MSc. Research – Unity3D game

Hey kr0!

Just completed it there! First of all, well done on the game. I know I wouldnt be able to do as much with unity and I’m sure it took some time and effort!!

Secondly, my view of the game is from a perspective of a programmer and games enthusiast so you can take that into account! I’m a student too, just starting out on programming games.

So here’s my general .02c:
What I liked:
*Character Design
*Animations of Character
*Level Progression
*Environment Backdrop

Criticisms:
*Awkward Jump Mechanic
*Challenges in game are all timing related
*No Idea what was going on when I first started
*No emotional relation(Didnt notice it until the survey mentioned it)

Recommendations:
*An intro to describe goals, characters etc.
*Increase Player movement Speed
*More challenges that aren’t ‘platform’/timing related

Hope this helps. Let me know if you need further explanation or help :)

That questionnaire is pretty punishing: I’d consider cutting it down if you want to get a meaningful number of responses.

I was harsh when I filled it in (but I did fill it in; all of it- so I’m probably easily identified from this response :)), so I wanted to add some notes by way of clarification (hopefully you won’t get too disheartened; it’s something to say that what you’ve done is worth constructive criticism). There’s obvious technical competence on show; the game basically works, looks uncluttered, leads the eye well towards objectives and has a few nice aesthetic flourishes.

That said, the character/camera control feels off; it’s either too floaty or too leaden, and having become accustomed to how big budget character based action games do things it really sticks out for me. Have you seen the Unity3D ‘Lerpz Escapes’ demo? That has quite a nice control implementation I think; the camera follows the character without having to rotate around him on the spot, and the jumping feels quite snappy. It’s on their website in the resources section.

If you don’t mind me asking are you working in the Gaming industry?[/quote:3536dccf77]
Not anymore; the website in my profile has a bit of my history.

Recovering Game Programmer[/quote:61c72f587f] lol…[/quote:61c72f587f]
Equal parts flippancy and truth there ;)

Any suggestions as to where else I could post to try and get some more participants?[/quote:cfe9a5bb2c]

reddit.com/r/gamedev

What course are you doing and is games development a part of it?[/quote:2e9fbda926]

Im doing Computer and Electronic Engineering. Nothing focuses on games development but stuff like programming and maths cross over.

I played the game and filled in the accompanying questionnaire; as has already been stated, I recommend you abbreviate the questionnaire. Most people will not fill out the whole thing as it stands now.

Some strong points:
The character controls are very fluid. The animations are smooth.

Weak points:
I don’t want to be too harsh, but the game has no aesthetic consistency. that is to say, I don’t feel like I’m in a homogeneous world, but in a world constructed of bits of other, unrelated worlds. If this is an area in which you would like to improve, I recommend you study visual rhetoric, semiotics, colour theory and the concept of gestalt. That should help you to pull things together a bit more in the future.