check my games out man
Hey mate try my most recent game caverns of underwood. Should keep you guessing a bit. Thanks and good luck with your channel. I hope it continues to grow!
Hello back again Hodslate, some feedback for your game:
- The game has the mouse cursor always shown once you start playing! Feels like it is stuck no matter how much I tried to take it off!
- The mouse sensitivity is too high and there was no option to change that to what suits me for a better controlling view!
- The game is too dark and confsuing (Maybe the confusing part is something you went for in the game, but the game being that dark prevented me from actually enjoying the game).
Keep in mind I have been recording and later one when was trying to edit the video and seeing the footages, it felt not right to present your game that way since it was too dark to see anything, even after editing and trying to correct the brightness and coloring! It actually makes it worst for the viewers to watch! It would have not done right by your game that video I was making today, so I decided not to go with it!
All good. I noticed it was darker on another stream someone else did but on my computer it's not that dark. I might adjust the brightness in it. Cheers
Hello there cryo, I have tried your game Scary Room Game, it is not that scary but surely fun to play! Really enjoyed the game concept you have there, with all the audio design and the mechanics! Having to know how each 'cryptid' works is actually fun and engaging! I might suggest few things here for your game:
- Try to add a funny creative text when you start the game for the first time asking the players to read the journel as there would be no tutorial!
- Would be nice as well to have another creative text saying that you are on your own to guess and figure out how each 'cryptid' works and behave!
- The game would have been better with a full screen option!
- More levels maybe?!!
Here is my Gameplay Walkthrough for it, it is a small video but engaging and there is no repetitions for best quality:
Thank you so much for this review! The video you have made is awesome and I appreciate it a ton! I will absolutely take your suggestions into account when working on a final polish of this game. Thank you again!!
Hi fizzy07, I have checked your game Alphape! It looks like you are focusing on having an ape agianst others, but visually speaking the enemies look like a box more than anything! Of course, this is a game still in developement, so I understand it is still work in progress!
I must say that the gameplay movement mechanics are hard to control, often you see yourself going off the platforms easily.
There was no music nor sound effects at all, consider adding that to your game!
There is more feedback inside the video itself, hope this helps you out sir:
theres music and sound in the settings, press your escape key! I also noticed that you didnt have a crosshair in the video. You can change your crosshair in settings -> graphics :) great video btw ! you can find the audio settings in in settings->general
Nice, thank you! Was not aware of the game being like this by defult and that we had to change these in the settings, thanks and best of luck!
Hi! I'd like you to play test my game called Super Major Miner. It's a demo right now, it's also missing sound effects at the moment. However, there is music! I'd appreciate your feedback. Here's the link to my game: https://jigson.itch.io/super-major-miner
Hi there Jigson, I have tested your game, looks like the game only have one level to it to be played! I wonder why, I was unable to play anything else except what the game starts with, even after clearing it with much points than the goal!
- It is better to not let the enemies respawn, it surprised me the first time it happened and thought I did not kill them.
- The level does not end when you reach the goal, but rather when time is up, so is there any plans for the extra points we collect them? Maybe skills or upgrades for our character!
Here is also the review for the demo now, could not play any other level so that is why you see it short! After finishing that level, you only able to re-play it:
Ah, I see. You need to hold up near the sack after you reach the goal to complete the level. I think I need to make it more obvious! Thanks for your feedback. Someone else had the same issue lol! That's probably an indicator that I need to make it more obvious. Perhaps I'll put some text above the sack that says "hold up" after you reach the goal. Sound good? There are actually 6 levels to play, it sucks that no one ever reaches them due to this lol! I may also want to reconsider the enemy respawns. And yes, there are plans to have a high score table. That's the only reason I give you an option to complete the level once you reach the goal, but that wasn't obvious lol. Thank you very much for your feedback! I'll probably come back to this thread soon.
Glad the review was helpful, and yes; you should have a way of indicating after you reach the goal, because when time is up and reaching the goal, the game tells you nothing about how to progress (by going to the sack)... I saw on the map there were other levels too, so I figured there must be something I am missing, now we know! Will pin your comment on the YouTube video for those who might come in the future and take a look at that review!
