I really liked this game! The sound choice was exellent, the mechanics were simple enough and i loved the atmosphere. I would really like to see this expanded on or had some story added to it!
Reviews for "Dying Rogue"
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Good controls, good platforming and challenge, and good atmosphere as well, with the bodies, the light, and the background. The giant in the background made me think there would be some Shadow of the Colossus style boss you’d have to climb up, which would be fitting. If this was expanded on, with a few more levels, it'd be great!
BelowGames responds:
Thanks for the feedback. I think I'll play around that colossus as a final scene idea to see if I have the ability to pull it off.
Kinda cool for a bleakly themed platformer. The ambiance is spot on, and bonus for keeping corpses wherever the player dies.
For the game mechanics I think I would've liked his climbing to have been a little bit faster, and it sometimes got glitchy when I climbed down to the bottom edge of walls -- he kinda stood there not in climbing mode but also not falling. (I think it was in cases where I jumped from one wall to another wall and climbed down to the bottom of the second wall, but I'm not sure on what triggers it.) With just the movement mechanics that it had and limited threats (spikes, golems, and falling blocks) it seemed like it was about the right length, and if it were expanded to a larger game then it would probably need new mechanics introduced as you progress.
The platforming difficulty seems fine -- I died some on the first playthrough but made it through without dying on a second run. But some players will probably say they don't like jumping into stuff blindly without being able to see what they're getting into.
The big falling blocks might've been better with some other sprite because at first I thought maybe I was supposed to jump onto one of those and ride it, but that's a pretty minor point.
BelowGames responds:
Thank you for the recommendations. I will definitely try and expand some of the mechanics and mess with the camera to make it feel like a fairer experience.