Feedback Quest 4 Old and New Games Welcome

Hosted by indiequesting, Altabestudio, Sol Clovser

Entries

519

Ratings

Overview Submissions Results

Community10

Screenshots Submission feed

Feedback Quest 4 Old and New Games Welcome community

Streamer report thread 4 Sticky

A topic by Altabestudio created Mar 24, 2023 Views: 1,204 Replies: 22

Viewing posts 1 to 17

AltabestudioJam Host1 year ago (8 edits)

Report here to claim streamer awards and be counted for. If you have pledged and streamed the feedback fest games, post here your reviews, feedbacks, and so forth and give us a total count of how many games you did for us to give you proper shout outs and rewards by the end of the quest.

----

Format sample from hythrain:

14/03/2023 VOD: Link

1. Da Fridge's Adventures 2

2. This Farm Life

3. King's Lai

4. Ghostunter 2

5. Aerostrike

6. BattleBall (attempted, but can't play)

7. Bildungsroman

----

Rewards:

🥈Silver Streamers: Streamers who sign up and do 1-5 games, silver badge. - game jam page shoutout.

🥇Gold streamers: Streamers who reached 5-10 games or more go into gold badge. - game jam gold shout out, game jam and indiequesting twitter shoutout. (Claim 1 free game key)

💎Diamond Streamer: The Streamer who covered the most games out of all streamers. - game jam diamond shoutout, week long twitter shoutout, host invite for next feedback quest, site shoutout. (Claim 2 free game keys)

🔥 Donated game prizes list

----

Amorlea (Erin)1 year ago (2 edits) (+1)

May 2, 2023 - Tawaci Media

1. We Are Not Alone
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1810070580

May 13, 2023 - Tawaci Media
We had some audio issues starting with the DarkVerse. Not sure what happened but we apologize ahead of time for the sound issues.

2. Shadow Peaks by Darkland Studios
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1819996789

3. Into The DarkVerse by Beyond Stars
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1819996785

4. GIVE ME BACK MY GLASSES COLLECTION by kkcn
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1819996787

5. King of Deadlands by Przemyslaw Jelonek
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1819996786

6. Hack and Slash Prototype by Barribob
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1819996784

May 20, 2023 - Amorlea's Channel

7. Red Rebellion (Part 1)

8. Red Rebellion (Part 2)

9. WTC: Love's Labour's Lost

GameGushGamer1 year ago (2 edits) (+2)

5/4/2023 VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1811761765

I provided a lot of feedback during the stream but it's 2:00 AM. I'm going to bed and I will definitely leave all the feedback in an edit and on each individual game tomorrow! Thank you, goodnight.

1. Aerostrike

Very fun metroidvania bullet hell. Good enemy variety. I really like the ability to move between rooms on each level. Good weapon variety and unlockables. There is replayability due to secrets on the map during the level. I heard a sound alert for a double kill, which unlocked a paint job for the ship, but I didn't like how I didn't understand what that sound meant in real-time due to no reward notification pop up. Controls were very consistent and I had no issues, personally. Love the art style. It fits with your musical tone as well!

2. Chair Racing Simulator

The music is the JAM! High energy and upbeat. It's super fun because it's an original idea and whacky and that adds to the fun. I don't like how the Player 2 image and button icons are on the left side of title menu and how the Player 1 image and button icons are on the right side of the title menu. It confused me so I was pressing "WASD" to move when I was obviously player 1 that had to use the arrow keys. I hope that makes sense. Just switch those icon locations to avoid confusion. Tooltip or tutorial to also explain stamina. Other than that critique, the game is solid and forms the bones of your game. Art style matches your theme and complements the music.

3. Coraland The Worst Rescuer

Fun in a joyful and aggravating way! The art is used to define the silly tone of the game and instantly lets the player know they are about to have some fun. I feel like the music is slightly too quiet but that's personal preference. The music is adorable though. I jingled to it. Controls all worked as intended but I know I ended up breaking the game by doing things you probably never expected hahaha however I was able to still complete the demo even with the bugs so that is normal.

