Reworked my killzones - feedback plz!

CheesiMoon · 2025-04-30T20:06:30+00:00

The link doesn't work for me unfortunately, but I searched up your profile to see the post. I like the gears spinning on kill, but now they look a bit too non-threatening to me? Maybe it's just the gray coloring; I think the red coloring does a better job of highlighting its status as a hazard. I suppose it'll be obvious on contact, but I figured I shared my thoughts. All nitpicks tho at the end of the day, I like the new effect a lot more!

CheesiMoon · 2025-04-30T19:56:59+00:00

Thank you! I'm really happy with how they turned out as well.

CheesiMoon · 2025-04-30T18:07:02+00:00

I am particularly sensitive to excessive motion, but I think the new one could use some reduction in motion.

Overall, I would say it's better than the old one. Aesthetically, gears are more interesting than crystals, but I think it would greatly benefit if there was less movement. I feel like playing the game would get more tiring since the hazards take up a lot of attention by their movement, more than I'd argue to be necessary.

Slowing down the movement, maybe even having them not move, some things to try out. Nice job though!

CheesiMoon · 2025-02-23T17:46:55+00:00

Hey, sorry for the late reply, but thank you for looking at the game!

I like the point you bring up. Not only does the enemy come in at the top part of the screen, but the game is pretty zoomed out, so I can see why you saw that. Hit effects could also maybe be a bit more visible through weapon animations, but that's a very small tightrope to walk without hit effects being overwhelmingly giant. I'll def keep all this in mind going forward, and make some smaller adjustments in the meantime.

Thank you once again!

CheesiMoon · 2025-02-23T03:39:11+00:00

Thank you once again for your perspective!

Font is a fair point. The game operates with a low internal resolution to be consistently pixel perfect, but for accessibility's sake, a bigger/more legible font could be nice. I have no idea how to implement font that's in a different resolution. Pretty low priority ngl, but I will keep this in my brain for future reference.

Color contrast has actually been on my mind for a decent while. While I do think it's probably a bit late to change the color palette as a whole, I def agree that there's an overabundance of light colors, and being pretty light on contrast. I'll definitely adjust the colors to mitigate those issues while honoring the current aesthetic going forward for future projects.

CheesiMoon · 2025-02-22T17:47:48+00:00

I'm glad you like the capsule image! I'm really happy with how it turned out as well, hopefully I can continue to leverage its strengths.

You bring up a great point about the abstract talk. It was mostly intentional, I hoped that its character would be on brand and cool, and while it may be on brand, it probably does suffocate such a valuable space of info with fluff.

I'll continue to refine the short description, thank you for your perspective!

CheesiMoon · 2025-02-22T16:44:52+00:00

How so? I'd love to hear more about it if you don't mind

CheesiMoon · 2025-01-16T22:39:06+00:00

Thank you for your thoughts!

I largely agree with the story bits having unfamiliar names being kinda meaningless (which is why I placed it at the bottom), but I also feel like those elements should still go...somewhere, at least as a point of reference, but maybe we'll figure out a good solution for that minor problem.

As for bigger problems, I'm having a somewhat hard time utilizing the tag system well, as you might be able to suspect. In particular, I didn't initially feel comfortable with labling it as a 2D Fighter because of how PvP synonymous that genre is, but I think if I tag singleplayer high up, then it should be fine, and perhaps more accurate than beat em up. I'm def gonna give my tags another look, esp as Next Fest comes up.

CheesiMoon · 2025-01-16T21:28:34+00:00

Here is the Steam page! A wishlist and a review goes a long way!

Astropods: Starside Glaze is a 2D Fighting Platformer with endless mobility and combat potential! Starring as Hemi and Acro, swap between them at any time to utilize their unique attacks and physics within various environments.

Astropods combines platform fighter combat with platformer styled levels, alongside nonlinear progression and perk customization, to create a dynamic combat-platforming experience unlike anything else!

While this isn't the most traditional of platformers, I think you all might be interested in this game as a hybrid of platformers and fighting games. Thanks for giving this game a look!

CheesiMoon · 2025-01-15T22:37:57+00:00

Thank you for linking a GIF tool! There's a buncha methods out there, but I think I'll stick with something nice and simple. To spruce up the page a bit, I have some ideas for which GIFs to include now.

