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E.T.C.Lundberg4 years ago

Cool concept! I think this could be really great, here are some loose thoughts:

  • maybe add a direction on the monsters to see where they planning to move? 
  • It felt a little static to have to wait while abilities recovered and doing nothing, maybe add a action system where each ability takes some action but you can use a combination of them at the same time. More actions could be added while playing. 
  • It didn't feel like the keyboard buttons was necessary, It could work with a mouse, maybe add more interactions on the keyboard or a combination of mouse and keyboard.
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Moraguma4 years ago

Ooh, thanks for the feedback! Let me see

- That was a planned feature at the start, but we ended up not having enough time to implement it. I kinda like how, if you understand the way the aliens move, you can kinda guide them using doors and baits, I fear adding that feature might lose that kinda rewarding feeling you get from understanding how these systems work. Still, it's definitely something worth experimenting with

- The idea behind only being able to use one system at a time was that you couldn't create a complete sense of safety, since you had to switch between systems that would protect you directly (the baits) and ones that would fix important parts of your station (the repair systems). In theory that would create a gameplay loop that consisted of using everything you had to try and get yourself in a safe position, losing baits and breaking both doors and cameras in the proccess, and then having to switch to fixing everything you broke and hoping that what you did before was enough to keep you safe while you were doing this. I think it kinda works the way the game is right now, but sometimes the rng of the aliens just moves them in a stupid way that just makes it so that you're waiting while the enemies wander off into the distance intead of feeling constantly threatened. Some rebalancing of the alien's movement or of the systems could be interesting. An action system is definitely an idea I'm gonna keep in mind

- We were kinda inspired by Duskers to try to create the feeling of typing in a command prompt. But I don't think the player ever really gets confident enough in the controls for that feeling to settle in. Mouse support might be cool. Either that or working on making the controls more intuitive

Sorry for the wall of text! I'm definitely gonna consider all these ideas a little more carefully if I ever return to this game. Thanks for playing!

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E.T.C.Lundberg4 years ago

Interesting to hear some of your design decision :)

Direction - I think that it's good to give the player clear information to make decision, but you could make some enemies dark, or have dark rooms to mix it up a bit if it gets too static.

Whating abilities - Yeah it's cool that you can't use some abilities for some time, it's just that you can't use any of the other abilities while recovering them which made me just wait around without doing anything. It's a fine balance, and I think the game would benefit to be slightly more interactive in that area. 

GUI - I was actually slightly confuse about the position of buttons on the keyboard, one idea is to always have the control text visible (because it wasn't possible to do actions with it active?). I also think that the game could benefit of having different room shapes, which isn't possible in the same way by using the keyboard layout.

Good luck, feel free to tag me if you make a post jam version :)

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Moraguma4 years ago

Yeah, I definitely think the game has potential to be more interesting with some extra time, I'll keep your observations in mind. And I'll be sure to tag you if that ever happens :3

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