Others Adventures of a Mimic [v0.25] [Vulgar fairy]

[Vulgar Fairy]

"I've tried playing but unfortunately had to give up. The idea of the Mimic monster is very good, and if the game continues to develop, I think it will be successful.

I see that the developer is on this forum, so I'll say what I think you should improve.
+ In the intro, there's no button to speed up the text flying in from the bottom.
+ The 'Exit' button is confusing. If you're in the shop, the 'Exit' button means to go back to the castle, but in the castle itself, the 'Exit' button means to go to the main menu. Add here: 'Are you sure you want to exit the game? Yes./No.'
+ The save game system needs to be improved, but you probably already know that.
+ You shouldn't present the game mechanics this way. First, the screen with all instructions is unreadable because the background is transparent. Second, there's too much of it. You've made a literal 'wall of text' which nobody likes. Instead, add game mechanics gradually, one at a time. For example, in the first mission, you get the task to rape four girls (only that), on the way to the town there will only be three types of girls moving, each will have its animation and there will be no enemies. In the second mission add the first enemies from whom you will have to run away. In the third mission give our hero the ability to fight enemies, etc.
+ Gradually add new girls and new enemies.
+ You can add a strategic element to the game. Each character Mimic can transform into will fight better with a different kind of enemy. Mimic taking the form of a wooden box will be very fast, hard to hit but will deal small damage. Ideal for fighting a weak opponent or chasing defenseless girls. Mimic in the form of a wooden toilet will be slow but very resistant to enemy blows, etc. Of course, in each form, Mimic will be able to set traps, after all, it's a Mimic.
+ In the second mission in the current version add a big arrow pointing to the bar. I personally had the luck that a wooden toilet, which was placed literally at the entrance to the bar, so I didn't see it.
+ You need to change the form in which text appears. Slow appearance of text from left to right, letter by letter is good only in dialogues. Everywhere else it's already annoying.
+ In the bar itself, I don't know what to do at the moment. I collect all the trash and at some point, the game ends and I don't know what I did wrong. You definitely need to change the navigation of walking from the ground floor to the first floor, it's not intuitive. The first time I approached the mission in the bar, I didn't even notice that there was a first floor because half of that floor is hidden behind interface elements. Some trash appears literally behind tables and when a customer is sitting it's hard to notice.

I don't know if there's anything to improve later, because as I mentioned I can't get past the bar mission and I don't know why."

hello, great comment, and I completely agree, I’m already making improvements)
I’ve currently re-uploaded a version with corrections to itch.io, there are a lot of useful ideas here, I’ll definitely do it)

 

[Vulgar Fairy]

I got Virus detection after unpacking it: Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml

I'm not a programmer and I'm making a game in construct 2, so in principle there can't be a virus there

 

[Vulgar Fairy]

would like to try this game out but whenever i try to open the game it gives me an error saying it has a virus or potentially unwanted software, it then just closes and deletes the exe a few seconds after, does someone have any idea how to fix this?

try with itch.io, since I’m making a game based on construct 2 and don’t know how to make viruses

 

[HentaiGeheBoiz]

Well list of issues so far I have found:

Intro: make it skippable. Waaay too long text on screen. Water animation makes it feel like game is running 5fps.
Dialogues, make text appear instantly/make onClick to make text appear in full. As of now you can A: wait the text or B: Skip it all. Basically or you wait or you read nothing

At least on FHD screen the text goes outside the book page. The left part of text is creeping on right side.

Save: opens explorer... why??? Save locally. Or in appdata.

Map: if you click enter you instantly close it cause it goes back to the base. Also again why text is not instant here.

Mimic transformation: Once you press shift you get stuck? I cant unstuck. Okey you need to change skin (c then space) to get unstuck from the barrel skin.

Controls are just bad. Even spamming everything appears to do nothing. As goblin you pretty much only kill. When you get dmg there is no notification so you just die. SIlently. Health UI is positioned terribly. It should be on top left not in middle of the way.
You can get top position by using camera as base for getting X and Y coordinates with margins.

 

[Vulgar Fairy]

Well list of issues so far I have found:

Intro: make it skippable. Waaay too long text on screen. Water animation makes it feel like game is running 5fps.
Dialogues, make text appear instantly/make onClick to make text appear in full. As of now you can A: wait the text or B: Skip it all. Basically or you wait or you read nothing

At least on FHD screen the text goes outside the book page. The left part of text is creeping on right side.

Save: opens explorer... why??? Save locally. Or in appdata.

Map: if you click enter you instantly close it cause it goes back to the base. Also again why text is not instant here.

Mimic transformation: Once you press shift you get stuck? I cant unstuck. Okey you need to change skin (c then space) to get unstuck from the barrel skin.

