Arcen Games

General Category => Bionic Dues => Topic started by: mrhanman on September 08, 2013, 12:40:12 pm

Title: This game is awesome!
Post by: mrhanman on September 08, 2013, 12:40:12 pm
i didn't want praise to get lost in the shuffle of ideas and suggestions, so i just wanted to tell you guys how much awesome fun i'm having so far.

i'm waiting at the doctor right now with a kidney stone.  my thinkpad 2 is tethered to my phone trying to figure out how i can best play this on my windows 8 tablet without a keyboard or mouse.  it's that fun. i want to play it right now.  i wish it had touchscreen controls, but i know the demand for them is way too low to spend time implementing them. my determination is such that i'll figure something out! :D
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: x4000 on September 08, 2013, 12:41:06 pm
Thank you very much!  The encouragement is certainly welcome in the dizzying first-alpha rush of complaints. :)
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: madcow on September 08, 2013, 12:55:58 pm
I've played through 3 missions so far and have to agree with the OP about it being awesome!  I've so far only a few minor issues I'll be submitting. My overall impression is pretty good though.
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: orzelek on September 08, 2013, 01:04:53 pm
*Looks at all the threads*
Gotta be patient. More patience on order.
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: nas1m on September 08, 2013, 01:08:14 pm
*Looks at all the threads*
Gotta be patient. More patience on order.
+1  :-\ :D
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: x4000 on September 08, 2013, 01:12:20 pm
*Looks at all the threads*
Gotta be patient. More patience on order.
+1 :D

By the way, you both are two of our best testers, and it's definitely not something personal that you were not in the first group.  Same for anyone else not in the first group.  We need experienced testers and new testers both in the latter groups, so it's kind of a grab bag of who goes first and who does not.  Collecting your first impressions after the current round of things are fixed up is something I really value!
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: nas1m on September 08, 2013, 01:17:21 pm
*Looks at all the threads*
Gotta be patient. More patience on order.
+1 :D

By the way, you both are two of our best testers, and it's definitely not something personal that you were not in the first group.  Same for anyone else not in the first group.  We need experienced testers and new testers both in the latter groups, so it's kind of a grab bag of who goes first and who does not.  Collecting your first impressions after the current round of things are fixed up is something I really value!
That's much appreciated, thanks :). But seeing something quite anticipated start without you is still tough ;D...
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: orzelek on September 08, 2013, 01:24:18 pm
We'll survive... :D I think.
I'm waiting for Creeper World 3 from quite some time.. and still nothing. Getting used to waiting ;)
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: Coppermantis on September 08, 2013, 01:46:36 pm
It's indeed an awesome game. It's very overwhelming at first, but much like AI War becomes strangely simple once you figure it out. There's not a whole lot bad about it, even for an "alpha" (since you guys said it was basically 90% done, this is probably why), and Misery basically covered everything I said and much more in his big post o' feedback. Still, I'll be playing a lot more.
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: x4000 on September 08, 2013, 01:48:55 pm
Check your PM inbox, you two. ;)
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: nas1m on September 08, 2013, 01:59:48 pm
Check your PM inbox, you two. ;)
Cheers :D!
I will have a quick look before bed, so do not expect full feedback until tomorrow evening ;).
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: x4000 on September 08, 2013, 03:01:59 pm
No problems at all. ;)
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: Tridus on September 08, 2013, 03:24:55 pm
Got this as loot on a level that I beat. I have no idea how it makes any sense as an item at all, because who designs scanner systems that also have mines?

Then I realized I was too busy cackling at how awesome mine laying sensors are to care that it didn't make sense.

(http://www.hiredgoons.ca/bionicDues/mineLayingScanner.jpg)
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: keith.lamothe on September 08, 2013, 03:34:28 pm
because who designs scanner systems that also have mines?
It's a surprise! ;)
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: Misery on September 08, 2013, 08:51:41 pm
I'll give a +1 to this thread.  I'm having a blast with this so far.  Hell, Steam says I gave it 5 hours yesterday.   Five!  That's quite something for me, as normally I dont sit still very well for too long;  even Minecraft generally gets like 2 hour sessions from me and then I have to get up.
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: x4000 on September 08, 2013, 08:56:13 pm
Wow -- 5 hours is high praise indeed!  Awesome. :)
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: Cyborg on September 09, 2013, 10:30:33 pm
I haven't played league of legends in two days.
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: mrhanman on September 09, 2013, 10:53:55 pm
I haven't played Kerbal Space Program since this came out
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: Winge on September 10, 2013, 12:27:52 am
It's indeed an awesome game. It's very overwhelming at first, but much like AI War becomes strangely simple once you figure it out. There's not a whole lot bad about it, even for an "alpha" (since you guys said it was basically 90% done, this is probably why), and Misery basically covered everything I said and much more in his big post o' feedback. Still, I'll be playing a lot more.

I'm getting the same feeling.  A tutorial will go a long way toward taking care of the 'overwhelming' part.  Wish I could play more tonight, but I need to get to bed.
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: Misery on September 10, 2013, 12:46:09 am
I haven't played league of legends in two days.

*snort*  Haha.  As someone into the "moba" genre, I can understand how that one is pretty high praise indeed :D

In my case, I havent played Minecraft in a couple of days;  and this right after Mojang released what I'm calling the Holy Grail of Minecraft snapshots, too.   Instead, I've been playing this.   
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: x4000 on September 10, 2013, 05:24:40 am
Wow guys. :)
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: madcow on September 10, 2013, 08:00:29 am
Alas, I'll be pretty busy most of this week dealing with work stuffs. So will probably be out of testing commission (and all games for that matter) this week.
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: Histidine on September 10, 2013, 08:16:13 am
I've listened to Eyes of the Machines maybe two dozen times now.

(Incidentally, I found it amusing that the album art VLC displays for it after today's patches is the Vengeance of the Machine banner.)
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: madcow on September 10, 2013, 08:19:14 am
As a side note, I think that somehow you need to work in calling the interface/side bars the Human-Machine Interface (HMI). I say this because it sounds cool, is fitting with the exo theme, and is even a real thing (but not as cool as you might be imagining heh).
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: x4000 on September 10, 2013, 08:19:42 am
I've listened to Eyes of the Machines maybe two dozen times now.

I have too, and it's not even more than just the first verse yet.  I can't wait to hear the rest!
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: Coppermantis on September 10, 2013, 10:50:33 am
I've listened to Eyes of the Machines maybe two dozen times now.

I have too, and it's not even more than just the first verse yet.  I can't wait to hear the rest!

Oh, there's more? Awesome. I've also listened to it too many times. :P
Title: Re: This game is awesome!
Post by: x4000 on September 10, 2013, 01:29:48 pm
I've listened to Eyes of the Machines maybe two dozen times now.

I have too, and it's not even more than just the first verse yet.  I can't wait to hear the rest!

Oh, there's more? Awesome. I've also listened to it too many times. :P

Yep, that was just barely a preview. :)