Violet's Awakening

Hi!

Thank you for this and other games! Don’t stop doing it (if you do like it). :)

I can feel the Tunic vibe from the combat system. Especially with this 3-hit combo. :)

I failed to get past the room with multiple beholder-like creatures. I haven’t found a fancy way to deal with them, so they just screwed me over. :D I wish I could try out the boss battle.

I tried to play test the game and provide some feedback, please don’t look at it as a criticism. I’m sharing my thoughts, you can just ignore them. :)

A few random things that came to my mind while I was playing it:

• You can enable the fullscreen mode for the play-in-browser. I think it’s better for the game like this. I would enjoy a Linux native build even more. :D I had some success with running this game using Wine, but the performance is not great.

• I would probably enjoy the gamepad controls for this game. Especially since it uses only a few buttons.

• I know that it’s not always feasible to add a menu to a game prototype, but sound level options are really useful for video recordings. Most of the time, we want to turn the music down, etc.

• Since this game is quite hard for a bad player like me, maybe you can use a trick with giving a losing player more chances after they die for 3 times or more? :D Any bonus would make the player feel more confident, so they keep on trying.

• Waypoints or other ways to save the game progress would be handy too. It’s too easy to lose all the health in a single room.

• Perhaps add some simple drop for the creeps? I wonder what’s the motivation to kill them right now apart from the ones that clearly block the way. Even if it’s just a coin for a high score or whatever, it’s still more interesting this way, I think. :)

• I also struggled with the controls a little bit during the game. You can watch the video if you want more details on that.

• The enemies can deal damage without any attack animation. :( It makes it harder to fight them efficiently. When I block and see a “damage blocked” cue, I want to open my guard right away and do a counter attack. Unfortunately, this usually results in me getting hurt. :) I wonder what is the right way to kill these creeps without taking so much damage.

• I haven’t found any hidden secrets. Maybe I wasn’t paying too much attention. :) The Tunic gives you a manual filled with various hints, so you can find something even if you’re not a great player. So I don’t know if I missed anything or there were no secrets in that part of the game to begin with. :D