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[graebor]

Click here to play (only uses mouse): http://www.graemeborland.com/gamecontent/return/

Hello all!

This is a game I've been working on this month, my goal is to have it done before May. It's coming along but I am looking for feedback and suggestions of all kinds (especially on the difficulty and controls) to give it more of a push over the next week before I'm done with it. Suggestions on what to name it are also welcome Audio is in the works. I'll also be making a bunch more levels of course, this build just has the first few. What do you think so far?

Edit: Met my deadline of releasing during April. I replaced the link in this post with a link to the now finished game

[Udderdude]

Pretty cool, kind of like real-time space billiards or something.  I played through all the levels.

My one issue with the controls is when you have multiple units overlapping, it can be difficult to select just one, or keep the selection from switching to another unit.  Unfortunately I don't really have any suggestions for this at the moment.

Also you probably already know this, but "Give up" shouldn't be an option on the "Victory" screen.

[graebor]

Yeah, I have been struggling with how to resolve the overlapping units problem. And I agree "give up" sounds weird after you win, since it's just an option to return to the title screen, I will change the text. Thanks for trying it out

[graebor]

I've updated the wip build with the following changes:

- New control method, using click and drag rather than just click. Feedback I've got so far says it's a vast improvement over the old method.
- Fixed a couple cases where you could get stuck in walls
- Added more levels
- A few other small fixes and tweaks

Play it at the same URL (http://www.graemeborland.com/gamecontent/wip/) and let me know what you think!

[Udderdude]

Got my first "You lost" screen .. takes way too long to show up and the response time on the "Try again" button was pretty ridiculous, too.

Make it snappy as the "You win" screen please ..

[graebor]

That screen moving slowly was the result of a bug where if a unit died while selected the slow motion effect would persist, it's been fixed now in the final build Thanks for your feedback.

I'm happy with this game and am done with it for now, the final build is at http://www.graemeborland.com/gamecontent/return/

[Udderdude]

Congrats on finishing it.

[Whiteclaws]

Loving it 

You should make a full game of just the combat 

[AD1337]

Very well done, no complaints.

[mychii]

Congratulations on the release!

It looks decent. My only feedback would be the camera movement by the mouse, it's kinda annoying for me while I'm trying to aim/observe. Maybe lerp-ing it a little would help.

Above all, nice game. If I may suggest, having a game like this for mobile would be super nice.

[Sar]

If I may suggest, having a game like this for mobile would be super nice.

That was more or less my thought after a few stages as well! It's easier to control with a graphics tablet than a mouse, which to me says that it's probably more suited for a touch interface.

I played up to the first stage where there's multiple switches to pass through. I generally don't like games that remind me too much of RTSes, but it was quite fun. I thought of it more as "crazy golf with bad guys" than "space billiards", though!

(Man, where did all the crazy golf games go?)

[graebor]

Thanks for the feedback, folks!

If I may suggest, having a game like this for mobile would be super nice.

Pretty much everyone I've talked to has said the same. The controls would just go so well with a touchscreen. I have no experience developing for mobile, but I'd love to revisit this game in the future, tune it up, add more levels etc, and release it for mobile

[ThunderMare]

If I may suggest, having a game like this for mobile would be super nice.

Yes this was my first thought when i saw the game. 

[Martin 2BAM]

This game has mobile written all over it

I played for like 20+ levels and it was very entertaining, and the learning curve is very balanced. Specially liked the slowdown while holding mechanic.

Btw, when you're near walls the enemies just smash against you like a thousand times per second and instantly kill you; it seems a bit unfair.

Congrats! Great game

[ThomasMorrison]

Had a good time with this game, glad to hear it's done.

A few things:
- I really liked the sound (both music and sfx etc) they were well polished
- I wish their was a way to aim units WITHOUT time being slowed down (holding shift or something maybe?)
- Clicking very quickly with a wide radius makes you somewhat invincible in 1v1 battles

I enjoyed the game, especially how it handled having both puzzle and combat components which kept the gameplay fresh.