DJBEARDO'S PROFILE

author=bicfarmer
1) Slow pace: Tactic games are slow since they are supposed to emphasize tactical thought in battles, but that doesnt really happen here because this game is really easy. So when your too overpowered it might get a bit boring.

2) I dont remember any glaring typos, but I had loads of typos in my ultimate game that I never noticed so I'm pretty bad at checking this

3) Way too OP. Usually i can expect him to oneshot whoever he's targetting.

4) I never had anyone die to have seen this feature. Doesnt sound like a bad feature though.

5) Maybe the lag causes it

6) Dont remember this ever happening. Though I did notice the dog cant heal his own status effects and grandma missed some heal stabs on the dog for some reason. Defend also didnt seem to reduce any damage from an enemy attack.

7) Maybe reduce its percentage?

8) They werent hard at all if you uses typical tactics RPG strategies, like focus fire and positioning. It might be overwhelming to new players though.

9) Yeah those crab boxes were flipping ugly. Thought those were errors when I first saw them

10) Check your tilesets, I can walk up cracks inside the houses. Graphics turn completely black if the camera is outside the bounding box of the map.

11) It's fine for being night time but some moving shadow cloud effect or something makes it extremely dark outdoors.

12) Not just details maybe events and everything? Hahaha good luck

Oh hey! I just saw these replies! Thanks for your input! I fixed that crack problem. Also, I lightened up the maps. All good suggestions!

Yes, 640x480 is the limit as far as I know, although you can make it "fullscreen" which just upscales everything. That can make things very pixelated, if that bothers you.

Is it common? Pretty common to bump it up to 640x480... There are some good scripts that are commonly used that bump it up automatically.

I've found some display-related scripts are made for the default dimensions and freak out at 640x480 without going under the hood and fixing it. But generally, nothing really messes it up. You just have to expand your battlebacks and your maps to fit.

Is it normal to be blurry at full screen? Yes.
Is it my computer? Nope - it's just like that.
Is there a script that makes things crisp? Nope... that would be cool, though.
Does changing Windows resolution help? Hmmn, never tried. Maybe someone else knows that one?
Is there anything I can do or is an accepted downside? It's an accepted downside and a major reason why full screen is considered a major feature for MV; this was considered an improvement over vxace.

I grabbed these from the itch.io page they were pasted on, considering rmn is more of where I consider my home to be. As I stated elsewhere, I wanted to include all feedback on this game - no matter what it looks like.

I want to thank the two judges who played my game! It sounds like it got a 3/4 star rating or so, looking at their scores. I'm pretty happy with that.

I'm particularly happy with their kind words regarding the theme, atmosphere, and writing. I pride myself on those aspects more than other things, so it was nice that it came through.

Random thoughts:
1) Slow pace: Yep, that's kinda the nature of tactics games. Not sure what I could do to speed that up. Fewer enemies? Lower enemy HP? Smaller maps? All good ideas for the next game.
2) Noticeable writing errors: If anyone sees some, let me know. Typos bug the shit out of me. But I am only human, so I'm sure I made some mistakes that I've gone blind to after looking at the same lines of text for so long.
3) Dog is strongest unit: You're damn right he is! There's an in-world reason for this...
4) Allies acting upon revival: Thanks! This is all part of the tactics engine. I wish I could take credit for it.
5) Animations happening later than damage: Whoa. Weird. This does not happen for me. I'll look into it.
6) Can't target enemies: Another weirdness, considering the other judge said they didn't have any bugs. I've found that the tactical engine has a few quirks, especially if you're running on a slower machine. Also, the Bril character is buggier than the other characters. But it only happens on some playthroughs and I can't replicate it. Grr.
7) Poison happens twice: Yeah, another engine quirk. It's one reason why I made an auto heal after every battle and plentiful items.
8) Hard to kill all the enemies: There were 6 heroes, so each map (except for the end "boss") has 6 enemies. That seemed fair. But maybe it's still too much?
9) Custom graphics: It's the crab decorations in the first map, isn't it? Okay, I deleted them. They didn't work, and I knew that. I should listen to my gut.
10) Graphics being weird: The tileset has a lit candle on a table, and I didn't add a glimmer to it. Also, I should make the darkness bubble bigger in the houses - I'll do that. Hey, I thought my houses looked okay, though! XD Especially given the Layy Meta engine limitations... And I would like to know which enemies look derpy. I got lots of enemy sprites... Which ones do people not like?
11) Moving around in dark areas: The isometric maps are night tinted, but not particularly dark. Not sure what else I could do here. Inside the houses - yes, I can make the moving bubble bigger.
12) More isometric map details: Agreed. And I figured out how to do it after the deadline. That will be done in the next tactics game I do.

Anyway, thanks again to the judges. I'm glad that people found it generally okay. At least one of the judges thought it was one of the stronger entries!

Sorry to be a buzzkill, but just because your game is free doesn't mean that copywritten songs are okay to use under fair use law (at least in the USA). I've been burned by this in the past and have talked to a few lawyers.

If it's a free game and only gets a few hundred downloads, you probably won't make anyone too upset. But it's like speeding on the freeway... it's probably okay as long as a cop isn't behind you. But if someone wants to be a dick, they definitely can be.

So cute! What tileset is that?