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[iMoose]

Hello, people of TIG forums   For the previous couple of months, I've been developing an action/exploration 2-D platform game, and I'd like to share some of my progress with the public, and accumulate some critical feedback on what is good and what could be refined. This demo is made in Game Maker 7 Pro.

Download this demo here.
Update: The second demo is available, with many more features! Download it here (YoYoGames) or here (Box.net)

Please note that you can press 'Enter' to pause and 'Q' to load your game. The latter of these two features is just for Beta testing, and will be taken out when I finally put in a title screen.

In this game you control two different characters with different strengths and weaknesses, able to tag between them at any time. This demo includes:

• Both characters
• The first area (Garden), and the first boss
• A town with interactive NPCs
• Plenty o' secrets

In addition to this, the second demo includes:

• The second area (Gemsteel Mine), and the second boss
• A start on the lake area-it is incomplete, but accessible through a secret
• A WIP pause system
• The beginning of the Master Tower, including two bosses
• Tons and tons of bug fixes
• A working shop and a bank
• Sounds  

This game has inspiration from Nintendo's Super Metroid, Derek Yu's Spelunky, and Pixel's Cave Story  

Perhaps you'd enjoy some screenies (More on the Yoyogames page):




Enjoy the demo!

[PsySal]

Welcome to TIGSource please post a welcome message in the welcome forum!!

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=45.0

This game has inspiration from Nintendo's Super Metroid, Derek Yu's Spelunky, and Pixel's Cave Story

What? What are these? I've never even heard of these games! They sound lame...

!! Kidding, kidding... Actually your game looks really cool, and those are pretty solid inspirations especially for this community...

[TwilightVulpine]

Nice game.

So far the graphics are good. I hope you put more shadows around. The future implementation of power ups, hinted at the store, got me interested. I am curious about what the gem-like and sparkle-like collectibles will serve for.

I had a few problems:

When dying the first time after I started the game, I got this error:

Code: (error)

ERROR in
action number 1
of Key Press Event for X-key Key
for object obj_GameOver:

Error reading real.

Pressing abort continued the game without problems. Dying again didn't show the error, but closing the game, starting it again and then dying showed the error again.

The attack animation seems to delay the attack a little, making precise jump attacks a little difficult.

Lira shoots an arrow when she stops talking. It is not surprising, since the button for attack and advancing the text is the same, but I don't think it is the expected behavior.

[iMoose]

Welcome to TIGSource please post a welcome message in the welcome forum!!

Ah, yeah, newbie here  I was so eager to post this on multiple forums, I, uh... didn't really look at the rules... Anyways, I'll get right to that once I find the time.

When dying the first time after I started the game, I got this error:

Code:

ERROR in
action number 1
of Key Press Event for X-key Key
for object obj_GameOver:

Error reading real.

Pressing abort continued the game without problems. Dying again didn't show the error, but closing the game, starting it again and then dying showed the error again.

The attack animation seems to delay the attack a little, making precise jump attacks a little difficult.

Lira shoots an arrow when she stops talking. It is not surprising, since the button for attack and advancing the text is the same, but I don't think it is the expected behavior.

Many thanks for the report. Regarding that error... I'm not sure I know what caused that. I've never seen it myself. Did it happen right when you died, or when you selected resume (My guess is the latter)? And also, when that happened, did you have a save file? If not, that may be the problem.

Also, about the attacks: the animations do delay the attack by a couple frames. I agree that it makes precise air attacks pretty difficult, especially when there's a ceiling above you. It takes some getting used to, but that's hardly an excuse. I'll look into refining that.

Lastly, I've noticed myself that Lira shoots when she finishes talking. It used to also happen with Edgar, so I found a way to prevent it with him. But that same method didn't seem to work for Lira. I'm definitely looking into that one.

Thank you all for your feedback!

[JR Hill]

The dialogue is wonderful.

I'm glad my game is safe.

[TwilightVulpine]

Many thanks for the report. Regarding that error... I'm not sure I know what caused that. I've never seen it myself. Did it happen right when you died, or when you selected resume (My guess is the latter)? And also, when that happened, did you have a save file? If not, that may be the problem.

I tested it again. The error appears when selecting resume, but only if there is a save file.  I removed the save file and, when selecting resume for the first time, no error appear.

I am using Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, if the information helps.

[AuthenticKaizen]

thats a nice game with fine graphics you have here...
im looking forward to further releases (with sound).
keep up the good work

[gunmaggot]

Nice.  Don't really have any comments or crits other than to say that I like it.

[JR Hill]

Since no one is critiquing I'll be the bad guy.

I think the walk animation could use some work.

[iMoose]

Many thanks for the report. Regarding that error... I'm not sure I know what caused that. I've never seen it myself. Did it happen right when you died, or when you selected resume (My guess is the latter)? And also, when that happened, did you have a save file? If not, that may be the problem.

I tested it again. The error appears when selecting resume, but only if there is a save file.  I removed the save file and, when selecting resume for the first time, no error appear.

I am using Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, if the information helps.

I have no idea, I tried exactly that and didn't get anything. I'll definitely look into it

Since no one is critiquing I'll be the bad guy.

I think the walk animation could use some work.

RAWR HOW DARE YOU 
Actually I think I like the current one, but I might try something else. Thanks for your opinion

[JR Hill]

By the way, "I like to look important" guy is the best guy.

[MolderingDevTeam_James]

I played through the demo. Here's a couple of thoughts.

The shooting could be more responsive. There's a short delay after a press the button until the time that the bullet is released. Maybe that's intentional and I just need to get used to it, but if its not you might want to make it quicker.

Also, it seems that there's no reason to use the first guy (Edgar?) after you get the chick cause she has double jump and can shoot further. What incentive is there to use the other guy? Is he stronger?

Otherwise, I like the graphics, the levels are cool (I like all the secrets and short cuts), and I like the NPC's a lot.

Keep up the good work!

[MolderingDevTeam_James]

Also, I liked the camera movements. The camera seems to be pretty smart and know where I'm going.

[DubDub]

iMoose, thank you very much!
Demo amazing! This game can compete with the .
Good luck to you, waiting for an early release date! 

[iMoose]

@MolderingDevTeam_James: I'm working on the delay for both characters now . Also, I should have made this more obvious, but Edgar is stronger than Lira. Edgar does 2 damage, Lira does 1.

@DubDub: Ahaha, thank you  that's gon' be a long time from now though.