Score: 5
"Movement issues and empty space"
date: January 25, 2009
The main issues I saw with this entry were that the movement felt akward and there was too much empty space, which made it hard to tell where I was supposed to be going.
The movement up and down inclines felt more like rolling up and down stairs, it had a very jerky feeling. The lack of ability to change direction in mid air was also a little annoying. This wouldn't be as big of an issue if it wasn't so hard to get moving on the ground. The ball seemed to accelerate rather slowly, which gave it a non-responsive feeling. This also gave it a very slow feeling, and fast paced jumping is half the fun of platform gaming.
Then we approach the amount of empty space in the level. This by itself is not that big of an issue, but combined with the movement issues led to a lack of desire to explore the vast emptiness. I would suggest that either the movement be made to be more fast paced, or the world made to be more compact or dense.
Overall, for a rough draft it's not bad. It needs some polishing, but you're on the right track.
January 25, 2009
Author's Response:
thank you for your detailed response :)
I'll bump up the speed some, and on another day when i have more time look at compacting the area. Thanx for te detailed review :P
edit~ buffed up the speed. Yet to compact the stage, but that would be left for another day, as its going to affect the springs, and jumping.
