this game was ok
the engine is incredable but the storyline is retarded and those red predator just wont stand still!!!!
Reviews for "Andagel"
popopt responds:
Those chemicops are pretty spastic. They run on a basic A.I. that 'dodges' when you hit them, but i think i need to spread out their dodges. If they leap away each and everytime you hit them, as well as on their own cycle (which they do) then its a LOT of motion. You as the player probably move a lot less than they do. Ill look into calming down their reactrion cycle next time.
Incredible for a flash
Only problem with it is by bridgin the gap between flash and what would pass as a good playstaion orginal game you have raised the expectations. We are used to games that use crap graphics etc but are made fun, this is a great game with pritty good 3Dness. however it seems more like a poor ps game rather than an amazing flash game!
popopt responds:
I like the way you put it. I think the game is definitely at a boundary between the 2 and xpectations are high. Ive been thinking heavily lately about abandoning flash and going with a more powerful 3d app. Even the weakest 3d engine out there outperforms flash by a huge degree. Here i am very limited by the number of objects i can use etc because of the limitations of the flash player. BUT no other technology i know of is as flexible as flash, has such a braod reach and work so well. For now i think i am staying with flash, will soak up all the feedback i get, and continue to improve my ability to get more out of flash in a way thats as polished as possible:) its all kind of swirling around in my mind;)
Ambitious!
This game was very ambitious and unique, but I think you were shooting for far more than a simple flash game is capable of. If you plan on continuing this series, I would greatly recommend trying to find a more fitting medium.
The world and story seemed very interesting, and I would love to see more of it, though hopefully with something more polished than this.
All in all, it was a fun and unique experience, but every moment of it was filled with the feeling that it was trying to be something more than it was.
popopt responds:
Ive been enviously looking at Unity3D (mac only, im pc) and also at the Torque engine from garage games. I just dont want people to have to install anything and i had a bad experoience with the Unity3D plugin for pc, although i hink the tech looks incredible. These games are really just a kind of way of getting the world in my head out in public so switching to technology or reaching less with current technology are 2 ways to tell better stories - anyways, im heading to Chapters bookstore tonight and am looking for books about efficient game production (design docs, etc). I want to stay with Flash but its clear that if i want to mask its limitations or demonstrate innovative techniques without sacrificing usability and the ability to tell a story then im going to have to get really organized in order to increase the quality overall without nurmimg myself out:)
wow
I click start over and over and over again and all I get is this lovely beeping noise.
I wouldn't work! :C
Every time I tried to play it, it froze at the instructions and and iy just kept flashing. Please tell me why this is happening, I really want to play this game.