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• gamedeal user

  May 23, 2018

  [b]While I appreciate any indie project, big or small, we do need to separate 'first attempts at making a game' from 'legit projects that are trying to move things forward'.[/b] And yes, I understand there is a spectrum between the two. Also, as many of you know, I want to pay for games as opposed to devs just making them free BUT in the case of 'this is my first attempt at making a game' - I sort of cringe at having to pay for it. Hope that makes sense. [b]The problem with [i]Space Chip[/i] is that it is just really bare bones and on top of that - it is fundamentally broken.[/b] It's like the creator followed a tutorial to make a rudimentary maze with basic hitboxes and such. Okay, great, but it's not 'fun'. What we have here plays more like an excercise in fundamental game making. I mean this in the most constructive way possible. If the dev takes this and refines it, and then refines it some more, we may eventually get to the point where something interesting starts to take shape. We just aren't anywhere close yet, unfortunately. [b]Cons:[/b] -Walls pop in and out of existance -The controls are in need of a major overhaul; everything is too floaty and there is a weird pull sometimes that doesn't make sense -The whole thing needs to bake a lot longer before showing and selling this -It is not fun; playing this reminds me of when I would follow the most basic game maker tutorial and end up with a small broken maze game -The font is all stretched and feels like a placeholder -That weird choice of two portals at the end of the level where one simply makes you redo the level, and the other advances - it's just too random [b]Look, I'm not going to refund or anything because I really do want to support indie devs and their projects.[/b] But devs also have to take care to not put out first projects and things that are just too broken for public consumption. Best of luck with this and future projects. I sincerely hope it's a stepping stone to some truly great games.