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File contents
Cycloidz This definitely has a lot of potential to be a commercial game. It's obviously really small at the moment, and looks PDish, which it badly needs to lose, but apart from that it's pretty amazing in my book. The game is far too hard at the moment - the easy level is practically impossible! I think the slippy-slidey momentum might be what makes it so hard. Cycloidz really needs a lot of power-ups, bonuses and that sort of thing. The sound effects are really cool and these can definitely stay - more of them wouldn't go amiss (milky milky more frequently!). Graphics need tidying up a lot, and different sets of scenery for every few levels is a good idea. We need a lot of levels - and some way of not having to keep going over earlier ones, like a password or save to disc or something. Lots of bonus sections and secret doors as well. Some other ideas: high score table (savable?), and a nice-demo introduction perhaps (obviously a loading screen). Choice between in-game music or sound effects (or perhaps both, if that's possible?). The clouds are nice too, can we get more layers of parallax in? There are a couple of bugs, too, for example the way that you can die, then see yourself dying as you start the next life, which is a bit silly. Also I don't think you should be able to be killed from the starting position - it's not fair! It might be worth investigating an energy system instead of lives, as well. These ideas are very basic at the moment, have a play round with ideas and things, and we'll see how things go. This is definitely a great game though!
00000000 0a 43 79 63 6c 6f 69 64 7a 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 |.Cycloidz..This | 00000010 64 65 66 69 6e 69 74 65 6c 79 20 68 61 73 20 61 |definitely has a| 00000020 20 6c 6f 74 20 6f 66 20 70 6f 74 65 6e 74 69 61 | lot of potentia| 00000030 6c 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 61 0a 63 6f 6d 6d 65 72 |l to be a.commer| 00000040 63 69 61 6c 20 67 61 6d 65 2e 20 49 74 27 73 20 |cial game. It's | 00000050 6f 62 76 69 6f 75 73 6c 79 20 72 65 61 6c 6c 79 |obviously really| 00000060 20 73 6d 61 6c 6c 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 0a 6d 6f | small at the.mo| 00000070 6d 65 6e 74 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 73 20 |ment, and looks | 00000080 50 44 69 73 68 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 74 20 |PDish, which it | 00000090 62 61 64 6c 79 20 6e 65 65 64 73 20 74 6f 20 0a |badly needs to .| 000000a0 6c 6f 73 65 2c 20 62 75 74 20 61 70 61 72 74 20 |lose, but apart | 000000b0 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 27 73 20 70 |from that it's p| 000000c0 72 65 74 74 79 20 61 6d 61 7a 69 6e 67 20 69 6e |retty amazing in| 000000d0 0a 6d 79 20 62 6f 6f 6b 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 67 |.my book...The g| 000000e0 61 6d 65 20 69 73 20 66 61 72 20 74 6f 6f 20 68 |ame is far too h| 000000f0 61 72 64 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 6d 65 6e |ard at the momen| 00000100 74 20 2d 20 74 68 65 20 65 61 73 79 0a 6c 65 76 |t - the easy.lev| 00000110 65 6c 20 69 73 20 70 72 61 63 74 69 63 61 6c 6c |el is practicall| 00000120 79 20 69 6d 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 21 20 49 20 |y impossible! I | 00000130 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 74 68 65 0a 73 6c 69 70 70 79 |think the.slippy| 00000140 2d 73 6c 69 64 65 79 20 6d 6f 6d 65 6e 74 75 6d |-slidey momentum| 00000150 20 6d 69 67 68 74 20 62 65 20 77 68 61 74 20 6d | might be what m| 00000160 61 6b 65 73 20 69 74 20 73 6f 0a 68 61 72 64 2e |akes it so.hard.