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[JasonPickering]

yeah i kind of agree because I am afraid the player will blend in to much with the background.

[Franklin's Ghost]

Yeah agree with everyone else, like the original white and think the fez comparisons will stop once people see more of the game. Most people also understand sometimes game visual similarities occur for a reason, because they work.

[unsilentwill]

The main character can be anything. Literally anything. And for it to look like something as recently iconic as  is a mistake. My advice is the flesh out the world and all its creatures and characters, then pick how the main character looks to fit into the world and the story you want to tell.

You're going to be judged in a sea of indie pixel platformers. Stand out and make something unique!

[mokesmoe]

Or just make this game so good that people look at Fez and say "Look at this piq ripoff!"

[Armageddon]

That should be evil player, and he should act like evil Samus, and only walk upside down.

[Geeze]

I can't wait to play this epiq game.

And the evil piq should be named
bid
piq

[ninto]

Thanks everyone for honest feedback! Very helpful.

[rek]

That should be evil player, and he should act like evil Samus, and only walk upside down.

Didn't Fez also have a dark version of the main character earlier in development? (Not sure if it made it into the game.) Doesn't help the "looks like Fez" problem.

I like the character design, but the muddy green is a step in the wrong direction. How about a bold fuchsia to stand against all the greens/blues/neutrals?

[ninto]

Yes, fez did have one picture with a black version, though I don't really see how that related at all.. Anyway, I'm making major changes not only for being compared, but what feels more right and natural.

[rek]

Yes, fez did have one picture with a black version, though I don't really see how that related at all.

I'm just sayin', making the recoloured Piq a bad guy/shadow Piq/whatever, would just add to the "looks like Fez" criticism. Not that I said you were doing that. I wasn't replying to you, you may have noticed, I was replying to this:

That should be evil player

[ninto]

Yes, fez did have one picture with a black version, though I don't really see how that related at all.

I'm just sayin', making the recoloured Piq a bad guy/shadow Piq/whatever, would just add to the "looks like Fez" criticism. Not that I said you were doing that. I wasn't replying to you, you may have noticed, I was replying to this:

That should be evil player

My apologies then! Haha.

[Ant]

Woah there laddy it's not fez comparisons you need to be worried about. I made this engine-test 2 whole years ago... piq is clearly a rip-off so consider this my official cease and desist.





But seriously piq looks nothing like fez and has very different game-mechanics. Fez wasn't the first white pixely protagonist and won't be the last so just forget about it and make the game you want.

[happymonster]

I think Apple have trademarked White anyway, so you'd better use another colour.

[Ashkin]

Pillsbury gonna sue you, boy

[wademcgillis]

I think Apple have trademarked White anyway, so you'd better use another colour.

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Pillsbury gonna sue you, boy

1. Jailbreak iPad/iPhone/iTouch.
2. Write program to play "heehee" whenever a finger touches the screen.
3. Hide program so only smartypants will be able to close it.
4. ?? ??
5. Profit.

edit:
Fixed 4 because three ?s make

[droqen]

Additional Options...

• Don't use smileys.

[ninto]

Still playing around with the character. I feel a human-like character would make the game loose it's magical-ness.

[happymonster]

Still nice, but a different style than your other level graphics. It might work better in another game?

[eigenbom]

Still playing around with the character. I feel a human-like character would make the game loose it's magical-ness.

Nooooooo! Where's my piqqy gone!?

[ninto]

Still playing around with the character. I feel a human-like character would make the game loose it's magical-ness.

Nooooooo! Where's my piqqy gone!?

I don't think he's going anywhere.