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[Carmofin]

After a few years of work I managed to put together a demo!
I only had it in me to make it possible you might not encounter bugs, but I probably overlooked a lot of little things.
If anyone wants to take the time to check out my demo, I would be very thankful!
https://mazestalker.itch.io/mazestalker

[jbarrios]

Hey Carmofin,

I played your game.

What I liked:
- The game looks really good
- Everything controls well.
- There is some nice polish.  Like the trees that jump when cut
- The water is very pretty
- The dust in front of the windows inside the tavern looks really good

What could use some work:
- You should probably tell the player that they must have an xbox controller
- I did a sprinting jump across the broken bridge near the beginning.  I was stopped by a blatant invisible wall
- The animation for opening a treasure chest is a little long
- The bat enemies require a jump to hit.  It's a bit annoying
- The words on the sign in Puck Town warped when I got close to them
- I managed to jump into a house in Puck down.  I jumped on a bush, then a barrel shelf, then to the roof.  I fell into the house and got stuck.  I had to restart.
- I did something similar inside of a house.  I jumped onto a stack a crates and ended up on some kind of floor above the house.  I had to restart.
- If you pick up an item in the shop you can just leave.
- If you pick up an item in the shop and roll the animation changes back to normal.
- It took a few times to drop the item in the right spot in the shop.
- I died to the pig boss.  Looks like I had to start over so I quit.

This seems like a lot.  I'm not trying to be mean.  I'm just trying to be a thorough play-tester.

I really like your game!  I want to see it succeed

[Carmofin]

Thank you a lot for your time and effort! I will look into each of these and try to fix them in a more polished version!
All that info is a big help!

[ashpdewan]

The game looks great, but I found a few issues:
-There is no visual feedback when the enemies are damaged. I mean, technically there is a sound when I hit slimes, but other than that it is hard to tell if I actually deal any damage.
-The same about main character - it is hard to tell when I get damage. I died twice without noticing it.
-The bats are invincible. Looks like I can't hurt them, but they attack me without any problems.
-Buying map in the shop was quite confusing. I picked up the map and threw it on the table, but nothing happened. The shopkeeper asked if I want to buy it only when I throw the map on his head.

But other than that the game looks really promising.

[Carmofin]

Oh wow, that is a learning I did not expect.
I thought it was obvious you have to jump to hit the bats (that's how it goes, don't sweat it).
Maybe I need to reconsider placing them so early, hm.

[Carmofin]

Further, the enemy-hit feedback I understand. I'm thinking about it for a while already.
But the player-hit feedback confuses me.
The player plays a hurt-animation, gets flung back and blinks for invincibility.
Was there a case where this was not triggered or do you really feel this is not enough of an indication?

[Carmofin]

Finally about buying in the shop...
This is an interesting issue to me.
I suppose this has always been wonky.
It's a very easy fix, where I just have to adjust the hitbox.
Then why didn't I?
Because with 5-10 tries I got so good at targeting that at least for my eyes, the issue disappeared and became undetectable.
That's why you need testers, haha!