I deciphered the cipher before playing the game thanks to the title. Just a thought.
Reviews for "demonblood"
fedeCalchera responds:
yea i see you can get the 6 missing letters just by thinking about it. but that's still some work to do so I think its cool that its possible this way. Looking at your rating you gave, you didn't seem to enjoy the game too much. feel free to shoot me a pm with critiques if you have the time, would be appreciated. :)
I like it. Viual style is simplistic but pretty and atmospheric, same goes to music and sounds. Gameplay is challenging but adjustable and manageable. Didn't really get what's the difference between "sinful" and "sinless" modes, but good anyway.
fedeCalchera responds:
thanks for the feedback:)
wow you deciphered it? :O its a recolored character skin, i'm sorry if you are underwhelmed by the reward for finishing the game 100%. (but psst don't spill the secret ;) )
glad you still enjoyed it.
This is a really good platformer. It took me a while before I figured out the control key (E) to open the portals (You might want to put the controls in-game, like in many other platform games).
The crouching issue was already mentioned below by Cookiecrumbled. I'm divided about the speed (You could ramp it up, but a lower speed seems fitting here). The atmospheric music and the animation is great.
Cheers,
M
fedeCalchera responds:
glad you like it.
With the portal opening key e, its supposed to be a bit of a secret. There is a stone plate near the portal with the letter e on it (it even blinks red when you wait a few seconds in front of it so you get the hint) but seeing from your complaint its might still not be clear enough. a few people seemed to have gotten it without problem so I'm divided if i want to make it easier to get.
I didn't want to create a ingame menu to show controls etc as it could be abused as a pause function to make the bullet hell passages more easy (still not set in stone tho, could make game keep running in bg)
thanks for the feedback on the atmosphere and the animation. I actually expected more reviews with critique about the art and animation, as this community is focused on animation as i understand and not so much on gamedesign. Although i do appreciate critique on that too.
thanks for putting in the time to play and write the review :)
For one of your first projects, this is pretty great! :) The visual art style is quite decent, the level design was well made since it is not too repetitive and quite long.
My only complainment would be the speed and lack of "action". By making the game a bit faster paced and adding maybe more obstacles/enemies you could spice the things a bit up.
Good job on this :3
fedeCalchera responds:
thanks.:) now i feel bad for writing that,as i don't want any pity ratings ;)
I see your point. A friend had a similar complaint about pacing, i will absolutely experiment with some higher speeds an more action in the levels. Level 3 was a little test at a more momentum driven level design, but as i understand you are also talking about the characters movement speed.
thanks a ton for the feedback.
actually is a good platformer
fedeCalchera responds:
I'm happy that you like it, thanks Daniel :)