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Call me lazy or paranoid or whatever, but I really don't want to have to create an account just to play this game!

Based on the trailers, I'm sure it's a lovely game, and I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt that you aren't going to maliciously misuse the data you've gathered, but I think it's just too much of a roadblock to put in front of players when A) I don't even know if the game is worth the hassle B) there are loads of other games I could be playing instead that don't ask for this stuff and operate just fine with saving and all that C) there are plenty games that use accounts but also allow you to use a 'guest' account to take a peek and see if it's worth it D) having to make an account and be online makes me worried about the longevity of the game and ability to access it in future E) from what I hear, it's not even a multiplayer game, so why?

Hmm, this one was pretty rough for me and I found myself quitting rather quickly.

For one, the game is absolutely overloaded with too much exposition and dialogue, and even when the game isn't delivering text, it's giving these cutscenes with incredibly slow pacing. I'm sure it's a very nice LOTR-esque story, but I don't want to have to get through all this text before I'm allowed to get a taste of what the actual gameplay is!

Having said that, though, I don't think the gameplay was worth slogging through all that text and cutscenes to get to. I like the concept of supporting your army by healing them and attacking monsters and so on, but it just felt overly simplistic and monotonous with how easy it was to just loop between healing and fireballing. Even worse was how healing and fireballing felt so unsatisfying due to a lack of feedback, and the fighting of allies vs enemies was so dull and muddy, lacking any sort of pizazz. Perhaps the game gets better with enemy units that challenge you to use different tactics, but after 2 boring fights, I wasn't inclined to stick around and see, especially since I'd need to read through another bookload of text to get to it.

As said, it's not a bad concept as I've seen other games like 'HEAL ME PLZ' explore this concept as well and be quite fun. But the execution here felt quite lacking and it seemed more effort was put in the story than the gameplay.

Also, a little side note: I was confused as to why the game requires you to use the mouse to advance text when everything else is done using the keyboard keys? Feels weird to be forced to switch back and forth instead of just sticking with one control scheme.

Hmm, bit mixed on this one as it can feel a bit more like an impressive tech demo/port than a fun game, but I still found it to be a decent experience!

As said, I'm not too familiar with Pico-8, but from the little bits I've picked up over time, I'm sure putting together something like this within the limitations of the system was very impressive, even more so when you give the player all these fancy editing tools. Overall the game does seem to capture that Devil Daggers vibe decently, and it even adds its own little twists on the formula with these spiders and acid spewers and such.

However, as much as I wanted to get in a trance and dagger some devils all over the place, I did have a lot of issues that made the experience a bit rough for me.

*First and foremost, the default controls were a bit awkward. Not sure why the mouse sensitivity is so damn high by default, and I'm not sure why ESDF was used over the more commonplace WASD, especially since it doesn't seem to use the extra keyboard real estate to map any other buttons: maybe it's a regional thing? Also why do you only jump on releasing space instead of on pressing it? There was also a weird issue where I kept having to refocus the window by clicking on it when transferring between scenes, like between picking up the daggers and starting the game proper.

*Next, the gameplay felt a bit awkward in a lot of respects. Devil Daggers is great in how smooth, fast, and sharp it feels, and this felt like the exact opposite, unfortunately. The character feels like he moves much slower, the visuals are much more blurry and hard to parse, and the hitboxes for objects felt confusing in that I would miss thing I felt I was hitting spot on, or I would get hurt by enemies I thought didn't hit me (actually, most of the time it was the opposite, I'd actually not get hit by enemies I thought were gonna hit me).

*Couldn't tell if the audio was trying to pull off some sort of 3D audio to help me keep track of enemies around me since it felt like the sound just kept devolving into this crackly chaos.

Eventually I kind of got used to the different feel and had a good time, but still, a bit of an awkward first impression!

freds72 responds:

thanks for the detailed feedback.
the mouse sensitivity is in my todo list.

some more visual cues on where are ennemies may indeed be needed.

