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« Reply #30 on: September 29, 2008, 10:48:39 AM » |
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That looks pretty damn cool. I had my doubts about the whole game mechanic, but you seem to have made it work much better than I imagined it.
Thanks! I first wanted to make a puzzle game, but since I'm not much of a puzzler myself, I ended up with this... |
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« Reply #31 on: September 29, 2008, 10:55:50 AM » |
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Freeware or commercial?  Commercial. That's probably not what some of you like to hear, but I would love to make a living out of this . |
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« Reply #32 on: September 29, 2008, 11:20:48 AM » |
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The game looks like it's turning out pretty well The tile set definitely isn't easy on the eyes, though ... it's so ... brown, and oddly detailed. A simpler, cartoon-like look might fit a lot better with the style of game, and be nicer to look at. |
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« Reply #33 on: September 29, 2008, 12:12:43 PM » |
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Some of you were wondering how the gameplay would look... well... I just released a gameplay preview video on the website (and some more info). Let me know what you think !
 At first glance it reminds one scene from Twinsen's Oddysey. |
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« Reply #34 on: September 29, 2008, 07:26:37 PM » |
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How is that an impossible structure? It's just like the road I used to take to get to school...  It does look cool, though. |
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« Reply #35 on: September 29, 2008, 09:54:29 PM » |
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I really like the idea, and the execution so far looks great.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put a character in the cart. Have them lean out the side around corners, hover out over drops, and hoot'n'holler the whole time. Life makes games lively.
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« Reply #36 on: September 29, 2008, 10:14:35 PM » |
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You should check out an old Sega Genesis game called Landstalker. They to some really amazing (eg: bastardly) tricks with isometric perspective.
Arg that game was hard. Awesome tho, if not sort of a Zelda copy. You're right though, it's a good study if you were looking for tricky iso puzzles.  |
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« Reply #37 on: September 30, 2008, 12:22:00 AM » |
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It's looking pretty good! I like the mechanics. Looks like it could comfortably be a single-button game. I'm not too fond of the aesthetics, though; as someone mentioned, it's a tad too brown.
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« Reply #38 on: September 30, 2008, 12:59:47 AM » |
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It looks like any old game that I played during my childhood, and I love it.
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« Reply #39 on: September 30, 2008, 01:16:33 AM » |
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I've been thinking about this game. When I saw the video I was initially quite disappointed; the game mechanics seemed to be not especially original, and very much part of the lineage of what now people tend to call casual puzzle games. Mechanics-wise, it might as well be a maze game with certain arrow tiles that you can only move over in one direction. HOWEVER, I've come to terms with it thus: what's important to me is not the mechanic, but rather the fact that you've managed to subsume all of these elements (movement-restricting arrows, &c.) into the geometry of the game, via some sort of naturalization process.
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« Reply #40 on: September 30, 2008, 08:54:47 AM » |
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Since that echochrome link failed, here's a video. |
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« Reply #41 on: October 01, 2008, 08:21:39 PM » |
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Looks like it could comfortably be a single-button game.
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to figure it out . |
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« Reply #42 on: October 03, 2008, 02:20:46 AM » |
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Really cool idea, but Age Of Empires beats you  |
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« Reply #43 on: October 03, 2008, 10:09:14 AM » |
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If only Escher lived in a time when games were around... Looking good. Like the idea and I'd like to give it a play but I fear I'd crumble as a human being, unable to take the craziness. |
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« Reply #44 on: October 05, 2008, 11:17:28 PM » |
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I actually rather like the art. It reminds me of Roller Coaster Tycoon, among other games of my youth. That said, if you're really looking to sell this then a more distinctive art style - preferably one without the creepy black void background - would really help to set your game apart from other titles. Best of luck to you in your endeavors  |
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