Hi! I just finished my new game and I really need play testing to get rid of bugs. If you are willing to help just read along for more information. Thanks!
Are you afraid of cockroaches or spiders? In playing this game you are about to experience the best insect phobia therapy around. So waste no time! Download it and get rid of any fear of insects. In the game you are a cockroach striving to survive in a desolate sewage, crawling with deadly spiders, a perfect place to feed and procreate.
Objectives: breed up to 100 offspring (beautiful little insects) and find the holy place to get rid of human kind!
Controls:
Movement: WASD
Breed: Right mouse button
Feed: Pass through cookies
Action (enter drains, activate itens): Left mouse button
Jump: Space bar
Exit game: Escape
I see one major problem. Where am i and what way am i going. Might be a descent game however when i hit space or try and do a feww other things i get so confused, another thing is when i think i’m going straight on a tube i am. i really am going around in a circle. Finally i find the spider annoying because if i get hit once it takes another hit in a short time as i am trying to still figure out which way i am going in order to well move. I suggest getting a better 3rd person camera in actions currently and if the spider hurts you it run away to a random point then comes back or something.
Cute game, although I am not so sure it helps all that much when it comes to phobia treatment…
I agree that movement can be a bit disorienting. I would maybe slow it down a little bit and move the camera farther back. Maybe make a first level without the spider so the player can get used to the controls, or make the spider come once there are 30 mini-bugs or so?
Thanks for your feedback, it is very important!
I summarized your observations:
There is no introduction, plotline or backstory to support it.
Solution: create an introductory scene or in game tutorial.
360 degrees of freedom is disorienting in the game.
Solution: make the camera steadier; put it back a little bit.
It is fast paced and can increase disorientation.
Solution: reduce overall speed of player and AI.
The spider chases the player fiercely and does several hits in a short period of time.
Solution: spider does one hit in a defined timespan.
I would like to see if other players had a similar experience or corroborates / dismisses the above claims.
@ Oana: I am glad you think it is cute and not suitable for phobia management / treatment, otherwise I should take a total different career path LOL!
The concept is very fun but maybe he should go more towards the principle “labyrinth”.
The movement is a bit fast and effectively, the camera too close. When the animal turns on itself, there are unpleasant vibrations in the camera. Should be smooth tracking camera I think
Good luck and attention to insecticides!
Yes ogier, the third person camera in a 360 degrees game is something hard to accomplish. You have obtruding objects, abrupt acceleration / deceleration, collision issues. The list is long. But in time I will manage to get a decent camera movement without making people puke on their keyboards XD.
Comic relief below:
They are misunderstood critters! They can be treated as pets. They love to be caressed and cuddled as you can see in the video below, it even has a name hahahah! Do you know that there are 150 cockroaches for each human being? They just love us!
In my game you just don’t play with them, YOU ARE ONE OF THEM LOL! @Overlord: made me laugh too! @ogier: sure thing!