It's nice and I'm sure it may appeal to the classic maze-lovers, but I couldn't really get into it: not only does it feel too overwhelming with the way it's so jumbled together, making everything look the same in that it's difficult to make a mental map, it doesn't look appealing either or engender a sense of adventure. I tried my best and, credit where it's due, I did start to see some patterns and routes in the maze, like funnels where wrong ways send you back to the start, but again, I just ended up feeling bored and not wanting to deal with it. Some of it might be down to me not being a fan of the genre, perhaps, but I'd still say that some work could've been done to make it more appealing.

cidoku responds:

I think you're right about a lot of that. It's a learning experience. Thank you for the nice review.

Hmm, bit mixed on this one!

On one hand, the initial impressions were pretty high! Feels like the Chat Fonce series has had a serious graphical facelift, and I felt like the 3D environments and movements were very nice and smooth! I liked the way that the camera was flexing its skills by framing the scene at the start, and speaking of the camera, the way that it is more zoomed-out now helps deal with the rather cramped and claustrophobic feel that the previous games had, which made it much easier and enjoyable to navigate the world.

On the other hand, though, the game still didn't do quite enough to impress me to keep me engaged the whole way through, and I found myself dropping off midway. The world just felt rather dull and lifeless, all looking very similar, lacking any sort of special effects, sound or pizazz. It didn't help either that certain quality-of-life features were absent, such as how if you press a key while text is being typed out, it skips to the next line instead of just filling out the text as it properly should.

It's cute, and I like the upgrades, but could still use a bit more meat on its bones for an appealing experience, I think!

Wow, this was quite the rollercoaster ride!

Initial impressions were a bit rocky, as once again I was seeing an art collab where it's going with the unexciting, bare-minimum-effort slideshow presentation. Well, bare-minimum-effort isn't completely fair as I did have to admit that it had a certain sense of style and grace to it, what with its crisp layout, cool music and nice subtle effects for buttons and transitions, as well as these weird joke pop-ups. I also liked that there were links to artist's profiles when you click on their names...or at least there should be, as only some of them work (poor Chdonga gets shafted, for example).

That all changed when I got to the poetry section, however: what an experience that was! Great voice acting, a nice variety of different poetry cadences and styles, cinematic presentation, and so on! This is the kind of interesting creativity that I live for in art collabs, and I'm really surprised you don't lead with this as the hook since it makes a much stronger impression! Course, there are still a few weird errors that bodge the work up, such as janky audio cut-offs, but still, very memorable indeed!

riot100233 responds:

ea sports

Chdonga responds:

heheheh chDONGa gets SHAFTED heheheheh

Wow, pretty cool fake-OS puzzle game! Reminds me a lot of something like Hypnospace Outlaw, and similar to that, I really enjoyed digging deep into this! I liked how educational it is in learning about various cyphers while still being fun (imagine that, learning being fun) and also how it is more than just figuring out the cypher code, but then taking those hints which are used to solve another puzzle hidden within another app, and so on. Cool stuff!

I have to admit that I am having a bit of a rough time with the game, though! For some reason, ever single cypher I've tried to learn and use feels like it was explained in a rather confusing manner which made me completely misinterpret what it was going for. I'm not sure if you're intentionally trying to not explain it clearly so as to not make it too obvious and make the player do more work, or if you're actually trying to be clear and you've just chosen a weird way to explain. Could also be me just overthinking it or something.

For example, when going over the third cypher, it says that letters are placed on separate rows, where every other letter is placed on the lower of the two. This makes it sound like, if you were to scramble EXAMPLE, it'd be:
E A P E
X M L
I understood that, but then it gives an example of LITERATURE being scrambled, but it's not following the same pattern of every other letter alternating rows, and instead it looks like it splits the word in half, putting the first half on the top row, and the back half on the bottom row. This made me really confused in solving the puzzle as I was trying to follow what it showed instead of what it said. Eventually I realized my mistake and it was just a confusion between encryption and decryption, and I do feel silly, but again, I wonder if it was just a weird way to explain.

