Okay, so I have quite a bit of feedback on the game, but I can find the feedback button on testflight. Dumb, right?
Are you guys still setting up a chat? I've got some early impressions/suggestions, and I'd love to see what others are thinking... DBC
Yup! We'll try and have a chat next week Croy. We're just putting the first round of feedback together. I'll update this thread with the details soon.
Here's a copy of the PM with early feedback that I sent Dr_G. Just so you guys know. I have a few points to go over for this game. 1. Very solid game. 2. I am pretty sure that it isn't optimized for retina display. 3. The difficulty needs to be seriously tweaked (to be easier). 4. I haven't gotten very far, but are there only two types if enemies? If so, it would be cool to add more. 5. So far I haven't found any bugs or spelling issues, and the addition of the gym is very cool. I will send more feedback as I play more!
Here is my feedback about your feedback I couldn't agree more. This game is very well made and crazy addictive. I don't know if it is or not, but the game still looks beautiful and very professional. But if they can get it to look even crisper, I would love that too. Here is where I slightly disagree with you. I was able to get 25/26 of the achievements in the game in only a few hours yesterday, granted I got hooked and played for like 3-4 hours straight. But I think that the difficulty is fine. It starts out hard but the upgrade in the gym make it easier. If you are having trouble, I recommend upgrading grip first. It does not take very long to max out all stats, maybe like 30-40 minutes. With max stats and a glove of your choice, the game is definitely beatable with practice. I my opinion, the easiest way to beat the game is with a 6 in grip, the second easiest is a 6 in reach, then a 6 in strength, and the hardest glove to beat the game with is the speed glove, but luckily that one takes the least amount of time to retry. The only part of the game that I am finding too hard is getting the final achievement, I have been struggling with that one for half a day now There are 5 types of enemies and 3 bosses. The first area has 2 types of enemies, the second area adds a third type, the third area adds a fourth type, and the final boss has a fifth type of enemy that assists it. As far as enemies go, they basically start out light, fast, weak and small and each new enemy tier becomes heavier, slower, stronger and larger than the enemy before it (with the exception that enemy tier 5 is not larger than enemy tier 4.) I was only able to find one bug in the game so far and I already told the dev about it. Well I did run into a graphical glitch, but I have not been able to recreate it, and it corrected itself shortly after it happened anyway. But other than that, like you said the game is very solid. All of the achievements and upgrades work flawlessly. If you need any help with the game, such as strategy or questions about certain achievements, feel free to PM me. In respect to the developer, I tried to be as vague about the game play as possible while discussing this on a public forum, but if the developer thinks that I posted to much information, please tell me and I will edit my post accordingly.
You and I are very much of the same mind regarding this one... For a Beta, the game is just so polished already... seriously. As for difficulty, I'm giving the dev more detailed info privately, but suffice it to say I had zero problems with enjoying the game fully. You definitely understand the Spoiler Gloves better than I, which is the primary reason for Beta and gaining multiple data points via feedback, right? I was actually a little embarrassed to not have more critique, but the good news is the game is pretty much done as far as bugs, etc... Could you PM me the bug you found? I had a couple tiny things pass by, nothing I would even call "a bug," and I'm wondering if you are looking at the same behavior. Ditto for my post. I have zero problem editing anything problematic... DBC
Hey guys, Sorry we've been slow in replying. We spent all of Friday testing and debugging. @skeblik, thanks for bringing the feedback out in the open. I was a little uncomfortable initially but I'm glad you did it! It was needed. @Drummerboycroy and @TRB4, yall have been pretty detailed with your feedback and suggestions both publicly and via pm so far. It's great stuff for us to think about and possibly work on. It's gonna be fun times for us thinking through things on Monday! Thanks for exercising your discretion when discussing the game too. It's great that yall kept the descriptions generic without giving too much away. @all, we're going to be setting up a beta tester chat come Tue or Wed. We'll post up those details on Monday!
Okay just finished beating it. It took about 30 minutes. Without any changes it's a solid game and fun. However I do have some comments/suggestions. 1) Increase the length to get to bosses or increase length of entire game. You seem to not have much to work for after beating it. 2) Increase upgrade incremental costs. After play 5 games I had enough money to max out all my skills. This should keep people playing longer. 3) Possibly add more animations. Feels a bit plain by itself with simple four way attack animations. I do like the supermove. 4) Animated backgrounds? I think it'd be cool to watch people cheer for you or move around windows as you climb. 5) Put in maybe a hard mode where yoir weight doesn't reset after using the supermove? 6) Possibly put comics in the app? The issues are short so I don't see a problem with this. You could even put them directly into the game stages itself. That's it for now. Thanks for letting me test!
Thanks @SirFobos! @All, please feel free to post generic non-spoilerrific contents here and post more detailed feedback to me. Thanks for playtesting! Here's a big thank you from us!
Honestly? I wasn't sure what to expect, but suffice it to say I was pleasantly surprised! I'd be curious about your initial impressions/suggestions. I've been PMing with a few other testers, and it seems we're all pretty much of the same mind... DBC
I'd to comment on some of the non gameplay aspects here. Anyone who's familiar with japanese sports manga will appreciate this game more. There are just certain tropes native to the genre, and I think the game does a good job covering them. Y'know, the crazy animals, an utterly weird premise to start with and the whole final boss twist are examples of what I mean. Although even if you aren't familiar with any of that you can still enjoy the game. Also, although this is rarely mentioned, the voice actors of the announcer and Yerdua did excellent jobs. Just like how you imagine when you read comics, but better.
Haha! Damn right! Thanks for all the comments guys, we're doing a team discussion from the feedback so far. Thanks @DBC and @TRB4 for reaching out to everyone. We'll have updates on the beta chat soon. Do yall have a preference for voice or text? We're considering using Google Hangouts for a chat. Anyone have a better suggestion? IRC?
