very nice demo! (was well worth the hassle of the download)
atmosphere was great, though taxing on my system in the first (& 2nd?) level (dropped down to ~12/14 FPS on my meager system, but playable). there was some confusion there also mainly because the player's ship can go so far out of camera range at some angles. sometimes it seemed like i HAD to go off-camera to get some of the enemies. but, i'm sure you will evaluate your levels and tweak as necessary.
the bosses were great. the models were very nice, and the game is, overall, very good quality. the music was fitting (especially in the first couple levels) as well. it ran stable, and i saw very few points of concern:
1) i noticed a couple instances where the exposions were obvious plain objects, which took away from the submersion factor a little. it was due to the camera angle at the time.
2) 1 or 2 instances of probable collision issues. my shot appeared on target but either a) didn't register a hit, or b) the visual "hit" sequence didn't trigger correctly.
they are minor issues as the rest of the game, 99.9% of it, appeared very solid. but they are things you may want to investigate at some point down the road.
a couple "feature" requests:
1) a PAUSE feature. i know it's early in development, so you probably already have this in the works.
2) full screen mode. again, probably something you'll include before final release.
and, a quick question:
level 3 is currently an endless, looping level, correct? i went deep into level three, hoping for 1 more boss but never came across one. after 2000 "esplosioni", i had to call it quits
tell me there's 1 more boss, and i'll go back in and get it! heh.
again, very nice demo, klonoa! i'm looking forward to watching this game progress.
edit: i'm glad the player couldn't die in this demo. i can't imagine facing all that with 3-5 lives!
edit2: by the way, the "pizza" power-ups (?!
) stopped working at some point. i think it was in level 3.
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