Wolf's Quest - Where Did I Go Wrong?

Ronin Catholic

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Upon looking back, I was shocked at how horrible my English used to be.

Unfourtunately, Level 3 is not high enough.

Still the most sophisticated script I've ever written.

If you're willing to take a look at this game and tell me what I did wrong all those years ago, your input would be much appreciated.

So far the only feedback I can remember getting about the game were a few off-hand "it kinda sucks" remarks, a few off-hand "it was frustrating at times" remarks, and a very short review summed up as "Akira is too powerful, the graphical style is okay, and the color choices are terrible."

I probably should have asked for this sooner, but I really want to know where I skrewed up.

Also, I have no idea how to make unstackable support spells. This was my greatest undoing in this game's ballance.
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Blue Pixel · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject:

you didnt take it seriously + you included yourself directly into your storyline.
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Ronin Catholic · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject:

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Chenzi · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject:

You went wrong in the fact that just by merely looking at the game one is able to tell that not much work went into it. Or if work did go into it, not enough.

Also, yiff, yiff, yiff.
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Ronin Catholic · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject:

Blue Pixel · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject:

Ronin Catholic · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject:

Chenzi · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:07 pm Post subject:

Perfect example of why putting yourself into a game is bad:

Maybe someone can help me out here with the name of it, but it starred some black kid who went to school and stuff. I have no idea wtf it was called.
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Gizmog1 · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:14 pm Post subject:

Virtual School, by Chappel (Or Chappelle or Chapelle or close to that)

Chenzi · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:30 am Post subject:

Ronin Catholic · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject:

Do you still fail to understand? The fact that there have been good games with author-insert characters as part of the main plot proves that it is not really a bad thing; however, in 99.25% of all cases I know, it is a sign of overall sloppiness and will go hand-in-hand with other, legitimate types of failure.

I didn't need an "example" of why it's bad; there has never been a shortage of those. My point is that if it can be done right, it can be done right.

Need I remind anyone of OHR House 3? JSH is a character in it, and he is the author. I'm sure most people here will say that it's an entertaining OHR movie.

What of the comment "you didn't take it seriously"? I don't know how you can tell if a game was being taken seriously by looking at it; each element in the game was my best effort, at the time I put it in.
Does humorous text make the game unserious? Does a game's being unserious mean that its author doesn't take it seriously?

I don't know. You guys are the experts on everything and whatever I say is wrong.
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"I didn't start the flame war;
I don't know what you thought here
'Twas that way when I got here"

"I didn't start the flame war;
I can't understand a word you're saying
nor the game you're playing~"