Review of Hindsight

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Slammin Sam

Hindsight Review
By Slammin Sam on 09 September 2010


Pros: Graphics, background atmospheric music, artistic.

Cons: Little boring, repetitive.

Pretty good game.

Now turboRamble, before you get angry, read on. razz

Ok, this game is very much alike a lot of the existing plat former puzzle games on yoyogames, I didn't find it very original.

I'll divide it up into categories. big grin

Gameplay: Ok, very nice concept, very commonly used though. A platformer where the game says messages/riddles and the map isn't as it seems most of the time. That was this exactly, and a good example it was. But you're better than that TurboRamble! Introduce some new aspect to the idea that hasn't been thought of before, I know it's hard but who said developing original ideas was easy? I found that having the same level over and over just edited was very repetitive, and it wasn't very hard to figure out what to do. Original puzzle games are hard to think of, but the possibilities are endless!

Sound: Simple, not many needed. LOVED the background music. Here's a tip for you, play the game in mute. You will find it's not very exciting as it is with music yeah? That's because audio plays a BIG part in any game. It immerses you in another world, an unusual one. The music has a sense of urgency but is going nowhere. I loved the feeling that music gave me while playing this game. Great choice, and it would have been very easy to produce as well! big grin

Graphics: Not much to say here. Simple black and white (mostly) graphics. Loved the moving line background. Particles could have been used a bit better. Try to make it look like the game wasn't developed in Game Maker. razz Liked the little character, very nice job there. Font was a little hard to understand/read quickly, but it was possible.

Menu: Menu could be improved. Because menus aren't very interactive, this doesn't motivate you to create animations. This can make menus look boring. Add effects to menus to make them interesting just by looking at them. Make it as artistic as you want! big grin Also, don't make the HINDSIGHT header move with the sub menu selections, looks unprofessional. Make the header more bold/3D maybe, and have the menu selections go underneath the header. Just one idea. Also don't make it you can go from the bottom of the list to the top with a down arrow, I don't think there are enough selections for that. razz

Errors: I encountered no errors while playing this game. Testing process was done very thoroughly obviously! Well done!

Advertising: Good idea putting quotes into the description. Nice to know it has been featured in GM something-o-rather. Maybe make that more known, it will motivate people to play it.

Overall: Nice game, but I think it deserves a bit more originality and quality which I know you have in you TurboRamble! big grin
3/5 (sorry, but please make a sequel though!)

~Sam Whillance

  1. turboRamble

    turboRamble said about 1 year ago

    Thanks for the constructive review. I'll definitely keep all of this in mind when making future games.

    Currently I'm working on a Flash physics platformer. I'm not completely abandoning Game Maker, but right now I'm trying to learn Stencyl (I'm in the private beta). I'll be sure to keep an eye on this review while making it ;). I also still plan on updating Hindsight eventually; I'll try to fix/change most of the stuff you suggested.

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