CLOSEDWORLDS'S PROFILE

author=emmych

author=closedworlds
Wow. This is the first time I've seen this.
I'm only offended by the fact that this person put a rating on this unfinished game that people can't even download.

Welp, I put up the review when there was a download, but your team members took it down for what I believe is the second time...? If you want a download available so people can judge for themselves, put it back up.

I'm sorry, I never knew. I have been busy with work and college. I would put the demo back up but that version the game is very broken and the game-crashing bugs are admittedly annoying. The newest copy of the game where we fixed the bugs is, from an event stand point, unplayable because some events have been disassembled for reworking. It wouldn't take much to clean those up but I'm personally busy with other stuff :(.

Essence is still in progress. Its merely on hold. We just can't work on it. Life is just too busy right now.
I literally haven't been on here in a long while, but I mean the staff will do the best they can when we have time.

Thanks man. I'm excited people like you are getting involved. And yes it helps a lot :)

I guess its just my opinion, but even when I defeat enemies I sometimes assume they were merely knocked out lol.

I didn't want to have to mention my game in particular, but I'll just explain an
example from it...
In the opening the heroes are on a train and are about to be forced into an
altercation with some soldiers. The heroes intend to be somewhat stealth-like in
their mission. One could assume that this battle would result in a lot of noise
which would then capture the attention of other soldiers that may or may not be
nearby. On the other hand you could assume that this battle is careful, quick, and
quiet. Or the player just doesn't care. Regardless, the events after the battle
clearly show that no one else heard the actions taking place... but what if the
player was like "that is completely illogical! That would've made a lot of noise."

So when it comes to RPGs not everything is supposed to be taken literally nor does
everything make sense. People don't stand there and wait to attack each other, they
don't walk through stranger's houses, etc.
When it comes to cutscenes/events... when is literal being too literal? Should we
assume that the player knows what you mean or should you always spell it out for
them?

For example... in FF4, 3 soldiers from Baron show up at the Kaipo Inn to take Rydia
away. Cecil defends her by fighting them. We could be over analytical and say that
Cecil spilled their guts all over the Inn floor then cleaned it up afterwards... or
we could assume they crawled away with a few cuts and bruises. We only know for
sure that one of them "fled" because he fled from battle. But the other two... are
they dead?

How do you know when to show the player exactly what happened and how do you know
when to let them use their imagination?

I hope I made sense... lol