PyWeek - batholith - feedback

Not wibbly-wobbly.

The concept of the game sounds interesting but the game itself was a bit confusing. Getting the items seem to cause cave-ins at random, but - maybe that's just me - I don't really see how the cave-ins add to the game. And, this is just a tiny annoyance, but why do you have to press spacebar to get the next message - couldn't it have been timed/replaced? The game needs more than just walking around and getting gems/mushrooms. I like the concept of digging and creating cave-ins, but that seems to serve no purpose in this game (for example, I think this game would be more fun if digging at certain spots would let you reach more items, or the cave-ins could be controlled to block enemies or something). (Ok, I just saw the "TODO list" in the description. That explains why this game feels like it's missing something. I think those would definitely add to the game.)

There was supposed to be some connection to the theme. Wibbly-Wobbly? Maybe I haven't played enough roguelikes, but I didn't understand what was going on with the green rectangles. And it turns out that you can go negative health without dying. I feel like this game has a long way to go and has been done.

there was error:
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pygame/sysfont.py:139: DeprecationWarning: os.popen3 is deprecated. Use the subprocess module.
flin, flout, flerr = os.popen3('fc-list : file family style')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./run_game.py", line 3, in <module>
from gamelib import main
File "/home/godfryd/PyWeek-10-finals/batholith/batholith-1.0/gamelib/main.py", line 482, in <module>
main()
File "/home/godfryd/PyWeek-10-finals/batholith/batholith-1.0/gamelib/main.py", line 475, in main
screen.scroll(5, 5)
AttributeError: 'pygame.Surface' object has no attribute 'scroll'

Feels very unfinished and confusing.

I love roguelikes, but this is not much of a roguelike since it's realtime. It's also not much of anything else, since you just wander around in the dark picking up everything that comes your way. Maybe it's a good basis for future development.

in my opinion graphics should have been a little bit more meticulous

The font rendering was miserable on my system (Linux). Not sure why...

theme? looks like a nethack clone

I don't think this really suites the theme.
Anyway explored path is too dark and difficult to see.

A rougelike without enemies is quite dull.

I do like the graphical representation: still very true to its roguelike origins - but a tad more modern and minimalistic. The sound effects could have been more subtle, though.

it has a lot of potential, tough

Looked like a simple game, but it was extremely difficult to read the text in parts. Things were
also so small on the screen that it was difficult to see what was happening .

i'm sorry but i just couldn't figure out how to play this game. :(
Guess it's not my cup of tea..

Sorry. I don't know howto play you game.

There's not much happening in the game. :\

Everything is microscopically small, the corridors are too dark to see easily against the background, and it responds very sluggishly to keystrokes. Also nothing interesting to do.

Where's the wibbly wobbly??

worthless and out of theme, disqualify yrself :D

/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pygame/sysfont.py:139: DeprecationWarning: os.popen3 is deprecated. Use the subprocess module.
flin, flout, flerr = os.popen3('fc-list : file family style')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "run_game.py", line 3, in <module>
from gamelib import main
File "/media/1A0C4CAE196AF53F/downloads/PyWeek-10-finals/batholith/batholith-1.0/gamelib/main.py", line 482, in <module>
main()
File "/media/1A0C4CAE196AF53F/downloads/PyWeek-10-finals/batholith/batholith-1.0/gamelib/main.py", line 475, in main
screen.scroll(5, 5)
AttributeError: 'pygame.Surface' object has no attribute 'scroll'

Running
Python 2.6.4 (r264:75706, Dec 7 2009, 18:45:15)
Pygame version '1.8.1release'

Nice level generation but kind of unfinished without the RPG elements. You should show the player's health ALL the time - every time I died I was caught by surprise and skipped the game over screen because I was still pressing the movement buttons.

Quite irritating that I died right after picking up a gem (cave ins are quite evil) - twice. I also did not understand how the paths are generated - I started in the first room and nothing happened (the paths did not evolve further) in my first try until about 2 minutes passed.