-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Xbox LIVE Indie Games - The April 2011 Thread
- Thread starter toythatkills
- Start date
I put up my review for Notebook Adventures. I agreed with our illustrious OP: The game is not very good.
Now the "supportive" comments have begun to trickle in.
le sigh
Now the "supportive" comments have begun to trickle in.
le sigh
OldmanAndroid
Member
OnPoint said:
Played this game again this morning...totally agree with your review. Those ropes.....wtf? lol'd at this quote from your review:
"Then theres the issue with jumping from rope to rope. Why do you grab only 40 percent of the time? Each time this happens I half expect you to remove your glasses and flash me a smile, revealing your true identity to be Trollface."
I just posted some gameplay footage of The Groov Cosmos on my website. It's pretty early but hopefully it will give you an idea of what the game will be like.
http://www.funkmasonry.com/home/2011/4/14/the-groov-cosmos-first-gameplay.html
http://www.funkmasonry.com/home/2011/4/14/the-groov-cosmos-first-gameplay.html
toythatkills
Member
I love how everytime someone disagrees with you they promote the Facebook page. It's like they're not even trying.OnPoint said:
toythatkills said:
I know, right? I'm half tempted to push through the rest of the game and take the 1600 Microsoft points for myself.
I'm dealing with a similar situation with the dev of Craftworld in this article's comment section, though the last comment is at least openly the developer.
Here's my favorite part of his reasoning as to why calling Craftworld a Minecraft clone is wrong:
I'm still not seeing that many new features, despite having read the feature list a number of times.
Well, he seems to be implementing many elements structurally closer to that of an RPG...we can still fault him, but it's a lot better looking than FortressCraft. Oh, speaking of which...OnPoint said:
FortressCraft v1.01 in currently in playtest, so I finally got to check it out. UGH. Buggy, framerate stutters every few seconds (apparently this goes away after two hours!), the interface is very weak. It has none of the excitement or hooks of MineCraft.
But, hey, it's selling well. More exposure to the platform, I guess.
Feep said:
I wish instead of spouting off he'd actually explain the differences in a comment or an email. He should embrace the idea that he's building off of Minecraft and highlight how he's expanding upon it.
FortressCraft is a mess. I almost feel bad for the review that I'll be putting together for it... almost.
SmallCaveGames
Neo Member
Feep said:
I want to see some evidence that the extra exposure is helping the XBLIG platform. (granted, that may take a little time to uncover)
As of last week, the platform was seeing nothing but a massive overall decrease in ratings. That doesn't seem helpful.
Time will tell I guess.
HadesGigas
Member
NLL 11 is out and... I am not liking it very much. It seems like a step back from NLL 10 in pretty much every way except graphically (Though they somehow managed to go from using the actual NLL team jerseys to one generic jersey with different color schemes that aren't even all correct, and no team logos on center field).
I'm probably the only person in the thread with any kind of interest in box lacrosse, so I'll spare you the explanation, but just feel that overall NLL 10 plays like a better (though still not paticularly great) representation of the sport. Despite it being rougher to look at.
It says in the credits it was made with the SFG Soccer and SFG Brawler engines. That seems like a horrible way to go about making anything good, smashing two unrelated engines together to make something totally new. Definitely wonder why they decided to switch developers for this one.
I'm probably the only person in the thread with any kind of interest in box lacrosse, so I'll spare you the explanation, but just feel that overall NLL 10 plays like a better (though still not paticularly great) representation of the sport. Despite it being rougher to look at.
It says in the credits it was made with the SFG Soccer and SFG Brawler engines. That seems like a horrible way to go about making anything good, smashing two unrelated engines together to make something totally new. Definitely wonder why they decided to switch developers for this one.
toythatkills
Member
Don't forget to rate it five stars!
In Idiot news, DJ Keemstar claimed that the Minecraft devs were suing FortressCraft. Everyone bar one website went "lol, whatever," and then Notch said that of course they weren't suing anybody. How many times does he have to make himself look like a moron before people stop taking him seriously?
