VOLRATH'S PROFILE

It's hard for me to resist a smartass, so Blaze is probably the most fun to write. I've also been pleasantly surprised so far at how Zoe's character is developing in particular, but I like all of them. It makes testing pretty entertaining knowing I can do the same thing with a different person in the party each time.

You did, although there were a few issues that came up with implementation. I'll write up a summary of what's going on and get in touch with you on Discord. Thanks!

It's been fun playing this game again and seeing how much new stuff there is compared to the IGMC version.

I did two play-throughs but I'm kind of stuck now. Where is the star-shaped hole?

What I see a lot with this sort of thing is how reasonable criticisms can get lost amidst bullying, obnoxious delivery. There are likely worthwhile points to take away from whatever the streamer didn't like about the game, but I know that when someone is a complete shit about it, it makes you want to ignore them completely out of spite. When that initial shock and hurt wears off, you may come away with ideas to improve your future work. I hope that's the case.

Here's an example - During the first IGMC, I saw someone critique one of the games and they noted that the project automatically went to full screen when you started it. This person ranted for like six paragraphs in ALL CAPS about what a horrible, terrible idea this was and how cruel it was to force full screen on people. And like...yeah, mandatory full screen is a bad idea. But still...really? If I were the dev, I'd read all that garbage and be very tempted to write back "It's gonna be full screen forever. Die angry about it."

Other people have referenced this, but it boils down to the choice of whether someone wants to help your game or just to be mean and supposedly funny. In this case, I'd say it was definitely the latter and unfortunately that's pretty common. Someone who really would like to see your game improve will present the criticism in a reasonable way, but like I said, sometimes jerks stumble onto a good point in spite of themselves so keep an ear open for that.

I don't know what use it is to criticize a contest entry page, though. Who gives a shit what the page looks like?

Glad to see you're still enjoying these. I agree that Stoic lashing out there is pretty appalling and so I made sure that he gets called out by Shroud later on (although not right away, I think he's uncertain at first as to how to broach the subject). Still, I think there are players who more or less expect villains to get dispatched that way and aren't as shocked.

The necromancy stuff really evolved in this game, in Clean Slate it was more typical although there were good skeletons roaming around in that game too but the moral positions behind it aren't mentioned. That stuff has a huge role in Legacy although who knows if I'll ever finish it.