Nina: Season of Adventures

My natural point of comparison is to The King's Bird, another wallrunning speed game, except that one constantly sabotaged itself by discouraging speed in favor of item hunting or precise movements. You're managing to avoid that problem by using a combo system instead: collecting every pickup isn't the important thing anymore, but rather collecting pickups all the time. Good choice. The change I'd most like to see made here would be somewhat higher contrast in the visuals, particularly between things that hurt you and things that don't. It also took me a while to notice when the health meter was depleting because its appearance didn't change much. Maybe also fewer "are you sure you want to do this?" prompts in the menu. But this seems like a good start so far, focusing on the things that are important.

I really like this one so far. It's a unique take on the Sonic-Like genre, and I enjoy the speed you can pull off. This is how I think the 2D sections in Sonic Colors should have controlled, as non-sequitor a point that may be. The controls felt "graceful," for lack of a better word, like you're some kind of ballerina. Lots of fun!

Violet CLM said:

My natural point of comparison is to The King's Bird, another wallrunning speed game, except that one constantly sabotaged itself by discouraging speed in favor of item hunting or precise movements. You're managing to avoid that problem by using a combo system instead: collecting every pickup isn't the important thing anymore, but rather collecting pickups all the time. Good choice. The change I'd most like to see made here would be somewhat higher contrast in the visuals, particularly between things that hurt you and things that don't. It also took me a while to notice when the health meter was depleting because its appearance didn't change much. Maybe also fewer "are you sure you want to do this?" prompts in the menu. But this seems like a good start so far, focusing on the things that are important.

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Thank you, I was trying to find a way to encourage fast, but also stylish play.

and yeah, I'm definitely on all of those points after the dust settles on SAGE and the IDE update that I'm about to have to wade through. would you believe all the enemies and the thorns were less obvious in previous builds. I actually tried to make them more obvious, but It's been a consistent feedback I keep getting, so clearly it wasn't enough. Plus, looking at all the beautifully stylish games in this years SAGE, I realized my level art looked a bit like a wet noodle, so it needs a bit of an overhaul anyway. The Health meter was a sore point for me cause I sacrificed it for some of the more important parts to polish pre-SAGE, so it's defiinitely getting a health loss and a recovery animation (the other reason you might have missed it going down was that ever 50 coins you get a tick of health back) as well as a health warning at low health.

WhiskerMidi said:

I really like this one so far. It's a unique take on the Sonic-Like genre, and I enjoy the speed you can pull off. This is how I think the 2D sections in Sonic Colors should have controlled, as non-sequitor a point that may be. The controls felt "graceful," for lack of a better word, like you're some kind of ballerina. Lots of fun!

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thank you that's what I was going for. I wanted a well executed level to feel "graceful" as you said. I liken it to a well executed speedrun. As an aside, the Mario 2D sections in Sonic Colors did come across as a bit stiff didn't they?