Post by komehara in Dual Chroma (DEMO) comments

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Hey, this looks great! I saw another game in this universe and was intrigued by the battle system, but this is the first entry I play!

I’m still playing the demo but I’ll write my feedback gradually below:

Bug: when text speed is set not to max, the letter MC receives at the beginning sees each paragraph rewriting in parallel to others each time I advance (Space). Are you using Renpy extend or {fast}? It should work out-of-the-box so I’m not sure what’s wrong here.
Text: Roschenn: “Oh? ‘Penrose’s’ critics didn’t’ seem to think so.” => not sure where the quote ends and stops. Should Penrose be quoted, or “critics” for a humorous effect? Probably not “didn’t”?
Text: “…although I can’t stop the skip in my step as I near my bedroom door.” => “I can’t stop skipping steps?” like jumping on every other step out of hastiness?

Thanks for listing those! We'll get to fixing them !

I finally finished the demo! I’m looking forward to the full game!

Here is my feedback for the second half of the demo:

Battle UI: I tried playing entirely with the keyboard but it wasn’t easy

I don’t know how to cancel Attack or Magic target selection to go back to the previous action menu (even with the mouse). Backspace doesn’t work (and Escape opens the Save menu)
there is however a Back button in the Magic selection, easy to click with mouse, accessible with keyboard via nav keys although I’d rather use Backspace (or Escape, but I understand it’s always bound to Save menu to allow save even during battle, which is not bad!)
during target selection, nav keys don’t always work. When there are two enemies, left doesn’t always select the one on the left, I had to use the mouse. Sometimes, no enemy is selected (highlighted), but Space still attacks the first enemy available.
showing damage in top-right text is not bad for a classic presentation (as in Golden Sun), although I would expect damage to show directly on the enemy in such a visual-oriented format (I don’t know if it’s a technical or artistic choice). I do see how it’s harder to do on the main character though, since she only has an avatar.

UI: dialogue

nice that you can hover names to see their summary in tooltip
… but there was no tooltip for Rutilus, which was quite an important character to understand what’s going on, even if off-screen. They eventually explained who it was in the dialogue, but I missed the drama for one or two text blocks (I thought he was a butler like Elias).

UI: History

you cannot hover the names to show their tooltips. It’s not that important, but I needed this at a particular time where I didn’t want to rollback too much, just check some info