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[RohoMech]

***Nutz***
Hey Moderators, I didn't notice the FEEDBACK section when I posted this, please, if its more appropiate there, could you move it?
***Nutz***

Hi guys, I love shooters but I'm a bit miffed that they don't enjoy a larger audience.  So, I've designed an experiment with some visualization and a move-assist feature which hopefully will make avoiding bullets easier.  The goal is to broaden the audience of people who can nagivate the bullet pattern without changing the pattern to a simplier one.

Please, if you have about 5-10 minutes to spare, give this post a read (it'll explain things much better) and give the experiment a shot, EVEN if you usually don't play those kinds of games, I can really use your participation :-)
http://mawsoft.com/blog/?p=160

[Anthony Flack]

I don't understand; all the phases ended so quickly and they all seemed the same; there wasn't even any need to dodge anything.

[Terry]

That second game in your post looks really good - where can I get it?

[ஒழுக்கின்மை]

It's Perfect Cherry Blossom I believe, by Team Shanghai Alice. Unfortunately his games are only available in Japan, and to get them you need to spend a lot on shipping. I bought his game Shoot the Bullet on ebay, and the shipping from Japan by air mail cost almost as much as the game itself.

I really wish he'd find an American distributer, because he's losing a lot of sales here (most people here pirate his games rather than buying it legitimately because the shipping from Japan is so pricey).

[Impossible]

I don't understand; all the phases ended so quickly and they all seemed the same; there wasn't even any need to dodge anything.

Hehe, if the phases ended quickly and you didn't dodge anything you weren't very successful at the game.  It's collection on a timer, if the timer runs out you move to the next phase.  If you collect the green\blue flashing rectangles.  "Phase over" is the same as "game over."  Unlike a normal game you advance once you die...

The differences between the phases are mostly pretty subtle visual changes.  The idea is to figure out of the changes in visualization have an effect on performance.  Of course if 80% of people can't even run the game, and the other 20% don't get the goal, all of that is kind of a moot point. I think there are still some timer issues that RohoMech needs to work out.

[RohoMech]

Rinkuhero, thanks for answering, I've updated the blog with your info.
Mr. Flack, as impossible said, the "point" of the "game" is the stay alive for as long as possible, so by not collecting the items, you only live 15 seconds.  When I get a chance, I will update the instructions to make this clear, thanks for posting about it.  Your help is much appreciated.

Impossible, yea, the timer / compadability issues are pretty irritating...my java skills are very weeaaaaakk!!!