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I am way excited about this game . I have been working on it forever, I am actually turning it in to a competition at my school, so I wanted to get some feedback on it before I do. It is a 2 player game. Let me know what you don't understand, any bugs, or how I can make it better. I should have sound coming soon, which should add to the enjoyment.
I dont get the controls (and I am tired of learning each time the fast flashy instruction window)- I simply cant remember the keys. It says something like a,b,c but then again those are partly keys of the oter player
can you write them here or on a static image?
The controls need a major re-do but its pretty fun.
So I need to leave the key instructions up longer? Also the keys can be changed if you want. The keys are as follows
Player 1:
Movement: WASD
Gravity: YGHJ
Player 2:
Movement: Arrow Keys
Gravity: 5123 (Number pad)
You can't really expierence the fun of the game playing by yourself. You need to play with someone else.
I couldn't really see the tiles I was walking on, maybe it's just my computer, or maybe it's supposed to be like this, either way, it's fairly confusing.
I also didn't get that I had to press spacebar to start, I like your style and all, but half of design is communication.
I suggest having a main page with buttons or something to pull up different pages (like to change the controls or read the instructions) I noticed that your game never used the mouse. ever. If you're trying to avoid using it, you might think about having numbers activate buttons (but remember you need to show that on the screen)
Other than that, I think it's looking good, it's got a lot of potential.
I don't know if the two sets of arrow keys is the best idea. It may not work well, but I suggest you try double tapping a direction key to change the gravity. Being able to use one hand will make it easier to pick up.
interesting concept. The controls are weird but i like it.
cool game.
how did you figure that out . very interesting concept.
I have changed the intro screen quite a bit. I hope things are a lot clearer now. Did anyone else have the same problem as Captain_404? You might have to lighten your screen a bit to see the tiles, I'm not sure. Also spacebar does not start the game, it is actually just for me so I could skip levels. Thanks to those who have given feedback thus far.
Love the idea and think it'd be interesting to see how long it takes for someone to finish a level with competing gravities. BUT I think it's too much to ask to have 4 sets of controls on one keyboard, besides for young kids... I think this could go to the next level if you partnered up with someone that could set up online play.
the keyboard layout is still messed here, the very same reason why I first got irritated and left the game a short time:
http://mitglied.lycos.de/mmvr2/flashkit/gbattle.jpg
or can you explain this?- is it different on your system? right now doesn´t make any sense to me
its gotta be one of those other keyboard type. Otherwise the creator was on crack.
How about letting people customise their controls, using a key.isDown event accepts a variable, so set your variables up like so:
player1.keys = {left:Key.LEFT, right:Key.RIGHT, down:Key.DOWN, up, Key.UP}
plaer2.keys = ...
you then simply use
if(Key.isDown(player1.keys.left)) //move left
which now lets you set the different keys
player1.keys.left = A
its usually best to give the player simply two buttons two choose from which change the control scheme, like from WASD to Direction keys. Or in your case EABC, rather than individually setting buttons, i hate doing that.
That one bugged me too, I think whats happening is its mapped to the num pad and hes converting the numbers to the ascii characters hence 1235 becomes the letters.Quote:
Originally Posted by renderhjs
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Originally Posted by mr_malee
And if keys overlapped between characters? You'd complete **** your engine. Don't forget to either overwrite and null out the other players controls if they overlap, or at least TELL the player it's already in use.
You already can change the controls, and they can overlap. It does nothing that you wouldn't expect.
sweet game...except the part about it being two player....you should figure out an ai scheme and allow one player....
I didn't realize what was causing the confusion with the button layout. I wasn't sure if people would realize that lower case "eabc" meant it was on the numberpad. The gravity for player 1 is "5123" on the number pad. I will change it so it displays numbers instead of lower case letters. All keys can be changed. Just click on the change controls. Also what does everyone think of the music. I know it can't be turned off right now, but I will fix that.
Joran, I would like to create AI, but I am afraid it would be extremely difficult.
nick616, I would like to make this into a multiplayer, but I'm not sure if anyone would be interested in helping.
Awesome game! Love the concept. Personally, I haven't seen a flash game implement this concept before, so in my eyes, it's pretty original.
The controls were confusing at the beginning, but once I mastered them, it was fun. I haven't played it with anybody yet, but I'll get my bro to test it out with me ;)
Also, the tiles were difficult to see in some of the levels, so you may want to take a look at that. Other than those few issues, I think this is a great game.
very nice one, remembers me 'and yet it moves' somehow
I like the music a lot, it sounds like something that you could listen to many times before getting tired of it. Did you compose it? What did you use to make it?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheLostGuru
I think the game itself is a really clever concept. It's kind of like one of those toys with the steel balls that you have to roll them all into little divots.
If you decided to make it into a one player game, you could use your gravity-shifting concept to make it into a puzzle game like Lemmings or Humans or The Incredible Machine so you wouldn't have to make a complex AI.
One thing that was confusing to me at first was I was expecting there to be a 'Start' button, but after having seen that the point of the intro is for the player to prove that they know what's going on it makes more sense. However, if a person were to play the game again it seems like they shouldn't have to do that little test and maybe a start button would help to get into the game faster.
Cool game!
BTW, I have a game that I need feedback on as well in this thread and I'd like to invite your opinion on it:
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=723761
Thanks for the feedback. I have made the tiles less transparent so hopefully that will help with the visibility. I have also fixed the "eabc" issue and added a few things to the menu page to make things a little bit clearer. Mjones I actually had someone create the music for my game and I am not sure what program he used. All 50 levels are complete. The only thing I know of that I have to fix is the sound on and off. Does anyone else have problems? Ideas?
very nice concept
btw heres a control idea:
player 1:
wasd to move
wasd + spacebar to change gravity
player 2:
same thing but with the arrows and shift