You know, considering how rare/valuable surviving males are supposedly becoming due to the virus, you sure do kill a lot of them.
these underwater mines... are they supposed to inflict some kind of "stunned" status?
It's not immediately obvious thet you have to mash buttons in order to recover; the "mash" bar is barely visible at first glance, and the actual stun effect looks more like a glitch. I thought I triggered some kind of bug when my walking speed got abysmal and couldn't turn around.
It's not immediately obvious thet you have to mash buttons in order to recover; the "mash" bar is barely visible at first glance, and the actual stun effect looks more like a glitch. I thought I triggered some kind of bug when my walking speed got abysmal and couldn't turn around.
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There isn't supposed to be a stun effect, no - they're just supposed to deal heavy damage, so that's definitely a bug. I'll look into it, thanks for reporting it.
I am planning on a fix for this by having every human enemy do the captured animation instead of getting "killed". That said, I do want to say that men aren't rare yet; the game takes place about a decade or so after the virus starts so there are still plenty of adult men around at that time, just no more being born.
I'm very sorry it came across that way, irritating the player is not my intention in the slightest. The early game enemies are designed the way they are to try and teach three lessons about the game: how to aim and use mobility in a low-stakes environment; that it's not always necessary to kill every enemy; and (after the Force Shot is obtained) that the Force Shot is an excellent way to handle hard-to-hit enemies instead of just spamming the default blaster at everything you see, without explicitly requiring the player to use that weapon to fight certain enemies. I'll go more in detail on each of these ideas, hopefully that will help explain my thought process behind the design - putting it in a spoiler box because it's a lot of writing, and I don't want it to take up too much space.
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To me, putting unobtainable upgrades in visible locations so you can see them early, but not obtain them until later, is a hallmark of Metroidvania design. Maybe it's more frustrating because the game isn't done yet and lots of areas are incomplete, so there's not always things to find in those blocked off areas which makes them feel less rewarding, but to me it is quite literally one of the most appealing parts of Metroidvanias. The game's content is nowhere near complete yet, and you'll be naturally revisiting every major area of the game as part of the story, so you'll have ample opportunities to re-explore early areas with more upgrades as we develop more content; hopefully this complaint will be less noticeable as we design more content, but I do want to be clear here and say that I will not be changing it going forward.
Also, we do have a robust map notes system that allows you to write down custom notes on any square of the map you want, so there's no need at all for you to just remember things, you can write them down directly within the game for later reference.
It's not a bug. If you can't access an area or an upgrade, it's because you're lacking an upgrade (or because that upgrade doesn't exist in the game yet, which is the case with the one you're talking about). There are plenty of upgrades in the game that I've placed now but are unobtainable currently, knowing that you'll be able to access them later using upgrades I have planned for later in the game. Unfortunately that's just part of early access-style game development.
I will not be changing the underwater segments heavily or removing them, they take up a comparatively very small part of the game. That said, I will look at the numbers again and reconsider how heavily your movement speed is restricted.
Thank you all for your feedback. I will look at enemy HP values and consider changing them in areas it feels appropriate.
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To be honest, Instead of going 50% speed underwater, i'd rather either have 75% or 70%. Somewhere where it doesn't feel super slow and tedious to move around or doesnt fill super fast and affect the level design. It just feels like a hassle to explore underwater. Maybe a tiny upgrade that can make u move faster underwater or dive/fall faster would be good enough.
I think its a little realistic. you wouldnt or shouldn't be able to be fast in water but maybe 60 would be better then slow BUT i think if you got gear to increase the speed or ability to move in the water would be better then just increasing the default speed
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I haven't played all of the Metroid games, but I know that being slowed down by it is classic Metroid. They'll probably be some upgrade along the lines of Samus's gravity suit or something in the Crystal Caverns at some point, only seems logical given the underwater base and the hoverjets.
is there a hidden cheat/debug menu like in the last version somewhere? because if yes i cant find it prolly because im too stupid. Esp testing out the BE scenes is insaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanely stupid without it, was really convenient for testin.
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It's not a bug. If you can't access an area or an upgrade, it's because you're lacking an upgrade (or because that upgrade doesn't exist in the game yet, which is the case with the one you're talking about). There are plenty of upgrades in the game that I've placed now but are unobtainable currently, knowing that you'll be able to access them later using upgrades I have planned for later in the game. Unfortunately that's just part of early access-style game development.
