Hey all! I'm afraid I'm out of keys for now, I'll request some more so hopefully I can include more folks. For now while the thread is bumped- I offered to include nicknames of testers in the character name list, but I've lost some of the changes requested to the nicks- I'll post a list of names I have, and if you'd like yours changed please post here. thanks!
PS- not all the names will fit the namebox so might have to be shortened- sorry about that!
Stinger88
Bal
Piesandbombs
kaptainkernals
Pangahas
passerby
Gingerkiwi
oobersli
Snader
Razorb
larolaro
AtlusZMH
Lord Fryingpan
DJ_Aaron
catguy
willy-wilson
shrew81
Punch the Keys
Tom Pritchard
Ani
Nostradamus
LoTekK
JostVice
seforin
Snipergen
finally- if you have a key and haven't played yet, please check it out as times running out for me to accept feedback.
thanks!
-rich
hey rooster, did my feedback make sense? Like I said I wanted to do draw overs/mach up art of what I meant....but your game wont allow for screen grabs!
hey rooster, did my feedback make sense? Like I said I wanted to do draw overs/mach up art of what I meant....but your game wont allow for screen grabs!
what are you taking screen shots with, the built in steam screenshot thing works fine for this game.
wow I TOTALLY forgot about that....I was just doing print screen and going into photoshop, but every time I did that it would paste a white screen......rooster you will get your mach ups from me soon!
You showcase a few of the nades 2 or 3 times. The teleport one gets shown 3 times i think. You can cut each down to 1 showing at most.
I'd add some text to explain the nades. Something like. "Use a variety of pineapples!!" and everytime a new nade is used have "Pineapple", "Teleport", "flamer", etc pop up. Then show about 2 combos. text says "Use nades together!" then, "vortex + flamer", "proximity mine + atract (i forget its proper name)" Don't show all varieties of nade and have text on the last screen say "and many more". You know, the usual sales patter.
Because I know what every nade does its very clear to me whats happening. Might want to find out from people who dont know whats going on, what they think.
Also. The boss fight bits. You should only show a very brief glimpse of the boss, Enough so people go "WTF!!! is that!!". Then cut to end. Use the Red boss as well. Its more menacing.
Love the "after credits", no music, quick explosion bits.
the tad bit of shooting at the beginning of the clip at 19 sec could be cut.
Nothing really happened from 25 to 27.
29 to 33.5 was boring.
36 to 50 was really slow paced.
57 to 1:03 could probably be cut. Boring and slow paced.
Now all of that aside. I really love what you did at the end. Without the sound. ExplosionExplosionExplosionExplosion! Baaaaaaaa!
If you can I think you should incorporate that more throughout the video. Kind of Ramp up the pace until you are just doing a ton of explosions and amazingness and then!!!!
*Victory sound* PINEAPPLE SMASH CREW! *pause for effect*
how is it? I don't want it to get so fast you can't tell what's going on..
about the caption idea, I like it the only problem is on movie maker I think I'd be limited to it's caption text, which would be kinda dry (like just plain white text I think)
I might be better just making the editing as snappy and to-the-point as I can until I can afford some halfway decent editing software!
Basically, take what you did in the last 10 second, and use that to emphasize different selling points of the game.
More information, a couple of much shorter cuts, and probably some sort of concept-art-looking or advertisement-looking stuff in between. For example, have "8 DIFFERENT GRENADES" on some banner, and then have them throw a grenade, have it explode, cut to laser (skip the part where they throw, only show the shooting), cut to rocket, cut to machingun, etc.
SPACEMEN! ALIENS! GUNS! GRENADES! PINEAPPLE SMASH CREWW!
preferably with an over the top voice, like this:
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The first gameplay clip is waaay too short. You should have a longer clip first, with shorter clips toward the end. Let the viewer see whats going on, then speed it up, as it were.
I'm not familiar with movie maker but can you not insert images that have text on. Alpha'd png's?
You should also replace one scene with a scene of the player selecting an upgrade "UNLOCK new pineapples!!!". And another scene with the mercs XP increasing "IMPROVE your squad!!!".. Both are selling points that you havent shown. Oh, you also need to mention randomly generated levels "Never play the same map twice!!". Sell that shit man.
Just had a play about with movie maker. The caption thing isnt that bad. Get a decent font and use a simple effect. Stay to the bottom of the sceen. Keep it small but readable and nothing too snappy. The Zoom one might work well. Might not be "awesome" but It'll get the massage across anyway.
Really liking the stuff you have added. Makes me sad that you got rid of the boss though. You even mention them and then fade out before we have a chance to see it. Outside of that I would say it is getting pretty damn close.
