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[PuzzleLab]

Hi!

We would be very thankful if you could take a look at our new game “Proto Raider”. It's on Beta stage now.

Proto Raider is an arcade game where every level is a mini-quest. You can run and jump, scuba dive, surf the waterfalls, fight monsters, fly in tornadoes etc. But you must be careful because you can be burnt to ashes, drowned, poisoned, stabbed, annihilated or turned to stone! To complete the quest and collect all loot, you'll need agility, speed and special items that give you various superpowers.

Please, vote for the game on Steam GreenLight:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=397277501

You can download Demo here:
Windows http://www.protoraider.com/ProtoRaiderPCDemoENG.exe
MAC http://www.protoraider.com/ProtoRaiderMacDemoENG.zip

We are waiting for feedback. Thank you!

[Quicksand-S]

Wow...

This game caught my completely by surprise and just blew me away. Right from the start, the music was great. The first level made it seem very simple, but the second level showed promise and it just got better after that.

...until level 5, which was a little annoying because of the unpredictability of it (particularly on the first attempt). It didn't take many tries at all, though, so that was a relief.

I love the music, the "art", the sounds, the effect after finishing a level. The little touch of having the level number transform was great too. Really impressive stuff. Apart from the aforementioned issue with level 5, and maybe the keyboard controls being a little dark to really notice (I've been playing with the mouse), I don't have anything negative to say. It's great.

[ProgramGamer]

This is nice, I'm following this topic!

[_bm]

Very cool game and art style!

[PuzzleLab]

We've just updated the game. Such languages were added: Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano.

Please, write us if you find a typo or wrong translation!

As always, latest demo can be downloaded by links from game's facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Proto-Raider/804318722971702

[mtarini]

Finished the demo... Well done! Thanks for sharing! I had some real fun. The mechanics are really smooth. Challenge level is spot-on. This game is entertaining from start to end, because it communicates a great sense of adventure.  


You know, to the ones of us who *did* program their first games using only ASCII, when that really was the only option (oh, the memories), games like this one seem to send a message backward in time, all the way down to 1984. The message is addressed to my BASIC-endowed 1984 self, and reads: "Dear mid 1980s garage-based game-dev: see? you *could* have done great games, if only you tried harder, don't blame the technology! Faithfully yours, the mid 2010s".

Naturally,that's a humorous lie. So, this one is not only a fun to play game, it also counts as a nicely told joke.

But wait, there's a PS in the message! It reads: "ps, what is that? A full blown 64 keys keyboard? You spoiled kids sure had everything in 1985! Back in 2015, we had a SINGLE key to control our game-play!"

[Quicksand-T]

This game is really awesome! Is the end-level sound taken from rattling Lego pieces?

I also think you could have made the possibility of control by keyboard more clear. Other than that I have no complaints.

[PuzzleLab]

Thank you for playing the game and for feedback!

Yes, the sound a the end of the levels is sound of falling lego pieces

Quicksand-T, could you please share your thoughts about more clear keyboard control?

[mtarini]

Played some more... I really love the blue "scent" left by the hero.

Just a curiosity about the ASCII art: why are the steeper (45 degrees) staircases rendered by alternating - and T chars?
Would't it be more logical to have either all - or all T, to get equally spaced steps?
(I totally understand alternating - and T for ~45/2 deg staircases)

[PuzzleLab]

mtarini, all things were made by true characters from 7-bit ASCII table, no any rotation
Here are several steepers from the game:
_-
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 -
T


<"
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[Quicksand-T]

Yes, the sound a the end of the levels is sound of falling lego pieces

Quicksand-T, could you please share your thoughts about more clear keyboard control?

I knew it!

Its just that while I was playing the game I didn't even know you could control it with the keyboard, since I started using the mouse to press the menu buttons and continued from there.

[PuzzleLab]

Quicksand-T, I think we should make some kind of help page, which will describe a basic control. Thank you!

[Zorg]

Cool game.

Some notes:
- It took a short time until i noticed i can control the whole game using space key only.
- I did not like the level with the falling boxes, i think it was 5(?).
- I do not like the sound if you hold the jump key down for a longer time.
- Sometimes i died because i hit the left or right edge of the screen. It would be better if there would always be some obstacle, indicating death.
- You should place the reverse direction signs in front of ships, too (see previous point).
- I was surprised i could jump over the exit door.

I tested the game in german:
- Instead of "Vollbildschirm" you could simply write "Vollbild" or "Vollbildmodus" in the options.
- "BEENDEN" means "to end something", in case of a door, which leads outside, the correct word for "EXIT" is "AUSGANG".

I did not finish the whole demo, yet, but i will continue later. It was fun.

[PuzzleLab]

Hi, just want to let you know, that the game just released on Apps Store:
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id970565441

[MereMonkey]

Just got to level 15 and will be going back to play it later when I have more time. This is an awesome game never play anything styled like it and the sound design is really well done, especially love the collapse effect after every level! Awesome job, I look for to playing it again later!!

[Christian]

The waterfall in level 6 seems inconsistent. Do you tap or hold to travel up the water?

[PuzzleLab]

Christian, thank you for playing the game! Please, tap to jump to waterfall. Then, one tap - one step in the waterfall. So, to cross the waterfall, just tap three times (about one sec. between each tap)