AQUATORRENT'S PROFILE

hello!
i think i played the game with always dash on. i always look for that feature the first time whenever i played rpg maker games.

actually, i read the signpost, but i was still confused. i think you need to make the first few jumps more like tutorial so that players can learn by doing.

ah, i see. i didn't notice the importance of the score except for respawning (and probably buying items), and you'll have more points than you need for respawning purposes so i don't really notice it.

well, 30 hits for the clown boss seems too much, even if the boss' hp doesn't reset. you can only do 1-2 hits after they are doing their attack after all. also, yeah, the explosions wasn't that clear enough. i don't think i jumped at all - i either run to the safe direction or just "tank" the damage.

also, you're welcome! thanks for making the game too.

hello, i just realized that the game is now paid, so i won't be able to replay it. i feel that i should let you know since i said that i was going to replay the game - i don't want to leave you waiting for it.

No worries, thanks for making the game too! I didnt notice that the sprites look similar until you mention it. It's good enough for a first game tbh, so i'm glad to see that you are still striving to improve. Good luck eith your future projects!

author=Reinarc
Thank you so much for taking the time to review this, aquatorrent! I appreciate it.

Over the past few days, I've addressed a few of the issues you mentioned (typos, bugs). I've added a left hand keyboard setup (using WASD to move) and a right hand setup (arrow) keys. I will add some documentation in the game folder, as this would be all be very cumbersome to show in the game itself. You should be able to do most everything in the game without the mouse. Unfortunately the alter system will always be mouse reliant, due to how I set it up.

Items will definitely be required to beat that boss you mention (at least on hard mode), and they are a core part of Kara's strength in combat. However, you'll eventually be able to take her out of your party if you're not an item fan.

I also did tone down the boss you mentioned on normal, if your version had him use an attack and then immediately follow up with another (3 hit attack) that was an error and unintended for normal mode. Apologies.

I'm working hard to make the next part a 4 or a 5! Take care.

nice! Yeah, i wasn't a fan of kara. I didn't know how her alchemy skill works and i didn't like to use potions. Tbe only reason i used her is for the combo attacks and her combo element doesn't match the other two... i guess i'll just switch her when a new party member joins later.

I think i got hit by that three hit attack once after i got the expose darkness. Some of my retries were also caused by my impatience (was hoping i could take out the boss before they die). I didnt know at that time that dead party members will get full xp so i keep on resetting, but i would just leave them next time if it happens again.

author=kiyasu
Thank you so much for reviewing this game for me for the Secret Santa Extra Return Gifts!!

Sorry for the late gift. It ends up as new year gift rather than christmas gift, hahah.

no problem! glad to see that you are working on a fix. as for your comments:

I'm an absolutely terrible speller, and since I write the script and dialogue on the fly I tend to make a lot of mistakes

everyone makes mistakes, don't worry. in that case, i suggest you to use a spell checker like grammarly. i'm not sure how to implement it directly as you write the script, but you can always copy and paste the text from there to minimize spelling errors.

First of all, not every character is horny. Only Koros, Jeht, and to a lesser extent Zenith is. Stacy is completely pure and innocent (she doesn't know what sex is despite being 17) and Tayo is typical in terms of hornyness. That's only 2 or 3/5ths of the main cast.

sorry if it's not clear enough, but my main point here is to make every character different. having at least one party member gets riled in every conversation doesn't make it an easy read either.

And about the lore inconsistences,

in that case, imo, it's better to include thiefmaster later, in the same game when you reveal this information. since there is no one that knows about this except you, it just makes the lore to be inconsistent, especially combined with that persona joke. if you really want to add it, you can try sticking with one "other worldly" element for now. they might look a bit off, but it won't be as bad as having everything included into one game like this.

Also, Koros never kills anyone close to him?

well, he killed his uncle. i didn't remember any stabbing part tbh, i might forget about it.
iirc, he can become dragon because kairos possessed him, so he technically lost control because of him, right?

And the characters do have a reason for doing what they're doing.

my point about this is how the character just conveniently tags along. for example:
"hey i want to slay this guy"
"oh what a coincidence i want to slay this guy too because he has done this and that"
and then he blurted a lot of fact out of nowhere about his reason for joining your party. maybe chunk it into several cutscenes or something. this is more of a writing issue tbh.

Jeht joins because he has a crush on Tayo and wants payback for the Ebony Order falsely imprisoning him and his family after his father discovered Trello's plans.

jeht's business should have been done after he's out of prison (and town), but he still tags along with no reason except for tayo, which is kinda weak imo.

And about them being bloodthirsty, I don't really see that?

i was referring to the lewd scenes actually.

Sorry if I sounded angry back there. I'm really not. I really appreciate the review, no matter how critical the review is.

no problem. as i said before, i'm glad that you fix the issues. i don't mind with questions, so don't worry about it.