Castle Paradox

Rya.Reisender · **Snippy** Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 821

http://www.castleparadox.com/gamelist-display.php?game=916

Please test the game and report the bugs if you find any. I tried to make the game both enjoyable for me and the CP community, I hope it works out. Feel free to give suggestions.

I put more than 300 hours development time into it. I started with the development in February but could only work on it on weekends usually, but now I took vacation and literary worked 16 hours a day on it for 9 days and now it's finally big enough that releasing a demo is worth it.
(sidenote: I lost 10 pounds in the last 9 days)

Read the "special notes" in the included text file for more background information on the game (I tried to keep the spoilers as low as possible).

Well, all the important informations are in the CP game description and in the included text file so I won't repeat them here now. If you really want to know something feel free to ask in this thread, I'll reply for sure.
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Newbie_Power · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 1762

This is actually a well built game, so far, with good graphics to boot.

I won't comment on the game play, since I'm in no position to do so as Hedgemaze has several gameplay issues. I'll be back after I practice what I preach.

But yes, good job.
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Meatballsub · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:36 am Post subject:

I plan to check it out here sometime within the next week and will get back with you on what I think.
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Rya.Reisender · **Snippy** Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 821

I did a small update to the colour of the time bar, it's now a little bit better to see on dark monitors. I also added the description for the controls in the text file (this is more for external people that download the game).
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Snippy:
"curt or sharp, esp. in a condescending way" (Oxford American Dictionary)
"fault-finding, snappish, sharp" (Concise Oxford Dictionary, UK)
1. short-tempered, snappish, 2. unduly brief or curt (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

Meatballsub · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject:

I've played about an hour of it so far.

The graphics are not bad at all. I think the water is a little strange because it is not animated, but hey, whatever works for you.

I've basically been walking around outside trying to get up some money for supplies for the tower. Is that pretty much all you can do at that point?

I haven't really found the battles to be that difficult, even the one special battle that I encountered. You can just use the strongest attacks for a few fights and then run into town and rest for free. The special encounter thing is pretty neat though.

The biggest problem I see is the dialogue. I am not saying I am the best, because I am world's worst at structuring sentences. However, I noticed that you have several sentence fragments, missing punctuation, and spelling errors. Not to mention it is a little difficult to read because points are not spaced out at all, often making a "wall" of text.

I'll report back when I play a bit more.
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Rya.Reisender · **Snippy** Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 821

Thanks for playing it.

Meatballsub · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:36 am Post subject:

I was not aware that English was your second language. In that case, you have done a great job. Regardless, I plan on taking screenshots of stuff that is a bit strange and sending it to you once i'm done running through the game.
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Rya.Reisender · **Snippy** Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 821

Okay, thank you.
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Snippy:
"curt or sharp, esp. in a condescending way" (Oxford American Dictionary)
"fault-finding, snappish, sharp" (Concise Oxford Dictionary, UK)
1. short-tempered, snappish, 2. unduly brief or curt (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:29 am Post subject:

Rya.Reisender · **Snippy** Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 821

LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:49 pm Post subject:

Better music, eh?
Well, although my skills are formidable enough, I'm not the kind of musician who can pull a good song out of his arse on short notice. lol
Work called me in today, but maybe I'll have a little time to play before I go back in to help close shop... No, no, no...

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Rya.Reisender · **Snippy** Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 821

I'd really like to get more feedback. ^^
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Snippy:
"curt or sharp, esp. in a condescending way" (Oxford American Dictionary)
"fault-finding, snappish, sharp" (Concise Oxford Dictionary, UK)
1. short-tempered, snappish, 2. unduly brief or curt (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:04 am Post subject:

/me Turns on the OHR and starts the game up*

Don't worry. You'll have some more feed back.

EDIT: This is a solid game. I especially like the attention to details and the cleverly hidden treasures so far. I can see how the text needs a little work.
Check your PMs, Rya.
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"Seriously James, you keep rolling out the awesome like gingerbread men on a horror-movie assembly line. "

Rya.Reisender · **Snippy** Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 821

Bump!

Honestly I'm curious, did anyone actually manage to finish this game? I didn't really get any solid feedback on it yet, except that the dialogues aren't so good and some compliments.

How do you like the dungeon design?
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Snippy:
"curt or sharp, esp. in a condescending way" (Oxford American Dictionary)
"fault-finding, snappish, sharp" (Concise Oxford Dictionary, UK)
1. short-tempered, snappish, 2. unduly brief or curt (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

Moogle1 · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:33 am Post subject:

Gerania was reviewed in the October Hamsterspeak. You might take a look at that.
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