I can tell you this, Mc Donalds are everywhere. Even in space.