Anyway, I'm very much enjoying myself, and while I haven't beaten it yet, I'll give it my best!

EDIT: Got confused with the puzzle with the grid and cross, especially since it didn't open up a code book to learn from, so I just looked online for 'cypher grid and cross' and figured out about pigpen that way from wiki. I assume that's not intentional and maybe I was supposed to unlock the book somehow, but eh, learning is learning, haha!

Deklaration responds:

Hey, thanks for the review! You're correct that some of the books describes the encryption process, and that you're supposed to use it to decrypt. That might be a bit confusing though, you're right. I'll take a look at it. Also, my English isn't the best, and it's most noticeable when I try to explain stuff in the most clear way possible.

And yeah, it's pretty cryptic that you're supposed to pick out the correct letters once again in the ICU app, just like you did before. I think most people found out that the letters in the pig pen are clickable by just trying to click stuff out of frustation and realizing that the letters are more than just an image. But, I guess an additional clue wouldn't hurt. I'll add one in the next update that's going live in an hour or two.

Mmm, I want to like this game, but it was a rough one for me! Definitely started good as I find it has a very energetic and goofy vibe it's got going for it that's quite charming, and I think the general presentation and feel is nice. However, I just didn't find the combat that exciting, unfortunately! The horde survival was pretty meh, and while the boss was promising and I liked learning its pattern, it felt way too spongy and got old quickly. The worst part was the weird ammo system which felt like it was just constantly stopping me from having fun: maybe it could work with some tweaks, but here it was just an impediment. Still had some decent fun, and nothing wrong with just having a short lil' game like this, but yeah, it was rough.

Cute little art collab! For the most part it's nice, but I have to admit that, presentation-wise, it is a bit lackluster, going the ol' slideshow route, aka the bare minimum. I'm not saying you need to have an incredibly unique presentation or it's a no-go: in fact, I wouldn't have minded it that much if the art was consistently posed in such a way that they appear to be on the beach as many of them do, but there are a lot of pieces that are look like they're floating away and it would've helped so much for consistency if they were placed better. Ideally, I'd love it if all of the pieces could be combined in a big collage where they all look like they're at a beach party together, kinda like something you'd see in a Where's Waldo book, haha! A more interesting presentation would get more interested viewers which would mean more follows and commissions for artists!

Moving on from that, it'd also be nice if there were some other certain features for a better gallery. For example, it'd be great if there were links to the artist's profile within the game that would allow for easy access to view an artist's work or follow them if they catch your eye. It'd also be great if there were features like a gallery/thumbnail view, or perhaps a search: with a lot of entries, it's nice to have ways to get around beyond mashing the arrow keys over and over.

TigerPlushiefire responds:

At least the last review didnt called us basment dwellers. I live in apartment complex in Brier Creek

wamyremy responds:

hey LGF! thank you for the feedback, i personally value it highly (even tho i didn't make the project lol)

Lizguy74 responds:

Those sound like great ideas!
I also thought originally that we would have a slideshow of everyone’s characters with a background we drew and then they’d be in a massive collage together but not everyone submitted a BG version so IDK. I guess that fell through.
Yeah, some of them also look like they’re floating. 😂

RepriseAgain responds:

Thanks for the review! To respond to some of your points:
- Yeah a lot of the characters look like they're floating. I wasn't focusing on making them look like they're actually on the beach as it was simply meant to be a backdrop, but I'll bear that in mind.
- I do actually have a Wimmelbilder (Where's Wally? kinda deal) piece planned for this collab... once I get my mojo working, that is...
- By my own admission it is pretty basic in terms of features and functionality. I guess I just need to have a little more patience with ActionScript. For now I'm amazed I was even able to program the navigation and preloader.
- I like the idea of having a thumbnail gallery for larger collabs, and to link each piece to their respective artist. If I host another collab I'll implement them.
Thanks again for reviewing.

Still working at it, bit-by-bit.

Lucas Gonzalez-Fernandez @FutureCopLGF

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