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ACT Patreon Active [MoxieTouch] Deep in Brixen Space [v0.3.9]

What do you enjoy in side scroller games?

  • Gameplay

    Votes: 108 58.7%

  • In-game Sprites

    Votes: 162 88.0%

  • Static Image CGs

    Votes: 23 12.5%

  • Animated CGs

    Votes: 66 35.9%
  • Total voters
    184
  • Poll closed .

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A Lost Cat said:
I think we can reasonably assume our main character here isn't combat military from the slightly wonky accuracy, and the outfit makes me think engineer/mechanic anyway.
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unkownmyriad said:
It's always an engineer.
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furry r63 isaac clarke confirmed?

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Fetch me your soul
 
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Just asking this because I didn't see it in the patch notes, did you fix the glitch with the voice effects?
 
This is the first time i've heard of the term "coyote timer", though i know of the mechanic, it's necessity, and how it's absence is a contributing factor to many a platformer's problems. Glad to see that added, i was having quite a bit of rough jumping in the elevator area and was getting frustrated with that specifically. Now i know what to call it in other games.

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scrumpy80 said:
Just asking this because I didn't see it in the patch notes, did you fix the glitch with the voice effects?
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Here's a quote from the debug discord.
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I.e., voices are removed for now. You'll sometimes hear Moxie moan and voices, since that's a separate system. (Well, in that case, I didn't really remove it. It's just rarer now. :v)

A Lost Cat said:
This is the first time i've heard of the term "coyote timer", though i know of the mechanic, it's necessity, and how it's absence is a contributing factor to many a platformer's problems. Glad to see that added, i was having quite a bit of rough jumping in the elevator area and was getting frustrated with that specifically. Now i know what to call it in other games.

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Even Doom 2016 has it. You'll notice it when you fall off an edge, then suddenly jump. Once you know, it's hard not to notice everywhere.
 
So uh, how do you create a new poll? Been at here for 20 minutes pushing buttons.
 
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You should have an Edit button at the top right of the poll.
 
Alright, the poll should be straightened out now.
 
DarkFire1004 said:
Alright, the poll should be straightened out now.
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Thank you, once again!

Anyway, new poll everyone! Now we're talking about what we enjoy in games. Specifically, what part of a game you enjoy!

Personally really enjoy in-game sprites. Mostly because it is so closely tied to the gameplay. Once the animation is done, I'm right back to the game.

On the other hand, static/animated CGs are a separate interaction (usually little to no interaction) Once the CG is done, it usually pushes you right back to the start / last checkpoint. It's a weird, conflicting feeling. You're rewarded as a player with the CG, but also punished by going back to where you last started.
 
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MoxieTouch said:
Personally really enjoy in-game sprites. Mostly because it is so closely tied to the gameplay. Once the animation is done, I'm right back to the game.

On the other hand, static/animated CGs are a separate interaction (usually little to no interaction) Once the CG is done, it usually pushes you right back to the start / last checkpoint. It's a weird, conflicting feeling. You're rewarded as a player with the CG, but also punished by going back to where you last started.
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I don't usually comment, but I have to say that I think I'm almost the exact opposite.

I think in-game sprites are fine, but it's always going to be a compromise between how much you can actually show, versus how large and detailed you can make the sprite before it starts getting in the way of gameplay. Side-scrollers typically have relatively small character sprites so that the player can see more of the world around them, e.g. Mario.

Who says CGs can't be interactive? Certainly, most of them aren't, to avoid drawing a million different variations of them. But there's no reason you couldn't have choices during them, or not just send players back to the last checkpoint after. Maybe there's another gameplay section to rescue them, or for them to escape from wherever they ended up? Just because it's a break in the normal gameplay loop, doesn't mean it has to be a gameover.

Two other options you might consider: Having CG's pop up along side the normal gameplay, such as during a struggle, when you don't need to see full width of the screen just to play the minigame. And rather than having 'fully' Animated CGs, having slideshow CGs like The Adventures of Kincaid does. Animated CGs are great, obviously, but they take up a lot of artist time to make, that I personally feel would be better spent on multiple static CGs over one Animated one.
 
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Props to the dev, the game looks as good as it plays, solid 9/10 more oral pls
 
Since we're talking sidescrollers, i voted gameplay and sprites.

CGs i focus on more in rpgs as they are less hectic, and i've played enough games from lurking around here over the years to know good gameplay can be hampered by weird or bad sprites, and great sprites can be hampered by awful gameplay. ....especially the latter, which is kindof a plague in h-games at times.

Plenty of games with good sprite sex or CGs but have gameplay where the movement is slippery and/or the hitboxes are wonky, and they end up being the ones you give up playing, download the imageset, fap once, and archive it away never to be seen again.

Other way around, end up being played but i keep thinking "man these sprites or blobby and awful, i wish the better looking games had this gameplay though. is that thing actually fucking her or is it doing some other more niche fetish like forced eating or something even weirder? i can't tell! there are 17 colors here, none of them are skintones, and all of them are undulating! gah!"

CGs can be done later. specifically speaking on them though, i find games less enticing when the cgs get made too early, and then the scenes or situations get adjusted later and then they don't match. (or no one cared to match them up in the first place...)
 
I prefer sprites in my side-scrollers. If I want CG pictures, I'll look at an image gallery or play a RPG maker game. Not to say CG gameover screens are unwelcome, it's just... why go to the effort of making a sprite sidescroller H game only to have a CG image pop up whenever something interesting happens. Sprites just fit the flow of the game more than CG's (static or animated).
 
I'm on the sprites train, animations take place in the same visual context as the rest of gameplay, making it an unbroken continuity.
I've seen static CGs show with in-game animations in this game, I think it's a great idea to combine both. But it meant doing (multiple) CGs and animations for each enemy which must be a lot more work. The dev went with larger, more detailed sprites for their next game (which was less a game, more an interactive gallery) for what that's worth.
I think I'd find viewing CGs resetting portions of gameplay pretty jarring, but maybe they could be implemented as transitions when being sent off to the creature chamber, and/or between sprite animations therein
 
I like them for game over type scenarios or if they're integrated well. Anthophobia comes to mind for me on it.
 
I voted for everything because I think everything is enjoyable
If it's done well that is. So whatever you pick, make sure it's not half-assed and do it with quality
 
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