| 00000170 0a 0a 43 79 63 6c 6f 69 64 7a 20 72 65 61 6c 6c |..Cycloidz reall| 00000180 79 20 6e 65 65 64 73 20 61 20 6c 6f 74 20 6f 66 |y needs a lot of| 00000190 20 70 6f 77 65 72 2d 75 70 73 2c 20 62 6f 6e 75 | power-ups, bonu| 000001a0 73 65 73 0a 61 6e 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 73 6f 72 |ses.and that sor| 000001b0 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 6e 67 2e 20 54 68 65 20 |t of thing. The | 000001c0 73 6f 75 6e 64 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 73 20 61 72 |sound effects ar| 000001d0 65 20 0a 72 65 61 6c 6c 79 20 63 6f 6f 6c 20 61 |e .really cool a| 000001e0 6e 64 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 63 61 6e 20 64 65 66 |nd these can def| 000001f0 69 6e 69 74 65 6c 79 20 73 74 61 79 20 2d 20 6d |initely stay - m| 00000200 6f 72 65 20 6f 66 0a 74 68 65 6d 20 77 6f 75 6c |ore of.them woul| 00000210 64 6e 27 74 20 67 6f 20 61 6d 69 73 73 20 28 6d |dn't go amiss (m| 00000220 69 6c 6b 79 20 6d 69 6c 6b 79 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 |ilky milky more | 00000230 0a 66 72 65 71 75 65 6e 74 6c 79 21 29 2e 20 47 |.frequently!). G| 00000240 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 69 64 |raphics need tid| 00000250 79 69 6e 67 20 75 70 20 61 20 6c 6f 74 2c 20 61 |ying up a lot, a| 00000260 6e 64 0a 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 73 65 74 |nd.different set| 00000270 73 20 6f 66 20 73 63 65 6e 65 72 79 20 66 6f 72 |s of scenery for| 00000280 20 65 76 65 72 79 20 66 65 77 20 6c 65 76 65 6c | every few level| 00000290 73 20 69 73 0a 61 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 69 64 65 61 |s is.a good idea| 000002a0 2e 0a 0a 57 65 20 6e 65 65 64 20 61 20 6c 6f 74 |...We need a lot| 000002b0 20 6f 66 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 73 20 2d 20 61 6e 64 | of levels - and| 000002c0 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 77 61 79 20 6f 66 20 6e 6f 74 | some way of not| 000002d0 0a 68 61 76 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 6b 65 65 70 20 |.having to keep | 000002e0 67 6f 69 6e 67 20 6f 76 65 72 20 65 61 72 6c 69 |going over earli| 000002f0 65 72 20 6f 6e 65 73 2c 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 61 20 |er ones, like a | 00000300 0a 70 61 73 73 77 6f 72 64 20 6f 72 20 73 61 76 |.password or sav| 00000310 65 20 74 6f 20 64 69 73 63 20 6f 72 20 73 6f 6d |e to disc or som| 00000320 65 74 68 69 6e 67 2e 20 4c 6f 74 73 20 6f 66 0a |ething. Lots of.| 00000330 62 6f 6e 75 73 20 73 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 61 |bonus sections a| 00000340 6e 64 20 73 65 63 72 65 74 20 64 6f 6f 72 73 20 |nd secret doors | 00000350 61 73 20 77 65 6c 6c 2e 20 0a 0a 53 6f 6d 65 20 |as well. ..Some | 00000360 6f 74 68 65 72 20 69 64 65 61 73 3a 20 68 69 67 |other ideas: hig| 00000370 68 20 73 63 6f 72 65 20 74 61 62 6c 65 20 28 73 |h score table (s| 00000380 61 76 61 62 6c 65 3f 29 2c 20 61 6e 64 0a 61 20 |avable?), and.a | 00000390 6e 69 63 65 2d 64 65 6d 6f 20 69 6e 74 72 6f 64 |nice-demo introd| 000003a0 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 70 65 72 68 61 70 73 20 28 |uction perhaps (| 000003b0 6f 62 76 69 6f 75 73 6c 79 20 61 20 0a 6c 6f 61 |obviously a .loa| 000003c0 64 69 6e 67 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 29 2e 20 43 68 |ding screen). Ch| 000003d0 6f 69 63 