In Idiot news, DJ Keemstar claimed that the Minecraft devs were suing FortressCraft. Everyone bar one website went "lol, whatever," and then Notch said that of course they weren't suing anybody. How many times does he have to make himself look like a moron before people stop taking him seriously?
Keemstar is an idiot, really wish the developer would just cut all ties with him already, he just keeps on making things worse.
follow up to this whole they are being sued story.
follow up to this whole they are being sued story.
Since we're on the Fortresscraft subject... finding relics is poorly handled. You're supposed to listen for a noise as your audio clue, which gets louder the closer you are to a relic. The best way to describe the sound is "trains stopping". It's like a high pitched whistle. My favorite part is that they're hidden in solid ground. Not in a cave, or a dungeon, or some sort of an open box. They're just hidden somewhere in the ground.
We have trouble enough tracking them down when glitching the graphics and being able to look through the dirt. I can't imagine trying to find them the right way.
Isn't the update supposed to be coming out soon? I wonder what it will fix.
We have trouble enough tracking them down when glitching the graphics and being able to look through the dirt. I can't imagine trying to find them the right way.
Isn't the update supposed to be coming out soon? I wonder what it will fix.
toythatkills
Member
Doesn't look like it, it's failed peer review so looks like it'll be another week at least.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Hopefully a solution to this mess comes around sometime soonish. It used to be that the rating system had some iota of merit, unfortunately with a little effort anyone can throw together a hundred or so five-star ratings to give their own games.
FortressCraft has over 5000 ratings. 5000?! That's almost half of Miner Dig Deep, one of the games that has been around the longest and has the most acclaim.
FortressCraft has over 5000 ratings. 5000?! That's almost half of Miner Dig Deep, one of the games that has been around the longest and has the most acclaim.
I actually think all the starting areas in fortresscraft are the same....OnPoint said:
Craftworld is looking pretty good though since they are re-doing all their textures from the last video and they are heavily optimizing the engine. A RPG version of Minecraft just sounds like a great idea.
toythatkills
Member
Did anyone find this playable, at all? My crosshair points one way and I'm looking that way but my gun's pointing somewhere else and I have literally no idea where I'm aiming because there's almost zero visible feedback. Then the other tank runs around like it's Vettel's Red Bull or something. How do you play this?Kafel said:
Copter Crush 2 is as good as you'd expect a game with Comic Sans to be.
Tug of Four is what?
Fess
Member
CraftWorld sounds awesome! I'm actually having fun with FortressCraft even though is very bare bone right now, but the slow moving chapter system makes me lose interest in it, CraftWorld on the other hand sounds like something FortressCraft might be after chapter 25 or something like that. Hopefully they'll release it soon. And hopefullly they'll get the controls right on the 360 too since I don't play games on the computer.
OldmanAndroid
Member
toythatkills said:
unfortunately the slo-mo really had no influence on the gameplay....it looked cool, but basically became "infinite easy mode". Needed a cooldown, and higher damage during slo-mo (imo).
鉄鋼歩兵 (black and white cover) was pretty sweet! had a nice "vanquish" feel to it. I'm cursed with having an inverted thumb...couldnt find that option in the menu.
I enjoyed "udder chaos" (to my own surprise), mostly because of the awesome front-end interface and menus...nailed the arcade feel, very high production quality. Great difficulty progression too, bombs initially felt too overpowered.
3 impressive games, overall.
.....i need to get back in the routine of playtesting games, especially with DBP coming up.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
OldmanAndroid said:
Yeah it had a vanquish feel to it alright. I feel like it should be vanquished from my HDD.
(Hated it)
Dark Octave
Banned
I just watched a video and I see what you're talking about. Zero hit detection and the tank runs around all crazy.toythatkills said:
Not Skywalker quality, but it sounded decent enough for a $3 game. I don't know what Kafel is talking about. I was expecting cartoon sounds the way he was talking.
PepsimanVsJoe said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShTJ90fC34
Aside from Feep, is anyone else thinking of entering this year's DBP?
Dark Octave
Banned
If we can make it in time. It would be a miracle if we made it.Ventron said:
How complete do games have to be for DBP?
I'm not sure how DBP feels about already released games winning. It's not like I'm not going to try, though. = D
But I digress.
