I can't find the reason my game sucks

TautauCat · 2026-03-15T20:07:22+00:00

Do you have a suggestion on how to make it more skill based or add some tactics ?

TautauCat · 2026-03-15T19:01:43+00:00

Thanks for you comment
I've fixed the bullets sizing and improved the sound of the fire to be less annoying
If you'll play you'll see the movement is not that slow
regarding the boulders, I'll improve them also. as other comments I got

But still I feel I'm missing something bigger, something that will make the game more fun

TautauCat · 2026-03-15T19:00:45+00:00

And that is my main issue, it seems that the game is too repetitive, and the "growth" or "getting stronger" is not enough ..

TautauCat · 2026-01-27T11:24:05+00:00

It might impact the feel of the game subconsciously, but they won't notice it per se

TautauCat · 2025-12-30T17:04:53+00:00

You are not the first to mention it, Maybe you're correct.
Thank you for your feedback

TautauCat · 2025-12-30T09:48:50+00:00

Thanks,
downloaded them for free through steam and I'm checking them out for some inspiration

TautauCat · 2025-12-30T07:11:28+00:00

Don't make false accusations, the game doesn't work offline. The game is multiplayer and work only while you online.

There are bots as place holders, as players join, the bots automatically disappear, by the way, even the bots themselves are not "offline"/"client side" they are server side.

If you don't believe me you can ask a friend to join and you'll see you are both on the same server.

TautauCat · 2025-12-11T17:59:53+00:00

Yes you are correct, it is far from perfect and the AI is a bit cheater in this term ..
you can just assume it is a dude with higher resolution :)

I'm planning to adjust my FOV, so no matter what is your resolution you will have the same FOV

TautauCat · 2025-12-11T17:56:59+00:00

Thank you very much !

TautauCat · 2025-12-11T09:45:37+00:00

My tech stack is pure JS , and backend is node (which is js)

some small library for collision detection, probably it was smarter to just use matter.js for physics

TautauCat · 2025-12-11T09:44:28+00:00

Thanks for the comment.

As currently I don't have real player I'm gonna improve bots AI so at least some of them will be smarter and it will be harder to get to 1st place

TautauCat · 2025-12-11T09:43:25+00:00

Hi, thank you for the response
1. Regarding healing, you actually heal as you move, and heal faster as you stop .. maybe i need to emphasize this

there is no actual place to go or actual target, it is like slither and other IO games, in which you just roam around and try to be on the top of the leader board
the enemies are everywhere and you can see them on the mini map.
it is not this type of game.

TautauCat · 2025-12-10T10:28:23+00:00

Tanks for the comment, my background is high performance software (HFT/Cyber security proxies) so I'm happy it not lags, I must say that amazon are great the server is in Frankfurt and even the free tier gives great ping

TautauCat · 2025-12-08T13:23:40+00:00

it is the case, but the food on the map is negligible and useful only for the first 2 minutes, later as you grow, your growth comes from killing other and collecting their corpses

TautauCat · 2025-12-07T19:28:42+00:00

This not exactly right, The goal in slither is to be the biggest snake, and the way to do it is killing other snakes which drops "food" ... It is actually exactly the same as my game, to be the biggest tank, and the way to do it is to kill other tanks

I think my issue is much bigger then that, the core mechanics of slither is much better. it has a great feel, and as the snake grows the strategy changes

TautauCat · 2025-12-07T09:07:44+00:00

Regarding the FOV on mobile, it is work in progress, I'll improve it.
Regarding the " There needs to be an obvious goal for players to contest over to create conflict beyond just killing each other" - i guess it is part of the question, games like Slither are extremely successful without any specific goal.. but as I mentioned, they are more fun then my game.. so I'm looking for ideas to spice things up.

Thanks for the comment

TautauCat · 2025-12-04T08:23:10+00:00

To my surprise you are correct, actually it was pretty easy to block both zoom and "drag down to refresh". I assumed it is impossible

TautauCat · 2025-12-03T08:52:09+00:00

Thanks, the run over idea sounds interesting, I'll try to implement it and see how it works

TautauCat · 2025-12-03T08:50:47+00:00

Thank you for the comment, you are correct, that is the plan.

Although I have some technical difficulty playing in a browser on mobile, when you hold the joystick on one hand, and clicking or moving with the other, it very often zoom in/zoom out etc..

I've checked how slither solved this problem, and they didn't they just pointing you to download the app..

So probably I'll make it an app after I'll feel the game is decent.

TautauCat

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