Controls are just bad. Even spamming everything appears to do nothing. As goblin you pretty much only kill. When you get dmg there is no notification so you just die. SIlently. Health UI is positioned terribly. It should be on top left not in middle of the way.
You can get top position by using camera as base for getting X and Y coordinates with margins.

I'm already working on the dialogues,
Please post a screenshot of the problem with the HP bar panel, there is also a version with fixes on itch.io
I also ask you to write about all your wishes and errors in discord, where I will immediately receive a notification and will answer you without keeping you waiting

 

[Kinkerguy5]

try with itch.io, since I’m making a game based on construct 2 and don’t know how to make viruses

Itch version works as it should, thanks!

 

[HentaiGeheBoiz]

What I ment with Health UI:
1.Its too big.
2. It should be in top. At least on my screen its
As you can see its not on top left. Its like in a middle of the way to it? Also make healthbar and mana bar more bright? More blue and more red. As right now they are way too dark to be of notice.

 

[Vulgar Fairy]

Itch version works as it should, thanks!

You're welcome) I'm glad it helped)

 

[Vulgar Fairy]

What I ment with Health UI:
1.Its too big.
2. It should be in top. At least on my screen its View attachment 3226460
As you can see its not on top left. Its like in a middle of the way to it? Also make healthbar and mana bar more bright? More blue and more red. As right now they are way too dark to be of notice.

I think this is a good idea and I will definitely add some shine to them)
I'll also test the code now to make sure it works

 

[Stupidkiller]

Think this one needed a bit more time in the oven.

 

[anubis1970]

Definitely going to watch this one. I think it has great potential.

 

[mrpig]

If this gets a decent update once a month I'll add this on patreon, goblin walker was great and its nice seeing more games like it

 

[ertdfg313]

In the bar itself, I don't know what to do at the moment. I collect all the trash and at some point, the game ends and I don't know what I did wrong. You definitely need to change the navigation of walking from the ground floor to the first floor, it's not intuitive. The first time I approached the mission in the bar, I didn't even notice that there was a first floor because half of that floor is hidden behind interface elements. Some trash appears literally behind tables and when a customer is sitting it's hard to notice.

I don't know if there's anything to improve later, because as I mentioned I can't get past the bar mission and I don't know why."

For the bar, my issue was running out of mana. You're in a "changed" form so mana drains and you have a timer (top center) that needs to count down to zero. If you run out of mana, you turn into a slime and flee the bar early.
I probably used 8 mana potions (key 2) to hold form for that long while picking up trash.
I had to farm the bar and fail to get gold to buy mana potions, (I kept getting softlocked trying to grind outside or in the prior area).

But it doesn't much matter; that's (so far as I can tell) the end of content.
I can't get to any new area even after having finished the bar, so I think you're almost done as-is (minus the end-bar cutscene).
Waiting for next release, not bad so far (once I sorted out gameplay a bit). Willing to see how this goes.

 

[Martinstan]

In the bar use an autoclicker and you can get multiple instances of money from each trash pickup. I got to 3k gold then bought a ton of potions and just waited the timer out without moving and drinking potions.

 

[simarimas]

Is this Boxie T Morningwood by chance?

 

[Vulgar Fairy]

Think this one needed a bit more time in the oven.

There will be an update soon and everything will be)

 

[Vulgar Fairy]

Definitely going to watch this one. I think it has great potential.

Thanks a lot)

 

[Vulgar Fairy]

If this gets a decent update once a month I'll add this on patreon, goblin walker was great and its nice seeing more games like it

I really hope for support, but so far it’s not working for anyone (
there will be much more updates than it seems)

 

[Vulgar Fairy]

For the bar, my issue was running out of mana. You're in a "changed" form so mana drains and you have a timer (top center) that needs to count down to zero. If you run out of mana, you turn into a slime and flee the bar early.
I probably used 8 mana potions (key 2) to hold form for that long while picking up trash.
I had to farm the bar and fail to get gold to buy mana potions, (I kept getting softlocked trying to grind outside or in the prior area).

But it doesn't much matter; that's (so far as I can tell) the end of content.
I can't get to any new area even after having finished the bar, so I think you're almost done as-is (minus the end-bar cutscene).
Waiting for next release, not bad so far (once I sorted out gameplay a bit). Willing to see how this goes.

To complete the task you need at least 5 potions, but for now this version has everything) I’m currently working on the first boss and the next location
thanks for the feedback)

 

[Vulgar Fairy]

In the bar use an autoclicker and you can get multiple instances of money from each trash pickup. I got to 3k gold then bought a ton of potions and just waited the timer out without moving and drinking potions.

hahahaha, this is very original, I didn’t even think about this method)