I will not be changing the underwater segments heavily or removing them, they take up a comparatively very small part of the game. That said, I will look at the numbers again and reconsider how heavily your movement speed is restricted.
Thank you all for your feedback. I will look at enemy HP values and consider changing them in areas it feels appropriate.
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Anon, I did find two bugs while playing.
First, in your updates, you said the crystal dragon animations are finished, which they are. However, it still pops up the message that the animation is not complete, and when using the dragon in the gallery, it crashes.
Second, while exploring the caves.
Location X20 Y57 then goes down to X20 Y58/Y59. However, the icon reads as being in X21 Y58/Y59 mapping the right side of the room. When I move TO the right side of the room, my icon moves to the next room (X22 Y58/Y59). When I finally exit to the next room, the icon stays at X22 Y59, placing me in the correct location. I'm not sure if this was just me, or something else, want to let you know.
It's not a bug. If you can't access an area or an upgrade, it's because you're lacking an upgrade (or because that upgrade doesn't exist in the game yet, which is the case with the one you're talking about). There are plenty of upgrades in the game that I've placed now but are unobtainable currently, knowing that you'll be able to access them later using upgrades I have planned for later in the game. Unfortunately that's just part of early access-style game development.
I will not be changing the underwater segments heavily or removing them, they take up a comparatively very small part of the game. That said, I will look at the numbers again and reconsider how heavily your movement speed is restricted.
Thank you all for your feedback. I will look at enemy HP values and consider changing them in areas it feels appropriate.
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Anon, I did find two bugs while playing.
First, in your updates, you said the crystal dragon animations are finished, which they are. However, it still pops up the message that the animation is not complete, and when using the dragon in the gallery, it crashes.
Second, while exploring the caves.
Location X20 Y57 then goes down to X20 Y58/Y59. However, the icon reads as being in X21 Y58/Y59 mapping the right side of the room. When I move TO the right side of the room, my icon moves to the next room (X22 Y58/Y59). When I finally exit to the next room, the icon stays at X22 Y59, placing me in the correct location. I'm not sure if this was just me, or something else, want to let you know.
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I just played the version 0.40, and, this time, I anoted somethings while a played, to give a better feedback then I usually give. I hope that it's useful, since is the only help I can give until game come out on Steam. Like aways, I'm playing the game on hard, and maybe this make the things a little different. I will separate my feedback in topics inside spoilers, just to not spam the forum.
That's it. I love this game, and I only complain a lot because I'm trying to help. I hope I'm not offending you or anything, is just a feedback. Like I always say, this game is amazing, you are doing a amazing job, and I can't wait to see it done. I hope that I'm been useful. Congratulations for you job, and thanks for listening to us in this forum. Thank you!
I will replay now in normal mode, and if I found something more, I send here. Thank you again for you atention.
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That's it. I love this game, and I only complain a lot because I'm trying to help. I hope I'm not offending you or anything, is just a feedback. Like I always say, this game is amazing, you are doing a amazing job, and I can't wait to see it done. I hope that I'm been useful. Congratulations for you job, and thanks for listening to us in this forum. Thank you!
I will replay now in normal mode, and if I found something more, I send here. Thank you again for you atention.
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oi, im sure anon at one point said you can see and test the BE scenes at the bestiary, but how do you even get BE there?
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I use the controller, but it's pressing the dash/melee button during the scene. So, choose the enemy, press up to initiate, then up will toggle double-team (only a couple enemies have those animations) and the action key will toggle BE.
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That's a LOT of feedback so I won't go over anything specifically, but I do want to say thank you for taking the time to write all of that! You were very polite with all of it and not rude at all, so don't worry, none of it offended me in the slightest. On the contrary, constructive feedback comments that AREN'T rude/insulting are some of the best ones, since it helps me improve the game.
I can't guarantee I'll be changing everything you wrote down, but I'll definitely be looking over your comment many times and taking all your feedback into account, so thank you again for taking the time to write it all!
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Do you mean things like the wall jumping in Metroid, specifically, where it's an ability you have by default but it's difficult to use? I don't plan on having anything like that, no. As much as I like stuff like that in Metroid, CPE would fall apart super quickly with sequence breaking, thanks to the heavier focus on story, and I'm not sure how I would get around that. Maybe I'll have the design chops to pull off stuff like that if I make other Metroidvanias in the future, but for now it's not in my plans