Do you live in Los Angeles? Do you not fear social situations in which you know literally no one? Well, if you're free May 7th, come on down to Little Tokyo in downtown LA for the official Sequence Launch Party! There will be sushi! Music! Giveaways! The world's largest gummy bear! (I AM SERIOUS ABOUT THAT IT IS A FUCKING SIX POUND GUMMY BEAR)
And, because this party will be comprised largely of my personal friends, there will actually be more females there than males! (Or, at least, until you guys screw it up.)
If you're interested, please send me an RSVP via PM. I'll get you on the list. = D
Of course, the game has to come out first. But it will. Don't worry. It will.
Edit: DownTOWN*
But I digress.
Do you live in Los Angeles? Do you not fear social situations in which you know literally no one? Well, if you're free May 7th, come on down to Little Tokyo in downtown LA for the official Sequence Launch Party! There will be sushi! Music! Giveaways! The world's largest gummy bear! (I AM SERIOUS ABOUT THAT IT IS A FUCKING SIX POUND GUMMY BEAR)
And, because this party will be comprised largely of my personal friends, there will actually be more females there than males! (Or, at least, until you guys screw it up.)
If you're interested, please send me an RSVP via PM. I'll get you on the list. = D
Of course, the game has to come out first. But it will. Don't worry. It will.
Edit: DownTOWN*
LocoMrPollock
Banned
Feep said:
Ohhh, I've been to Download, LA! ... good times, good times.
toythatkills
Member
Starzzle is out. It's brilliant. Well, it's brilliant if you have any kind of fondness for puzzles at all. You just slide around the screen collecting all the stars, but you can only stop when you hit scenery, I'm sure you know the drill. There's a little twist later when you have to control two guys together (switching between them) and using one to create routes for the other. It's really good.
This month has been pretty shit quality-wise so far, but this is great.
This month has been pretty shit quality-wise so far, but this is great.
SmallCaveGames
Neo Member
Yeah, we've been productive enough where we might have a shot to submit a playable build. It's kind of exciting working against the deadline.Ventron said:
Here's the latest progress on Legend of Kilflame.
Whoa, Infinity Danger seems so great...
I only played it 40 minutes but it feels really solid, love the heavy (yet well executed) bullet-hell going on screen when the enemy ship starts using multiple weapons.
Along with Hypership Out of Control and Revolver360, this is my favourite Indie shooter so far.
I only played it 40 minutes but it feels really solid, love the heavy (yet well executed) bullet-hell going on screen when the enemy ship starts using multiple weapons.
Along with Hypership Out of Control and Revolver360, this is my favourite Indie shooter so far.
Warm Machine
Member
The game I'm working on is likely being put into DBP. It may release prior to it though.
the_dannobot
Member
I'll be submitting Pajamorama to DPB. It's a cute little smash game with girls in their pjs pillow fighting. It's really fun and coming along nicely, but I still have a TON of work to do by the deadline!
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
wwm0nkey said:
I don't know. This sounds like the kind of thing that will spawn nerd rage from silver users.
toythatkills
Member
I think silver members can still rate stuff on consoles. That's what the statement implies.
So it's still open to abuse, but it would be much slower, and MUCH more work, so people hopefully won't bother.
So it's still open to abuse, but it would be much slower, and MUCH more work, so people hopefully won't bother.
HadesGigas
Member
wwm0nkey said:
"Buy to rate" is an awful system. "Download/play to rate" maybe.
Another major issue is they need to bring the "rate this game" option back into your library. Volume of ratings dropped drastically when they removed that. People mostly aren't going to go back into the marketplace to give something a rating after they've played it.
Even I will forget about rating things until I happen to go back to the marketplace for something else days/weeks later.
HadesGigas
Member
Kafel said:
There was plenty of damage done though that Microsoft is too lazy to go back and fix manually, though.
Dark Octave
Banned
I would go with at least "play demo to rate". If you bought it, then you obviously though it was a high rating title.wwm0nkey said:
In order for this system to be as fair as possible, we need the full spectrum, which includes the loves and the hates.