{"author_name":"Accidental Rebel","cat":"LD #24","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"September 2, 2012 12:58 am","epoch":1346565480,"text":"I had fun playing during the competition in a mode before you had the level in, where getting the power-up was all you could do to repair the stage. When I played again with the levels it kinda seemed like it would keep going for too long before it became difficult. I think that’s the main issue… the game isn’t hard enough.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1346494740,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"51560","p_author":"Accidental Rebel","p_authorkey":"505346","p_urlkey":"87254","p_title":"Complexitivity: My game\u2019s biggest flaw","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1346494740","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"505346","us_name":"Accidental Rebel","us_username":"Accidental Rebel","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"

Try out the game and rate it\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The past week has been great. I managed to gather\u00a0a lot of really helpful criticisms and suggestions about Complexitivity<\/a>. This gave me insight of what the game’s strengths are and where it falls short.<\/p>\n

The biggest flaw that seems to be keeping the game from being great is its low lasting appeal.<\/p>\n

“It’s fun for awhile”<\/strong><\/p>\n

I seem to get this often just like in my previous LD attempt<\/a>.\u00a0I always manage to come up with a fun core mechanic but fail to sustain it for a long time. Sure there were those who enjoyed it and played it for a few times, but according to the statistics, some just played it once and then moved on.<\/p>\n

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As can be seen above, there were those who played the game a couple of times. Some were very skilled that they don’t need more than 4 tries to get the top positions.<\/p>\n

From what I learned above, it is the high score that motivates more playthroughs. \u00a0I believe, however, that this is not enough as noThere should be something else that should hook the players.<\/p>\n

What is my solution? I’m not sure yet. But at least I know now what to improve upon on my post-compo build.<\/p>","time":"September 1st, 2012 5:19 am","title":"Complexitivity: My game\u2019s biggest flaw"}