Post by arcanehelix in Initial release comments

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Hey, just leaving a comment here to encourage you!!

I genuinely enjoy the battling and *non-battling* mechanics of this game, having up to 4 abilities stacked is so reminiscent of Elite Redux!!

The Gym Battles are indeed fun and challenging so far. I would however, maybe suggest disabling Possession for Gym Battles as it feels too cheap of a win.

Also, some questions:

1. Froslass doesn't have its Possession scenes yet?

2. How do I unlock the Roxanne scene?

3. How far does the demo go? I have beaten the 2nd gym, but not the Alien event yet,

idite13 days ago(+1)

Thank you so much for the kind words!!

There will definitely be fights where I disable possession, but I do think that part of the fun power fantasy aspect of this game is having that option available to use against strong trainers. Don't always count on that being the case, though :)

1. She does, but only for Leaf, Lorelei, and Courtney. The alien is similar. Long story short, I had my hard drive corrupt about a month before I had already promised to release the update. The Discord server will vouch that I spent many, many sleepless nights scrambling to remake the assets, but I couldn't hit them all. The art team, which is now FOUR WHOLE PEOPLE (the 0.2 update had 2) is working hard to restore those missing scenes, as well as flesh out ones that already exist.
2. Roxanne's scene is story related! Check back after the alien quest :)
3. This update's content can be done in nearly any order, but the big 3 are Froslass, the Gym (which leads into the alien quest), and Courtney in the optional challenge area.

arcanehelix12 days ago

Nice!! Thanks for responding, and feel free to link your discord server here.

Also just some additional feedback on the mechanics:

1. I haven't cleared the Alien section yet, but one recommendation is to implement heals in that area. It was bit of a unexpected transition from the Gym to the Alien scene, as the PokeCentre was locked and most players aren't expecting a boss rush.

2. I was kinda lucky in fiddling around with the buttons and possessed Leaf's Bulbasaur before realizing how the whole mechanic works. I think perhaps in the opening scene, maybe Giratina can have a tutorial where you possess your 2nd 'Mon instead of having the Professor give it to you freely. So it serves as a natural tutorial etc.

For the "non-battling" mechanic:

1. Maybe an intuitive mini-game where i.e. tapping the left / right or up / down button makes the image "animate" depending on the style and builds up a meter. And A is the finishing / next scene button etc once the meter is filled.

Also generally, most people are playing on mobile or handheld devices, so perhaps in the opening lab, a chart showing which buttons on PC does what is shown, so that Android peeps can map it to their handhelds.

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