You are welcome again any time Jigson!
Hello Aayush Chaudhary, welcome and thank you fro submitting your game Dice Shot here! Few things to mention: You should have found a way to let the players know how to play the game from the in-game itself, because I have made this review before I read your game page writings about the controls! I have also found other issues that need a look from you, hope this helps out!
Hello there redratic1, I have never seen you here before and you said to me "long time no play" ?!!
I have tried your game and it seems there is an issue! Your game Redaxium 2 does not start, it freezes directly at this screen and no matter what I press it does not work!
I hope you have not put anything like a malware of a mining virus in your game, I work hard in order to help developers here and it is very strange that some developers go far to take advantage of this in a brutal way! I only mention this because I had my horrible moments here, you can check the old posts and you will find some here, most of them delete their posts after I call them out!
If not, please check your files for future users who might come to visit your game page.
Hello ZG. The game's predecessor and the full game is on steam. This is not malware of the month you seem to be on the lookout for.
To be fair, Redaxium 2 goes by Generic RPG #777 but this is explicitly mention on the steam store page and the itch.io link.
Which btw includes a link to the steam store page.
Yes we've had previously dealing and even then there were issues with the game running. I was hoping this time it would be a peace of cake for both of us.
https://itch.io/t/1225791/helping-developers-test-their-games-making-a-vidoe-on-...
That was for Redaxium which became quite a full game as I said. The account then says redratic.itch.io, but redratic1.itch.io is the current and it definitely has entries for both Redaxium and Redaxium 2. I hope that clears up the confusion.
Getting to the point:
Games sometimes do a preconfiguration on themselves when you run them. Infact i'd wager you've seen this phenomenon tons of times.
preconf.txt says OS=0, or OS=1 Windows/Linux respectively.
preconf_result.txt is generated for debug reasons.
In both cases the files belong to the game. And when preconf_result.txt it is or isn't present it is created anyway.
We're doing this for debugging purposes it should recreated regardless so it's up to date.
That implies deletion ALWAYS.
The bottomline ZG, games touch their own files. Depending on the developer their may be more or less smart/dumb/elaborate/concise with how. Should I create an append-only ledger for this? I guess I could. Should I cram all my debug files into one giant debug.log? I guess I could. But even that would be recreated so I could get the up to date file. Or I must make it into a giant ledger too.
I'd hoped we evolved past this stage where something goes magically wrong because of permissions, emulators, or overly cautious Anti-Virus program.
Welcome back redratic1, if I had known you are using another user name or account I would have welcomed you regardless of me checking your game or not! After I checked the link you just provided, I knew who you are! Do keep in mind I remember all the devs I help here and all of their games, even if it is not worthy of even called a game! I often test only half a level that some new uprising devs calls a game (Example for this, go to the very first page and look for Danielle's Games, his game is something that no one would be interested in, but I am here to offer my help) But, since I never tested your game because of that issue a year ago! I could not remember it by its name!
Now, let us put what we do here aside, I have showed you some screens from your game, right? I was hoping for me helping you (Keep in mind I had no idea what the game is about nor the developer which is you)! Now, if someone is offering their help for literally free, you don't come off that strong telling them or accusing them with looking for "malware of the month you seem to be on the lookout for"... I had someone similar to the tone of your first sentence here asking me agressively to review his game! With no context and no nothing: https://itch.io/post/6135348 + Another one was so impatient at the start, just after a week he posted the same game as if he is in a hurry: https://itch.io/post/6349949 Of course, I tried to be very understandable to his own situation and offered him other extra ways to get what he is looking for!
I can literally state lots of examples but I decided to choose the new recent ones so you can truely understand how much is so hard to offer your help and still get such kind of words! Please, do not accuse me of looking for "malware of the month" or whatever! Now, let me be understandable to you! I believe you are having some bad days, probably because of your game not having enough attention! And that's fine man, trust me! I am literally there! Most of the time I sleep only 4 hours every single day (It has been like this for the past 9 years or so) Working outside to sustain myself and my family, doing this whole online thing... There are times I literally spend hours and days in making for YouTube and at the end no one watches! Literally NO ONE! So I get it man, I get your anger and what you are passing by will probably be less hard to deal with! Our fathers usually say: "You grow with sturggle and pain..."
