WHEELMANZERO'S PROFILE

author=HuntingSwan
Hi I streamed this game on my Twitch channel if you're interested in some (slightly harsh) feedback.

https://www.twitch.tv/huntingswan/v/68958816

Dude, I watched your video and loved it. "What is this, a game for sociopaths?" Hilarious stuff there.

And yeah, the beginning is fairly text-heavy, as this is a character-driven game with quite a bit of story, the biggest info dump being at the beginning of the game. I've been working on elongating dungeons to spread cutscenes further apart, but there are still quite a few in there.

The random japanese is an annoying little glitch that stems from one of the battle scripts I'm using. Hopefully I'll be able to track down the line of code responsible and take care of the problem.

Thanks for giving the demo a go and sharing that vid, Hunting Swan. I hope you'll give the full version a spin once it's completed.

Yo jstomp, thanks for your honest opinion, every little bit helps! Yeah, the biggest struggle I've been having with this game is balancing the gameplay with the sheer amount of story there is. The initial woods area could afford to be a few maps longer in order to spread some more gameplay between cutscenes. Dungeon mapping is my biggest weakness and the bane of my existence, and as a result, the dungeon length is pretty abyssmal (see what I did there?). Maybe I'll jump back in there and stretch out Palnea woods a bit more.

I wanted to cement the characters' personalities from the get-go, so unfortunately I can't think of any scenes I could trim without hurting their characterization. Maybe that snippit about saving can be removed. I mean everyone knows to save regularly in an rpg, right? Right. Spacing out the cutscenes a bit more should help as well. Time to conquer my dungeon mapophobia!

Honestly I am taken aback by the positive feedback concerning the visuals and battles. I never expected to receive such high praise. I'm glad you're enjoying the battles, as I consider them the cornerstone of what makes an rpg fun. As you may have noticed, I like flashy attacks and battles with a lot of razzle-dazzle, so there's sure to be plenty of that. Rest assured, there are many more epic bosses to come.

Thanks again for your input, I'll be using it to help sharpen this game into the best it can be!

Wow Starmage, I'm not quite sure what to say. I'm overjoyed that you enjoyed the demo this much!

Truth be told, I originally had no intention of releasing this project to the public. It was only ever meant to be a game for my personal enjoyment. The mapping was big and empty, and the overall feel of the game was less than polished. However, thanks to the encouragement of a friend, I decided to take the plunge, sharpen it up, and go public with it.

I learned better mapping techniques, fooled around with a long list of scripts and put more care into the eventing. A lot of what I learned came from the good folks here at rmn, be it through playing the games of others or reading tutorials. I owe my growth as an amateur game developer to rmn and my buddy, so I want to take this time to thank you all.

All of the words of encouragement have been a big help to me, and some constructive criticism never hurts either. Development is going stronger than ever, so I'll be working to make the rest of this game worthy of that rather gracious 5 star rating. Thanks for the review, Starmage!

Nice, this is much cleaner than the previous image. Let's give it up for terrorchan!

Both huds are quite nice, but I prefer the first image to the second. Those magic marker-looking Hp, Mp, and Tp numbers blend in with the hand-drawn art aesthetic very well.(adjusts monocle) Not only that, but it adds an additional splash of color to the battles, as the second hud appears to be transparent.