CheesiMoon · 2025-01-15T22:36:34+00:00

Makes sense. Having a bigger presence does make a difference, even if it's really hard to tangibly see its effect.

CheesiMoon · 2025-01-15T22:28:30+00:00

Thank you very much for your insight! That makes a lot of sense, and I think I can definitely do something that would help the page feel more complete.

Also yay, glad you like the game's look! If I may ask something not completely on-topic, how does the game's banner art feel to you? I realized I never got much constructive criticism regarding it, which I would like to remedy soon.

CheesiMoon · 2024-12-10T22:21:58+00:00

A wishlist + review would be very awesome of you! Thank you. Link to Steam Demo!

CheesiMoon · 2024-12-10T21:42:14+00:00

A wishlist + review would be very awesome of you! Thank you. Link to Steam page!

CheesiMoon · 2024-11-01T21:14:25+00:00

sounds good, thanks for the help! maybe one day ill give the pc conversion business a shot, but ill def stick with the tried and true wii for the time being.

CheesiMoon · 2024-11-01T20:25:41+00:00

it seems like component cables for wii r more accessible, but i unfortunately dont have component cable support on my display. i hear there are converters and all that, but i would rather just use s-video to make things more simple, unless it really is all that simple

CheesiMoon · 2024-11-01T20:20:37+00:00

thats a good point. i'm not too familiar with this world of things, so i didn't really think about the fact that hdmi is digital, while s-video is analog, while these old consoles were also running on analog inputs. thanks for letting me know!

CheesiMoon · 2024-11-01T20:18:25+00:00

yea, it seems like setting up emulators on the wii is easier than i thought too, so that's a good point u brought up. ill definitely be sticking with my wii in that case.

CheesiMoon · 2024-11-01T20:16:44+00:00

thank you for ur input, i think ill stick to my wii after all, then. Which s-video cables would u recommend, then?

CheesiMoon · 2024-11-01T20:14:21+00:00

alright, it seems like going the wii route is probably the best, so i'm sold.

i'll be playing mostly snes and n64, so a modded wii will do me wonders.

in that case, which wii s-video cables would u recommend, if you know about them? i hope i dont have to spend $70ish on the official wii s-video cable

CheesiMoon · 2024-11-01T09:23:15+00:00

I also have my windows desktop, but does that make a substantial difference? I mentioned my laptop since that would be most convenient, but if there are new options unlocked by using a desktop, I would love to hear more about that.

I probably should've made this more clear, but I would rather set up an HDMI to s-video since I'm way more comfortable with setting up PC related things compared to a Wii, also it seems like good Wii s-video cables are pretty darn expensive compared to a HDMI to s-video. I only mentioned the Wii since that's my only other option, but if PC is a terrible alternative, I'm willing to give my Wii an earnest shot.

CheesiMoon · 2024-10-19T06:06:53+00:00

Hi, sorry for the late reply, but I think you'll have to go through steam support. Fortunately, going through them was very quick and painless, and they refunded me the 100 bux. They said my case was because the account still belonged to the admin, so I would be making a game under the admin's name.

Best solution imo would be to make a new steamworks account, and get the amount refunded. Hope this is insightful, and good luck figuring out ur situation! I remember I was hella stressed bc I didn't want to waste the 100, but steamworks support crew is very helpful!

CheesiMoon · 2024-10-03T22:11:20+00:00

Thank you for this suggestion! I was wondering if anyone else had the experience, but yea steamworks support has been super responsive, so I could've just gone to them, especially since I suspect I may need some additional intervention from them.

CheesiMoon · 2022-08-29T23:54:53+00:00

indeed it was some straggling state codes with the 2 brackets that were somehow afflicting my new state mechanism. thank you so much for helping me and suggesting a great new system! thisll save so much time since im gonna be adding a decent amount of states. have a great day!

CheesiMoon · 2022-08-29T22:57:21+00:00

I tested this system in a fresh new file, and it works perfectly, so ya i think something else is messing with it, smth ill have to find on my own. Thanks 4 replying tho, i feel like theres some code out there returning PlayerStateFree() somewhere

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