Again, I am here to help, but if there is any issue with what I clearly stated at the very first page that clearly goes to harm me or for this example my PC, I can't do that! I can't help on the expanse of hurting myself, I have done it in the past and it is horrible and scary! Man, I am here for the simple deed of helping solo developers and small indie game studios! I hope you can look to that and truely see that! Keep it up and best of luck! Never give up!
With respect,
Zakaria Ghorfati.
I think you are right ZakaraGhorfati (ZG).
I've got to take into account you can't control which games will be the ones that let you down. So it's a struggle for both parties.
I do see that many of your YT videos view counts are quite low. Which doesn't make sense because you are one of the few people who transparently review itch.io games on the regular. The fact that people aren't giving the videos and thus those games a chance to be "heard", is disturbing.
You sensed right that I was not in a mood to react with any overt politeness. I know how quickly the mob turns on developers and I couldn't afford to pretend as if I did something wrong on the subject of literal malware or not. The fact is I take a lot of pride in my work. I didn't think you were alleging it was malware but the mob may not care if you were or not. That includes other developers too btw who might have their smart kneejerk responses. This thread, your YT, and yourself are valuable, even if much goes underappreciated because we can't pick who gets to be a hit.
I really want things to be as simple as possible for you so you can do your job. Maybe I should remember you aren't paid anything to try these game so it's hard to stay motivated. You review games it seems almost daily, if not every other day.
I also take into account what's enjoyable for me as a developer. I can't be watering down my methods, even if there are counter-examples of people succeeding differently. You clearly have played games that ran correctly i'm guessing on first try. Some not so much.
I knew from our experience before there was an issue but I sincerely felt this time around there wouldn't be one. The game is so much more than the main menu which in all cases we've interacted doesn't even show the buttons!
Let's address the screenshot. It's true the game does things to its own files. The failure of which can lead to the game not running properly.
If your anti-virus is blocking the game from doing what it does in this regard of manipulating its own files, then it's not a surprise the main menu won't load. That might seem strange consequence but the FIRST thing the game does is read/writing to its own files. This more or less a pre-GUI task.
Sadly I cannot fix this order of operations meaningfully, because the game still needs to touch its files eventually.
What I think we've learned here ZG is I need to add a GUI error window that says what has gone wrong. Then you can know what to do.
I'm definitely pretty tired myself and immensely broken by gamedev. Skipping the sob story about game journos not responding and me begging people to even give my game a chance... it's just not easy to fundamentally re-work anything anymore. I've for a long time wanted a more reliable UI at the start that was disentangled from game errors, but there are so many other unrelated issues that are important for the good of the game. I figure if someone really cares they just add the AV exceptions and get on with playing the game.
If you've tried everything then I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Good luck.
Once can clearly notice from the way you have put these words that you are indeed an understandable person! Of course, you will be upset to see your game not even running, not along for someone to slightley attatch it to having a malware or anything!
You probably have been trying with the gamedev journey for so long! I had tried as well, for a period of time, all I wanted is to make games! Without getting to the sad story of mine with the gamedev, let us just say I got betrayed for my own ideas and hard work (Will never mention names when it is something this bad) It broke me, and I knew developing a game was not right for me at that time (Not even now, maybe a little bit down the road)... So I deleted my past, or at least a huge part of it!
Now, I am doing what you already mentioned in your own nice words! Thank you for that, really! It means a lot to me for seeing things as they are! And I do get it, life is not easy! For the whole YouTube thing, is just a bi-product from my Game Testing passion let's say! I wanted to help ppl out in the best way I can, the whole YouTube thing was just to showcase whta I can! Of course there are times where you think I should just stop this, but there are also times where you feel blessed or happy at least (Yes, me happy for helping others and happier when I know I have truely helped) Examples: https://itch.io/post/6143170 https://itch.io/post/6234690 So there is a good side of everything here!
