Castle Paradox

[King Sasuke]

I tried to post it on castle paradox,but it said the file size is to big.(The file size is 500 kb.
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Sasuke the Ninja.How cool am I!

[Fenrir-Lunaris]

That's very strange.

What type of internet connection do you have? Do you use a dial-up service such as America Online? Sometimes dial-up users have a difficult time connecting and uploading to the database.

Is the page taking too long to load? Are you hitting refresh before the page can display any progress?

Have you tried creating your game's page first before uploading anything? Many times, this can save you a lot of work later on. Be sure to include a screenshot first! Games without screenshots are very often taken down.

[King Sasuke]

[King Sasuke]

Guess what!?
I got Yo Ghost uploaded!
Please try it out!
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Sasuke the Ninja.How cool am I!

[DragonBlood]

It's about time you uploaded it!
I'm about to try it, would you fancy a review...?

[Blue Pixel]

okay, i played it, it wasnt too bad. things you can work on

battles

*waaaay to frequent random battles. you cant go 2 steps without these things srsly.

*too slow. it took about a full 5 seconds for 1 attack

*there all excapeable, even bosses.

map design

*could be more clever as to which paths lead to dead ends and which dont.

*a few flowers and weeds here and there for detail would help.

graphics

*nothing eye hurting here, but the characters eyes shouldnt be touching.

*lacks detail and shading.

music

*overall good.
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[King Sasuke]

Yeah I know about the battles,I'm glad it doesn't suck.(This is my first game)At first the battles were to fast,so I slowed them down a bit to much I suppose.Is the storyline good?


EDIT:In Oy Tsohg Forest(the first one)One path does lead to a dead end.
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[Blue Pixel]

the storyline is okay for now, but the dialouge needs work. peaple need reasons for the stuff they do like joining peaple and fighting.

also the design of the ghosts could be better.
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[Rya.Reisender]

As for battle speed the optimal value kinda depends of the number of heroes you can get into your party at the same time... like this:
1 hero - 30 speed
2 heroes - 20 speed
3 heroes - 15 speed
4 heroes - 12 speed

As for encounter rate, anything between 5 and 10 is reasonable. 5 for low encounter rate and 10 for high encounter rate. Sometimes even 15 works out, but that depends on the layout of the maps.
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[Fenrir-Lunaris]

I'm finding myself agreeing with Rya on the hero's battle speed. Especially in an ATB driven game like the OHRRPGCE is prone to making, how soon heroes can act is especially important. I would also stress that equipment choices should also be kept in mind for characters. In a game where the average speed is 10-12 (VoM, coincidentally) equipment that raises speed is usually more important than those that enhance defense. As a good example of equipment choices meaning the difference between unplayable and enjoyable try out Boundless Ocean.

You should also consider whether your game will "pause the action" once the player's turn comes up. You can do this by making the game pause on all battle menus. I'd recommend this for MOST OHR games, especially those where the enemies attack too often, or are on average faster than the heroes. Unless you're trying to create additional tension in battles, or are appealing to the gamer demographic that wants a hard or challenging game, there's really no reason to keep the action unpaused on menus.

By and far though, you should opt for low encounter rates, UNLESS the enemies can be easily killed in one or two hits. You don't want to frustrate your players by taking up their time when they're trying to get somewhere. RPG random encounters are really just to provide some experience points and gold to buy needed equipment for bosses, and even moreso to train the players to defeat the boss of whatever dungeon they're exploring. Remember that an encounter rate of 5 basically means you'll have a fight every 20 steps, 4 means 25, and 3 means 33 steps on average between encounters. Anything higher than 7 can quickly become overly frustrating to some people, UNLESS you like what's called "grinding".

Since most people do NOT like to grind for their levels, keep your encounters low, and the rewards generous. Boundless Ocean, while an otherwise excellent game on most parts, is a terrible example of grinding. Vikings of Midgard is too generous in its battle rewards, you'll often level up several times in a fight. Try to find a balance between the two, or when in doubt double the EXP and gold rewards from newer enemy types in each new area. While not perfect, it does provide a progressive curve of rewards for your random encounters.

[Newbie_Power]

[Bob the Hamster]

[King Sasuke]

Yeah James that sounds like the speed of the ATB might work,you could put it in werewaffle,or the next version.

Thanks everyone!
I'm glad that you all are helping me with the good advice.
Last night I worked on Unur(For those that haven't played Yo Ghost the village)and improved the awfull buildings made the fence a little higher made the doors more realistic.Today I'm gonna work on the suggested things.Thank you all!
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[The Wobbler]

[Newbie_Power]