Reviews for Pyroscape

[Coop]

The ending cost you >:(

Dammit, I was getting so close to the end of the game, literally just one click away and then all of a sudden it came down to a 9/11 joke. If you were taking the piss out of Corey Lidle, so help me Gods, I'll...

*breathes deeply* I'm calm. I am calm now.

Right, it's a good little game that has some half decent and not at all convincing graphics thrown into the piece to get a more 'realistic' approach to the whole concept of the game.

Have you ever considered making an application to having NG Medals on your game? You'll be able to get a lot more publicity for your games if you get medals on them, that's for sure. If Tom is willing to let you have a higher bandwidth, you might even get allowed into the beta testing circle of friends for Medals.

The acting from Nick wasn't that bad actually. I think that more work needs to be done on the plot, to make it a more engrossing game in the long term, but it's a good piece from the standpoint of a stand alone game.

[Review Request Club]

Fro responds:

It's not an 9/11 joke by any means. You'll understand the ending in the sequel. The sequel should also have medals as well. :P

[zhengzhou]

Awesome.

Dude, this has got to be the best point 'n' click game ever made. It's just so funny and random, and the dialogue and footage really set it apart from other "escape the room" games. The pixel fires are just plain hilarious.
If you make another one, the only thing that needs fixing is the length. It would be pretty great if it was longer.

Fro responds:

Thanks, we are working on the new one today and we are going to try and make it several minutes longer.

[Auz]

A bit silly, but nice

Thought I'd check this out, seeing as you're getting so many views with it in such a short time. It's amazing that you've earned $26 with this already, and only 11,000 of those views came from NG? Wow :o Underdog of the Week is also a surprise for a submission with such a score. You would expect that some spamgroup flash would be able to steal it from this, but apparently not.

As for the game itself, I thought it was very funny. I didn't read the comments at first so I didn't expect it to be so random. I thought it would just be a room-escape game, but with real videos as a twist. Which would've already been a nice idea in my opinion. The comments the guy gave when you clicked on stuff were pretty funny as well. "This bed smells like sex" XD I also laughed at how he threw all the stuff you first collected away after he had the fire extinguisher.

The only complaint I have about this game would be that it is kinda short. I was expecting it to be longer to be honest. I guess it would be hard to make it any longer than this though, considering the filesize is already 14.1 MB.

Overall 9 out of 10, 5 out of 5. A nice game you made here. I can see where the popularity comes from. Congrats with the awards and keep it up :)

~Auz

Fro responds:

The next one will be longer, I think it was because the room wasn't long enough.

The views are coming from Chinese website, but they called us terrorists.

[Haggard]

Good game

Hey, this is actually a very good game. I really like the video scenes you threw in there, they are funny and help to advance the story a bit further.

I also thought it was funny when Nick found the fire extinguisher and then we could see him with all the stuff he picked up earlier, that was a good joke.

The rest of the game was indeed very straightforward, and I think you could've made it a bit more difficult.

But the game offers a lot of genres and the video sequences are funny, so I guess it's okay that the game elements aren't too hard here.

However, the music didn't loop too well, especially in the car game. So you should try to find a better loop for the games. :P

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Fro responds:

Yeah, I tried to make the song loop better, but it wasn't originally a loop so it was hard. We will reuse the room song, but other than that I think Nick and I will create the rest.

[reverend]

Pretty entertaining

Heh, I wasn't expecting such a great mix of a video point click adventure but it turns out that you made one that's pretty awesome. I really enjoyed the acting and it was truly random; some joke were pretty blah but most were funny. Not to mention the choice of music was pretty good.

Some qualms were that a player could easily cheat by using the TAB button, I'm sure there is a way to get around that in AS. Also I usually don't read the Author's Comments for instructions, so some in-game instructions before you advance to the next scene would be helpful. Finally in the final game you can just spam the mouse button; some up and down motion could take care of that.

Overall, I really enjoyed this mini adventure and hope to see a squeal in the near future. Keep up the great work!

Fro responds:

Thanks, most of what you have said has been recommended before and all of these faults will be fixed in the sequel!