My humble advice to you sir, you keep on what makes you feel better! Do what you love, but if it does not work for you after many tries, try to change it up a bit! Example of my YouTube channel: I wanted and still want to do Gameplay Walkthrough videos, but it is not going anywhere! So I changed that to game reviews, I even tried Top Best games here, Interviews...etc, So do try to change what you are using for developing your games! Try a different tool, try different assets, styles, coding...etc
Hey ZakariaGhorfati You're probably busy on the next game review. But whenever you gain the time, could you please upload these files, game_debug.txt, preconf_result.txt, and log.txt? They should be in the game folder where the .exe is. I know you couldn't get the game to work, but they could contain important information so I can begin to think about what to try differently. You may choose to review them in a text editor first if you wish. If you could do this for me i'll add you to the credits of the game next update.
Hello and welcome back CampiaoGames, you have been fast with that update! Looks better than before of course!
Would it be crazy if you were to add some combat system? Like shooting the cars while racing?! Think of Blur (A racing game called Blur)!
Also as part of the feedback, the other ships when racing seems to have very low AI as I was able to win every single time in 1st place with a huge difference! Maybe I am just a good dirver haha who knows!
Hello Zakaria!
Thank you very much for the feedback!
I like your idea of a mode of combat. I need to study how i still do it, but I intend to add that idea.
About AI, I'm going to review a few things to make it more challenging.
Thanks again!
Hello Zakaria!
Thank you for this opportunity. I have been developing a game for the past few months and just recently uploaded my first demo of it. It's called Cities Restored and it's a strategy, simulation, city building game, where you attempt to rejuvenate rejected cities and populate them with families ready to prosper and enjoy life. I would very much appreciate it if you did a gameplay walkthrough of it as I'm trying to get as much feedback as I can about whether or not people like the concept. You can find it at https://vmahabir.itch.io/cities-restored.
Hi vmahabir, I just replied on your latest post here about Cities Restored game! Please reply only on that post to keep things organized instead of making a new post! In case you have new updates and need me to test it again or just looking for feedback, you can simply contact me directly on my Discord or Instagram or E-mail, these are the fastest ways you can reach out to me!
Hello Zakaria!
Finally, I finished my theatrical performance. And it's ready to show.
I will be glad to see you and hear your opinion my friend!)
Hello and welcome back itfunkylab, always nice seeing your short horror games! I believe you are making chapters instead of having all at once inside one game! Maybe one day you could gather all the contents together, really looking forward for more content from you.
Hi Zakaria!!! Thank you very mach for your comment and video!!!
Someday I will collect all the parts in one game. BUT, so far I've only been able to do this development format.
Hello again! I want you to play test my Super Pole Jumper game demo. There are 5 levels in this demo (one of them is a tutorial). The controls should be fairly simple: Simply press A to attack and Z to jump or double jump, and Enter to pause the game, and that's about it! You can also slide by holding down and pressing A (the attack button). The tutorial should explain the rest. There's like 15 music tracks, as well as sound effects! (I let you listen to all the sound and music in the pause menu). Thank you very much for your feedback so far! See you soon! P.S I suggest trying to make it to the snow stage, it's my personal favorite! Here's the link to my game: https://jigson.itch.io/super-pole-jumper
Hello Zakaria! So I haven't heard from you in some time so I wanted to find out if you were still interested in playing the demo of my game Cities Restored, the strategy, simulation, city building game where you attempt to rejuvenate rejected cities and populate them with families ready to prosper and enjoy life. I uploaded an updated version of the demo yesterday so I would recommend you try that one instead of the one I uploaded previously. Here's the link: https://vmahabir.itch.io/cities-restored. Even if you don't stream it or put it on youtube, your personal feedback will be greatly appreciated. Thanks again!
If you have any questions about the gameplay mechanics, feel free to message me.
