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There's not much contrast between the background and foreground elements. Everything is just REALLY colorful. It's a nice style though, and feels very "storybookish", which accentuates the narration in the game.

I'm trying to think of fantasy storybooks I know and I can't think of any that have use such saturated colors. Usually they're much more muted, actually:





But maybe more to the point, even the game's concept art is much more subdued:

http://kotaku.com/5834658/the-luscious-art-of-trine-2/gallery/1

The game would have benefited from muting the colors a little more overall - that way you'd get a real effect whenever there was something extra colorful on the screen. As it is, my eyes have trouble focusing on anything except maybe the giant blob of white light that they put behind every area.

Maybe I'm in the minority but I don't find the graphics appealing. The detail is nice, but the bloom/saturation is way too high imo.

It's like HDR photography... feels like my eyes are being bludgeoned.

Very nice character and animation! My one critique is that the feet are a little on the small side and would probably look more natural if they didn't rotate so much.

I think the difference between Feedback and DevLogs is that Feedback requires a two-way interaction, whereas DevLogs can be a one-way street. Feedback requires a playable build whereas DevLogs can be whatever the dev feels like putting out.

This is an archive for finished games that began as DevLogs.

Please do not post your own games here - they should be moved here by moderators from DevLogs!

If you have a finished game that you'd like to announce, please post in Townhall.

Trying out a "Finished" subforum to archive finished DevLogs. The stickying is too hard to maintain and clutters up DevLogs. And Announcements is sorta sludge these days with all the spammy posts.

I was talking with some of the mods and level 10s about doing more temp banning to keep the level of discussion up in General/Games. Maybe we'll start doing that soon.

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Given your vegetarianism, I'll bet your poops look like this:

I may have found out about this guy from this thread, but just in case...





http://brightsplashes.tumblr.com/

Oh yeah, I made this a little while ago. I should post it here:



 

[EDIT:]

Oh yeah, Recettear is half sim/half dungeon crawl and its a pretty decent little game.



But yeah, thinking more about it, genre shift is a nice way to pace a game and build anticipation for something. It helps when the theme ties the two genres together tightly.

Most RPGs switch back and forth between two sections that are very different - one where you're battling and one where you're buying/selling items and conversing with townsfolk. Aside from giving you a chance to take a break, each section gives you ways of preparing for the other section. In towns you buy items to prepare for battle and in battle you earn gold to buy more items with. It's a positive feedback loop that feels quite nice if both parts are done well.

(EDIT: My bad, I didn't see the part where Azure said the same thing.)

Plus having different aspects to the game can make it feel richer.

I really liked the shift from platformer to sim/shooter (and vice versa) in Actraiser. The platforming is definitely the meat of the game, but the simulation portion adds a lot to the pacing and the feeling of being a god. When you enter a platforming section there's a sense of excitement and purpose that you don't find in traditional platformers. Likewise, a simple town sim is a lot more enjoyable when you can uncover real dungeons and power-ups.

Actraiser 2 dropped the sim portion, of course, and it really does feel like a missed opportunity.



http://www.flyingomelette.com/reviews/snes/actraiser.html