SNAIL! • A Dark Adventure Game [ALPHA]

For more information about the game, please check out the following video:

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The "Swam'd over Dungeon" is swamp'd over with "Fun-geon" (fun)

i'm going to need a lore video on this, preferably hours long.

Loved the First Demo...

When will there bei a new one? {:

What a ride! Since you've asked for feedback I'll happily share my (spoiler free) thoughts. 

Starting with what I didn't like / could be improved:

- Like other have already said the movement feels a bit weird at times which for me comes down to two issues: collisions are a bit off at some points and I'm not a big fan of those tiles where you move slower. Basic traversal feels totally fine though

- The combat didn't feel very challenging or rewarding. Which is probably because of the very simple enemy AI and the fact that there's very little feedback on hits and no death animations. I've also never really had to use the shield. The roll was also more of a tool to get faster from point A to B.

- Some of the SFX is really jarring. Especially the sound of the bug net is so loud and high pitched that I had to turn the volume way down. I really don't mind these retro sounds in general but I would prefer them to be a bit quieter and not so high pitched

- There are some inconsistencies with how interactibles  are handled. Some doors, for example, say that they're locked to indicate that they can be opened while others say nothing. This can get quite confusing because there are quite a few doors that can't be opened at all.

- There's a point in the game where you can get to a place you aren't supposed to go to yet. While it's fine to block this area off, I didn't like how it was done ("invisible wall")

Now to the things I liked:

- The numerous references are quite obvious but everything has its own twist which was cool to see and very well done

- The overall atmosphere, world building and story was very interesting and kept me hooked until the end. This is undoubtedly the biggest strength of the game

- Exploration felt rewarding and I did enjoy all of the puzzles

- Pacing and progression was great. I never got stuck while it also hasn't felt too easy at the same time (this is very hard to get right, good job!)

- The scary parts were great! Even got me jumping at one point

- While the art is nothing too fancy it works great. Later areas are actually quite nice to look at

- The music is really awesome!

Overall I must say that this game, even in its current state, is really great and enjoyable from start to finish. I can't wait to play the final product. Good job! :)

Thoughts overall:

I loved the atmosphere (music, environment/structure, and story presentation/characters) and felt that the gameplay itself was simple but felt very good/right (E.g., combat, movement, and the puzzle/story engagement). Overall, I would say that the biggest thing I was left wishing for was incentive to play well (or to be pushed to use the healing items). The combat felt fine, but I was rarely left hurting, and when I was it was often just as easy for me to die as it was to use healing items. I also never felt incentivized to use the shield or rolling (except for moving more quickly). Lastly, I liked having significant action sound effects - but without an ability to adjust volume of these effects vs the music, the action sound effects came across as too loud for me. Despite the majority of this paragraph being critical - the first sentence in it is what has stuck with me the most - it just felt "right" as an experience overall and I had a lot of fun with it!

Issues/grammar:

!!!WARNING!!! *****Includes some story stuff****** - Would have loved to cover it, but there is no option to do so here.

- Jail door in starting town remains locked after returning from the boat outside of the snail village and touching the darkness... you can return into the caves and climb back up to the upper jail, but the door remains locked. I was able to get out by using error keys, but otherwise would have been trapped.

- Captain’s diary: Says "We must bring back specimen to study" - seems it should say either - "bring back a specimen to study" or "bring back specimens to study".

- The light house on the marsh is climbable from its left side, but not its right... intentional?

- Broken bridge between swampwich south and north has some weird pathing/collision, making it possible to cross the broken portion but in an odd way... and once crossed you seem to be out of the map, as you are able to walk freely across swamp, bridge, and homes in south swampwich.

- Just after reading the "final entry" in the snailery, you can grapple hook across the gap to the right, but you cannot use it to return back to the platform with the "final entry", I had to use error keys for this.

Quick question - would you like feedback on any bugs or grammar? If not, I completely understand. I have jotted down my thoughts and also recorded some issues I had run into (if you don't want the above feedback, I will still post my thoughts! - which are very much positive).

Have run into an inventory issue. After picking any item up and using/dropping it, the weight that it had "taken up" remains in the inventory. This causes you to "run out of inventory space" even if you do not have anything in your inventory.

That aside - what I have experienced so far has been very cool. But the inventory problem prevents progress.

I'm having trouble getting past the tutorial; is there something I am supposed to do with the rabbit?