PinkKittyRose’s snorts will never not be adorable. Also, I like how she has to temper our expectations about the graphics and overall scope of 3D indie games, but at this point most decent 3D games made from small studios look at least 95% as good as Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, Beyond Good and Evil, or any other AAA game on the GameCube, PS2, or OG Xbox, albeit with textures and poly counts more in line with early PS3 or Xbox 360 games. Not to mention they take me at least as long as speedrun-friendly games of that era like SpongeBob: Battle for Bikini Bottom or Sonic Adventure 2 to finish, yet don’t cost $40-50 like those games used to cost. Not everything has to look photorealistic or close to that to look absolutely stunning, I’ll keep an eye on this game when it comes out on Switch.
My thoughts from watching Pink: As Pink said, the influences from other games are obvious and I think those should be toned down a bit but that may not be possible this far into development: * Enemies move about like Mimics from Prey. They honestly look annoying and require too many hits to kill at least until you get better weapons. Is that intentional? Are they the basic enemy type like Goombas in Mario games? * Red goop is like Malice from Breath of the Wild. * Menu is also like Breath of the Wild. * Art Style and maybe Story is like Hollow Knight. * World and Hint System was influenced by Dark Souls. * Levels are like traditional Zelda Dungeons. * I'm getting some Spyro vibes from the interactions with the NPCs too. They only exist in cutscenes in the parts we can see. * I haven't played Hat in Time myself but I can see the influences there as well. The dungeon design was unique and looked engaging but I'm not seeing much else that is original here. :/ Being a clone is fine and all but standing out from the crowd is nice too. I think this game needs its own personality but it may have that in the parts outside the demo. The developers should finish the game and then do multiple passes through the entire game code focusing on one thing each time: story and lore, spelling and translations, etc. The platforming and controls seem just about spot on at this point. All in all I think this is a very solid start but it needs some polish. Making a game is difficult so the developers should be very proud of this so far. It feels about 90% done IMO and just lacks finalization and polish, adding Settings to the Main Menu and other Quality of Life improvements, etc. The dungeons / world seem a little empty except for the mimic-like creatures and the occasional mini-boss. What else can be added to make it more alive? Bottom line: Listen to Pink and other play testers. I think I'll put this on my Steam watchlist.
I noticed the lack of impact as well. I think some of the lack of impact with the sword swings can be attributed to you still being able to move while swinging, and the fact that the ground movement seems very loose.
“The Queen” is a great way to describe PinkKittyRose. As someone who still sucks at even the easiest Mega Man game, I have bowed down to her gaming acumen since my high school days.
PinkKittyRose’s snorts will never not be adorable.
Also, I like how she has to temper our expectations about the graphics and overall scope of 3D indie games, but at this point most decent 3D games made from small studios look at least 95% as good as Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, Beyond Good and Evil, or any other AAA game on the GameCube, PS2, or OG Xbox, albeit with textures and poly counts more in line with early PS3 or Xbox 360 games. Not to mention they take me at least as long as speedrun-friendly games of that era like SpongeBob: Battle for Bikini Bottom or Sonic Adventure 2 to finish, yet don’t cost $40-50 like those games used to cost. Not everything has to look photorealistic or close to that to look absolutely stunning, I’ll keep an eye on this game when it comes out on Switch.
My thoughts from watching Pink:
As Pink said, the influences from other games are obvious and I think those should be toned down a bit but that may not be possible this far into development:
* Enemies move about like Mimics from Prey. They honestly look annoying and require too many hits to kill at least until you get better weapons. Is that intentional? Are they the basic enemy type like Goombas in Mario games?
* Red goop is like Malice from Breath of the Wild.
* Menu is also like Breath of the Wild.
* Art Style and maybe Story is like Hollow Knight.
* World and Hint System was influenced by Dark Souls.
* Levels are like traditional Zelda Dungeons.
* I'm getting some Spyro vibes from the interactions with the NPCs too. They only exist in cutscenes in the parts we can see.
* I haven't played Hat in Time myself but I can see the influences there as well.
The dungeon design was unique and looked engaging but I'm not seeing much else that is original here. :/ Being a clone is fine and all but standing out from the crowd is nice too. I think this game needs its own personality but it may have that in the parts outside the demo. The developers should finish the game and then do multiple passes through the entire game code focusing on one thing each time: story and lore, spelling and translations, etc. The platforming and controls seem just about spot on at this point.
All in all I think this is a very solid start but it needs some polish. Making a game is difficult so the developers should be very proud of this so far. It feels about 90% done IMO and just lacks finalization and polish, adding Settings to the Main Menu and other Quality of Life improvements, etc.
The dungeons / world seem a little empty except for the mimic-like creatures and the occasional mini-boss. What else can be added to make it more alive? Bottom line: Listen to Pink and other play testers. I think I'll put this on my Steam watchlist.
Happy to see you again
LMAO this editing is so great haha!!!
IKR XD I love pink so much lol
I noticed the lack of impact as well. I think some of the lack of impact with the sword swings can be attributed to you still being able to move while swinging, and the fact that the ground movement seems very loose.
Another typo I caught was ambicion - it's supposed to be ambition
Oh your back nice to see you
THE QUEEN HAS RETURNED
Albeit briefly. Still nice to see, though.
“The Queen” is a great way to describe PinkKittyRose. As someone who still sucks at even the easiest Mega Man game, I have bowed down to her gaming acumen since my high school days.
This game looks really dope. I love A Hat in Time
Will you be streaming the full game when it comes out in the future?
Nice game
Very good !!
A should be accept, and B should be cancel. It’s been that way for 20* years. You’re not that old Pink! 😂
:D
Try playing Miitopia