PyWeek - R.U.S.T.L.E.R. - feedback

Fun	Prod	Inno	Disq	Comments
3	3	3	yes	sorry, but it's not "pixely enough" :(
2	3	4		Good concept.
1	3	3		theme?
2	3	3		Story and concept were solid but the game took some coaxing to run. Gameplay wasn't a lot of fun but the story was well written and interesting.
2	2	2		It was playable after a little maneuvering. I enjoyed your introduction and the little bite at Moveon.org. :)
2	2	3		just i don't like it. i think that is a little boring, and have nothing attractive. but not so bad for a first try.
2	2	3		Game concept isn't bad, but the implementation feels a bit clumsy. The connection to the theme feels rather weak as well.
2	3	4		sadly the python source had a bug introduced by the freezing bits, i.e. import pygame._view fails in my platform, but after some googleing i found I could just remove that import and finally I could play. I liked the ambiance, but the game wasn't very much fun.
3	3	4		Herding mechanics worked very naturally. I was longing for an indicator as to where the runway is.
2	4	3		I found it difficult to figure out where the cows were supposed to go, and the controls were a bit awkward.
3	3	3		Not very 8bit, yeah. I think this is about has hard as herding cattle really is :P
3	3	2		Saving cows was a fun change from the usual alien zapping. Presented nicely with an intro story. Didn't quite grab me - maybe later levels have more urgency? Bit of a stretch for the theme but forgivable! :-) Might play again later - good effort overall!
3	4	5		the game is too much poor and too much slow to be really fun, anyway is a very good idea and i want to see an improved version
3	3	3	yes	8-bit theme does not mean 8-bit style. I'm not sure how exactly you're supposed to get the cattle to the goal in this game but I assume I am missing critical information about how to herd cattle in general
1	1	1	yes	Wrong theme :(
2	3	2		Pretty funny intro text. I thought the lasso mechanic could be fun, but the game just takes forever per cow. Maybe if I could lasso multiple cows in one go. No way am I waiting for 50 of those things to make their way to the plane. I thought the game design was pretty creative, but I'm taking off 2 Innovation points for not following the theme. Sorry, that's important to me.
3	3	3		Cute idea, definitely put me in the droving spirit!
3	3	1	yes	Disqualified for not having any link to the theme. While the game seems to be fairly well implemented in general (except for trying (and failing) to import pygame._view), the theme copout gets it a disqualification and a low innovation score. The gameplay is somewhat monotonous, but the apparent lack of penalty for just skipping levels means that I didn't have to slog through very much of it. There's a lot of potential here, but it needs to be directed a little better. I hope to see more from you in the future.
2	3	3		Obviously a pretty complete game but I did find it quite tricky to get the hang of.
3	3	4		I lassooed a few cows before deciding to go on a rampage. Only a couple survived. Nice game!
2	3	3	yes	I had to modify it to run in Linux: "ImportError: No module named _view". Funny intro, I liked the text :) I like the graphics, the overall tone and technically is good. Unfortunately the controls are unnecessarily complicated (feels like a motorbike) and the fact that the game area is huge, makes it a little bit too frustrating to play. I'm checking DQ because It didn't follow the theme at all, the graphics are not 8-bit style I'm afraid.
3	3	3		I am not a very good rustler! Good thing there was no wolfs.