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[michelmohr]

There's a trailer now!

[michelmohr]

Following player feedback I've given the compass an animation when it changes direction.
Hopefully this alerts players more to use the compass, and when it changes.

[michelmohr]

Feedback said it wasn't clear when the player actually defeated an enemy when stepping diagonal. There's a strike effect, but that doesn't show what enemy it was.
So I added a 'kill feed' popup to show the enemy type, and to draw attention to the fact that you defeated an enemy.

[Juwdah]

Feedback said it wasn't clear when the player actually defeated an enemy when stepping diagonal. There's a strike effect, but that doesn't show what enemy it was.
So I added a 'kill feed' popup to show the enemy type, and to draw attention to the fact that you defeated an enemy.

Looking gucci!
I would even go as far as adding a single black frame over the whole game, or a black frame with a cut through it. Very fast, just momentarily, but it would definitely get the point across. For reference: animated series like Samurai jack

[Xonatron]

Ah, cool idea. Good aesthetic pixel art. Something odd about the diagonal movement. You are onto something I like though!

[flex$]

hey homie, gave the demo a shot and quite enjoyed it.

one thing i think will really improve player feedback is more of a freeze frame/moment of recognition before combat occurs. sometimes it can be easy to miss the fact that you just defeated an enemy, although the pop-ups and animation obviously help.

the aesthetic is wonderful here, and the editor is also nifty. keep going dude.

[michelmohr]

@Juda: I tried out a screen wipe based on the pokemon screen wipe, what do you think of this?



@Xonatron: Much appreciated! Could you elaborate on what bothers you about the diagonal movement? Your feedback would be very helpful.

@flex$: Thank you very much! I will see if I can do something with a short timescale freeze.

[Xonatron]

fusedotcore,

You are welcome! I'm not sure what bothers me about the diagonal movement. It looked weird at first. Perhaps because there was no space for the player to fit to get to the square. Do you know what I mean?

With up/down/left/right, the square is already opened and can be walked into, but with diagonals it is not as open. Please do not adjust your game based on this feedback. It's just something that stood out and I wanted to share it. I have not actually played the game to see how it feels!

[Juwdah]

@Juda: I tried out a screen wipe based on the pokemon screen wipe, what do you think of this?

Looks better already, you should definitely explore it further!

[michelmohr]

@Xonatron: That's valuable feedback. And don't worry, I'm not going to fundamentally change my game because of a single feedback, but comments like yours do point out spots which need some clarification. I'm going to try to come up with a 'can move here' indicator on fogged tiles in movement range.

[Xonatron]

fusedotcore,

Very good, thanks!

[flex$]

i like that screen wipe a lot, keep going in that direction, that's much more clear already.

[michelmohr]

I did some more iterations on the screen wipes are Juda recommended.
Three more shapes & gradients in the colour.


  
For anyone wondering how to do this. This is the graphic I use.


Code-wise, it's mostly based on the pokemon screen transition tutorial.
Using a component to pass a 0 to 1 value over a time period to a shader.
In the shader's frag I check if the wipe texture has an alpha, and it's red value is between the currently wanted value, if so show a given colour.


If anyone's interested I can explain further.

[flex$]

looks fantastic man

[lowinzloGame]

I like the sprites of the pigs and hogs

[michelmohr]

The characters are by the amazingly talented Kacper Woźniak @ThKasparrr who is a freelance pixel artist.

[Melaniipon]

I really like this! I'll have to be on a different device, but I'll play the demo ASAP.

[michelmohr]

I really like this! I'll have to be on a different device, but I'll play the demo ASAP.

Please do! And please leave feedback!

I added a hand that puts items into the inventory today, back from the old version.

[Melaniipon]

I played and answered your survey!

[Jovu]

I've seen more and more games that take classic, simple games like sudoku or solitaire and turn them into full fledged games.

I love the aesthetic of this. And I think minesweeper can actually work really well in a campaign mode. I despise minesweeper with every fiber of my being however. That game always got the better of me.

I also think that putting in a level editor is an A+ idea. This type of game really needs something like that I feel. Also something like this will do really well on mobile me thinks. It will be most played, and get the most eyeballs there - is my approximation. Definitely more suited for a handheld device, so I wish you all the luck in your Switch endeavours. And for the platforms that are not handheld you still have the level editor. So I feel it's a good plan overall.



EDIT: I have no idea why TIG decided to format my post the way it did... oh TIG...