its OK.... some things i noticed was that when to walk diagonally, you face the wrong way. its a small bug, but still seems like it shouldn't be there. really like the idea though. you should also make it so there is more coins to collect while crossing the street and 1Ups u an grab
Reviews for "Running Roads"
TheGovernor responds:
Ahh good idea, I was going to add it, though I was finding the code a tad difficult :D
Meh. Ok, I guess. If it truly is your first game then it's a good attempt.
Pretty basic and played out concept but it's done well enough to be on NG. Just my 2 cents worth.
TheGovernor responds:
Cheers dude.
When you press home, the sound effects of the cars still play, sort of meaning there are cars in the background when you're on the title screen. Gladly, it doesn't stack when you start again.
A shaded background and shaded objects would look very nice, and the stickman/man you are controlling needs more detail. Animation would be great too, and a little cutscene for when you beat the level or get hit by a car would be cool. Also, when you walk diagonally, he sort of does a moonwalk.
If you wait a while, the car sound effects fade away. It should be on some kind of loop, and different music for different things would be nice.
Also, the collision NEEDS fixing. Sometimes when I run across the road, I get hit by something that had either just passed or is below me. It doesn't even touch one of my pixels!
Not forgetting the name. It isn't very creative... how about maybe some sort of pun? I got nothin'. I don't blame you for the name, after all it's not easy to come up with them. I don't exactly mind the name and won't take points for it.
Also, level 3 has way too many cars. I think level 1 should be a sort of walk in the park, and save level 3's level design until at LEAST level 5.
Animated writing and something better than that ugly font would be cool. Arial and Cambria are my recommendations. Sometimes the text doesn't even fit on the page!
Cars even sometimes appear out of like nearly the middle of the road. I cannot beat level 3 after about 10 tries, so I would say this needs either a password system or a saveable game. It's waaaay too hard early on.
More obstacles than cars would be cool. I think I remember on Frogger you had to hop on logs too at one point - correct me if I'm wrong.
It does seem it is your first game, and we all know it is hard to make games, so I will give a few bonus points to at least try and allow your game onto the site. Not very good when your hard owrk is wasted, no?
You should probably see if you can get permission to use other peoples sprites for the man you play as and the cars, and see if you can get anyone to make some art for the title screen, death and inbetween levels.
Ok, I beat level 3, and wheres the little happy stickman? Did you not make one? Ok, on to level 4 and oh geez suddenly appearing giant blue van-thing. I would usually keep on and try again, but you'd laugh at how many times I've died so far. Still, it is a great flash and deserves props that you made this. It's actually rather fun.
I will give you 3.5 stars!
TheGovernor responds:
Thanks for the tips, and yeah you can tell it's my first flash game :D
I'm tempted to make some sort sequel with major improvements, but again thanks for the revies, very helpful!
Graphics and SFX could be better, the level complete screen between levels one and two got cut off, and on level 4 a car glitched and let me walk right through it. The game's not a total bust, but it could see some major improvements.
TheGovernor responds:
Ahh sorry about that, it's difficult sometimes to find all the faults.