Post by Zach Shirikjian in Germinate comments

Viewing post in Germinate comments

Hey, I wanted to give in-depth feedback from my playtesting session. (1/2)
To answer your questions:

1) The animation states are fine, they transition smoothly with no problems.

2) I got stuck early on in the tutorial part of the level, in between some rocks. This forced me to restart the game. (See pic below for reference). I also got stuck later during the wall-sliding tutorial section, where you had to jump over the spikes. I tried multiple times but couldn't jump over the spikes.

Zach Shirikjian2 years ago

Now, some more in-depth critique. Here's some personal things I've noticed. (2/2)

The jumping mechanic could use work. It's way too floaty, it takes way too long to fall back to the ground after jumping.
The Gamepad doesn't work with the Pause Menu, except to open it.
I know it's not finished yet, but I can't tell which options in the Settings Menu the sliders are used for, since there's no text or icons attached to them.
The color of the UI buttons when they're hovered over could be made a bit darker, so it's more clearer which button's being selected at a time.
I wish I could use the D-Pad to move as an option, and not just the Analog Stick.
I really like the character design of the player character and logo, great stuff :D

I really hope this feedback helps! The project is coming along nicely, keep up the great work :)

vcroteau2 years ago

Hi Zach, thanks for playing! We appreciate the feedback! Which build did you play? We have a fix for that issue of getting stuck in between those rocks, but I just wanna make sure that works. Also where did you get stuck during the wall slide tutorial, was it right at the entrance to the cave or further in?

itch.io

Viewing post in Germinate comments