DRAKIYTH'S PROFILE

author=Eyeball link=topic=2678.msg61336#msg61336 date=1234387737
Great game, all in all. Looking forward to updates, especially if my savegame will be compatible.

Thanks for the great feedback. You can become a seer in 0.5, there is just a video that plays and you need to support AVI on your computer. Download the latest version of Windows Media Player and you should be set.

Thank you very much for all the pointers it was a fantastic help. I have a lot of changes coming in the new version of Aftermath that will fix a lot of things up. One thing I really was not happy with was the boss fights in 0.5. I felt they could of been more "Boss" like. So every boss fight has been buffed/changes/fixed to feel like a boss fight. Players who went through 0.5 will notice massive changes done to the snake fight and it's A LOT more realistic now.

I'm going to change the entire storyline so it makes more sense and the beginning will have me talking through it so you don't have to read it. The coma thing is being replaced with something else that is more realistic for this time frame.


Here is a clip from the extremely long list of game changes coming in 0.6. Version 0.6 is still in the works but I am working on it. I think I'm going to take a good week of pure Aftermath game making pretty soon and finish it up for a launch.



GAME CHANGES

- Natural Run Speed for new games has been increased. I decided to do this because several players were saying they wish they could run faster. This only effects new games, so make sure to start over again if you wish to have a normally fast character.The GO! GO! DRINKS! and spells that increase speed are still in the game. Beware mixing these together with your normal speed being faster. You might not be able to control your character.

author=Feldschlacht IV link=topic=2555.msg56106#msg56106 date=1231944200
Hey.

Excellent work dude.

Max. I feel I have never gave you enough props for all the free games you're making for the world dude. Keep up the good work. Without us designers this community would be in the dumps.

author=Feldschlacht IV link=topic=2555.msg55201#msg55201 date=1231696820
I really love your style, drakiyth.

Thanks dude.

author=Liberty link=topic=2555.msg55513#msg55513 date=1231760903
Draykith: That is looking very gritty and apocalyptic. Sweet. Nothing says 'ruined laboratory' like giant milk containers. ^.^

Haha, thanks :) Great RTP work btw.

author=TooManyToasters link=topic=2555.msg55215#msg55215 date=1231699271
I love that chipset, drakiyth. I should get around to trying Aftermath; maybe once I get my monitor trouble sorted out and the new demo is out. If it's got one thing going for it, it's definitely the atmosphere.
DD, that sword on the ground is ridiculously long.

Thanks dude. I hope you enjoy the game when you play it. 0.6 will have a lot of changes added into it. Mainly AI fixes and other things. I'm also going to revamp the main story to be more believable since there has been a few people that brought up it could be a lot sharper.

I personally think that most reviewers need to fire straight from the hip of what they think about a project they are playing. However, people need to be a lot nicer with words and drop the know it all attitude in reviews. That's the worst thing ever and will stop somebody dead in their tracks to continue a game. There is a lot of ways to put it to somebody in a nice and professional way that their game is lacking and needs work. Also, comparing games to other ones is a really bad way to do things. When reviewing a game bring up bad things and good things to give the designer a smile every now and then. A review that makes somebody frown the entire time will lower somebodies spirits and more then likely they will just give up. People work in different ways in this world. Nobody is better at everything then the other person. Somebody might have the best grammar in the world and that same person might find it hard to map a game. Being nice is the key here.

In general, most of the reviewers are having trouble with their own projects and get questioned on their own project. Most reviewers will see a project how they think it should be which will raise a large amount of bias opinion. You need to drop the opinions and personal taste when reviewing a game or it's just like another person on YouTube or at Movies.com saying what they think the movie/game should of been instead of telling the designer things you personally think they should work on.

You have this guy over here who thinks your project is the worst thing ever, and then you have these guys over here who really love your work. The truth is. if you have a friend or somebody who really likes you review a game. They will always give you a good rating. If you have somebody who does not like you, they will always give you a bad rating.


Overall, I think it's very hard to stay focused for a lot of people because of a biased attitude in their reviews. If you're reading this right now think about it and drop your personal taste when reviewing a game and be nicer to the person who put a lot of work and effort to launch it. We are not getting paid here to release games. We are not professional game designers that went to college. We are amateur game makers and that mentality needs to be enforced.