Latest trailer is a big improvement! Nice catchy captions, and good choice of font. Timing overall is a lot better, and the closing 6 seconds is still ace (especially the trumpet thing right at the end )
Fantastic my friend, Im still amazed you where a 1 man crew doing the majority of this game. Overall a fantastic game, I hope it earns you all the fame and internet nerd glory of the indie world
Current version (is it the release candidate?) is incredibly slick. All of the little rough edges i noticed are nicely smoothed off! I will make all of my friends buy this game.
Replies
http://steamcommunity.com/id/BananaSir/
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197983120735
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198006208905
PS- not all the names will fit the namebox so might have to be shortened- sorry about that!
Stinger88
Bal
Piesandbombs
kaptainkernals
Pangahas
passerby
Gingerkiwi
oobersli
Snader
Razorb
larolaro
AtlusZMH
Lord Fryingpan
DJ_Aaron
catguy
willy-wilson
shrew81
Punch the Keys
Tom Pritchard
Ani
Nostradamus
LoTekK
JostVice
seforin
Snipergen
finally- if you have a key and haven't played yet, please check it out as times running out for me to accept feedback.
thanks!
-rich
what are you taking screen shots with, the built in steam screenshot thing works fine for this game.
Could I have my name put as 'catguy' or ideally 'd:3_[catguy]'? It's the handle I use for gaming, better suited than my real name.
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I've been told it needs to be shorter (like, a good 20-30 seconds), but I'm not sure which bits need cut.. can I get an outside opinion?
cheers!
-rich
thanks!
Bits i'd cut:
You showcase a few of the nades 2 or 3 times. The teleport one gets shown 3 times i think. You can cut each down to 1 showing at most.
I'd add some text to explain the nades. Something like. "Use a variety of pineapples!!" and everytime a new nade is used have "Pineapple", "Teleport", "flamer", etc pop up. Then show about 2 combos. text says "Use nades together!" then, "vortex + flamer", "proximity mine + atract (i forget its proper name)" Don't show all varieties of nade and have text on the last screen say "and many more". You know, the usual sales patter.
Because I know what every nade does its very clear to me whats happening. Might want to find out from people who dont know whats going on, what they think.
Also. The boss fight bits. You should only show a very brief glimpse of the boss, Enough so people go "WTF!!! is that!!". Then cut to end. Use the Red boss as well. Its more menacing.
Love the "after credits", no music, quick explosion bits.
the tad bit of shooting at the beginning of the clip at 19 sec could be cut.
Nothing really happened from 25 to 27.
29 to 33.5 was boring.
36 to 50 was really slow paced.
57 to 1:03 could probably be cut. Boring and slow paced.
Now all of that aside. I really love what you did at the end. Without the sound. ExplosionExplosionExplosionExplosion! Baaaaaaaa!
If you can I think you should incorporate that more throughout the video. Kind of Ramp up the pace until you are just doing a ton of explosions and amazingness and then!!!!
*Victory sound* PINEAPPLE SMASH CREW! *pause for effect*
Cool stuff man!
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how is it? I don't want it to get so fast you can't tell what's going on..
about the caption idea, I like it the only problem is on movie maker I think I'd be limited to it's caption text, which would be kinda dry (like just plain white text I think)
I might be better just making the editing as snappy and to-the-point as I can until I can afford some halfway decent editing software!
More information, a couple of much shorter cuts, and probably some sort of concept-art-looking or advertisement-looking stuff in between. For example, have "8 DIFFERENT GRENADES" on some banner, and then have them throw a grenade, have it explode, cut to laser (skip the part where they throw, only show the shooting), cut to rocket, cut to machingun, etc.
SPACEMEN! ALIENS! GUNS! GRENADES! PINEAPPLE SMASH CREWW!
preferably with an over the top voice, like this:
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Stuff like the old game ads:
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the sonic video from 0:05 to 0:25 is quite spot on to what I mean.
The first gameplay clip is waaay too short. You should have a longer clip first, with shorter clips toward the end. Let the viewer see whats going on, then speed it up, as it were.
I'm not familiar with movie maker but can you not insert images that have text on. Alpha'd png's?
You should also replace one scene with a scene of the player selecting an upgrade "UNLOCK new pineapples!!!". And another scene with the mercs XP increasing "IMPROVE your squad!!!".. Both are selling points that you havent shown. Oh, you also need to mention randomly generated levels "Never play the same map twice!!". Sell that shit man.
here's a play around with the caption function:
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I like it better, shame I can't alter the colour of the effect though, stuck with powder blue. i guess it could be worse
http://indiegames.com/2012/01/trailer_pineapple_smash_crew_r.html
also...
(btw, our very own Ninjas did the awesome ship graveyard graphics!)
incase it's not clear btw, there's a cheat to play as Greentooth
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/01/27/pineapple-smash-crew-coming-to-steam/
Same here. I love following your progress.
starting to get seriously nervous
what kinda price range are you aiming for on release?
Looking forward to playing it, really dig the style.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/204390/