4. Crazy Kitchen

Good framework on this project. All the core elements are there, so now it's just building blocks. Good fun but after 5 minutes there is no super game changer to keep player invested. Consider adding an upgrade or skill tree to the appliances to add fire damage, ice damage, etc. Add a better setting around the kitchen instead of a plain blue skybox. Add backgrounds and backdrops to fully immerse the player in this world. MUSIC was incredible though! Huge props there and the enemy art style is cute. Keep it up!

5. Sword Scroll Saga

Great skill variety with characters. Good job on making a complete world with lots of lore building around Swords and Axes. RPGs are dialogue-heavy but the beginning does too much switching between combat and dialogue. Add more basic battles in the beginning where the first battle starts with just attacks, the next battle teaches sword classes, the next battle teaches class skills, etc. Every mechanic is thrown right at the player in the first 5 minutes so it becomes very overwhelming. Also make the text easier to read by not making it transparent and adding a bold black outline. My eyes struggled to read the dialogue-heavy scripts because of the transparent text. I really enjoy the art style and the control inputs are good. Add a tutorial or tooltip so the player knows what buttons move, a tip to let us know we can click to move around the map, and then a tip that the spacebar talks to characters on the map.

6. Vacuum

Vacuum is a relaxing vibe with simple controls and simple concept. And that's why this game works so well. Straightforward, easy to understand, and calming. I love the explosion when you win the game and then do a rebirth. Absolutely beautiful. Only critique is possibly change color of the comets or add a soft glow so we have a more appropriate alert for danger. When you get bigger, the comets become really hard to see compared to the planets/moons orbiting around. Really fun!

7. Who Are you?

Creepy and spooky! Not exactly scary but sound design is on point! Very fun thriller. Gameplay is way too difficult for a beginner player. Controls are explained in the beginning with a sidebar but specific items are needed to move the story forward. Once items are received, it requires an advanced button prompt to make an object in inventory to interact with another world object so this causes some confusion with the player. Flashlight is a little too bright which makes the objects that you need to find almost invisible in the light source. Recommend to add a soft outline or glow to key objects within a certain range of the player and textures/colors for better player experience. Good stuff here. Keep it up!

AltabestudioJam Host1 year ago

took a look at the vod that's a great run!

GameGushGamer1 year ago (2 edits) (+1)

5/9/2023 VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1815242484

I'll provide my feedback from the stream tomorrow!

8. So to Speak (Technical issues when I played this one. I'm so sorry, I am not sure exactly what happened).

Your overall theme is great! I love learning Japanese and this was a very fun learner. From a gameplay perspective, it was a bit difficult understanding how to put the words together at certain areas. I recommend a popup tutorial visually showing each way the player can use the words. Since this is an educational game, it is more about learning rather than having mindless fun. Art and sound mix well with your theme!

9. Feisty Fauna

Exhilarating and addictive! Twitch integration is fantastic. Everything worked as intended. Controls/UI feel good. Love the extra characters and accessibility options for changing gameplay. Small critique to change sound of airstrike as the sub-booms don't sound pleasant to the ear over the repetition of the game. This game would benefit from extra flair on enemy attacks to slow down or to cripple the player to spark more intensity. More game modes like random spawned enemies would also be fun!

10. We Are Not Alone

Great attention to detail in this thriller adventure game. Switching from first person to third person by using the camera is brilliant. I love the thrill sensation instead of the game just trying to scare me with jump scares. Mysterious storyline to peak interest. Very excited to see where this is heading! Voiced dialogue is not necessary, but I think it would enhance the experience even further.

11. Treacherous Journeys

Fully voiced dialogue is always nice. Health works. Mana works. Potions need a sound effect when used as there is no audio cue to confirm I pressed the right button. Also showing how many more potions I have in the slot would be helpful. Combat is good for an RPG. Only critique is the flinched hits as it is almost impossible to attack back when surrounded by 4 or more enemies. I recommend adding option to click and drag skill from the skill UI into the Hotkey box as that is more natural for gamers than selecting the hotkey boxes first.

