Post by TheMetalCarrotDev in Bunny Bunker Test - I will test your game, if you test mine.

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TheMetalCarrotDev19 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

Hi, I find this to be a lovely game!

I love the visuals and the music.

I also enjoyed the illustration art.

The pacing seems fine to me. The comfortable pacing seems to fit the game.

I also like seeing so many trees!

I did find the camera system a bit janky when zooming out/in. It was like as you zoomed in or out, my screen had the appearance as if it was going from 1 fps, to 30 fps, to 2 fps, etc, but only for a few seconds. (This is just how I'd describe it - it might not be a case of FPS change at all.)

Outside of when zooming out/in, performance was great! You did a good job optimizing the game with there being so many trees, etc.

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Polyspice Games18 days ago

Thank you so much for playtesting the game :D That makes me happy, and proud :)

The zoom thing, seems to be a performance thing.. I have seen others having this problem, and lowering the setting /diable some will make this dissapear in most cases. And maybe we should disable this by default?

Thank you again for the feedback. Please direct me to your game, and I will test it for you :)

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TheMetalCarrotDev18 days ago(+1)

This is my game:

https://themetalcarrotdev.itch.io/thru-the-webs

It's in alpha stage and still has an issue or two with the controls, and the demo ends abruptly after zone 3 without a "Demo end" screen. But the game's in active development, and I would still appreciate feedback on the page or game. I'm especially looking for feedback on the art style.

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Polyspice Games15 days ago(+1)

Hi, I tested your game.

I hope this is useful.

Thank you yet again for testing my game :)

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TheMetalCarrotDev15 days ago(+1)

I appreciate your reasoned approach and the feedback.

Thanks!

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Polyspice Games15 days ago(+1)

No problem :)

I hope you dont think it was to harsh - my goal was to help you see things from a different perspective.

At least I find myself caught in a corner often where I cannot see how to proceed, then when someone gives me a new perspecitve, I know what to do.

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TheMetalCarrotDev15 days ago(+1)

Too harsh? Nope.

In my case, I had a unique struggle. My game is a bit short. So I felt that to make a demo, without giving the whole game away... I had to use the tutorial zones as the demo.

And I wanted to keep the tutorial a bit "silly", because a lot of game tutorials, I just don't find fun.

But hearing your perspective was great, too. As I said on my page... your video made my day. One particular piece of feedback also helped me to clear up where to go with a particular detail when it comes to the demo (your feedback on zone 3). I ended up deciding that zone 3 really didn't make much sense in the context of the demo, so I decided to save that part for the full game

As for the monster which turns into a box... I'm still thinking about that. I think it'd work a little better if I can at least try to fix it where the player can't see through the box. But I'll see about it. The box reminds me of a small and vicious canine - lol. :)

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Polyspice Games15 days ago(+1)

Yea, tutorials are the worst : ) to a large extend, I believe that games should not have one (and my plan is to remove the one in Bunny Bunker) as they typically are just annoying, and its lazy to do as a designer.

I would not be to afraid of giving to much away ;) I would approach it differently.. how much is needed for you to collect the right amount of data to improve the entire game. As soon as you have it done, you can change and charge money for it. Get data to improve game for higher profit is my logic. Better game = more revenue.

The monster was a bit confusing.. but I think mostly it was because I was unable to kill it.. and it did not kill me.. so I ended is some sort of limbo state. That to me was the biggest problem.

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