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(I think I still haven't managed to actually crash the game, even as far back as the first alpha they let people see)
Quote from: PLivesey on September 26, 2011, 06:40:57 pmHaha, after just loading it up now, the platforms work fine. I think what has happened is my keyboard (or perhaps a joypad) has been acting as though 'down' was always pressed. I've played for FIVE HOURS like that, thinking that you couldn't stand on platforms!Oh wow, that would be absolutely brutal playing like that, especially underground. You not only lasted five hours gimped that way, but made it through boss fights two levels higher than you? I salute you.
Haha, after just loading it up now, the platforms work fine. I think what has happened is my keyboard (or perhaps a joypad) has been acting as though 'down' was always pressed. I've played for FIVE HOURS like that, thinking that you couldn't stand on platforms!
Try playing for a short time holding 's', and see how pathetic the jump is.
Thanks so much for the kind words, indeed!In terms of the local message log, you can hit ~ to see that. Though apparently there's presently a bug with the most recent event sometimes being removed instead of the oldest. Whoops!
I guess the only issue I have now is - WHERE ARE THE BUGS!? For a beta, this seems very stable.
Quote from: x4000 on September 26, 2011, 10:10:56 pmAt the moment you're kind of dropped in, it tells you some basics, and you're left to explore either the interesting or uninteresting parts as you find them.But on that note, be very, very happy that those of us who got our hands on it a few weeks ago harassed them about that side of things as much as we did. Now it at least does tell you the basics and what you can do/how to do it, even if you're left to yourself to figure out what to do with yourself from there. It was incredibly polished for what it was (I think I still haven't managed to actually crash the game, even as far back as the first alpha they let people see) and already let you do most of what you can do now, but it just plopped you into the game with no explanation of anything. No adviser stone, no level-gating of new game mechanics or bosses, no tooltips for 90% of things, and so on.It still needs more "stuff" put in place to guide you in the right direction and toward the interesting and relevant parts of the very large world, but even in just the past three weeks a huge amount of progress has been made on improving the early experience. You can actually play the game at this point just based on the information given to you by the game itself, as long as you're a bit self-motivated to explore things (and if you are, there's already a whole lot of stuff out there for you to find).
At the moment you're kind of dropped in, it tells you some basics, and you're left to explore either the interesting or uninteresting parts as you find them.
Quote from: PLivesey on September 27, 2011, 03:05:39 amI guess the only issue I have now is - WHERE ARE THE BUGS!? For a beta, this seems very stable.I have to say, it was fairly stable even during the alpha, I only ran into one or two game breaking bugs.
