I like this game it was both fun and interesting I dont see many text base games often but out of the ones I have played this one is in my top ten and with in the top ten I give it the # 10 I think you are good at making games please keep making text base games and please keep improving them you seem to be good at it.
Reviews for "Meet The Dev"
A very interesting concept, more like a study of character than a game, and you have actually managed to make it interesting and engaging, kudos to you!
I find only 2 issues with it:
- the screen is a bit small which makes somewhat of a strain on the eyes if you want to complete it multiple times in one sitting;
- the sound of the game taking your points away is simply horrible: high pitched, annoying and grating, I found myself muting the PC entirely to escape from it
Also, when you choose not to trust the Nigerian Prince, the game freezes after the text about stealing your points finishes scrolling, the number of points never actually decreases and, since you can't hit any key to skip the stealing process, I had to refresh the page to continue the game
I repeated this process 2 more times to make sure it wasn't random, same thing.
For reference, the path I took:
- I don''t know...
- What challenge
- No thanks
- Not doing a let's play
- Wild beast
- Logic
- Let's continue
- Very happy
- Want to earn it
- Not interested
- I rather not
Other than that, should you find yourself going down the road of making another one of these, make it longer, other than that great work
Namlich responds:
Thanks, im very glad you liked it!
I chose the small screen to be part of the "charm", but i definitely see your point. I might make it adjustable for a future expanded version, or a new "episode".
I'll see if i can find a more suitable sound, for now i've turned it down a notch.
Thanks for pointing out the bug, and how to recreate it. It is now fixed!
I'll definitely make another one, or make this version bigger. I really appreciate your feedback. Thanks!
Clever concept for a game, refreshingly unique. This reminded me a bit of The Stanley Parable. The game was funny, offered good replay value and genuinely spiked my curiosity throughout.
The only thing that bothered me was that it was quite short, and in the grand scheme of things didn't offer a great deal of variation in paths you could take. I feel this could have been a seriously stunning game had it been a bit more expanse in terms of what you could do. A game like The Stanley Parable worked so well because you had the freedom for exploration, or to challenge the game you were in, and within this you were limited to only a few choices. The game would have worked better if you had pre-empted what people were going to do a bit more.
Minor grammar and spelling mistakes become far more noticeable and distracting from the immersion of the game since it's solely text based.
All in all though, cracking and original idea. I can see this is only your second game and the fact that you've managed to come up with something so entertaining and unique means I'm looking forward to what you'll put out in the future. Following you now, keep it up.
Namlich responds:
Thank you for such expansive feedback. It really means a lot to me. Im glad you enjoyed the core concept of the game and my writing.
I woke up 3 days ago and this idea just popped into my head, and i've been working on it since. I got so much in doubt of the idea though. I feared that it was just too weird, and generally boring. So i decided to uploaded it, and hopefully get some honest feedback. Though, as i mentioned in the game, my mom said it was good ;) But getting more unbiased feedback is to prefer after all.
This review in particular has me considering if i should take it down, work a bit more on it and hopefully make the best out of it. Including getting some help with the grammar part, as english is not my main language unfortunately.
Getting compared to The Stanley Parable is amazing. That game is great! I will definitely work a bit more on freedom of exploration, and make your choices have an impact on the story!
Thank you for your feedback!
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This is not a bad game, but there are some typos here and there, also I managed to find a bug. When you were taking my poor points away I could click the screen and scroll up or down which caused the text to follow.
Namlich responds:
Thank you for your comment. I'll look into the typos and the bugs that you pointed out, helps me a lot.