Interesting idea but hard to get behind. Pikmin is about exploration and collection, whereas this seems like an aimless demo. Overall it's fun, though a bit confusing, for 15 minutes but the abstract art style and lack of clear direction holds it back.
The pikmin feature is impressive but hard to appreciate since you're just thrown into the game without knowing what your troops can do or where they come from. Pikmin introduces new ideas over time; first the idea of controlling troops, then growing new troops, then finding new types with abilities, etc...
I collected eye balls (or whatever takes 3 to hold) for a bit, but to get to 400 (the first goal made obvious to the player) seems unrealistic. After finding easier goals in other places, it still didn't feel realistic for my first goal to be in the 50s (though maybe I missed easier ones). I also lost my way to the ship multiple times which was frustrating, so a map or indicator would be useful.
Can you give more information on how to play? I figured out you have to grab the dots with 'space' that spawn around u and throw them....and that is ur workers I'm guessing. Ur workers are also your army? I send them to touch things and the things just hit 0 hp and stop moving without dropping or doing anything...meleeing them myself is more effective though. Not sure how I create more workers. What do the white balls do? What do any of the objects around me do? I'm running around killing things and nothing happens they just stop moving. Do I win if I put 400 workers in that gear ball thing? How do I get more workers? More information is needed for the start if nothing else.
I learn the controls you listed, using the keyboard am I supposed to use keyboard and mouse....? or....2 hands on the keyboard? Seems to be overlap between how you aim/fire...and the types of aiming and firing. Give a more explicit control scheme, and if there are two or more options. If there's just one say 'with keyboard and mouse...'. If ur expecting ppl to move between wasd and uijk with their left hand some finger placement instruction would help....I don't see that working and I doubt that's what you want ppl to do but I'm reading how you tell us to move. Just clarify the instructions.
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Interesting idea but hard to get behind. Pikmin is about exploration and collection, whereas this seems like an aimless demo. Overall it's fun, though a bit confusing, for 15 minutes but the abstract art style and lack of clear direction holds it back.
The pikmin feature is impressive but hard to appreciate since you're just thrown into the game without knowing what your troops can do or where they come from. Pikmin introduces new ideas over time; first the idea of controlling troops, then growing new troops, then finding new types with abilities, etc...
I collected eye balls (or whatever takes 3 to hold) for a bit, but to get to 400 (the first goal made obvious to the player) seems unrealistic. After finding easier goals in other places, it still didn't feel realistic for my first goal to be in the 50s (though maybe I missed easier ones). I also lost my way to the ship multiple times which was frustrating, so a map or indicator would be useful.
Can you give more information on how to play? I figured out you have to grab the dots with 'space' that spawn around u and throw them....and that is ur workers I'm guessing. Ur workers are also your army? I send them to touch things and the things just hit 0 hp and stop moving without dropping or doing anything...meleeing them myself is more effective though. Not sure how I create more workers. What do the white balls do? What do any of the objects around me do? I'm running around killing things and nothing happens they just stop moving. Do I win if I put 400 workers in that gear ball thing? How do I get more workers? More information is needed for the start if nothing else.
I learn the controls you listed, using the keyboard am I supposed to use keyboard and mouse....? or....2 hands on the keyboard? Seems to be overlap between how you aim/fire...and the types of aiming and firing. Give a more explicit control scheme, and if there are two or more options. If there's just one say 'with keyboard and mouse...'. If ur expecting ppl to move between wasd and uijk with their left hand some finger placement instruction would help....I don't see that working and I doubt that's what you want ppl to do but I'm reading how you tell us to move. Just clarify the instructions.
Thank you for playing, and thanks for the feedback, I added a little text prompt to help people get started.