Post by alex on Jun 28, 2012 5:36:40 GMT -5
Hi!
I played the game for like 1-2h last night and this is all the feedback I got so far!
Visual
Confirmation that you've activated a teleporter
Make the light circle red at first but green when you come so close that you activate it
Female shopkeeper
Can't she have some decent clothes?
Female characters
I have a lot of friends playing games, a lot of them female, and I believe that all of my friends get frustrated when there is a character creation but no option of being female, especially since there is nothing in the game that motivates that you have to be a male
Position of inventory contra selected item
The selected item should be to the upper left and player stats on the bottom left, it feels kinda weird with the windows you're supposed to look at are at different heights
Vision field circle more seethrough
This is more of a personal preference I think, you also get used to it after a while, maybe you could have a option for opacity of the circle?
Enviorment
Dropable platforms
When I first saw one of the small platforms I instantly tried jumping and dropping through them, but to my dissapointment it did not work. This is especially important on the elevator platforms since I did find at least one place where a moving platform was in the way and I could not progress, which leads me too the following topic
Destroyable blocks
During the time I played I did see a few dead ends. This was kind of frustrating when the wall of it was one block thick. You could make some blocks destroyable or have some item, dynamite maybe, that lets you destroy blocks, it should be expensive if you buy it and rare if you find it!
Floating Teleporters
Not so much to say about this one, it just feels kinda weird with teleporters flying and getting stuck to the ceiling.
Small gaps easier to fit
Since there are small gaps in the game you can fit through you should make it easier to fit through them. Because right now you have to spam the jump button to get through.
Looooong fall
I got to a place in my game where I just kept falling for like forever. Don't really know if this is good or bad. When I think about it now it's not really that bad. As long as it doesn't happen all the time
Items
Flying items
When you grab the ores or kill enemies they really fly everywhere. And since you have to wait till they hit the ground to collect them it gets annoying. So either make the items so they fly around less or that can collect them in the air. I prefer the latter so the game gets a better flow
More weapon stats!
Like elements, extra ammo, boomerang shots?, i dunno. Just more things too keep the weapons more unique and greater customizeation
Your imagination sets the limit!
Healing items
While i like the system that you use found item to replenish hp it gets kinda repetitive to open your inventory too heal. Also since there are alot of these healing items it gets really easy after a while. My suggestion is either to make a "healing item" slot to which you can assign a few items for easy access with a hotkey and add a cooldown for healing items. Or you could drop that system all together and use a healing item, with set amounts of healing, with a cooldown and hotkey. The latter suggestion also makes for easier item management, if the healing items were to be stackable in an healing item slot.
Other equipment
Armors, boots, gloves? All with different abilities. Shoes could have stats like reduce damage from floor traps, jump higher, walk faster. Again, your imagination sets the limit here. Also, more items to collect
Granades?
Could be the slot for dynamite as well!
Enemies
More enemy types
I really can't stress this one! It gets really boring shooting the same guys over and over
Hover over enemies
Jumping over enemies and down-shoot them make them really easy targets.
The only time the game actually was hard was when i had little energy and where there were a lot of mobs, but even then the hovering technique made it kinda easy to get past. A suggestion how to fix this is you start the game with fewer jumps and buy jump upgrades or get shoes with more jumps OR have a lot of jumps but recharge is needed for more than 1 or 2 jumps? I like the latter more so you can't fly around everywhere all the time. Or a combination of all!
General
The music
Not so good at all times, kinda repetitive. This might be more of a personal preference
Character design
I think this is a more personal opinion, it does not appeal to me.. But I can live with that ;D
Multiplayer
Make it happen. It will make the game like 1000x more fun! (more like any singleplayer game 1000x more fun)
Inventory managable with mouse?
A cycle weapon key for the keyboard
Fullscreen
Mouse aiming
Since you have the option of controlling with the mouse, why not make it possible to aim with it as well. I changed all my controllers to the keyboard since the mouse did not feel right without aiming.
Things really i liked!
Trap filled treasure rooms (altough some where really cramped)
The entire game!
The graphics looks great!
That is all for now!
Hope that it will help you!
