Event - Secret Santa 2018 aka the IGMC Review Trade Thread

bgillisp · 2018-12-01T01:58:56+0900

Hello all and welcome to the IGMC 2018 Secret Santa thread! The way this thread works is you post that you wish your game to be reviewed by another forum member, and in return you will review a game as well. To begin, post a link to the game you wish to be reviewed. You can use the thread page here, or your IGMC 2018 entry page on itch.io. Once we have ten submissions, or a week passes (assuming at least two submissions in that week), I will assign you. Once assigned, you will have two - three weeks to finish the review. Post the review on the page the review requester provided. If you get a game you already did, let me know and I can give you a different game in that group. This may result in some game getting played by 2 people in the same round. Once you are done with your review, you can request to go again, and you will be put in the next open group of ten (this way you can proceed at a pace which is comfortable for you). However, I will not assign you again until you tell me you wish to go again. Also, if I find it is always the same ten people going I may ask you to wait one group to be fair to everyone. We will keep this up until Christmas, so post away! And, if you just want to find a random game to play, here is a link to the main contest page with all the entries. https://itch.io/jam/igmc2018/entries

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Started by bgillisp Nov 30, 2018, 04:58 PM 173 posts Page 4 of 9 View original ↗

bgillisp

#61 Dec 3, 2018, 01:05 AM Source

@Jesse - PVGames : I know what happened. You were supposed to review Fairy Cabs, but I had the wrong link when she changed it. So when I was trying to fix it, I accidentally gave you another game. @slimmmeiske2 I'll assign your game to someone else, anyone want to do two games in group C?
dragoonwys

#62 Dec 3, 2018, 01:06 AM Source

@slimmmeiske2 Thank you for the review! I'll be replying in a bit ^^
Yeah I haven't gotten to making a game page on here yet, I should actually:kaoswt2:

And on that note, I'm up for another round. Same game since I only have the one
Arend

#63 Dec 3, 2018, 01:07 AM Source

bgillisp said:
@Jesse - PVGames : I know what happened. You were supposed to review Fairy Cabs, but I had the wrong link when she changed it. So I gave you another game. @slimmmeiske2 I'll assign your game to someone else, anyone want to do two games in group C?
Sure, can my game get 2 reviews back then?
bgillisp

#64 Dec 3, 2018, 01:09 AM Source

@Arend Galenkamp : It wont' work out that way I'm afraid as I have no way to make sure to get another one to do 2.

Tell you what, I'll do Fairy Cabs since I made the mistake. Though it will be Tuesday or so before I can do it.
Jesse - PVGames

#65 Dec 3, 2018, 01:18 AM Source

No worries, I actually did Fairy Cabs once already before the game was finished, before the deadline :)

@RetroExcellent - Your review is all set, it's on your itch.io page!

@bgillisp - I am good to go for another round, but not in a rush if you need time to set it up.
Faye Valentine

#66 Dec 3, 2018, 02:18 AM Source

@hiddenone: Sooo sorry for the late review, guys. Really, sorry. But here it is. I already posted it on your itch.io page guys, but I'll put it here as well:

Ok, first off, gotta say the artstyle is pretty nice. It fits the thematic, the palette is so well done, and the overall style is just on point. It blends just good with the world you created, and that's the most important thing.

The environments are cool, though sometimes a bit too bland, like, simple, you know? But of course I know there wasn't much time to think bout scenario designing and stuff, so yeah. Maybe the artstyle being simplistic doesn't helps much this fact. But yeah, it fits the purpose, and it's good. I liked this part.

The things I like the most could be the background music (really fitting, evocative), the dialogues which I think were rather beliavable and on point, and the way it flows throughout the game and the different scenarios. Character design is also a strong point on this one. They all have their own quirks and rarities and that makes them feel alive. Maybe this is the part where the game gains *a lot* of personality, and that's a huge plus for you guys. In fact, I think the game differentiates itself p'good from RM games. If I didn't know this was made on it, I'd say it was done in whatever other engine.

So yeah, I really enjoyed Fading Remnants a lot, a sweet game, and since I saw it I knew I was going to have some fun time. Well done, guys.
Mrs_Allykat

#67 Dec 3, 2018, 02:23 AM Source

Go go writing powers!
CodeineRx

#68 Dec 3, 2018, 02:47 AM Source

Sure I would love to join in on this. My game is Color Master and it's something I did myself. It is short but I wouldn't mind opinions and reviews. I also wouldn't mind giving a few too.
mobiusclimber

#69 Dec 3, 2018, 03:13 AM Source

I'd like to join in as well! My game is here: https://itch.io/jam/igmc2018/rate/331587
Alexey

#70 Dec 3, 2018, 03:53 AM Source

I'd like to join too.
My game: https://alexeyz.itch.io/orion-destiny

PS: I want to fix some minor bugs, but sadly it's not allowed reupload the game
Mrs_Allykat

#71 Dec 3, 2018, 05:08 AM Source

Drumroll... One review of River Lord has been added.

