Money gets pretty useless mid to late game. Also, I did a run with nothing but health and that siphon ability and beat it. I'm not sure how you should fix that, but I feel as though that's not the way the game was meant to be played. Also, I was the rogue, not the meathead.
Negative
-character moves slow
-needs a quality option
-1 spelling error(washt)
-1 punctuation error (family instead of families)
-dialogue is a bit stale
-The dream sequence gives no indication you can move
-The story had a lot of room to grow but wasn't played upon
- some minor plot holes
(like how Annie knows so much and how they got letters from cage to cage)
positive
-art is fantastic
-Music is very whimsical and fitting
-not overly difficult
It's a nice game and fun to look at, but it's drawbacks really keep it from being fantastic. If you take a little bit more time to spice this up it would be wonderful.
Very charming. A bit short, but good nonetheless. I think you should balance out the amount of moles there are though. I got five of them in a row and it broke the game.
Great sound effects, good upbeat music (though a tiny bit repetitive), simple gameplay (again a bit repetitive),and cute story.
This was a really fun game to play and enjoy. Thank you.
Also the art is great.
Ok, you need to take out that damn flying thing. This game is difficult enough without that thing following you around. Even if you don't take it out you should make it move slower or at least not camp exactly where you're going to stick your head out of. Have it fully disappear from the map and reappear from a certain angle so you can at least plan a route to avoid it. That thing is literally making me rage, which doesn't happen normally.
Can you change it so she floats when you hold the up key? That way you can immediately float when you're at the peak of her jump. It would make a lot of jumps a little more bearable.
It's a little too easy. It took me a couple tries, but after I got some money it wasn't difficult at all. I don't feel like the game scaled that well, but honestly it was still pretty fun. I feel like some achievements would be nice. Lastly, it would be great if the end cut scene changed every time you beat it. The first time it would be the ironing board, second he left the stove on, third he forgot to let the cat inside the house etc.
(Part two)
The controls were flawless. They did exactly what I wanted them to. The mechanics were introduced periodically so as not to overwhelm the player in one moment and spaced out perfectly to keep it interesting as the game went on. I really liked the cannon levels. Especially level 8. I don't care if there was no challenge in that level, it was really fun to watch. The ending boss was unexpected. I didn't think I was going to fight the guy. It was amusing to say the least.
In the end you really didn't come out with anything especially "new", but everything that you did do, you did very well. I'd give it a 4/5 for being very well done and enjoyable, but not quite a perfect game.
Thanks Magical_Kiwi for that comprehensive review! I love how you noticed the details since we really worked hard on them. You went about it in a well-balanced and candid manner. We will think about this as we work on our next game.
Have a great day!
Hey, Khailcs, remember me? I'm here to review your game =D
I'll start with the issues I have with it. The biggest problem that I had was actually the music. It wasn't bad, but it was a little too lax for me. When listening to calm music when trying to do puzzles, it kind of melts my brain a bit. That might just be me though. I just feel like different music might fit this game a bit better. The other thing I had a bit of a problem with is the difficulty. It's a little too easy. Granted it was mind bendingly hard, but it posed basically no challenge. I guess the plot was a bit... Well, silly, but I'm just nitpicking at that point. It's not meant to have a super good one. It was funny too, so good job with that.
(I'll put the other half of the review in another comment)
My only complaint is the hellstone. Not for the fact that it keeps going and going, but because you could have come up with so many other things to mine instead. It's not very creative.
This was a pretty awesome game... The flow and pacing of it was really nice and consistent. There weren't any confusing parts, so just wandering around ad talking to people was enough to beat the game, which was nice. The simplicity and art really made me enjoy this game a lot. Please make more, this was fantastic xD
I'm not sure if the groupies increase your style in any way, but i got 1800 by doing a 360 handstand and then another quick handstand before landing. The timing is stupidly close, but it only took me about 20 minutes of playing with the game to get it.
It's a fine game, but there are a lot of small things that keep it from being great. The lag time between ducking and jumping is definitely number 1. The amount of money that you get is too much for the upgrades. You get them much too fast. The upgrades themselves aren't very unique either. They're enough to be useful, but don't really stand out. The overworld scroll mechanic isn't very good either. I'd much rather have the screen autoscroll as the mouse is at one side of the screen rather than clicking each level individually. The rating system is useless too. It doesn't provide any extra rewards, achievements, or unlockables. It's mainly there for people who want to 100% the game, but there isn't any incentive to do so. It's a great simple game though. Fun for the length.
I maxed out my upgrades at level 3 of part 1. It's either you need to reduce the money you get, or make more upgrades to work with. The game can get challenging, but if you rush the minigun you're set. It's kind of OP. It's a fun game but I honestly lost interest. The story kind of stops near the beginning and there wasn't anything to compel me forward after I finished the upgrades. The enemies keep getting stronger, but are essentially recolors adding no new game play elements. With a little more ingenuity this game would be great though.
Why would you put UFO's that take your blops? The blops are annoying enough by themselves. Also there needs to be a new game option. I'm realizing that I want to refund a lot of my blops to pick different upgrades that are more useful. The amount of blops that you need to get some of these upgrades are ridiculous, so a refund option would be kind of nice.
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Thanks Magical_Kiwi for that comprehensive review! I love how you noticed the details since we really worked hard on them. You went about it in a well-balanced and candid manner. We will think about this as we work on our next game. Have a great day!