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KV_Kingdom4 years ago

This is more of a story than a game, but it's a neat concept.

What I liked:

  • Custom character art that fits the default style
  • Custom soundtrack
  • Not too long
  • The game's core mechanic is presented right away and is easy to figure out
  • Has educational potential. Imagine building this out into a full release in which you explore an actual digestive system! You would have to include quizzes periodically to ensure players remember what they learned.

What I didn't like:

  • No full screen option
  • Music does not work on macOS
  • No download option
  • Only "game" element is the maze race at the end of the experience
  • My biggest problem: You go through the beast learning about all these details...for what? It doesn't add up to anything!

This is a fair start. Given more development time and dialing in the game's vision (story/educational game/escape room/etc.), this could be an interesting piece of work!

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ReimJ4 years ago

Thanks KV, for playing my game!

Yes, this is definitely more of a story than a game. I agree with all your points relating to the technical faults. The BGM couldn’t play on Mac since RPG Maker needs an M4A file to play on HTML. Because the music was custom made, the author of the music had trouble exporting to M4A since it was his first time trying to export into that format.

Concerning the “educational bits”, that was all very quick research and not thorough research, so I can’t guarantee complete factual accuracy. The choice of setting the game/story in the digestive system was made pretty much at the start; I also wanted to try making use of that tileset (04 Dungeon ; “Bio” set).

Concerning your “build-up vs payoff” comment, I was wondering, what payoff were you expecting?

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KV_Kingdom4 years ago

Regarding the payoff: Why is the player collecting the various facts about the monster? This game ends with a mad dash for the exit in a maze, which doesn't have much connection to the factoids seen earlier in the game.

Game mechanics usually build on each other, culminating in an ultimate point. It's a bit like school, where you have homework and quizzes throughout the term, and a final exam at the end. In some games, this is a boss fight; in others, it's a massive puzzle. 

One way to build toward a payoff would be to make the maze relate to the facts the player finds, so when the player has to run for the exit, the player can use knowledge from the clues to identify key landmarks that designate the correct path. Another way would be to scrap the factoids altogether and make the game a series of mazes to complete, starting with mazes that are smaller and not timed and gradually advancing to larger ones with time limits. Bear in mind those are just two ways to do it; look to other games and experiment and you may discover other ideas!

As for the music, I have been making custom audio for my projects and have set up Audacity to export .ogg and .m4a versions of my audio files. Click one of the links for the operating system you are using to see how you (or your composer) can do it too: 

Once you have it set up, it's just a matter of opening the audio files in Audacity, going to File > Export > Audio, and choosing .m4a.

I hope that helps you with any future work you plan on putting into this project and future projects!

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