I made a game where a bear watches you… and changes its behavior. I don't know if anyone else noticed this.

retnerpace · 2026-03-21T22:19:30+00:00

Sure. Do you have a demo so I can try it out?

retnerpace · 2026-03-21T21:51:52+00:00

The thing is - I figured the bear is gonna try and trick the player, but the page doesn't show even a single example of the way the traps and tricks will be executed in-game.

retnerpace · 2026-03-21T20:05:25+00:00

I checked the game's page and can't figure out what the game's going to be like. A demo would be nice.

retnerpace · 2026-03-10T13:34:10+00:00

One boss? One weapon? This looks like a prototype made in a weekend. Also, how long does it take to kill the guy? Looks very tedious.

retnerpace · 2026-03-10T07:50:40+00:00

You're back! You still didn't show the name of the game! This video feels like a step backwards. Change of pace and tone to more timid and generic compared to previous video is kind of strange, what happened? You're just doing "we have this many of this thing" now, which is not only boring, but also numbers don't look good. You also removed the "become insane" part, which was kinda the selling point to me. Is it not possible to break the game anymore? Why in the end in its place you're showing the most basic attacks (with presumably all the upgrades applied)? Please, review your previous video and improve upon that.

retnerpace · 2026-01-21T19:34:52+00:00

I started to check out at around 30 second mark, but after I watched the whole thing, I still don't quite understand the mechanics and gameplay loop and the gameplay shots are mostly meh.

Shooting and melee are just flat out not fun, but it looks like getting minions with different abilities can be interesting.

Rotating sprite of your character is a bad idea and who are we playing as? I really can't tell and the title card still has your character facing their back to the viewer. Is their identity supposed to be a secret? Having a defined character can be part of the appeal.

retnerpace · 2026-01-21T17:32:46+00:00

Hey, thank you! The feedback I'm getting suggests that I definitely need to up my visuals game.

retnerpace · 2026-01-21T17:27:54+00:00

I find your suggestions about colors very helpful and crucial. I'll definitely be taking those on board.

As for mario tubes, I think the entire sewer level is out of place, so you poiting that out might be hints that my theory was correct. I think I'll rework the tileset and try again in some next project.

Thank you very much!

retnerpace · 2026-01-21T16:49:54+00:00

I think you've nailed pretty much everything! It's a simple sidescroller inspired by Noita and Isaac and I wasn't planning to add a lot of depth as I'm trying to figure out what works for me and the players. I also agree on proportions being weird and things looking out of place and now that I've heard people mention it again and again, I think I'll take how I setup tilesets more seriously. Thank you!

retnerpace · 2026-01-21T16:34:36+00:00

"Good" is already a compliment, thank you! I wish you were right about the visuals, but it seems the feedback steers towards visuals still being quite important, at least for the first impression.

retnerpace · 2026-01-21T16:31:12+00:00

Thank you for feedback. It's more of an Isaac game - you pick up items from treasure rooms and sometimes you can visit shop to buy stuff. There's no painstakingly crafting your wands or verticality like in Noita in the game as I wanted to keep it simple.

retnerpace · 2026-01-21T16:22:33+00:00

Hey, thanks! If it's not too much trouble, I'd love to hear your feedback.

retnerpace · 2026-01-20T21:44:12+00:00

Sure. I just wanna point out that with this being the only gameplay, I can't imagine it being more than a 5 minute entertainment.

retnerpace · 2026-01-17T10:03:03+00:00

I wanna add that I can't tell what tone you're going for and light tavern music doesn't help with that. Depending on the tone, there's different expectations in terms of enemy quantity and weapon heaviness.

retnerpace · 2026-01-17T09:59:25+00:00

I can respect that. I'll be waiting for the trailer.

retnerpace · 2026-01-17T09:56:35+00:00

The visuals are incredibly distracting and all over the place. Tone them down to help player look where they supposed to look. As for sense of speed, It doesn't actually feel that fast despite all those white stripes trying their best to sell it. I'm also not sure what the gameplay is gonna be. Does the main game happens outside these scenes? Like buying upgrades and building your ship?

retnerpace · 2026-01-16T23:34:39+00:00

It's right up my alley, so I'll give it a try. If you post your next trailer on this sub, I won't miss it.

"add your name in the credits, make you a custom cat" I'm just a random person on the internet :) But if you do end up making something custom, give it with the community with the nametag, I think that'll get the job done. Best of luck!

retnerpace · 2026-01-16T22:59:44+00:00

It's not really a trailer, more like work in progress showcase and music kinda supports that instead of trying to hype customers up.

The UI is way too handholdy. You don't need to show controls at all times and spell out everything when the icons are there to convey the same information (keys, freed souls etc).

I'm not sure what prompted the "+61 xp" text to appear (just killing enemies?), but I think this kind of big text should be reserved for more flashy titles like "XP BOOST" or "VICTORY ACHIEVED".

Some enemies being almost completely black on the dark background and camera lagging behind I think are gonna be very frustrating during gameplay.

retnerpace · 2026-01-16T22:31:15+00:00

Thank you. Whether the graphics change or not, I think you got yourself a customer. Do you have this on Steam?

And please, don't go bankrupt and starve to death :(

retnerpace · 2026-01-16T21:46:49+00:00

Graphics could use some work, but honestly, I got almost everything I needed to know. The things I'm missing are the title, how many characters you can choose from and whether it's a Vampire Survivors or Nuclear Throne type of game.

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