Castle Paradox

[Bloodblade-the true]

I created EpicGame to test out some W.I.P. stuff....but becouse of bad habits....I updated it...I created this terrible game...and now,I must finish it!

Right now,all you can do is travel,thru the forest,thru the caves,to the town.
The demo ends there,right in front of town.Each time I update it-there will be better graphics,more gameplay,and smoother dialog.

Well,anyway-the point of this topic,I want anyone who can,to play EpicGame,then post on this topic-or PM me,on what you think needs improvement BADLY....If you say "it needs better backdrops" I will ignore that,I know EpicGame's backdrops suck...I plan to improve them!

Whatever needs help,and isn't like that purposely I will try to fix...so that maybe,just maybe...EpicGame won't suck...

[TwinHamster]

Well, you pretty much summed everything up yourself.
Work on the graphics, the gameplay, and the dialogue.
However, here are a few bad habits you should make an effort to shatter.

1) Try not to cram an entire conversation into a single text box: It just looks messy.
2)Also, resize the text boxes when you aren't using the whole thing.
3)Color choice also has a big impact on graphics.
You should try not to use such contrasting colors in your maptiles.(It hurts the eyes ;)

Then again, I'm not sure what it is you're after.
You say that you're trying to make a terrible game..So I'm not sure if you added all of these faults purposely or not.

[JSH357]

A word of advice about advertising:

A quickly made joke RPG
While this may be the case, you might avoid displaying that you made your game quickly in a non-serious manner if you expect people to take it seriously in the future.

its graphics are poor
No reason to rub it in; just give a screenshot and let the potential player decide.

It has terrible,I mean TERRIBLE gameplay...
Well then, why should I play this?

please play it anyway
Now you're just sounding desperate.

any bugs are the nightly buil'd foult,not mine!
... And trying to pin any flaws the game might have on other people.

NOTE:this game is NOT a game about Epicmovie!!!
OK, in this particular case that's a good disclaimer, but generally you'll want to avoid even alluding to this kind of association.


if you (for some reason) liked EpicGame-download this version!
This shows that you have no confidence in your own work. If you don't even have any pride in it, why would anyone want to give it a chance?

I'm not trying to be condescending, but these are things to keep in mind when you're releasing a game to people (especially people you don't know).

Also, check your spelling.

[Bloodblade-the true]

..ummm...thanks a ton,JSH,but....the point I was trying to get across in the game's info was not the "this game sucks,don't get it!Unless your an idiot who LIKED it" kind of point...

but more of an "this game wasn't meant to be good,I only posted it so you can play-and test it for bugs,then report them to James,or just play it for the heck of wasting 10 minutes" point.

The original EpicGame had solid-color grass,cliffs,and water...I updated it because I couldn't stand having a game with such bad graphics....
Also,I wasn't really saying this game sucks...but more of warning the veiwer that it is NOT a good game,and they should only play it if they are curious-or bug hunting....

But thanks anyway,JSH.


TwinHamster,thanks much-in the next update-I'll try and blend the contrast better.The textbox stuff,it was done purposely.
I'm trying to make this game as user-friendly as possible,that's what I'm after.

Thanks,guys! keep on suggesting!

[Newbie_Power]

I haven't played EpicGame, but if it's as crap as you claim to be (or rather, "NOT good"), then I don't expect anybody else to play it. I haven't been in this community for long, but I'm pretty sure the last thing Castle Paradox needs are more bad games since we risk the "judging the book by its cover" fallacy that's probably the reason why the community is suffering in the first place (rarely people new coming in).

I'm pretty sure James is already using games that are good and go farther to exploit the engine to find said bugs (such as Vikings of Midgard or other recently released games).

[Bloodblade-the true]

..ummm.... ya know? Newbie_Power,I said earlier I was improving the game,so it didn't suck...and by "user friendly" I mean people will WANT to play it-and test it....I will improve the textboxes,but not anytime soon....

And,I hate to bring this up,but...if bad games are the last thing CP needs (wich they are!!!) should I release my old game,flames of fiery,or not?

But,thanks for responding,newbie_power!

[Bob the Hamster]

The idea of throwing together a simple game just to find bugs and test feature is a useful one.

I should upload TEST.RPG to the gamelist sometime, so you can see a *real* mess :)

[Bloodblade-the true]

o.k,this is what I have so far for the next update of EpicGame:

*Original title screen music (it sucks,but I can't stand having other stuff,made by other people in MY games! )

*Cleaned up textboxes (Not the previous textboxes,but every new conversation is neatly sat up,and easy to read )

*Attacking items in battle (this ought to make the harder battles,easier)

So far,so good...

The contrast deal might be hard to fix,if the trees are whats hurting the eyes.....too bad...If I darken them,they will blend in with the grass,however I could just completely re-do the trees,so they look better,and don't hurt your eyes.

[Bloodblade-the true]

O.k. Things are going great,just a few more things to add\fix,and I'll post the new update!

Right now,ive added..

*A new "Grass" backdrop (now you see the horizon,and clouds...)

*More "neat" textboxes

*I darkened the yellow road,so contrast flows a tad better....

*Added a "battle tutorial" so,now,this game is much more friendly towards noobs,or anyone new to OHR games!

*Changed Tile-placement,so brighter tiles (like the town grass) come in slowly,making the contrast a Tiny-bit smoother.

So far,so good! any more suggestions?