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« Reply #60 on: February 07, 2012, 11:04:26 PM » |
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Game's looking outstanding. Love the simple graphics. Keep up the good work. P.S. Adding an inventory is a lot of work, but I like the feeling of filling it up with items. Although, you can usually gauge how far through the game you are by how many essential slots you've filled. Kind of a downer when you know you're near the end. Anyway, carry on!  |
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« Reply #61 on: February 08, 2012, 01:29:26 AM » |
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If I had my midi controller/synth with me I'd ask if you needed music or sound fx or somethin.
I have my midi controller/synth with me. If you're wondering. I'll probably put up a public demo once my composer finishes some songs for the game!
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« Reply #62 on: February 08, 2012, 04:18:37 AM » |
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Unfortunately, there wont be much of an 'inventory' per se, but you can certainly see your collected items in the HUD. The 'pause menu' will look something like this:  As you see, the map eats a lot of space although technically I could go the Super Metroid way and include subpages. Don't know if that's really necessary, though.
If I had my midi controller/synth with me I'd ask if you needed music or sound fx or somethin.
I have my midi controller/synth with me. If you're wondering. I'll probably put up a public demo once my composer finishes some songs for the game!
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« Reply #63 on: February 08, 2012, 06:43:01 PM » |
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You could also add scrolling, but that size looks fine.
I like how we got a nice metriodvania discussion out of this. Lots of fun.
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« Reply #64 on: February 09, 2012, 03:23:50 AM » |
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You could also add scrolling, but that size looks fine.
Yeah, scrolling could be a possibility, but personally I'm not a huge fan of it. I like a more compact design. To continue the metroidvania talk, what kind of puzzles have you enjoyed in metroidvanias? The game currently consists mostly either of just plain fighting or jumping 'puzzles', but I can't think of any interesting actual puzzles that could go well with the design. Pushing blocks is a safe bet but that's kinda old and boring. Any ideas? |
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« Reply #65 on: February 09, 2012, 12:52:26 PM » |
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I've always enjoyed figuring out how to use the abilities I have to get to my objective. Fusion was really good about this- you would often times find speed boost blocks in a place where speed boosting seemed impossible, and it would take some clever navigation to make it through the blocks with your boost intact.
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« Reply #66 on: February 09, 2012, 02:10:36 PM » |
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This is only tenuously related to puzzles, but I've always loved abilities having a couple of really obscure uses that most players may never see. After years of playing the game, I seriously just found out today that the Wheel ability in Kirby and the Amazing Mirror can travel on hills situated on the ceiling; a bit of level design that barely ever shows up in the game at all, and is never necessary. You could have the grappling hook interact in particular ways with certain enemies, for instance.
It's a pretty cliche thing to say, but it's totally true - even if most players won't ever see it at all, it can really add to the experience.
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« Reply #67 on: February 09, 2012, 06:27:03 PM » |
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Remember, stick with what works. Don't say "Block puzzles are old, so I will use something else." Say "Block puzzles are old, so how can I make them more interesting?" You could add moving platforms to your block puzzles. Make your grappling hook interact with the blocks in some way.
Also, the things many people don't see are great. Like in Kirby 64, you can hold stuff above your head in order to throw it. Some enemies will do useful stuff on your head though, like most projectiles trowing enemies will keep shooting stuff that can kill other enemies.
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« Reply #68 on: February 09, 2012, 07:00:46 PM » |
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« Reply #69 on: February 09, 2012, 09:10:47 PM » |
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Something like that ground-worm spazzing out and dragging you around with it would be baller.
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« Reply #70 on: February 11, 2012, 06:18:09 AM » |
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Sooo... Any ETA on demo?
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« Reply #71 on: February 12, 2012, 02:00:36 AM » |
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Unfortunately no; the code is quite much ready for that but my composer is in a great hurry so estimates on when he finishes the needed tracks are a bit unclear.
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« Reply #72 on: February 12, 2012, 11:36:42 AM » |
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But you're just waiting for the soundtrack, right?
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« Reply #73 on: February 13, 2012, 06:04:04 AM » |
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But you're just waiting for the soundtrack, right?
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« Reply #74 on: February 14, 2012, 10:52:20 AM » |
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Hey did I ever told you the story of how I became deaf?
Oh well I tried atleast...
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