65 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 6e 20 69 6e 2d |oice between in-| 000003e0 67 61 6d 65 20 6d 75 73 69 63 20 6f 72 0a 73 6f |game music or.so| 000003f0 75 6e 64 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 73 20 28 6f 72 20 |und effects (or | 00000400 70 65 72 68 61 70 73 20 62 6f 74 68 2c 20 69 66 |perhaps both, if| 00000410 20 74 68 61 74 27 73 20 0a 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c | that's .possibl| 00000420 65 3f 29 2e 20 54 68 65 20 63 6c 6f 75 64 73 20 |e?). The clouds | 00000430 61 72 65 20 6e 69 63 65 20 74 6f 6f 2c 20 63 61 |are nice too, ca| 00000440 6e 20 77 65 20 67 65 74 20 0a 6d 6f 72 65 20 6c |n we get .more l| 00000450 61 79 65 72 73 20 6f 66 20 70 61 72 61 6c 6c 61 |ayers of paralla| 00000460 78 20 69 6e 3f 0a 0a 54 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 |x in?..There are| 00000470 20 61 20 63 6f 75 70 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 62 75 67 | a couple of bug| 00000480 73 2c 20 74 6f 6f 2c 20 66 6f 72 20 65 78 61 6d |s, too, for exam| 00000490 70 6c 65 20 74 68 65 20 0a 77 61 79 20 74 68 61 |ple the .way tha| 000004a0 74 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 64 69 65 2c 20 74 |t you can die, t| 000004b0 68 65 6e 20 73 65 65 20 79 6f 75 72 73 65 6c 66 |hen see yourself| 000004c0 20 64 79 69 6e 67 20 61 73 0a 79 6f 75 20 73 74 | dying as.you st| 000004d0 61 72 74 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 78 74 20 6c 69 66 |art the next lif| 000004e0 65 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 61 20 62 69 |e, which is a bi| 000004f0 74 20 73 69 6c 6c 79 2e 20 41 6c 73 6f 0a 49 20 |t silly. Also.I | 00000500 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 79 6f 75 20 |don't think you | 00000510 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 |should be able t| 00000520 6f 20 62 65 20 6b 69 6c 6c 65 64 20 66 72 6f 6d |o be killed from| 00000530 0a 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 72 74 69 6e 67 20 70 6f |.the starting po| 00000540 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 2d 20 69 74 27 73 20 6e 6f |sition - it's no| 00000550 74 20 66 61 69 72 21 20 49 74 20 6d 69 67 68 74 |t fair! It might| 00000560 0a 62 65 20 77 6f 72 74 68 20 69 6e 76 65 73 74 |.be worth invest| 00000570 69 67 61 74 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 20 65 6e 65 72 67 |igating an energ| 00000580 79 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 20 69 6e 73 74 65 61 64 |y system instead| 00000590 20 6f 66 0a 6c 69 76 65 73 2c 20 61 73 20 77 65 | of.lives, as we| 000005a0 6c 6c 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 73 65 20 69 64 65 61 73 |ll...These ideas| 000005b0 20 61 72 65 20 76 65 72 79 20 62 61 73 69 63 20 | are very basic | 000005c0 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 6d 65 6e 74 2c 20 68 |at the moment, h| 000005d0 61 76 65 20 61 0a 70 6c 61 79 20 72 6f 75 6e 64 |ave a.play round| 000005e0 20 77 69 74 68 20 69 64 65 61 73 20 61 6e 64 20 | with ideas and | 000005f0 74 68 69 6e 67 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 77 65 27 6c |things, and we'l| 00000600 6c 20 73 65 65 20 0a 68 6f 77 20 74 68 69 6e 67 |l see .how thing| 00000610 73 20 67 6f 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 64 65 |s go. This is de| 00000620 66 69 6e 69 74 65 6c 79 20 61 20 67 72 65 61 74 |finitely a great| 00000630 20 67 61 6d 65 20 0a 74 68 6f 75 67 68 21 0a 0a | game .though!..| 00000640
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