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Anthair4 years ago

Hi Mashama, thanks for playing the updated version!

As the programmer of the team, I'm extremely happy to hear that someone actually liked the gameplay and concept and not just the art of the game. The feeling you describe is exactly what we were aiming for, so I'm definitely relieved that we managed to get it right.

I have to agree with you on the "blind start"; on one side, I didn't want to give the player too many hints from the beginning; on the other side, the current version is definitely too "random". Maybe better hints and the ability to see at least the first 1-2 tiles could be a solution.

For the music...the lack of composers is strong in our team. That's definitely something we will address in future updates (as soon as we decide what to do with this demo), but for now that's all we have.

Just out of curiosity: how long did it take for you to see the final screen? It's difficult for me to give an estimate, as I know the solutions by heart.

Thanks again for playing the adventure of Maus and for your nice and helpful feedback. Please remember to give your grandchild at least a Stick and a Rope.

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Mashama4 years ago

i think it took me 15-20mins. Probably less if i had read the manual right away rather then blindly using items on problems until i found what worked.

One thing you can try if you don't have a composser is ambient sounds. I just tried that concept in my jam game. I didn't use any music just rain and wind and i think it worked pretty well. It puts a little more stress on the art team, but if done with minor random weather effects it would go a long way. So like have a default happy forest sound, birds chirping, and randomly on a restart it rains with a slight effect. Then you could have a wind one with just the wind swirl, a leaf blowing left, and the character moving slightly slower right and faster left. It keeps things fresh if you are stuck on a puzzle and kinda pokes a little fun at all the in world time you are wasting on restarts.

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Anthair4 years ago

That's a pretty good idea. Ambient sounds are already present in the game, but they are probably overwhelmed by the music. We'll experiment with that.

Thank you so much again for your feedback, it was really precious! Feel free to follow the project if are interested in future updates!

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Mashama4 years ago

Thanks for being awesome and making awesome things. I look forward to seeing what other creative things you do ^^.

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