Мы очень рады, что вам понравилось играть в нашу игру!
Сюжет пока что несёт функцию знакомства с миром. То, чем он закончится, будет в следующих обновлениях. Мы будем его постепенно дополнять и раскрывать. Но мы рады, что он вас увлек даже на этом этапе!
The graphics are nice, but i didn't understand the gameplay. I think they should have made a tutorial level instead of a big tutorial text. And, instead of levels, the concept of Jem is more suited to the arcade mode. It would have saved you time.
I get the idea, it's cool. But the implementation didn't let me enjoy it.
From what I feel you are just at the beginning of your journey and I believe you will do well! If you want, you can watch our game.
The idea for the game is good, but there are a few nuances that I think could improve its implementation:
1) you could make it so that elves interact with something, not by touching their collider, but by reaching a click point with the mouse, if the mouse clicked on something to interact with. Now elves can crash into something on the path and interact with that object.
2) I think it would be worth saving the elf that was selected after giving a command to him. Your game is similar to RTS, so this approach would be more player friendly. Right now, having the selection from the elf disappear after giving a command is confusing.
3) It is worth visually showing the selected elf for better player response.
4) It is worth using the same images for the same objects, so that visually it will be better understood what object should be forged. It's not critical here, there are only two objects: one curved and one straight. But if there are more of them, the player is likely to get confused.
Good luck! If you want - you can watch our game, we'd love to have you!
I agree with Zapzoop0099. If possible, make web versions of your games. Judging by the stats I see from my game and games with lower ratings - people are reluctant to download. And viruses are one of the reasons for that.
Personally, I only lacked these little things in the gameplay: 1) I think it would have been possible to make the net and the Grinch two different objects, so that when the Grinch turns, it stays in the same place and the net moves to the other side. I think this would add integrity to the gameplay.
2) Perhaps it would be worthwhile to have the anvils hit the Grinch itself, rather than the net. Or both the Grinch and the net. Kinda ruins the immersion when the anvil goes through the character.
Otherwise enjoyable gameplay, kept me going for half an hour)
In this game, I almost got out of debt and died. It's heartbreaking.
I was quickly reaping the benefits of buying an improvement for snowballs and went negative. But was left with a nice sword that I tried to pay back my snowball debt with! Thanks for such an experience!
Very nice and cute game. good sound design and pixel art!
Encountered a couple of bugs:
1) weapons break not only from hitting enemies. from not knowing this i broke them before i was taught how to use them, and also weapons break even when i click during dialogue. and i think it would be a good idea to show how many uses of a weapon are left before they break
2) once a character got stuck between colliders and I couldn't do anything about it at all (one solution might be to make a back to checkpoint button)
While we haven't considered modernising the mechanic of the hit, but your idea is a good one! In theory, we could develop it by adding serifs to the slider that appears when you hit. Depending on which serif the circle reaches, the strength of the hit is set.
However, implementing these modifications would require a complete overhaul of the feedback on the player's actions. Currently, it's simple:
- if nothing is selected, there are no sparks.
- If an item is selected but not yet ready, small sparks will appear.
- If an item is selected and ready, big sparks will appear.
To accommodate more varied hits would require a more varied but equally intuitive response. For the purposes of a small game for Jam, we decided to focus on simplicity to ensure precise timing and intuitive communication of controls to the player.
I thing if we had decided to create a larger game, we would have used different mechanics instead of the one used here. We would have developed something more intricate.
Thank you!❤ We also had an idea to vary the gameplay: add an adult to the children's gift line. Instead of having a gift made for them, the adult would have to be chased away.
But we felt we couldn't meet the Game Jam deadline if we took the time to refine it, so we decided to leave it the way it was.
