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[Help Yourself]

Very cool concept! Took me a long time to release what was going on though. I feel like the difficulty spiked way too early: level 3 introduced a bunch of crazy concepts which, while fun to figure out, was also pretty frustrating to figure out without any prior knowledge of how the game worked. I mean, prior to that level, you could win by just jumping! Suddenly you have to know how all these buttons work and that you can operate them from your past selves and that you can jump on your past selves corpses and so on: it's too much at once! The rules didn't seem to be consistent either: some levels seem to reset all of the elements upon dying, while other levels kept the elements there? Unsure if it was a glitch or not. Neat game and very cool concept, just could use some better level design to gradually introduce the concepts more intuitively, and some nice graphics couldn't hurt either to both fancy it up while also highlighting the mechanics more.

[In A Keybind]

Very cool concept and execution! I enjoy it, but I will admit that there are some frustrations. The initial concept made me think that it was going to involve having to keybind a ton of actions, similar to games like QWOP or Receiver where every minute aspect of reloading a gun has its own button, leading to funny confusion as you try to remember the buttons. In this, you only ever need to code three buttons, so you don't end up with any hand-twisters like the game could've, I think. Not bad, but I feel it missed a trick there (maybe in a sequel?) Platforming was a bit frustrating since it did not have coyote time or jump buffering, leading to plenty of falls feeling unfair. I really like it when the green keyboard appears on the upper-right, letting you see what keys you have left: that should be there all the time! Both when you're selecting buttons to bind and buttons to recover! Dunno why it is hidden sometimes. Fun though, and I reached the end with a perfect run!

[The Fancy Pants Adventures: World 4 part 2]

As said before on Part 1, sweet game! I did have some difficulties in this though: felt like I couldn't control my momentum through the level as smoothly as before. Part of it was because the game didn't reintroduce the controls and it started out difficult because it's technically part 2, and part of it was because there were a lot of challenging jumps and oddly-placed ramps that were actually kinda in the way at times, but maybe I just didn't read the terrain correctly.

[Squidish]

Not bad! Was fun to pick up speed and dodge through the obstacles, and it felt like there was a good ramp-up of difficulty in introducing new enemy types and such. Game core is pretty good, so I think the next step to take it polish it up a bit, mostly in regards to the HUD: the cartoony graphics are ok, but get rid of things like the bland font/text, decimal numbers, and other oddities to make it feel more cool and stylish. I feel like the main menu should show both the records and the powerup info at the same time side-by-side: no reason to hide one behind a button hidden on the side. Also, there's a rumbling/bubbling/crackling sound playing constantly that kinda hurts my ears: consider changing that to something more muted, if you must have a ambient sound.

HeadbanGames responds:

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I started working on my next big game last month, and I'm still deep into it.
I'll probably stay dead on it for a couple more months.

I made this game as a fun little game-in-a-day project and ended up spending over a week on it :)
I do intend on doing periodically updates, with polishing, fixing reported issues and more features/obstacles and I wrote down your notes.
But I can't promise that will happen before July.

[King's Orders]

Pretty simple game, but fun as it picks up, and I very much enjoy the humorous little touches! Can be a bit frustrating at times when it generates what feels like an unwinnable pattern like knights stacked next to too many peasants where you just have to end up killing a peasant: it wouldn't be bad if killing a peasant only caused the king to lose a chance at regaining health, but since it makes the king lose health, it's annoying to get stuck in that situation. Wish the hit box of the sword was a bit taller as well since hitting bats can be a bit spotty at times and could use some forgiveness. I wasn't sure but it felt like the difficulty plateaus at a certain point, making me lose interest: unsure if there is an ending or if it continues to ramp up. Fun while it lasts though!

[The Right Turn]

Really cool! Love the professional design in everything, especially in the really flashy and snazzy main menu, which is something a lot of devs wouldn't bother with, but I greatly appreciate the effort (though the checkboxes are a little confusing and not immediately apparently they are defaulting to checked). Gameplay was great and it felt so fun to keep getting new pieces and figuring out the best way to make your way around. I could see the intro being a bit confusing for people: I bet many people might default to hitting WASD and arrows and not seeing a reaction and thinking it's broken, but I see you made the handle glow to attract attention and I like the appeal of figuring out how the contraption works. I wish the screen wasn't so tiny for my old eyes: I understand it's part of the design, of course, because the real game is the bits around the screen, but I still wish it was possible to have a slighly bigger view. It's a bummer that the game doesn't save: I really wanted to come back and continue my last session! It's a good game though, so I don't mind starting over much.

Prox276 responds:

Thanks! I appreciate the feedback! I just fixed the saving bug. It's one of the things that work in the game engine, but not in the final build so I had to make some adjustments there. Kind of unfortunate that most people experienced the game without the saving feature I spend so much time on, but that shouldn't be that important. :)

[Corona-Venger]

Fun shooting romp! Liked the action which was fast and fun, blasting away and dodging enemy fire (germs?). Liked the little touches like the story, quests, and intuitive radar system. It did get a little frustrating at times with how often you needed to reload and how bullet-spongy (soap-spongy?) some enemies were, though I suppose this could've been intentional design as you are supposed to wash your hands frequently (hyuk hyuk), but still, maybe have some extra soap in the clip for a smoother, quicker experience.

Unfortunately got stuck in the end: was sprinting and bunny-hopping around to find the last toilet paper hoarder only to glitch into a wall and was unable to finish. Nooooo!

[Guardians Of Lodino Forest]

Very cool concept and fun to play! Reminded me of games like Armored Core or Virtual On as you skate around blasting bosses with crazy bullet patterns. At the moment, while it does have a solid core, it did feel like it had some issues with difficulty. A lot of the bullet patterns felt like getting hit was just a foregone conclusion at times: too many bullets going way too fast with no real way to effectively react and dodge around them and no dash/roll mechanic to help. The only aim being auto-aim made it difficult to lead your target too, meaning it was inevitable for the ball to get away at times (though maybe this was intentional so it could get to each peg before you win). It also got a bit repetitive: by the time I got to hole 10, the environments kept getting way too walled-in and annoying to move around in, involving a lot of dead time where you're circling around huge walls looking for an entrance, waiting for the action. Still had a blast sinking holes-in-one!

adriendittrick responds:

Thanks for the thoughtful review!
I agree that this game might be repetitive. The only reason why I have 18 levels is because it's a golf game after all.

[Stranded in Space]

At its core, it seems like a really decent game. Very cool puzzle mechanics, neat variations, and solid level design that introduces the concepts one-by-one and ramps the difficulty up gradually. For me, though, it is just way too lacking in any sort of polish or pizazz: no music, no sounds, simple graphics, etc. Just feels very drab: not even the buttons on the menu pop or highlight! I think this game can be something really good, but needs some extra time in the oven to make it shiny and feel good to play.

[Vertex Shifter]

I'm too dumb for this game, haha. I barely made any progress unfortunately: only got to level 6 when others are talking about level 10! I'm just too frazzled from other puzzles, I suppose. Still, it seems well put-together and challenging. Mechanics seemed very intuitive.