12. Crab Raid Tactics

Super cute art style! How do you not love the looks of these crabs? Would benefit from popup tutorial on how to play after starting new game and tooltips describing what each icon means when selecting another map. Controlling the crabs separately plays into the game's strength of using strategy, but on the other hand, not being able to control them all as a singular group plays into a weakness. This is even more apparent during the boss fights. Overall, it's an addicting and fun game with great art and cute UI elements :)

AltabestudioJam Host1 year ago

My personal report:

Covered so far:

VOD:

1. So to Speak

2. Feisty Fauna

3. BoF1LL

4. Red Rebellion

I will do my best to cover more games. TvT hahaha

AltabestudioJam Host1 year ago

VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1817769943

Awaken the times

Dross

Aerostrike

Land of Tales

Total: 8

senvt1 year ago (1 edit) (+1)

Feedback Report (Part 1)
I covered multiple games last night. Here's the list:

Chair Racing Simulator
un/Fragment
Feisty Fauna
Technology War
Crazy Kitchen
Haru: The Armada of the Astral
Land of Tales

The vod is up and currently unlisted, and the HD version is currently processing. If you wanna take a look at specific games, there should be chapters and/or timestamps (in the description) available in the vod.

I'll do the best I can if I have more time to write a more precise and written feedback by updating this post :)

VOD

Part 2 of Feedback Quest will be next week. Stream Schedule will be posted in the Schedule Thread!

GameGushGamer1 year ago

5/11/2023: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1817728712
13. Gulch Guardians

I love deckbuilders, and I had a fun time with this one! I love the grit system, turn-based combat, and class upgrades. What you have is a very solid game and you can definitely add more amazing things to this. Voiced dialogue and little quips when playing certain cards or being hit in combat would enhance the experience further. Overall, Gulch Guardians was super fun, and I am only sad because I beat the game.
ONLY SUGGESTIONS: add more passive effects (enemy using a lasso to pull someone from the back line to the front as this counters gunslinger playstyle. Instead of a medic which heals per turn, you could have a shieldmaiden or warrior that increases everyone's attack instead of dealing damage to enemy. For upgraded characters, one card from previous tier would stay in deck and then the player can choose 2 out of 4 new cards to add to the deck. I think this would spark more randomness and luck in the roguelike deckbuilder.

14. bio-Synthetica

Great world! Sound design is phenomenal. Retro puzzle adventure hits the nostalgia chord. Great world/lore building within your universe. Many small details like muddy feet or a little wave rippling in a puddle of water really brings this world to life. Lots of interactive moments and puzzles which spark curiosity and engagement. Only a few minor irritations such as the save points being widely apart from each other. Suggest to add a save point before any story moment that locks in the player for longer than 30-45 minutes. Blue button generator room just needs a minor tutorial about buttons on the floor. Overall, amazing game!

15. B0F1LL A Withering World

Cute and relaxing puzzle adventure game! Straightforward tutorials. Art and theme are complementary. I tried to break the game on purpose and I somehow got F1LL over the stone wall without solving the puzzle. This resulted in me getting stuck forever without a way to solve the puzzle to lower the wall. Due to this, I suggest implementing a reset button where B0 and F1LL respawn at a certain spot depending on the area you are in. This way players can't abuse this button to solve puzzles but also will be able to respawn in case of bugs/glitches where you lose a character. Overall, this was very cute and pleasing for a relaxing adventure.