Hello vmahabir, I have seen your previous post and I was working on it, however it takes time to reach your turn due to the amount of game requests I get, I go by order by requests most of the time in case you are wondering! Of course, I am not making any money by doing this, so there is my personal life + my job and work outside of the online world... However, I do have a gig running on Fiverr for those who are in need of a fast test for their games or sessions of tests or any kind of feedback, I had to make a new gig and take down the old one since I mostly I get requests from solo developers and small game studios! (The new gig has lower prices that suits devs for a fast delivery)
Now, since this explanation is out of the way! (Only explained after I saw this new post of yours) I have here a review for your game! Of course, I will mention here some additional feedback to you:
- The UI need a little bit of work, since the game starts directly with everything on the map. Maybe giving a section for the tutorial apart to explain things out is better from a gameplay experience point of you.
- I could say some of the things need of explanation are: What causes happiness to drop and/or to rise up (I figured this by myself but better have things sorted out for new players) Also what causes the "red" phase of a family and how to save it. How to eradicate those pests and criminals. One thing very important, try not to explain things in long sentences or pragraphs! I have seen many players avoid reading for too long.
- I do like the fact you have power-ups being generated to you with the option to choose!
I see that you wrote here you have a new update for your game! Keep in mind this is based on the version found in your first post here! Hope this helps
Hi Zack! It's been long since we last talked, how have you been doing?
By the way, we are back with a completely new project! We have decided to take a break from the World War 2 era and decided to create a modern-day tactical shooter based on classic Ghost Recon & Rainbow Six games, called Phantom 8: Counter-Terrorist Unit.
This game is quite different from our previous ones, as it offers you freedom in choosing your approach to objectives, it's basically non-linear. You would also have to be more careful with your surroundings, as a few bullets alone could sign you off this world immediately, without any help from medpacks.
This is the link to our game! It currently only has 1 level set in Greece, since we are waiting for feedback to further develop the game ;D
We hope you could give it a try, your feedback would be greatly appreciated!
Hello and welcome back, I have not been active that much on itch.io latelt for the lack of support, now after seeing your post I took some time before getting down to testing the game and give it a go!
I liked the new project of yours and hope you guys are doing well at your work over there, best of wishes to you both!
I would surely say that the AI is the massive issue, for the most part it felt so easy to go through each room with almost zero danger but still a fun game to play the least and a good change from what you guys have done before! Hope this video helps XD
Thank you so much for playing! I guess we breathed some fresh air back into the itch post XD
I'm very glad you enjoyed our short little demo, we will continue to improve upon it to give you the best possible experience when the full game comes out, including more competent bad guys!
We'll feature your clip on the game page :Đ
I stopped for a while for lack of support and some other developers not looking for feedbacks or improving their games but rather just a covered video uploaded on YouTube which they would not even take a look it for themselves!
I am still open to help devs here as long as they are looking for it, not going to refuse anyone who submit their games unless against some common morals. You are welcome here 9BitGames!
It is kinda a free marketing service haha! I started here with the intention to help indie developers (Long ago I watched an indie game that was literally dying, at that time, the fast growing Jacksepticeye started a series on it and now we have it as Subnautica, he shared something the developers said about their game not having even enough people testing it and giving feedback, even without making content about it! So I took this to my vision after I became a Game Tester).
It is sometimes hard on developers and on content creators to grow! And this is exactly why this is here free! As long of course I am of a help. Honestly, the support that keeps me motivated doing this is you guys finding what I do of importance and value! Some (very few and rare people) did not show any interest in their own game, all they looked for is a promotion to get money out of it, well at least show some love to your own game! We all have to earn a living of what we are doing, just make sure to not lose that passion, wouldn't you agree?
A support can go a long way, sometimes just a show of interest when submitting your game can be enough! You check some posts of others here and you will find them not even caring after I do reply and post a video with lots of detailed feedbacks! Joining to my YouTube channel is the most that I could ask here!
I would join your channel, but I don't like "Let's play" videos of video games. Never understood why I should watch someone else play a video game. Yeah, "Subnautica" is an indiegame even I know and I'm usually someone who only cares for AAA games. Now that I'm an indie myself, I have no clue how to make people like myself give my games a chance. Kinda ironic, isn't it?! :)
Yeah, I understand your point! I used to be like why the hell I would want to watch someone else play a game! Well, there a lot of people that can not afford a good PC to play certain games they love, or afford the game cost itself so they watch others play it, it is more like a TV-Show series and can be fun depending on the creator who is posting! Some others watch it for the sake of seeing how the actuall gameplay is so they can judge it themselves before buying, others watch because of the fun moments someone can have when showcasing a game, like Jacksepticeye when he used to play a lot of unkown indie games...etc! There are a lot of reasons to a person watching "Let's Play" videos! Even Indie Developers watch those so they can take notes to make their games better.
