FANGAME CONTEST 2011 - Offical Voting Thread

Finally got around to downloading and playing the other fangame contest entry. I've never heard of the game it's fangame-ing, so I have no idea how similar it is, but...

Why are the elements all Pokémon types? As far as I can tell the game has nothing to do with Pokémon, so this is kind of confusing. It's especially weird that some of the nonsense ones like Dragon (which has no business being its own separate type even in Pokémon) are in there.

Elemental weaknesses/resistances seem really weird. They started out with a bunch of random-seeming percentages even before I bought any equipment, and afterward I ended up being immune to Normal and Flying (again, why with the Pokémon types? Flying should be called Wind or something instead.) I don't recall ever running into an enemy that did 0 damage to me, though, so apparently even regular attacks don't count as "Normal-type." (Not sure if I still had the same equipment when I fought the moon boss that uses the "Normal type!" attack or not, so I wasn't able to check and see whether any attacks actually used all those random Pokémon elements or not.)

Being able to pick different paths was kind of neat, though I'm not sure why I randomly jumped all the way up to floor 21 right near the end. I know I didn't go through that many floors; did I find a path that skipped me up higher than normal or something?

Finally, having a spell titled "Normal" is just weird. What exactly does a "Normal" spell even do?

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FYS:AHS -- Swapping out some step-on NPCs for zones + each step script
Puckamon -- Not until the reserve party is expanded.[/size]

Oh, you know. Same thing as most other spells.

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Mega Tact v1.1
Super Penguin Chef
Wizard Blocks

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Voltire, why don't you just flat-out tell us what your game is a fan game of?

But he diiiiiiid that.

http://www.slimesalad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=73733#73733

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Mega Tact v1.1
Super Penguin Chef
Wizard Blocks

I think my enemy graphics were better than The Tower's. I mean, the indistinct green blotch is a troll. The Relaxer was a good design, I will admit, and Firido was definitely better animated than Weegee.

Another thing is the battles. In The Tower, I basically just bought a weapon and armor and my enemies could hardly touch me while I was killing them in one or two hits. No variety, really, even after finding the Normal spell.

In all honesty, I must say that I think I had the better game, but that it was taken less seriously as a game because it looked less conventional.

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No. Weegee had more variety, I'll admit. But neither game had interesting battles, yours were made worse by that they were buggy and annoying.

And if by "looked less conventional", you mean "based off of stupid stuff that nobody but you thinks is funny", then yeah. Nail on the head, bro.

Don't get me wrong, I love your games. They just aren't good.

What are you talking about, I don't see any names, he just refers to the game as "this." It's "The Enchanted Cave" because I am incapable of detecting a green hyperlink on a green forum.
Now I kind of regret linking to random stuff all the time.

i agree that there wasn't as much to the battles in The Tower as Weegee, but the bugginess and varying difficulty of Weegee reeeeally bring down the fun. The Tower might be a bit boring to play, but it's also not even close to being finished yet. there's still a lot of room for improvement and functionality.

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Thanks for the good words, first of all.

@mjohnson: I didn't see that bug, but I'll fix it (it did not happen to me...)

Yeah, sorry it's short. I had to cut it short because I wanted to enter, but, you know, I procrastinated awhile.

@Spoonweaver: you can walk through the sides, if that's your issue.

@Baconlabs: Sorry for not choosing a very well know game, heh heh. And I actually read that book a year ago.

@Fnnrf: I am not good at thinking of element names, and they will all be used eventually. Expect more spells too.

I plan to get more done this weekend. Like fixing the lottery bug (wow, I completly missed that). And fixing some graphics and the title screen. I did include the read me right (just wanna make sure)?

I ran into a Relaxer that didn't disappear from the map after fighting it. I've stopped for now at floor 11.

Overall, I feel like you've missed the mark if you were going for a fangame. The Enchanted Cave is a game about conserving resources and managing a limited inventory. You try to avoid fights because they drain your health. Meanwhile, in The Tower, you gain experience very quickly, so you're best off fighting as many fights as you can survive. This is not necessarily a bad design decision, but it's one that you have to balance carefully.

Speaking of balancing things carefully, the lotto game gave some ridiculous payouts. Even if you fix the current bug, the lotto is still broken. You need to balance it mathematically so that the payout and the cost are roughly equal in the long run (whether you want it to favor the house or the player or neither is up to you). Currently, it gives out 1000 gold way too often.

The battles are slow and I never got any spells. Boo!

The graphics were actually quite good, aside from the troll.

I really want to like this game, but there are some significant issues holding me back. I hope you polish this one up and come back to it!

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Mega Tact v1.1
Super Penguin Chef
Wizard Blocks

Actually having looked into Enchanted Cave, and by reading your posts, Karr's game is a better "Fan" game, even if not actually a better game.

I forget, are we voting on which game was the best, or which one did a better job of being a fan game? In the latter's case, I'd say Weegee deserves some victory.

Well, you're voting on which is best. But you're free to vote for which ever one you want. You're idea of best could be best fan game. Makes sense.


On that note, if you'd like to change your vote before the end of the voting period, simply pm me.

I played both of the games on livestream, and you can catch the replay here.

My write-in vote is for "L'sol Nocturnal Tears ~No Ingles~" by SDHawk.

Confused? It was never actually released and is showcased 49:30 into that recording. (May want to turn down your sound.)

But I suppose I can't vote for it, so I'll just make do with the slime salad voting.