GameGushGamer1 year ago (4 edits)

5/15/2023 STREAMER REPORT (editing feedback tomorrow)

8. So To Speak https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1821155226 (Replay)

Same feedback as before except to also make each word separated so we can drag aka to red instead of dragging the whole entire word "aka shi ngo uda" to red. This feedback is at 49:25 of the VOD

16. Too Many Sheep https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1821178810

Gameplay is good. Sheep AI seems to work as intended. Let the player control when to load the level and when to move to next message on the level. Some players will not read fast enough and not understand the objective as there is no way to view that information after it's gone. Add sounds everywhere! For the most part, if you have a visual cue of a change being made, there should be an audio cue too. Game breaking bug that disables the car from moving once you touch the river on world map.

17. King of Deadlands https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1821178810

Very in-depth game! A lot was said in the VOD but ultimately the game is fleshed out and working very well. Just needs a few minor tutorials or seamless popup tips during gameplay to help players understand all of your features over time. More explanation on BUILD MODE. King of Deadlands adds a fresh spin on RPGs with Tetris style combat so this was really different and enjoyable.

18. Sliding Hero https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1821212505

Addicting puzzle adventure right here. Every room adds something new to keep it fresh and entertaining. A little confusion about how the spike traps work at the beginning. When I died for the first time on the spike, my brain told me that I can't go that way so I didn't try to do it again. It wasn't clear that weapons had durability and that the player takes damage when hitting skeleton enemies. I know we talked about the game breaking bug in the save room, but try to give more health pools throughout the map or an item that gives health if there is a room that requires full life. Overall, Sliding Hero is addicting, includes great puzzle rooms, controls work great, and that art style is to die for! One room also had a sick soundtrack. Great job

GameGushGamer1 year ago (1 edit)

19. Kritter https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1822735756

Gameplay and core combat mechanics feel good. The art style is the same theme throughout all your assets which is really great. Enemies have animation, death vfx, sounds. Really fun for a tower defense game with roguelite elements! Controls/UI needs a little work. It looks setup for an xbox controller but my input was for M&K. Controls said the first ability was A but it was actually Q on the keyboard. A pop hint on how to access the shop once it's purchased is recommended. May want to tone down robot voice just a little bit. Headphones users may get bad feedback from the bass/reverb coming from the voice. Encountered a bug that prevented camps from spawning or accessibility to the shop while during the cooldown period between each wave. Only happened once though and it didn't break the game. Could have been worse! =p

20. Cypher Grid https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1822735755

Addicting AF! To be completely honest, I try to steer my content to be as family friendly as possible, so I was hesitant to try this game on stream. But it's actually not as fan servicey as I was expecting. You jumped right into the gameplay, explained the core mechanics, got down to business, and let us solve some fun puzzles. An absolute blast of an adventure! Everything came together so well and the only critique was maybe an animation on that clock. If you are reading this comment and love Sudoku or interesting puzzle games, you need to play this!

21. Soul Survivors Trials of the Goddess (PART 1) https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1822735753 (Part 2) https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1822735754

Great idea to mix roguelite elements into an RPG by allowing players to keep 3 items from their previous run after death. This ultimately progresses the game forward over time and opens up a lot of replayability. You have a great game on your hands. It just needs a little polish! The first 30 minutes were tough to get through but the game definitely opens up to be SUPER fun once I learned how everything worked. A lot of people may not play through the first 30 minutes to give it that chance.

The only problem with giving players too many choices at the very start is that it can be very overwhelming, especially for players not familiar with RPGs. I would slowly streamline new players by having a tutorial island that has them fight one specific enemy as they learn the core game mechanics. Then introduce a second enemy and a third, both times revealing more features about your game. After that, you can throw them to the wolves because you have now equipped them with the knowledge they needed. Now the extra options won't feel so overwhelming in Area 1. This is just a suggestion though! Thank you.

AltabestudioJam Host1 year ago (2 edits)

VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1818808215

VOD 2: (just tormentis) https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1818809713

Sliding Hero,

Save 2020,

Too many sheeps,

Tormentis

VOD3: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1820501290

Trials of Kokoro

Total: 13 games (finally did over 10!)

