ZPE'S PROFILE

I agree with what Biltzen has said in general but show and tell should also comprises of showing your games in action. There are too many mock ups or one screenshot wonders in screenshot topics which look great and everyone says "Wow! That's f'ing awesome dude!" then nothing productive happens as you've said.

There is an element to counterproductiveness (is that a word?) but this is not just the community but other aspects of using a computer namely the internet. When I want to work on my game I always turn off the internet or disable wireless connections because if I didn't I'd always hang around RMN or another site doing nothing but posting in articles like this. :P

I also wouldn't call game quitters assholes as at the end of the day it's up to them what they want to do with their lives. You can't expect unpaid game developers to stick to their games which is why I always look at demos (I rarely look at adverts), think to myself "yes this is good/bad" then provide the feedback then move on.

Beta testing however is frustrating. I mean I was beta testing a game and I giving very detailed feedback logs to the author every week. This went on for 3 weeks until the author decided to suspend the game. He comes back later (6 months) and asks me to continue to beta test which I agree to only to be let down again (it's been over a year now, the author's probably dropped the project). Those are the real assholes.

Probable spoiler:

Game requires RTP. :/

author=WIP link=topic=1590.msg25085#msg25085 date=1216913990
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I just did but while there are some articles that are just a simple copy and paste job others look like they've been reworded. The style is still there but I don't know if it's really their work or not. I guess I better not dwell on it too much. ::)

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tsimehC: Yes, that is supposed to happen. He does lose stats as he levels up. It's a somewhat rare occurrence, though -- it only happens every once in a while, usually in Strength, Stamina, or Speed. Because he's getting old, obviously.

Oh... :(

This game is quite awesome in the cutscenes though especially with the voice acting. It's just so hard unless you level grind a bit. Rydia is the main danger when she joins early on but after 1/2 of power levelling, the enemies were manageable.