For your own game to be chosen by a creator for example on YouTube can depend a lot on the style and taste those having in common with your game! Some love and only look for Puzzle games, others look for Horror, I have seen some YouTube channels only post weird looking indie games, some pixel-art styles game... you got the point!
I will be glad to take a look at your game, already downloaded it yesterday, I have some work to do first then I will get back to yours!
No worries! You did not send me any link or posted here your game! I hope you have read my rules in the first page my thread here... I am not buying any games in case this is what you thought! I assumed you will send an email with a key like so many here did since I am doing this for free here helping devs with their developments! Overall, it is all good. Best of luck for you 9BitGames.
Hello Zakaria. I made my first game and i would be very interested in your opinion. I hope you like it.
https://kinis.itch.io/the-kingdom-of-death
Hello Kinis, looks like you have an interesting game with lots of content! However, there are plenty of issues and bugs going on in your game, this video should showcase to you the most important notes so you can get your game in a better shape than it is already! There times where I got stuck too with no way to get out unless I restart the entire game! I hope this is of help to you! You can also see my first impressions on some interesting parts of your game.
I only write such detailed feedback for those who seem serious about updating and developing their games better, so here are some written feedback alongside the Gameplay Walkthrough here:
♦ Game Idea: I do like such cursed kingdom games, looks very interesting to play through! I can see myself playing this again in my spare time after fixing the issues of course!
♦ Gameplay: Most noticable thing is the sensitivity of the mouse, it is too high and I would appreciate having a setting option for this part.
- There are multiple bugs and blocked ways in the game, it is much easier to let the video explain as there are visual help to get you through with these issues!
- Another issue is the combat, it does not feel responsive that fast, nor it feels like it is accurate for when pressing the attack buttons.
♦ Story: Nice little story going on, would be better if the sound quality was a little bit better.
♦ Artwork: Nice artwork and level designs!
♦ Audio: For sure the voice over and voice acting can do better, it does not sound stable across different characters, for the pitch and volume too! Might know a couple of voice actors out there to help you out!
Hello Zakaria. Thank you very much for your feedback and video. This will help me a lot to further improve the game and fix existing bugs. All the character voices are my own so they sounds really weird :)
Happy I could help! Really a good solid idea you have there for your game!
I kinda figured it out for the voices haha, you did good changing them for the other characters!
Hi there Majid Roth Media, had some copyright claims! I believe it is due to music in your game so I can't really risk it to go public, I tried to mute sound where the copyright claim is locate! Not sure if it is resolved or not. This video will help you see how your game is doing with some feedback, hope this helps:
The video has been put to private like I said to avoid any risks from YouTube itself! Had my share with such legal issues before.
The piece is starting from 06:15 in the video, I believe YouTube might have have processed that part and muted all sounds there! Can't tell the name of the music piece anymore.
Oh, just replied to your other post here! Sure thing, let me add this to list to do for this upcoming week! Thank you for submitting your game here.
Hello Zakaria, sorry if I’m being a bother but you didn’t seem to respond when I showed my Pole Jumper game to you. I was very excited to know what you thought about it and what I could improve! Thanks again for all you have done, for me and everyone else in this thread!
Hello Jigson, ohh! I thought I did, must have mistaken it being an update with your Major Mining game that I have done before. Will get to it! I also had taken a long rest from creating content here on itch.io so I never double checked here on my thread.
Very cool, my Game Dampftraum is now available in english and i would be happy to see you play it.
https://jitsukoan.itch.io/dampftraum
Its a short story driven game.
You've helped us all so much, Zakaria. You deserve a good break.
We hope to see you back in action soon!
For now, take care :Đ
Thank you a lot Warlines Studios! You guys have been great with me! Hope to see you in the future.
Keep up the good work XD