Sprinter, An Illustrated Action Game. Open Testing. (Win, Mac, Linux)

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Sprinter is my new game, that will be coming to Steam in a few weeks. So I wanted to open it up to the community and see what you all think.

Here is the Trailer: (Make sure sound is on!)

If you like the look of the trailer, and are willing to offer some of your valuable time to play this game and give me feedback then I would be utterly and unendingly grateful.

I’m looking for any game breaking glitches, or any opnions on the difficulty (its designed to be challenging) and mechanics of the game. Basically just play it and tell me what you think! :slight_smile:

The game is recommended to be used with a Gamepad. (Most common gamepads are supported, and keyboard controls are also implemented.)

Here are DRM free links for Windows Mac and Linux.

Win: http://www.mediafire.com/download/2jsh8pte03stcte/SprinterWindows.zip
Mac: http://www.mediafire.com/download/cge1wm7dd4l7st0/SprinterMac.zip
Linux: http://www.mediafire.com/download/546u433nlwosu96/SprinterLinux.zip

Once again I cannot thank you enough if you spare your time and help me make this game better!

Idris
www.Twitter.com/LightStepGames
www.SprinterTheGame.com

List of Supported Controllers:
http://guavaman.com/projects/rewired/docs/SupportedControllers.html

More Details:

Coming to Steam end of February. Priced @ $5.99

Sprinter is a challenging, top-down action game, with striking minimalist artwork, soaked in a dynamic original soundtrack that builds and interacts with the player as they progress. Dash, Distract, Pickpocket, Disable, + more, all while navigating the levels at top speed. A rewarding game that always encourages one more try.

Key Features

  • Challenging, Addictive Gameplay: Designed for lightning quick retries until you finally nail the perfect run. High difficulty for high reward.
  • Unique Minimalist Aesthetic: Akin to graphite on paper, dive into a unique visual style, with evolving color palettes that progress with the player.
  • Atmospheric Original Soundtrack: A musical score that weaves into the gameplay seamlessly, interacting with the players’ every action, building to a crescendo with each chapter.
  • A Wordless Illustrated Narrative: An intimate family story told completely visually from three perspectives, beautifully drawn, based on real life events.

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Hey,

Nice stuff here. I really like the art, the ambiance and the gameplay ! I like the fact that it’s getting hard quickly. The repetitiveness of the challenge is part of the fun.

Here is my report of some issues based on the PC demo:

  • Once I got stuck quickly right after the 3rd trap ( purple corner): I did reach once the validation area (blue) where I found my “leader” but I could not go any further. I could not do nothing. Just got stuck there (critical bug)
  • I found the file size of the game really huge given the simplicity of the art. It takes several minutes to load strangely.
  • I found some of the colored tip not obvious enough. The 3rd trap, it’s not really obvious what you have to do. I would not assigne the RS button to this swap it with the yellow button
  • it’s not completely clear when it’s interactive and when it’s not (start point). May be animate the colored tip with a scale / pulsar effect when you enter its area of interaction. And may bt the trap itself should be animated somehow when you are near enough to enable or disable it
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Thanks for taking the time to play it, I will take all of your comments into account for sure. I have already fixed the first critical bug, so thanks sooooo much for that!

Can I ask what you hardware is that you were playing it on? Mainly interested about the CPU Processor.

The game is big because its all 2D drawn art, and unity really liked to balloon texture sizes, even when compressed. The initial loading time only happens once. I may change the begin screen to warn users about that.

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You are welcome about the bug.

Regarding the hardware, I could not tell about the CPU because I played on a PC I don’t have access to at the moment. If it’s still make sense, I can update you about it in about two weeks and I will report the hardware specs. What I know is that I played on Windows 10.