UNITY'S PROFILE

author=Marrend
*cracks knuckles*

Let's do this.

I uploaded a new version of the demo that fixes a game-breaking bug just a couple of minutes ago. If you haven't already, Marrend, please download that version. It's called "Demo v0.4"

Thank you so much for playing, and for your great feedback! :D

I'll address each of your points below. (I couldn't seem to get the Hide function to work with the Quote function, so if anyone wants a completely spoiler-free playthrough, then skip the rest of the post ^^;;)

author=urano23
Finished the demo(damn, I thought it was a bit longer <.<)

Oops. Did I get the time wrong? Sorry about that. Maybe I should have added 30 minutes more to my estimate.

author=urano23
I've said this many times but whatever. The beginning is too rushed. No introduction, no presentation to the characters and no backstory. Karuna just suddenly appears in the king's room. The king's speech is hilarious though.

I wanted to do a quick introduction and turn control over to the player as soon as possible and deliver backstory as you go. I'm not sure if that was the best method. I'll be thinking about a way to open the game better.

author=urano23
I love the custom graphics. It makes the game so unique and gives it a style and identity that many rpg maker games lack. Good job on that :D

Thanks! It's my first time doing pixel graphics, so I'm really glad you liked them!

author=urano23
While I love custom graphics(and I hate to say it but) I really don't like the faces. I don't hate them but I'm not completely satisfied. That's a personal opinion though. I'm not saying they are bad I just don't like them.

I actually completely agree with you here. I'm not very good at drawing faces. I tried redrawing them several times but never could get them to the quality or feeling I wanted to. I've considered the possibility of hiring someone to redraw all the faces and the couple of cutscene drawings, but I can't afford more than a few hundred dollars for all the work and I'm not sure if I can find someone with a cool style who would also do it for a price I can afford.

author=urano23
I loved the battle system. Battles are long but not too much and every enemy looks and feel unique, instead of being the same enemy with different graphics. And I like the idea of making the battles tougher the longer they last.

Hooray! I polished the battle system a lot, so I'm ecstatic that you enjoyed it. I also wanted to make sure that I put in new enemies very often so battles don't get as stale. I'm going to up the deadliness of the new moves that enemies get as time goes on in future dungeons so the tension stays at a good pace.

author=urano23
Why are all the main characters women? It's not bad or anything I'm just curious. And while we're on the subject, why are they all lesbian as well? Again, I have nothing against neither women nor lesbians. I'm just curious.

To be honest, I like lesbians a lot and lament their absence in games. So the answer to the question is "pure indulgence on my part," even though I may have gone overboard XD. I hope this won't put too many people off or alienate my audience, but if it does, I'll accept it because that's the path I took.

Though perhaps I should warn the players a bit more before they download the game. "Light yuri themes" might be not near enough warning when all playable characters are lesbians and part of the plot hinges on a lesbian romance.

author=urano23
The plot is a bit cliche and simple but it's enough and the characters are likeable so it's okay. It's hard to make a non-cliche story nowadays.

I'm so glad you liked the characters! I took the most cliche Dragon Quest-esce RPG plotline and ran with it, hoping that the characters and the unique spin on some of the events would carry the game. In the future I do indeed want to tell more unique stories, but for this I just wanted to have some fun with the RPG formula and see what sort of story I could tell with it.

author=urano23
The first boss was awesome because it has a rare and interesting fighting style but the second one was rather dissapointing. It was a standard giant squid boss. Nothing special. Also, you should tell the player that there's a boss up ahead. I mean, I know it was abvious but I didn't know exactly if I was close or extremely close until I had the squid in my face. I didn't even heal myself or save the game before the fight. Half the responsability for that was mine for not paying attention though.

The point about telling the player about the upcoming boss is something I'm very glad you brought up. With no save points (since you can save almost anywhere) the bosses don't have any warning. I'll fix that right away with signs with flashing skulls before the boss so that you know that they're coming.

As for the battles themselves, I owe most of the success of that first boss battle to LockeZ, who came up with the cool ideas for me in his "design a boss" thread on this site. The second one I designed solely on my own, and I see now that I didn't put enough thought into it. I'll work hard to try to make future boss battles much more memorable.

author=urano23
You give us too many items that are unnecessary. I always heal myself with skills anyway so it's pointless. I rarely use a healing potion and, while mana potions are useful, I didn't need it. I'm not saying not too give the player healing items, I'm saying you give too many and just fills the item bag with tons of items I'm very unlikely to use.

I understand. I went a bit overboard with that. Aside from reducing the number of items you find, I wonder if I could help fix that problem by having some of the new crafting items use a lot of curative items in their recipes, thus rewarding you for not using those items with unique loot.

author=urano23
NPCs are great because it's not a waste of time to talk with them(many games fail at that). I feel like it's useful to talk with every NPC either because they will say something useful, something interesting or just something funny.

Dungeons are designed in a fun way as well. It's not just a "walk until you reach to the end" type of dungeon.

Thanks a lot! I wanted to keep dungeons relatively short and interesting and keep the NPCs from being too much of a bother, so I'm happy both worked well ^_^

author=urano23
I think I'm not forgetting anything. Overall, I like the game. It has tons of potential. I'm really looking forward to the full game :D

Again, thank you so much for playing! I'll work hard to address your concerns and make a game that you (and hopefully everyone else who plays) will enjoy! :D

Wow, awesome! I think this is the first time I've seen a wheelchair user as an RPG party member, not to mention a thief who wears glasses :D

These characters seem really interesting! Can't wait to see how their stories develop!

Hehe, thanks! Glad I could help. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the game turns out!

Would it be possible to initiate combat but give a preemptive round? Or some other advantage, perhaps reducing all the monsters health by 10% or something?