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None91 days ago (1 edit)

The idea of the project is interesting (I have a similar one, but in the first person), but the realization is so-so. I will highlight a few points:

  • Because of the camera, it is very difficult to control the character (the inertia of the ball also complicates the control, but this can be counted as a feature of the game). Due to the constant camera turns, the ball begins to roll in the wrong direction where the player expects
  • Pseudo-loading is cool, but already on the fourth attempt it starts to bother
  • During the pseudo-loading, we have control over the character (I accidentally sent him into the water)

Upd: a quick restart feature would be very helpful

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Tr33 Gam3 Studios91 days ago

Thanks for playing the game :3

The Pseudo-loading screen was mainly just so it doesn't look jarring when the level restarts entirely but I seem to have messed up the timing in the animation so it goes for longer than it honestly should. This was a last minute addition, which also explains the control during it which I did notice but didn't have time to fix before posting. Apologies for that.

I was expecting complaints about the camera since even I at times was confused by it but I hadn't thought it would be so bad (turns out I'm wrong) I should have honestly noticed sooner and tried out a different style of camera but for the level I wanted to make I felt like it was necessary.  Honestly if you have any ideas on how the camera could be better for this sort of winding level I would love to hear.

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None90 days ago

So far, I have only two ideas of what can be done with the camera:

  1. Fix the camera in one plane, but in this case you will have to redo the level
  2. Make the places where the camera turns "safe". For example, by making the edges of the platforms in such places further from the place where the turn takes place, or by installing a small wall
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Tr33 Gam3 Studios90 days ago

Thanks for the suggestions. I saw someone else say to make sections like the grappling areas with a fixed camera so I might for the post jam release make a new system that just has the camera switch orientation at certain triggers in areas where its safer to lose control for a split second, having the camera still follow the player in a similar way but now the movement direction is mostly fixed.

Thanks again for feedback, been really helpful :3

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