Ended up really loving this. The sense of humor you're going for is extremely up my alley, like how the soundtrack initially gives you the impression that you just yoinked something off of open game art but becomes so weird a few levels in with opera break core that it feels totally intentional. Reminds me a lot of frog fractions where a simple concept builds into increasingly absurd situations. Game feels really good to play, experienced some framerate issues but that's pretty much it. Grinding especially feels really fun and good.
One thing that feels odd is the default keyboard layout. Seems like moving left and right should be done with the left and right arrow keys instead of up and down though this might be done to make the balance mini game more clear.
Had lots of fun playing, looking forward to seeing more progess.
Thanks for the review!! Really glad you enjoyed it and the theme worked you, I’m definitely hoping to get weirder and weirder vibes as you progress through the levels
Played until the end. Was enjoyable. Here's my feedback with a controller :
Pros - Easy to understand - Fun theme and humor - Varied gameplay that requires inputs (grapple, jumps, rocket...) - Never got lost - Could continue the wheelie in the cutscenes (fun)
Cons - Stars could be displayed on the minimap levels - Loses speed momentum when landing (don't know if it's a type of bike related thing) - The Grapple controls could benefit from being 360° oriended instead of just Left and Right when you need to swing, with a looser attach (if that makes sense) - The Music getting faster at first made me think I ran out of time - Did not know if the button mashing was worth for boss as the animation and hit effect had a cooldown - Could use boost in the boss victory screen (heard the SFX) - I disliked the rocket boost sending you up without you having to wheelie. It's easy to get used to but I wanted to go fast in a straight line without leaving the ground - A bit more top speed and rotation would be fine by me - You could add more auto rotation of the bear in air so the player has to adjust his landings more
Didn't see an option to change the resolution or play in windowed instead of fullscreen, which I would have liked.
Quit after the second bossfight, but I enjoyed how it tested the skills I was supposed to learn in the suburbia level. Will probably come back to it to see the rest of the platforming tools.
thanks!! Yeah I follow a level design philosophy that tests player skill from beginning of level at the end, glad you enjoyed it. And will do about the resolution/windowed option. Thanks for the feedback :)
I highly recommend you put the settings to change the resolution of the game in the middle options instead of right at the top, making it hard to access. That's the main flaw I found, locks a lot of people out form playing.
The graphics and music are very good. Gameplay is still fun as ever. I like how things are more based on Sonic which is nice.
I think this is a major step in the right direction.
It's a solid game with nice extra challenges at the end of the levels. I missed the mechanic that I could have just kept pressing the z button and not repress it different environment objects. But then again there was some points that required repressing the z so I'm in conflict with myself. All in all a good game.
If you want to skip and unlock all levels for testing purposes -- boot up the game, and press the version `v0.4.0-alpha` in the lower left corner. You should hear a bear roar and all levels should be unlocked in any slot. Play the tutorial if you want a refresher on controls etc.
New this release: - City level now contains the mid-game epic boss fight with mechanized squirrel - Customize your bear, your bike, and accessories. Accessible from the start menu or from the pause menu. Give me suggestions on future bears/bikes/accessories to include :) - Moon base zone 1 with rocket motorbike and a POC rings to fly through - Various bug fixes surrounding movement and jitter when under 60fps.
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Ended up really loving this. The sense of humor you're going for is extremely up my alley, like how the soundtrack initially gives you the impression that you just yoinked something off of open game art but becomes so weird a few levels in with opera break core that it feels totally intentional. Reminds me a lot of frog fractions where a simple concept builds into increasingly absurd situations. Game feels really good to play, experienced some framerate issues but that's pretty much it. Grinding especially feels really fun and good.
One thing that feels odd is the default keyboard layout. Seems like moving left and right should be done with the left and right arrow keys instead of up and down though this might be done to make the balance mini game more clear.
Had lots of fun playing, looking forward to seeing more progess.
Thanks for the review!! Really glad you enjoyed it and the theme worked you, I’m definitely hoping to get weirder and weirder vibes as you progress through the levels
Played until the end. Was enjoyable. Here's my feedback with a controller :
Pros
- Easy to understand
- Fun theme and humor
- Varied gameplay that requires inputs (grapple, jumps, rocket...)
- Never got lost
- Could continue the wheelie in the cutscenes (fun)
Cons
- Stars could be displayed on the minimap levels
- Loses speed momentum when landing (don't know if it's a type of bike related thing)
- The Grapple controls could benefit from being 360° oriended instead of just Left and Right when you need to swing, with a looser attach (if that makes sense)
- The Music getting faster at first made me think I ran out of time
- Did not know if the button mashing was worth for boss as the animation and hit effect had a cooldown
- Could use boost in the boss victory screen (heard the SFX)
- I disliked the rocket boost sending you up without you having to wheelie. It's easy to get used to but I wanted to go fast in a straight line without leaving the ground
- A bit more top speed and rotation would be fine by me
- You could add more auto rotation of the bear in air so the player has to adjust his landings more
dude thank you so much!! This feedback is super helpful and very thorough, it helps so much.
I’m not near a computer but once I am I’ll give your game a thorough playtest. Thanks again dude, this really is helpful
nice love this game didn't have any issues on windows
awesome thanks!! I’m away from a computer now but I’ll test blasterion later when I’m in front of one
Didn't see an option to change the resolution or play in windowed instead of fullscreen, which I would have liked.
Quit after the second bossfight, but I enjoyed how it tested the skills I was supposed to learn in the suburbia level. Will probably come back to it to see the rest of the platforming tools.
Catchy music. Great work.
thanks!! Yeah I follow a level design philosophy that tests player skill from beginning of level at the end, glad you enjoyed it. And will do about the resolution/windowed option. Thanks for the feedback :)
I highly recommend you put the settings to change the resolution of the game in the middle options instead of right at the top, making it hard to access. That's the main flaw I found, locks a lot of people out form playing.
The graphics and music are very good. Gameplay is still fun as ever. I like how things are more based on Sonic which is nice.
I think this is a major step in the right direction.
awesome thank you so much! Yeah I’ll add an option for resolution, definitely a common requested thing. Thanks for the feedback
It's a solid game with nice extra challenges at the end of the levels. I missed the mechanic that I could have just kept pressing the z button and not repress it different environment objects. But then again there was some points that required repressing the z so I'm in conflict with myself. All in all a good game.
thanks for playing! Glad you enjoyed it, appreciate the feedback
If you want to skip and unlock all levels for testing purposes -- boot up the game, and press the version `v0.4.0-alpha` in the lower left corner. You should hear a bear roar and all levels should be unlocked in any slot. Play the tutorial if you want a refresher on controls etc.
New this release:
- City level now contains the mid-game epic boss fight with mechanized squirrel
- Customize your bear, your bike, and accessories. Accessible from the start menu or from the pause menu. Give me suggestions on future bears/bikes/accessories to include :)
- Moon base zone 1 with rocket motorbike and a POC rings to fly through
- Various bug fixes surrounding movement and jitter when under 60fps.
Be brutally hones with feedback, thanks! Also wishlist if you would like to : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1932590/bearcycle/