Category: Blog Assignment

Playability

Every player was able to figure out how to play the game so I don’t really need to make any changes to the controls.

Difficulty

Overall most players found the game to be pretty easy. I would want my game to be a bit more challenging so I might go back and add more obstacles.

Walking Speed and Jump Force

These were two very important questions because this is what I was most concerned with. Overall most players were satisfied with the walk speed so I will leave that as it is. However, most players thought the jump force was too high. If I have the camera follow the player it might take care of this issue.

I’m glad to see that everyone was able to make it to end of the level.

Here is the link to my survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdPYTGF6YHSJVP69hm6kbm5xpNtIYCgPIYT8pgeO2O3kBftg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Here are some of the results from my survey:

Here are the detailed feedback from people who played my game. Moving forward I’m definitely going to look into fixing the obstacles of my game and making the visuals super good so that playing it becomes smoother and more enjoyable. I will also fix the bugs with the instruction screen as more than one of my players had that problem.

Here are the results of my user testing survey

People/players commented that the character of my game has no issues. also, someone said that my character jumps highly to kill the enemie. It is a bit difficult to kill the enemie.

1. I will fix the speed and jump force for my game.
2. I will improve more better to do my level.
3. I will make an easy level of my game.

The main goal that the player has to achieve is heavily reminiscent of the 1980 Super Mario Bros. game: to reach the pole in order to save Princess Peach. Obstacles that become a challenge for the player are the small circles that head in the player’s direction on ground, along with the clouds and the enemies that spawn out of the green pipe and at the end of the game. Some rewards that were seen are coins, as in how they’re attained in Super Mario Bros. and power-ups like the mushrooms. However, when playing as the cat Mario, there are some major flaws in what makes for a completely balanced game and Syobon Action severely lacks those qualities. What becomes the common denominator is how there’s no balance or structure that holds the game together. There would be no bonus level for the player to play in as they enter down in the pipes. Instead, it takes them up and start the game from the beginning. One checkpoint appears for the player to respawn at whenever they’re faced with a small variety of obstacles in their way, along with the inclusion of an enemy that attacks the player when reaching the end goal and the cloud killing the player when they come into close contact with it. This type of gaming platform would fall directly under the platform genre due to it’s concept of causing frustration for the player and having a sense of self-deprecating humor just to poke fun at the concept of the game at its core. This would be labeling as a game meant for enjoyment, but rather a joke that becomes mind boggling and aggravating for the game user.

Valheim is a sandbox and survival game, based around viking culture. It is developed by Iron Gate Studio, and is currently still in its alpha stages.

The main goal for Syoban Action is to make it to the other side of the map without dying. The obstacles are the enemies and the map itself. The main reward is successfully making it across the map. This game plays with the expectations of platformers by flipping every logical thought that most players have with a baited trick that could lead the player to their doom. This game is still a platformer though. I think it’s making a comment on just how much less difficult video games have become. It was a bit refreshing to see how difficult this game was. It wasn’t as annoying as I thought it would be. It kept me alert.