Also right now when i tried to put the game on my second screen (a TV) it froze!
I played the game for like 1-2h last night and this is all the feedback I got so far!
Visual
Confirmation that you've activated a teleporter
Make the light circle red at first but green when you come so close that you activate it
Female shopkeeper
Can't she have some decent clothes?
Female characters
I have a lot of friends playing games, a lot of them female, and I believe that all of my friends get frustrated when there is a character creation but no option of being female, especially since there is nothing in the game that motivates that you have to be a male
Position of inventory contra selected item
The selected item should be to the upper left and player stats on the bottom left, it feels kinda weird with the windows you're supposed to look at are at different heights
Vision field circle more seethrough
This is more of a personal preference I think, you also get used to it after a while, maybe you could have a option for opacity of the circle?
Enviorment
Dropable platforms
When I first saw one of the small platforms I instantly tried jumping and dropping through them, but to my dissapointment it did not work. This is especially important on the elevator platforms since I did find at least one place where a moving platform was in the way and I could not progress, which leads me too the following topic
Destroyable blocks
During the time I played I did see a few dead ends. This was kind of frustrating when the wall of it was one block thick. You could make some blocks destroyable or have some item, dynamite maybe, that lets you destroy blocks, it should be expensive if you buy it and rare if you find it!
Floating Teleporters
Not so much to say about this one, it just feels kinda weird with teleporters flying and getting stuck to the ceiling.
Small gaps easier to fit
Since there are small gaps in the game you can fit through you should make it easier to fit through them. Because right now you have to spam the jump button to get through.
Looooong fall
I got to a place in my game where I just kept falling for like forever. Don't really know if this is good or bad. When I think about it now it's not really that bad. As long as it doesn't happen all the time
Items
Flying items
When you grab the ores or kill enemies they really fly everywhere. And since you have to wait till they hit the ground to collect them it gets annoying. So either make the items so they fly around less or that can collect them in the air. I prefer the latter so the game gets a better flow
More weapon stats!
Like elements, extra ammo, boomerang shots?, i dunno. Just more things too keep the weapons more unique and greater customizeation
Your imagination sets the limit!Healing items
While i like the system that you use found item to replenish hp it gets kinda repetitive to open your inventory too heal. Also since there are alot of these healing items it gets really easy after a while. My suggestion is either to make a "healing item" slot to which you can assign a few items for easy access with a hotkey and add a cooldown for healing items. Or you could drop that system all together and use a healing item, with set amounts of healing, with a cooldown and hotkey. The latter suggestion also makes for easier item management, if the healing items were to be stackable in an healing item slot.
Other equipment
Armors, boots, gloves? All with different abilities. Shoes could have stats like reduce damage from floor traps, jump higher, walk faster. Again, your imagination sets the limit here. Also, more items to collect
Granades?
Could be the slot for dynamite as well!
Enemies
More enemy types
I really can't stress this one! It gets really boring shooting the same guys over and over
Hover over enemies
Jumping over enemies and down-shoot them make them really easy targets.
The only time the game actually was hard was when i had little energy and where there were a lot of mobs, but even then the hovering technique made it kinda easy to get past. A suggestion how to fix this is you start the game with fewer jumps and buy jump upgrades or get shoes with more jumps OR have a lot of jumps but recharge is needed for more than 1 or 2 jumps? I like the latter more so you can't fly around everywhere all the time. Or a combination of all!
General
The music
Not so good at all times, kinda repetitive. This might be more of a personal preference
Character design
I think this is a more personal opinion, it does not appeal to me.. But I can live with that ;D
Multiplayer
Make it happen. It will make the game like 1000x more fun! (more like any singleplayer game 1000x more fun)
Inventory managable with mouse?
A cycle weapon key for the keyboard
Fullscreen
Mouse aiming
Since you have the option of controlling with the mouse, why not make it possible to aim with it as well. I changed all my controllers to the keyboard since the mouse did not feel right without aiming.
Things really i liked!
Trap filled treasure rooms (altough some where really cramped)
The entire game!
The graphics looks great!
That is all for now!
Hope that it will help you!
Also right now when i tried to put the game on my second screen (a TV) it froze!
