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Forest Runner

By tharbakim

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2.504
Fun1.754
Innovation2.254
Theme3.004
Graphics3.254
Audio2.004
Humor2.503
Mood2.504

Comments

tristian-tee 2022-04-04 10:04

The Good - procedural generation of levels - character movement, rotation and running animation - background level detail

The mediocre - Interacting with objects feels the same whether or not you get coins - The music gets super repetitive. Only needed slightly more variation - Between forest events can make you go into negative money! - The shop was only interactable with the mouse but you make us use the spacebar and cursors for gameplay. It was just unnatural to have to use the mouse again

The bad - 10 minutes in I have done nothing but walk around (is this a bug) where is the main gameplay loop? Is this it? If there is more to the game, as your Loss Condition section in the description suggests, bring it in earlier! There are heaps of games to review, people don't have hours to wait for the gameplay to catch up to them. It's not like I was being quick either. Feel free to ignore this point if you think it was just a bug I encountered that made the chasers not ever get closer.

Summary - Overall, it seems like a great base for a good game but right now just seems unfinished. - Kind of felt like you spent ages making an amazing level generating script and decent assets to go along with it but forgot to make some engaging gameplay. - Your initial idea seems good. Would love to play a polished version.

lisyarus 2022-04-04 17:11

Truth be told, I got a little confused about this game. Spent about 15 minutes walking here and there with pretty much nothing happening, except for the containers with occasional money & shops. Are the pursuers supposed to appear later? Once when travelling between forests the text said that I found a river & now feel refreshed, but my money dropped from something about 30 to -159, which didn't feel nice at all! Another time I opened a box and my money count became negative as well, though not that low. Needless to say I couldn't use the shops, never having enough money for that.

I liked the map generation, and character controller felt good (although I wish it would also be playable via WASD). Map borders were sometimes rendered a bit strange, though (I've added a few screenshots).

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lantto 2022-04-04 17:44

I like what I see but I presume something is wrong since Estimated Lead says "Hours" and no enemy ever spawns. Or did I misunderstand something?

bernhard 2022-04-13 13:21

At least I'm not the only one who suddenly ended up with -60 coins :sweat_smile: