Game feedback

dmoisset on 2006/09/25 01:03 of Saturday Night Ninja - the disappearing clothes

Well, we got a third place and I am quite happy with the results. The feedback was really nice; several things we knew (and did not have time to fix before the deadline). This is a small list:

• The higher levels (after level 4) are too hard. This requires some adjustment with the level generator, not very hard (we would have done them if we had more time to play-test the difficulty)
• The line of sight is very tricky, and sometimes guard see you through strange diagonals. This is perhaps the hardest thing to solve (not because of programming, but because it requires good design to make it fun, predictable, and challenging at the same time)
• After dying you should have the choice to retry the level! This was supposed to be that way but didn't because of a stupid team communication issue :) (the problem of being a large team...)
• The ingame artwork could use some more improvements. The walk-cycle is quite ugly, and some extra decorations could make the game look better. We did not have time to improve this.
• Some levels could be designed to give a more puzzle-like feeling to the game. We had only time to make the tutorial, but more pre-designed levels would be a plus. However some random levels would stay there, because they increase replay value....
• Someone told us this is "Metal Gear"... I promise no one knew at the initial brainstorm when I proposed the "camouflage matching suits and walls" idea. Later after talking with Martin (one of the artist, who was not at the first team meeting) he mentioned the similarity, but we kept going forward

We will probably be releasing a version with several of these things fixed soon. I believe the game can still get a lot better. So stay tuned!

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bishop on 2006/09/25 09:59:

The camouflage element of the game is rather cool, and I think it shows a lot of promise. Since the warlord and I didn't finish our game, we couldn't rate yours, but it was definitely one of the more promising entries, and it'd be great if you kept working on it.