JenHaseltine's Comments

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Play Musaic Box Musaic Box Mar. 01, 2013
Chonte- I had the same problem as you, finished the game and all songs, but badge did not trigger. If it does not trigger, go to the main menu, click 'start,' and load any of your finished songs and that should trigger it for you.
Play Wartune Wartune Feb. 20, 2013
trollarc, unless the player has something against you personally, he probably plunders you because you give him a lot of gold. Moving your city can help, but long-term you are going to have to get in the habit of having less gold on hand. Spend it on astrals, upgrade your equipment, or donate it to your guild as soon as you can, and try to spend all of it before you log out. If he gets only a few hundred gold from you, he will stop.
Play Band Of Heroes Band Of Heroes Feb. 13, 2013
One suggestion I would have is to have a little more variety in the sounds enemies make, and decrease how often it triggers for bosses. It gets annoying fast to hear the same sound over and over again easily noticed on that first boss (oo HA ha, oo HA ha, oo HA ha, nonstop). One other suggestion is to have following heroes either move to try to avoid hits or use shared HP and have only the leader take hits, as it is the hitbox is very large. Other than that, it's a fun game.
Play Akaneiro Akaneiro Jan. 31, 2013
I agree with Creature that area unlocking fees seem to be far too high. Everyone understand that devs need to eat, but intentionally creating a grind wall, especially so early in the game, can cripple an otherwise enjoyable game. It creates a choice, very early on, for your players: grind, pay, or leave. The problem with a situation where players essentially pay to skip gameplay is that they can also skip gameplay (for free) by leaving. If you want some way to entice players to spend kreds, why not remove the unlock costs and offer a few perks instead? For example, permanent +x% buffs to item and karma drops, 1-2 free full revives per map, +x% to stats, things like that. If reasonably balanced and priced, it won't break the game or stall progress for free players, but will tempt those who would be willing to contribute. The art style is beautiful and the gameplay is entertaining, but the grinding factor makes me enjoy this less than I want to.
Developer response from Spicyhorse

Hi Jen. You wouldn't believe how many times we altered the Karma purchasing/unlocking/finding/spending balance during Beta. Going from one extreme to another. I think the general consensus is that we're getting it kinda right now. And of course, it only costs $5 to get a whole 12000 Karma too ;) . . Not sure what you mean about players skipping gameplay though. Sure you could pay to unlock all the later levels, but unless you're actually playing, those levels will kick your ass :)
Play Outernauts Outernauts Jan. 25, 2013
A huge THANK YOU to the devs for making the additional breeders not cost premium currency. Great to see the game comes first with you guys.
Developer response from Insomniac_Games

We always want to make sure y'all are having the most fun possible. Cheers!
Play Wartune Wartune Oct. 30, 2012
How about, for the world boss, instead of adding more HP to balance it, you create separate instances of the boss? So your 'room' would have maybe 100 people in it, and many more people have a chance at getting 1% on the boss. 1% would also be fair share, so it would make sense as a loot tier. As it is now, an overwhelming majority of players get pocket change for a reward, only ~5 people get over 1%.
Play WarMagic WarMagic Oct. 11, 2012
I like the interactivity, but like others have said there is little depth to the game. Also, since gestures are needed, having a way to see the needed gesture for a skill you already bought is essential. Also, even for a game as short as this, it's important to be able to save your progress. Overall, I would say it's a good start, but it needs much more work to become a good game.
Play The Grinns Tale The Grinns Tale Oct. 11, 2012
I would really like it if the game would reliably remember whether or not I had the game muted. It seems to 'forget' and turn sound back on on every update, and sometimes in between.
Play Eye-Q Test Eye-Q Test Sep. 09, 2012
I liked the overall concept, but it makes little sense to penalize players for arriving at a different valid solution (vertical vs. horizontal, or light>dark vs. dark>light, for example). You can resolve this by either placing a layout, as others have suggested, or by passing/failing a level based on whether or not every tile has the correct tiles adjacent to it, regardless of position in the grid. As it is now, the illusion of choice followed by arbitrary penalizing of 'mistakes' makes this a bit too annoying to truly enjoy.
Play Wasted Colony Wasted Colony Jul. 24, 2012
I wanted to enjoy this game, and for a while I really did enjoy it, but the difficulty curve needs considerable balancing. Around Day 60-70, you start needing to add more people to guard duty than you can recruit, especially if unlucky in drops. Also, there were several bugs, such as percentages seeming to be inaccurate, and traps sometimes consuming permanent energy usage (despite being used up).
Play Glean Glean Jul. 09, 2012
Lord, you want to look for blue metal, it looks fairly similar to other metals. If you aren't finding any, try choosing a larger planet and pay attention to whether or not it lists titanium as present in that planet. Titanium is relatively far below the surface, so you may have to go into heat-warning zones to find it.
Play a Grain of Truth a Grain of Truth Jun. 29, 2012
Small grammar thing: at the end of the game (when greeting Zephyr) there is an "is" missing in that phrase. Great game, love all the effort put into building the world. I also like that you wrote unique phrases for wrong items used, instead of a generic "cannot do that" reply.
Developer response from mrudi

Thanx for feedback and playing!
Play Terra Monsters Terra Monsters Apr. 29, 2012
Cities need to be smaller with much less empty space, and the main path from one entrance to another should be free of obstacles and buildings. The ability to sprint or ride a bike would also be very nice. Another improvement would be the ability to teleport to previously visited towns.
Play Zombies Online Zombies Online Jan. 27, 2012
Just so nobody else makes the same mistake I did: If you spend 3 diamonds on that extra crafting slot (one of the few uses that -looks- reasonable for its cost), that slots goes away when the crafting finishes, so it's not even a permanent bonus. Maybe this comment can help someone else avoid that mistake, even if the devs don't listen to feedback about unreasonable pricing.
Play The Ocean Around Me - Week Two The Ocean Around Me - Week Two Jan. 09, 2012
Week 3: Hmm, feeling a little hungry. 250 coconuts should do it, at least for today. (In all seriousness though, the food minigames are starting to feel like a forced distraction, especially with such high amounts needed. An option to skip would be nice, so we can get on to the interesting part).
Developer response from Moshdef

Luckily, for those who do not enjoy Coconut Catch and Sharp Harpoon, those minigames will not be used as much in Week Three (you'll likely only play them once, or not at all).
Play Piggy Wiggy Piggy Wiggy Oct. 27, 2011
The pigs are cute and all, but I've seen other games that are almost exactly like this several times before.
Play Legend of Kalevala Legend of Kalevala Jun. 27, 2011
Keeping this comment from Apsy alive: For the 4songs : - 1 Near the start (you need to activate a switch in right side of the same area) - 2 Near the place where you get the wing, you need to destroy a wall with the upgraded spikes - 3 Under the big ancestor statue, still by using the upgraded spikes against the small wall. - 4 After passing the door by activating the 3 crystals, jump into the first pit, then on the left side we can see the entrance for the last song
Play Eukarion Tales 2 Eukarion Tales 2 Jun. 15, 2011
Interesting how the skeletons produce several gallons of blood when you re-kill them.
Play Fade Fade Apr. 15, 2011
The medium badge didn't seem to register for me either, until I went back to the main menu after a successful run and selected colored mode.
Play Abyss Walker Abyss Walker Mar. 05, 2011
I rather enjoyed the game, the upgrades have a pretty decent progression to them. But I did encounter a strange glitch. Upon defeating Satoshi Koto on the final level, I got the "Objective Complete" screen but the level did not end and I was still stuck in the region of the final fight.