AltabestudioJam Host1 year ago (1 edit)

Repost for Zephyr

Permanent twitch vods for todays session!
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1821004765
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1821004913

First vod starts at 10:00's in for people not wanting to see the buffer/warmup.

Games played today -
Intothedarkverse - Beyond Stars
Sliding Hero - Serotonia
Aerostrike - LMG3864
Hack & Slash Prototype - Barribob
Illusion of Choice - Fairytypesneasel
Too Many Neighbours - Square_IT
Gulch Guardians - cryy22
Give me back my glasses collection - KKCN
Space Shooter - Bardon
Trials of Kokoro - TDurden
total: 11

AltabestudioJam Host1 year ago (1 edit)

Repost for Zephyr

Permanent twitch vods for todays session!
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1821004765
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1821004913

First vod starts at 10:00's in for people not wanting to see the buffer/warmup.

Faux Synder1 year ago (2 edits)

Hi there! This is Faux reporting for my first Feedback Quest! I've placed in the thread links to the permanent Twitch VODs that are available for all games played, I've left feedback on each submission page as well as mentioned in the VODs themselves. Thanks so much for letting me be a part of this! It was a lot of fun ^^

May 11th-
Games played in ordered of appearance:
Feisty Fauna
Turn by Turn Villain
Red Rebellion
Haru

VOD LINK: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1817495129

May 12th-
Games Played in Order of Appearance:
Baker Street Breakouts
Chair Racing Simulator
So to Speak
Veggie Quest
Too Many Neighbors

LINK TO VOD; https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1818366044

May 17th-
Games Played in Order of Appearance:

BOF1LL-Weithering World
Ad Wars
LINK TO VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1822578498

Total: 11 games played

senvt1 year ago (1 edit)

Feedback Report (Part 2)

I covered multiple games last Tuesday. Here's the list:

Bio-Synthetica
Too Many Neighbors
Who are you?
Red Rebellion
Coraland
Aerostrike
So To Speak
Gulch Guardians

The vod is up! If you wanna take a look at specific games, there should be chapters and/or timestamps (in the description) available in the vod.

VOD

Zafinyaa1 year ago (1 edit)

21/05/2023 VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1825615889

1. CypherGrid

2. Knights & Runes

3. Veggie Quest: The Puzzle Game (early demo)
- attempted, but obs could not pick it up so abandoned

4. Sliding Hero

Total: 4

AltabestudioJam Host1 year ago

VOD bio-synetica: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1827302487 VOD TBD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1828135521 Total: 13

Cootadude1 year ago

Originally reviewed this at 5/23/2023, but today 5/30/2023 was when I finally got it uploaded. I have 10 other videos waiting to be edited, but I won't get them in time. lol

VOD Dross demo: We have to go deeper to escape a Hostile Planet - Dross Demo-Gameplay - FeedbackQuest4 - YouTube

gaming chef1 year ago(+1)

Hi there, can you share the rest of the videos here when you are done editing so that i can share your videos on indie questing social media?

Cootadude1 year ago(+1)

Will do! I don't have a consistent upload time, it's basically whenever I finish the editing process which varies in time. lol

Cootadude1 year ago

Things happen, and the only thing I can do now is get these uploaded when they get uploaded. lol

I don't remember the exact date of the recording, but it was... Too long ago.

VOD Bildungsroman: Murders in the Sanatorium demo:

Atas FunSubmitted1 year ago (1 edit)

I played 7 games across 3 Twitch streams:

Aerostrike - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1825791099?t=00h02m56s
Sliding Hero - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1825791099?t=00h49m11s
Crazy Kitchen - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1832466938?t=00h02m02s
Turn By Turn Villain - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1832466938?t=00h33m47s
Kritter - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1832466938?t=01h34m13s
CypherGrid - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1834468660?t=00h01m47s
Soul Survivor - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1834468660?t=00h46m00s

itch.io

Feedback Quest 4 Old and New Games Welcome

Streamer report thread 4 Sticky