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The Elevator
By lfiddler
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First of all, a few words on jam entry: ren'py is cross-platform so you shouldn't write as if it's just for windows. Next, indirect links are pretty annoying.
Now for the games itself: congrats on finishing your first jam! Can't say the story is very exciting, but at least there's some choice mechanics and different endings.. Good use of sounds, but the music got pretty annoying by the middle of the week.
Finally, the art has artifacts around character borders - i suspect you're doing something wrong such as drawing on one layer with a solid background and manually cleaning it up later. You should just use at least one separate layer for character with no background.
But above all that, i would prefer more original work to a polished one.
P.S. Don't take my critique too close to heart - i write it in hope that it can help you do better next time.
lfiddler
2016-12-20 04:21
@caryoscelus
It's no problem, I welcome all critique. So no worries.
First of all, thank you very much for trying out our game. Just knowing people are playing and trying out our first game is a great feeling.
Now then, on to the rest.
Thank you for pointing out the cross-platform compatibility. I forgot to note those changes when I made the build of the game, so I have made the appropriate edits. Things were extremely rushed near the end, which included making the required accounts for posting and distribution.
I agree with your comments on the music and art. Due to time constraints a lot of intended dialogue, sound, and music had to be unfortunately cut. As a result, a lot of intended polish was simply not done. This clearly shows with the sudden dialogue cuts and lackluster script and story.
This experience should prepare us for any future endeavors, so I am certain we will have something more robust next time.
Thanks again for trying our game. We greatly appreciate it.
I really wish you can expand on this. You've stated that you had to cut a lot of stuff out, so an eventual version 2.0 will restore that cut content.
But still, you were able to crank out a nice visual novel.
@LFiddler , you're welcome ;)
Btw, since you're new here, you might not know that playing (and rating) more games means that more people will play yours since people are largely choosing games to play from here: http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-37/?action=default and your rating raises when you rate mor.