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[Mad Vlad II: Revamped]

Fun!

I've always thought of you as more a coder than an artist. Needless to say, when you create something like this (a beautiful and expansive game containing quite a interesting sense of humour) I naturally feel a little scared... You're a triple-threat!

The only qualm that I had with the controls was that using 'a' for jump didn't feel very intuitive. Maybe you could've used the space bar instead?

Your backgrounds were a joy to behold! The somewhat saturated colours really added mood to the proceedings along with the music, setting the scene perfectly for your comedic, anachronism-packed romp.

Story-wise, the way in which the absurd was dealt with in such a serious and stern manner was fantastic. The story, which was portrayed superbly through well-placed cut scenes, was certainly a laugh.

Very well done with this game, Paranoia, I thoroughly enjoyed playing it. Work a bit on your characters (they looked a little cut-out/static at some points) and soon you'll be not only a phenomenal coder, but a truly awesome artist.

'Grats!

Paranoia responds:

Hehe, I thought someone would pick up on the cardboard cut-outs sooner :P When you're as slow with the mouse as me and you're limiting yourself to a morning per cut-scene, you don't really have much room in terms of animation. Maybe when I'm making something shorter :)

[Lemon Smash]

Sweet?

You sure this game isn't BITTER?

*cough*

You know I love this game: simple and addictive, but very well presented.

5'd and <3'd

Coaly responds:

haha I can't believe I missed your review, I'm sorry, <3, thank a lot

[NSG004: Pico Jr. Jr. 0.6]

Gotta love the techno beats.

This was quite a fun game - I kept getting killed, but I kept replaying it. Well done on making it a compelling game.

The graphics were very normal. Nothing mind-blowing, but pretty enough and certainly watchable. I haven't seen any of your othersubmissions, so I don't know what you're capable of, but from this game I'd say: Work on the graphics a bit.

Style was great. All the animations seemed fluid and the "game over" screens, drawn in...what looked like coloured crayon (?) were something new and.

Violence: Five. Not a little, not a lot. Usually I'd applaud this, but given that it's a Pico game (and the nature of Pico is that he's a badass killer) I would have added more blood, etc.

Interactivity. Hmmn, this was an odd one. The game itself was simple enough (being able to pick up bodies as cover was a nice idea) but there seemed to be little to actually do other than keep clicking the mouse button. I only gave you a 6 because it seemed that there wasn't much for me to do, I don't know if there were power-ups or alternate weapons (I didn't do too well at the game >.<).

Humour: Nill. It's not meant to be funny, so bleh.

Overall you get a seven. This is a pleasant game, took me a while to get to grips with the gameplay. Having not played it in a hardcore manner, I don't know what else this game had to offer. However, if I did manage to see all the game's features then I'd deffinately work on those for future submissions.

It was fun, but limited. I'm sure the deadline didn't help much :)

Bezman responds:

Thanks for the great review.

Disappointed you didn't like the gfx more. If it's mainly because of the in-game bg, that's understandable. That was a place-holder. But I don't know what you disliked about the gfx so it's a bit hard to work on that...

Game-over screens are pencil (oil-based) then watercolour. So is the bg.

It's my first violent thing. I don't want to make violence a regular theme in my submissions, but fancied trying this idea. I'm gonna put in effect for every shot you fire for the final thing, which we'll do over summer.

Yeah, you technically don't need to do anything other than move and fire, making sure to block enemy fire with your own. Controls are simple but I think there's enough complexity in the enemy attacks.

Did you get past the first level? There's 4 types of enemies - standard, jumpers, homers and the heavies.

Final game will have 3 guns - you kinda get stronger.

Final game will have difficulty levels. You should be able to complete it on the easiest.

I think the final verion might be totally to your satisfaction.

My review of your review:

constructive criticism/suggestions: 9
exposition of experience: 6
praise/encouragement: 9


clarity of expression: 9
elaboration & being specific: 7
coverage (how much): 8

overall: 9

I'd like to know what about the gfx you don't like. Like be slightly more specific. If you could e-mail me and let me know, that'd be awesome.


Cheers again for the thoughtful, thorough review.

[kill bellclock!!1!]

Dang

That picture was scary...i'm gonna have nightmares now...DAMN YOU TO HELL. Otherwise, not a bad game, it was extremely easy and more an interactive movie than anything as all you did was press buttons (nothing wrong with that). I think I will vote...hummn...errrm well
scary picture...i think a 3.
From british_moose

BellClock responds:

Thanks! It's not exactly challenging I know =P. Besides the rock throwing part (which is challenged buttonpressing) it's just about clicking =). Sorry for scaring you