Hi ZZZ,
I've tested both your demos
The game has come a long way since the beginning. I managed to get anywhere between 37-67 FPS with all the display settings maxed out. I'm running 2G RAM, 256MB GeForce 6800, Pentium 4 3.4GHz.
I must say that the "SoulHunter" logo/animation on the second demo looks awsome, but I still really liked the intro on the first demo.
Maybe you could add the S.H. logo about the menu, and keep the original intro? Although, it doesn't matter to much
.
A few things I found in the demo :
- Sometimes it's hard to jump off the platforms (I think the hardest bit of the game is jumping along the platforms). It seems
that I fall off when I'm still on the edge, which makes it hard to do running jumps.
- The camera doesn't move when the S.H. is jumping, it'd make the controls easier if the camera moved when hes jumping.
- Is it possible to make the autocam follow behind S.H. the whole time, instead of only turning when he stops moving. I like the controls on Croc 1 and 2, something like that would be great.
- I love the lighting effect on the mushrooms!! More of these would be great.
- As has been already mentioned, the shield just pushes the enemies away (thats how I killed the final boss, just pushed him over the edge
). Maybe the shield should only be used for blocking i.e. When the shield button is pressed, S.H. stops and croutches (please excuse the spelling) behind his shield and when the shield button is released he get up again. So as long as the player holds down the shield button, S.H. will be protected (from the front at least).
I recon the main issue with the game at the moment is the controls, like Sven B mentioned, the platforms are a killer
I notice that sometimes when I press jump as I get near the edge I just fall, even though I'm still on the edge.
Like other people have said, the camera still needs some tweaking.
But the graphics are amazing, even more so because you did them all yourself!! Soul Hunter is a really great looking game and the way the whole idea is presented is, atleast I think it is, really unique.
Some of the world is a bit dark, so sometimes its a bit hard to identify where to go, but every new screenshot seems to look better than the others
!!
Please keep everyone updated with vids, pics, etc!
Nice work ZZZ!
danielp