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Reviews for "Ryan's Dream Adventure"

A very good first attempt at a game

~The good~

Graphics were really well done, just like the rest if your flashes. It's also nice of you to make something more serious, not just diareah splirting everywhere. The retro music was also done very well, really reminded me of games in the arcades or the SNES.

~The bad~

The controls felt very sketchy, and it's hard to just walk around. Also, I wish you made more ways of killing enemies, because it's really hard to walk around, let alone jump on enemies. This game is also filled with glitches, like if you get hurt, you start blinking for quite a long time.

Overall, a very good first attempt at a game, but it does have glitches to it. I hope this review was helpful!

4/5
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Sk8erGirl14 responds:

very few actual glitches in the game...the blinking was part of the life system that I developed so you knew when you took damage, but I failed to get it working properly so I scrapped it...

the physics engine I used was hard to deal with, I wont be using it again based on user responces...


thanks for the review...

Decent

^^Good Points^^
I liked how this really felt like playing an old video game, maybe one on the SNES. The beginning was cool how it "reset" ever once in a while to simulate that. The music was real retro sounding and the graphics were done well. I liked how this game was presented.

^^Needs Improving^^
I can't really say honestly that I had a whole lot of fun playing this game. I found the controls to be a little sketchy, and the game itself seemed to leave me stuck in a lot of places, where my only option was to jump.

The game is well designed, this just didn't appeal much to me.

Sk8erGirl14 responds:

yeah, this was a pretty good learning experience...

I know it's problems and hopefully they will be avoided in the next games I develope...

thanks for the review...

Not a bad platform game

This wasn't a bad platform game, but it could definately use some improving. Like, the music was kind of annoying, it wasn't very fun (I kind of agree with the last reviewer on that point), and, well, it basically just need some improving. It wasn't absolutely terrible, it just needed, well, improving. Which is kind of what I am going to talk about in this review.

The graphics in this game, were, actually, pretty good. It had a nice, sort of light, airy look to it. It wasn't dark, or very tense, either. The whole had that kind of feel around it; nice and airy, carefree, and it wasn't really a big deal if you lost (which could or couldn't have been a good thing). Of course, the grpahics couls use SOME improving, like the enemies were (kind of) hard to see. Although, this sin't a huge complaint, maybe you could make them less hidden next time... or were you aiming for that? Anyway, this was a almost definately a high point in this game.

The style of this game was pretty good too. Like the graphics, the whole thing had a nice, polished touch to it. It was, again, light and airy, with a positive mood towards it. I liked how the enmies moved; especially that one enemy that slides across the ground (although I haven't palyed all of this game). Nice job with this!

The sound in this game was good, but it got kind of repetitive and annoying. There were, I think, many better music options out thee for you to put in your game, not that kind of twangy, annoying beat. Just search the audio portal! Anyway, I gave sound a 7 because it definately fit the game, and some people might like it, but I personally didn't like it very much.

There was a little violence in this game. The jumping on the enmies was the obvious one (and quite possibly the only one). The violence wasn't really that graphic, though, so I only gave you a 4. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, though, and it fit the whole kind of light and airy feel of the game. So, in short, I can't really say, "Nice!", or something to that effect in this category (is there such a thing as 'nice' violence [maybe...]) Anyway...

There was a lot of interactivity in this game. Well, sort of a lot... if you get what I mean. I mean that there were probably more combinations you could have used (more button combinations, maybe...) You could have used more buttons, and maybe a crouch button...? Just a thought. Anyway, once again, I can't really say "Nice job!" here, well... actually... I guess I kind of can... Nice job!

And, finally, humour, which there was (probably) none of. Once again, this is not necessarily a bad thing. Although, I probably would have expected a game like this to be at least KIND OF funny, it wasn't really a big deal.

Overall, I thought that this was a pretty good platform game. Although I didn't paly through all of it, it could have used some more button options maybe (like a crouch button...) The grpahics and style of this were pretty good. It could use some improving, like the fun factor (and probably some other things that I didn't even notice), but for the most part, this was a pretty good platform game. Good job!

Sk8erGirl14 responds:

Wow, I appreciate the nice long review...

...This was a first for me, I wasn't trying to overstep myself on the first time around...I learned a lot since making this and I plan on developing other games...

...I chose the Chiptune Music cause Im a fan of it...I like Old Skool game music...there could have been other choices for it...

...there is a crouch key in the game, it simply is the DOWN ARROW...this is pivital to the game because it allows the game character to slide, and if you played through the game you would have had to use it to get the Shoe Power Up to jump higher...

...but anyway, like I said, this was a first for me...and things will only get better...

It was boring.

It wasn't really fun. It was a little glitchy. Some times the character would sink into objects. His running was hard to control. His jumps were a little late. You couldn't die. The only way you can kill enemies is by jumping on them. And it got very boring. The graphics you put in them were pretty good. The idea seems good but the game isn't too great. I think the song you put in it was ok. The game wasn't great and I think it could improve.

Sk8erGirl14 responds:

...yes, all problems I am well aware of...future games will have these things fixed...still learning actionscripting the long way :/ by myself...

its fine...

the only thing ilike about it is you can jump on a monster thats all...^_^

Sk8erGirl14 responds:

...k