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ggenije1 day ago(+1)

Suggestion, 

try introducting "power" mechanics very early to game, that will make player know there is actually something to look forward playing. I have to had a LOT of patience to figure there is actual such mechanics in a game, and otherwise game seemed like just most basic thing ever. Check game "Johnny upgrade" it shows very good example how your game could work much better if used correct way of level design.

For optimizing tips , you asked for inside "Is there anything you'd like the judges to pay particular attention to?" I don't believe anyone will have performance issues in such simple game? Computers are much more powerful than that, either you are trying to overoptimize or you made a huge mistake in logic where you call same script billion times for no reason. About having clean code, that comes with experience, just write more code.

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breadpan1 day ago (1 edit)

I took a look at the “Johnny upgrade” game that you mentioned, and the way the upgrades worked in that game is not what I am aiming for in this game. But I do agree with you that the player needs a lot of patience to figure out that there is such mechanics in the game. I will be adding more mechanics for the player very early on in the game, with the first few upgrades being add-ons rather than full mechanics. I will also be adding ways to let the player know what they can look forward to in the game, as I very much get the feel that it is just like any other platformer at the start.

Regarding optimizations, there were some issues I had that caused performance issues, such as making the map too huge due to the initial player model being quite large. The enemies also had multiple raycasts as I wanted to expand on that but didn’t have time, as well as the fact that they still run even while off screen added a lot onto the performance issues. Though I also realised that certain browsers ran the game way worse than other browsers. The app version of the game runs perfectly fine, thus the optimization was mainly for web browser only.

Thank you for taking the time to try my game out and leaving some good suggestions though!

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ggenije16 hours ago(+1)

About the game I gave you, the idea is to show you how it managed to set up the base of the game and bring the variety as soon as the game starts.  That way, creating the hook for the player because , well first impressions matters.

It's hard to tell what is causing performance issues. You have to debug using "process of elimination". Basically you remove one part of the game mechanics and check does it impact performance. Do that for each part you think could make problem, like try smaller levels, no enemy collisions etc. .

Maybe it is not solely performance issues but browser compatibility issues. Even if there is workaround solution I would focus on finding what it is, just so I don't make same mistake again.

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