ok game
You should reverse shift.
I mean:
arrow+shift=walk
same arrow=run
Reviews for "The root of evil"
jaglitegrann responds:
that should probably be good :) i guess you as me, also using run more then walk ^^
Fun game, but I couldn't understand the plot. First, after you get the ball, you can't go home like a normal kid. Why do you have to go into the forest? Am I missing something from not using audio? Also, fences!? Why does a fence, in the middle of nowhere, shoot upward at the perfect moment, with such force as to impale the small child? Gamewise, at least, it's a great game, but its plot is iffy.
EDIT: Not sure if this is a mistake, but you swapped the "t" and "d" in "credits" on the title page. You spelled "cretids".
Could use a little work...
Graphics/ Animation: 6/10 - Pretty good in the Graphics/Animation department. The only problem here is that the light fog will hide the character, especially close to the end when you need to jump on the platform with the spring mushroom.
Music/ Voiceover: 5/10 - Gonna be honest with you, hearing the same chime over and over again really gets on ones nerves. Don't get me wrong, the music was pretty good, but a little more variety would be nice. The voice overs were really well done.
Controls: 8/10 - The only problem here was that I had to hit the Space key three times in order to grab a rope. i don't know how it works with anyone else, but that was one problem I had.
Overall: 7/10 - Liked the game. It was a fun platform game that any fan would enjoy. The main problem is that the song in the background becomes repetitive, and you might be tempted to rip out your roommate's/ friend's brains out.
jaglitegrann responds:
yeah i know there was problem whit the fog and the darkness, i just not got the time to cover that stuff up because of my deadline :)
good advice whit the song :) should probably think about that to next time :) and really fun you liked the voice overs. I was very skeptic to them because of my bad English and microphone :)
dident really know what you mean by the controls and the rope. but i know there were a problem catch the rope because you jump in to it whit s key and also drop from the rope whit the s key. So if you holding the S key down when you jump and then catch the rope you instantly getting of it. this was something i would had fix to if there was time in my deadline :)
really fun that you liked my game :) and i hope i dosent get sued when you rip out your roommate's brain ^^
Nice but...
Its hard to jump and now I'm stuck at where there are buildings. The boy kept pole dancing. :(
jaglitegrann responds:
to bad, i never seen him pole dancing ^^ sound pretty fun do xD you masked it pretty long anyway and
if you refresh you browser you can keep playing from the part whit the houses :)
good game but...
the game is really Good for being made for flash. good ambient, and sounds really make it good when come to make unsafe the player. and death scenes for the kid are really good to make the player take care more of himself.
Tought:
1) music get bit repetitive good from the start but make you feel a bit sleepy hear the same music over and over again
2) yes Noir games are good but you should consider about not set traps were are hard to see, well yeah traps are like that, but in games theyre at least some "noticeable" if the player are aware of their surrounding. because "instant death" traps can make player a bit frustrated and quit the game.
3) the run / walk thing can be a bit annoying. specially players with keyboard that just pressing more than 3 keys, keyboard dont respond and then you cant do some actions. specially players that dont like to feel a bit "slow" and use everytime Shift to run, give at least the option about toggle run / walk with shift instead pressing shift to run.
4) i dont know if this was a bug or its part of the game but after i died and was reading some things when i come back to restart where the part i died. the game itself dont make scrolling where i respawn luckely a spike kill me and scroll was fixed but now a church was where wasnt before.
and for last
5) this kind of game in noir make a good ambient as i said. but at least try to not hide the path that player need to take to go foward. when i was exiting the church and see there was 2 ropes and 1 trampoline i was trying to find the way where i can reach the ropes until i try to jump inside the church was the rope i need. i said this because not all the players are good trying to find paths and they at the end give up. if there must be a hidden path then there must be a reward on it. thats why its a hidden path. but paths that player need to follow to advace trought the level not. unless there is a puzzle on it.
otherwise game is really good. Keep up with the good work
jaglitegrann responds:
1: yeah one more guy comment about that and i will definitely keep that in mind to next time :)
2: hehe yeah people comment about that to, the problem when making levels is that the creator does now where they are and don't realize when it is to hard, i should
probably let someone test them for me first :)
3: it never bugged me but i will keep that in mind :)
4: that was probably a bug ^^ dont think i test to do that :)
5: that's a good advise :)