(I'll skip round "D", but am up for a round "E".)
Zelgadis85

#72 Dec 3, 2018, 05:10 AM Source

Alright, I'll review Fading Remnants later today when I have the time to do so. After that I'm going to take a short break from this, but perhaps @Punamaagi might want to do a round or two?

Edit: Here's the review for Fading Remnants by LazyBumStudio (@hiddenone @futrchamp @Gabrelik @Plueschkatze )

Fading Remnants review
The game follows three young girls, Angela, Devon and Lia, as they track Lia's lost sister in the Cypress Hills. As expected from the team that brought us Dear Edwin last year, the audiovisual aspect is really great.

However, the game is quite railroaded. You aren't given much of a freedom to explore as your companions constantly remind you if you're about to enter places you're not supposed to. I can understand that somehow because each map is hand-drawn, but it derails from the experience somewhat.

As mentioned, the graphics are beautiful. There are a few exceptions, though, that I hope you will consider paying more attention to when the contest is over. The pipes you find in the city look plain and dull, perhaps because of the lack of any shading on the sprites. The storagehouse in the Cypress station looks dull with grey colours, and I quite honestly disliked the puzzle minigame there.

Speaking of puzzles, the Moonshine puzzle had a bug in my playthrough: I did not notice the buttons (I think there were buttons) for changing the pipes, it was by pure coincidence that I noticed that pressing Esc (cancel) allowed me to try another pipe. And the "turn pipe around" gimmick would work better with curved arrow pictures, in my opinion. Anyhow, after spending about five to ten minutes on that puzzle, I managed to get the thing working and could progress. I'm not sure if I could have gotten the moonshine right away, but the backtracking from Gerdy to that machine and back was unnecessary.

I can see the potential for a full game in this entry, but it still requires some extra polish before it would sell, if you're going that route. I can understand developing the story, hopefully you will consider the other points of this review as well.

Now for the scoring:

Gameplay: 9 / 20
Presentation: 16 / 20
Engagement: 8 / 20
Potential: 13 / 20
Bugs: No critical bugs found

Total score: 62 / 100

Geez, it seems like I'm hard to please this year, I hope I didn't come off harsh. I enjoyed the game somewhat.
Paladin-Cleric of Awesome

#73 Dec 3, 2018, 07:08 AM Source

I’m in again for this evening after work! (I’m pretty sure it’s the only evening I don’t have to do something lol)!
Uzuki

#74 Dec 3, 2018, 07:21 AM Source

Sorry, I hope I wasn't late for my submission. I didn't get much time to play until last night, but I left an review for @hadecynn 's game Abyss of Oblivion on their game page.
l8rose

#75 Dec 3, 2018, 01:55 PM Source

Thank you for the review, @Mrs_Allykat !

I'll have my review up after class today.
TheLastYuriSamurai

#76 Dec 3, 2018, 08:23 PM Source

So I'd like to report a rather embarrassing problem on my end. I use cloudconverter in order to convert rar files to one that I can then open with my laptop, but my unfortunate problem with @RetroExcellent 's game is its actually too large for the website to convert for me :/ with no way to open it, I can't give it a play test! I'm very sorry, as I was looking forward to trying it out. I'd be willing to continue in the next round though, if possible.
RetroExcellent

#77 Dec 3, 2018, 08:40 PM Source

Chez said:
So I'd like to report a rather embarrassing problem on my end. I use cloudconverter in order to convert rar files to one that I can then open with my laptop, but my unfortunate problem with @RetroExcellent 's game is its actually too large for the website to convert for me :/ with no way to open it, I can't give it a play test! I'm very sorry, as I was looking forward to trying it out. I'd be willing to continue in the next round though, if possible.

I think this is the first time I've been accused of my game being too large lol. I'm sorry that it didn't work for you, but I hope you get a chance to try it out in the future.
yopeople

#78 Dec 3, 2018, 08:41 PM Source

Hi!!! I'd like to join in this secret santa review!!
https://yobob.itch.io/a-lovers-rpg-demo
TheLastYuriSamurai

#79 Dec 3, 2018, 08:43 PM Source

@RetroExcellent I'm going to look on the googleplay store to see if I can find something for my laptop, it's a good one, I'm just not used to certain files.. I'm determined though! I'd be so disappointed if someone couldn't play mine..
Tuomo L

#80 Dec 3, 2018, 09:25 PM Source

Can I still join?

https://itch.io/jam/igmc2018/rate/326401