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[dweedes]

GAME IS FINISHED - http://www.magicdweedoo.com/

SOUNDTRACK (FREE) - http://dweedes.bandcamp.com/album/bad-smell-soundtrack

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This is what I'm working on at the moment.

To sum it up it's a roguelike 360 degree shooter. The main mode is Arcade where you play a bunch of randomised rooms and try to get the high score and a 'smell rating' based on your score. The higher your score the worse you smell (subjectively). Adventure mode will play more like Pocky & Rocky where you play through 7 proper levels and get to the end. Controls are WASD & Mouse.

The music plays like a radio station and I've already got permission for some pretty cool music (links to artists at the bottom).

WIP screenshots (Arcade & Adventure)


Anyways I started this last March as an idea and left it, then picked it up again last September and have been working on it since. Hopefully it ends up being as fun as I want it to be.

-----Here's some cool music people:
Dreyfus - http://dreyfusbeats.bandcamp.com/
New Vaders - https://soundcloud.com/new-vaders
Bear Bones - http://mikeossomusic.bandcamp.com/
Father Figure - http://fatherfigure.bandcamp.com/
Nico Negron - https://soundcloud.com/focuscountermedium
Legion Of Slime (shrine) - http://www.myspace.com/legionofslime

I'd be interested in anyone's thoughts about the game so far!!

Thx for reading

[Blambo]

You should give the health bar a wiggle animation! Everything else on the screen moves and is active; the health bar looks a bit out of place.

[dweedes]

Blamo I like that idea but it's too little a detail to add considering how much time I'd need to spend to implement it...

ALSO I put some music I made for the game on bandcamp:

http://poisoncoin.bandcamp.com/album/bad-smell-soundtrack

[dweedes]

With huge help from Regyptian https://twitter.com/regyptian the soundtrack now has a proper cover art.

+ Added some more tracks. http://poisoncoin.bandcamp.com/album/bad-smell-soundtrack

Tha game is 99.6% complete

[dweedes]

the game is finished now, will release sooon

I will post a trailer video in whatever the right section is

"im excited" ~ Big Kev RIP

[ori]

I am not sure but I think that I really like the visuals (early games by Cactus were all like that, but sure enough you should go beyond visuals to make a good game), cant wait to play.

[dweedes]

Thanks Ori, very very wise person !!!

Here is the game trailer video!!!!

[ori]

now i am exited even more! cant wait!

[TNERB]

Oh man I want to play this.

[superfoonly]

I love the music and the art style

[dweedes]

thanks a lot guys

Well the game is ready now - currently only Windows,
mac version will come very soon

http://www.magicdweedoo.com/

sorry if you thought it was going to be free ...

[TNERB]

8 whole dollars, bummer I have to wait till pay day to play this 

[dweedes]

Yo, mac version is now available.
Now there's a choice of windows or mac...
or indeeed both !!!

http://www.magicdweedoo.com/

[Games Inquirer]

This looks pretty funky, could you share some more information? Are there leaderboards? Online or local? What about the scoring methods for the two modes? Is the randomly generated arcade mode endless or does it also stop at seven? Etc. 

[dweedes]

Hey game inquirer, there are separate high scores for arcade normal difficulty, arcade hard difficulty and adventure, local.

Scoring is based on what you collect and what enemies and boxes you kill, same for both modes. Arcade is endless / play till you die, hence the name.

There are also 7 unlockable characters, unlockable cheats, sound test and some unlockable items !!

[Games Inquirer]

Sounds cool!

Maybe an one-level demo would help sell it.

Or an arcade mode time-limited demo (make sure it can't be bypassed). Like, three minute runs.

With endless attract mode!

[dweedes]

IMO I don't think a demo is necessary for anything that costs 2 cups of coffee
Also the AUD is still pretty weak at the moment so there's a bonus

ps I saw your post about BS on your blog thing, cheers 4 that !

[ori]

I haven't bought the BS yet, price is not a problem but seriously speaking it could be overpriced or it could be that there is really a need for  demo to understand that this is a really coold game like it seems to be and not just something that seems...

And here is a good elaboration on why you should never compare your software product with a coffee. https://medium.com/ios-android-and-a-new-genre-of-boring/8fe573d4da6b

[Games Inquirer]

ps I saw your post about BS on your blog thing, cheers 4 that !

Don't cheer much, it doesn't get many visitors (yet?). I also copy paste that stuff (the Greek translations) on a couple Greek gaming/PC forums, though it's hit or miss if they will get many views there also. I just do it as a hobby these days, though I did it professionally in the past. Things were good years ago on foreign publications (and my own niche mod focused sites I had built from scratch) but on my most recent attempt the Greek employers weren't at all interested in original stories or less than AAA games and only wanted me to translate Eurogamer's biggest news stories, with way too many demands for the little they offered, so I didn't stay long.

Oh well. Anyway, back to your game, it smells!  

[dweedes]

I did think a lot about pricing and did compare it to other buyable indie games.
For example Leon Sadler's The Unbreakable Chain costs $8 for just the game and $15 with the soundtrack. The game is about 10 minutes worth of gameplay and consists of about 5 or 6 short levels.
Towerfall & Spelunky - $15 - very replayable, and therefore I think that's a fair price.