Binary Sparks - A weather/electricity puzzle game

1. Hi! I have updated my game some, if you want you can take a look at my updates:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   I tried to follow a color theme/style as you saide, the first level everything is turqouise and metal/silver and the second level everything is orange and gold and so on.
   
   Also I made the first level with some extra help voices/texts so people dont get lost in the beginning:
   
   https://vid.me/p1tR
   
   
   I hope you like the improvments, please tell your friend who did the review as well
   
   Thanks once again!

 

I will play it again. Meanwhile, could you tell me what engine and language you used please?

 

Thanks but wait for the new demo, these updates isnt in the latest version So you know

Im using Unreal Engine 4 and the built in blueprint GUI for scripting

 

Ok nice. No plugs do anything anymore so you know it. I dont think you payed attention. The button with the raindrop takes out the fire. I hear ya, but I cant make it any more easier and clearer than it is now, its a puzzle game you know. Plus I explain EVERYTHING now so why is there still a problem?

So the graphics are still not good enough? I followed what you said and made even more strange things. Please tell me. Because Im pretty satisfied with the new details.

Thanj you very much

 

Dont get me wrong I will still ser what I can improve but I think Im starting to get what I want. I can adf a galaxy/black hole/wormhole and/or other strange fixed things in the sky or something.

What do you actually wanna ser more of?

Are there to many/too much of the new sky details so far?

Thanks

 

Yeah and its necessary with feedback. It is the audience who will decide if the game is good or not. Ill try everything out even though I might not have time for hiring an artist and so on.

Alright thank you, dont write an article just for my sake
I hope you didnt get me wrong I love that youre taking sooo much time even discussing my game.

Ill look into that site and in the meantime Ill only try different styles.

If I add details and concentrate on the skysphere would that make a bigget difference? I mean does it still miss a general theme or just the litttle things that draw the players attention?

I think that most people arent willing to be this serious and constructive in their feedback so that is really good.

Ill post updates and only focus on the visuals for now.

Thanks

 

Alright. Maybe I misunderstand you but we said I didnt need to redo my entire world/style/level or am I wrong?

I mean I am asking around for artists now, but I hope that with their help I dont need to redo or throw away to much. Although Ill absoloutely take help from artists.
Ill make some updates made through some different approaches.

Thanks

 

Hi! Absolutely and youre right. I have talked witha visual artist that will help me with some feedback, improvement suggestions and sketches

Here are some updates I've done. This is BEFORE me and the visual artist will work, so this is still "only" my own details:

























I have worked a lot with the skysphere, trying to combine two or three color gradings, I hope you can see what Im trying to do and/or see where I want to go. I looked at your pics and imagined that to make it more outerwordly, I should put some magic touch on the sky/clouds/nebulas/starts and what I've tried to do is simply some soft blend of color gradings.

Please tell me what you think

I will get more feedback from my visual artist.

Thanks

 

Alright thanks. Yes it might be a too big contrast maybe. Yes Im excited about that too.

Nice Ill look into the article thank you so much for writing it.

No offense but you know that xD is an ironic emoticon right? I see you using it a lot, its not very suitable using it the way youre using it. Just so you know.

Thanks

 

Its not easy ti know. Its okay

Ill post again after me and my visual artist have made some updates.

Thanks

 

Hi! Here are some updates from me and my design supporter. I changed the floor/tiles so they dont look too simple (they really did before). Now what I really could use feedback on, is how distracting or not the non-game objects (details) on the platforms look. I mean, maybe there's too much to look at right now. Please say what you think. Pictures below.

New detail/non-interactive objects:







New platform/floor/tiles (not necessarily the material/colors to use):




New skydetail (floating tree):




NEW SCREENSHOTS:













So what do you think? Is the details on the platforms distracting/unessecary? Or something else that comes in mind?

Thank you so much

 

Here is a video from the latest update too:

 

I think color changing platforms would be a little distracting dont you?

Yeah some shadows are sharp Ill se what I can do about that, it think it is decided by quality/render settings.

I could make one or two huge galaxies/nebulas or something because it might fit with the other things in the skysphere.

Yes I made a new laser net hazard, and a shooting mechanic, and I explain this very well in the level as all other stuff.

Here is a video of that new mechanic:



Also, the help text in the video is red, BUT I fixed that now since it was hard to read. It is now white.

It would be great if you wanted to run the game again soon, since I have some problems with performance and/or memory management and rendering efficiency, and I would like to know how the game runs on a (faster?) computer than mine. Im releasing the new demo by the end of this week, I hope it will be enough time.

Ill post some pics of different examples of BIG skydetails and then return here

Thanks