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No, thank you for the wall of text. I always enjoy reading these.

> the grapple mechanic is a little hard to understand

Yes, there needs to be a better tutorial. But at this stage, the focus is on adding more content. A better tutorial comes later. Thank you for bringing it up though.

> reloading the gun basically throws a few bullets away

Well, well. The update in 0.0.90 is exactly this. Reloading will now drop the magazine if there's still ammo.

> the light-activated plants aren't properly signposted as invincible

They aren't actually invincible, just really high health. They should probably be invincible though, now that I think about it. Nice catch.

> light-sensitive plant also isn't super clear that light actually makes it aggressive at first

Yeah, I had a problem designing enemies that signal the player they're light-sensitive. At least, not without breaking the style of the game.

> last unique plant thing right infront of the elevator

This one honestly needs a rework. It's very unclear what its gimmick is.
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Thank you for writing! Always nice to read impressions.

In fact, feedback like this reminds what works and doesn't. You're helping make the game better just by giving impressions.

(PS. new update released.)

Seanrheams1373 years ago(+1)

Light activated plants could glow in the dark. Theres already a bit of precedent for it as theres already a few plants that do that are light activated. That way you can see them before you aim your flashlight at them. And this way they can also provide cover for other enemies bc you can't see into the darkness without agroing the glowing ones

MoxieLoaf3 years ago (1 edit) (+2)

I like the glow in the dark idea. I'm just worried it'll impact performance.

Still, I'll see if it's feasible. Great suggestion!

AgentPhleet3 years ago (2 edits)

edit: which, i realize, is what you did originally. disregard, i'm an idiot :|

edit 2: might be part of a text-based tutorial, depending on how much story you plan on putting in the game. maybe a note from a character suggesting they don't like the light? might help dense folk like me pick up on the environmental cue on the first encounter

another idea might be to have the first encounter with light sensitive enemies signal it by forcing the player into a combat engagement.

i can picture it now, the first time encountering a light sensitive enemy there's a defective light that flickers on and off, enraging the enemy during the light and allowing it back to rest in the dark.

more like an environmental trap/simple puzzle than an enemy on the first encounter?

Bane_Kaikyo3 years ago

I think the most important points I mentioned were the ones you didn't have a reply to.

First, the need for a buffer between being grabbed and the grapple game actually beginning. Trying to run or jump away from something only for it to grab you and you immediately slam your icon into a hazard and instantly losing a grapple before you realize it even started feels really cheap.

Second, Ending a grapple (either by losing or winning (honestly it happens so fast it's hard to tell what's a win and what's a sort of neutral grapple)) and not having enough I-frames to escape multiple enemies is pretty rough. This problem is VASTLY magnified when trying to platform... I perfectly understand if you don't want it to be too easy, the difficulty adds to the eerie and terrifying tone. I'm merely pointing out that it could be a problem beyond just being hard.

I haven't played the update yet (and I might want to wait till after a few more updates, It depends on how I feel), but I have full confidence based on your responses to feedback that you are gonna keep at this and keep improving. I'm glad my feedback is useful, always a nice feeling knowing I've been heard and potentially helped smooth a promising game into a better direction with just a few words. Keep it up and remember to hydrate :)

MoxieLoaf3 years ago(+3)

Excuse me. I thought I mentioned this. I'm already implementing i-frames for the grapple-minigame icon.

Also, just double-checked and it seems the "i-frame timer after ending a grapple" got reset to 1 second instead of 1.6. I don't know when and why. Now reverted to 1.6 secs (or 2 secs. I'll see.)

These changes should be in the next, next update.

Thanks for the catch!

originalusername2273 years ago

As long as there arent any overtly complicated mechanics being added in the future, I think a tutorial beyond the controls isnt really needed. It adds to the feeling of being literally dropped into an alien and hostile environment.

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