3 years of development only to fail at the finish line…can we fix our game to release successfully?
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Pokémon meets Zelda Breath of the Wild in this entirely new adventure being developed.
Catch monsters, level up from battling, collect rare resources, and explore vastly different landscapes in this open-world monster catcher experience!
Monster Tribe’s Cool Features:
– Turn-Based Team Combat
– Dungeon Crawler Elements
– Collectible Monsters
– Open-World Exploration
– Leveling Up, Morphing, and Modifying Creatures
NEW Monster Tribe Devlog Video about the struggles of player experience and information overload in an open world exploration RPG Game. Let’s learn how I solved the problems and challenges I faced when submitting my game for a final review to my publishers over at Freedom Games!
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MONSTER TRIBE DEVLOG RECOMMENDATIONS:
How I Designed the Perfect Open World for my Dream RPG Game – Monster Tribe Devlog
https://youtu.be/ig8d82g-3CA
HOW I MADE Over $50,000 in 1 Year of Full-Time Game Development
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They DESTROYED my Open World RPG Game! (Dream Game Devlog)
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The video says uploaded 1 minute ago the 2 comments say 4 and 5 minutes ago
me: CONFUSED SCREAMING
one problen i have with the game is its look there are just multiple different art-styles at once and it is bugging me the entire time
Great job Reece!
game definitely seems to be getting better, i'll be waiting patiently lol
I really liked the q and a like structure of the video, also really glad the game is on the right track lol. Title had me worried
Imma be real honest and say the game font is making my headache
One thing I notice is that the HUD is under-cluttered and what is on it is not entirely here, while menus have a ton of clutter with a font that forces me to squint to even read it. Other than that it looks pretty cool.
also font is hard to read
Been following this for a while and agree with other commenters, please consider switching the games fonts. You might be used to it from seeing it all day, but it's really difficult to read. The text is very dense and descriptions with long text are quite hard on the eyes to read, which a more accessible font would really help with. I think the player experience will be harmed quite a bit by this considering text is such a critical part of any RPG game which I think could harm your success. Maybe try out something like Shin Go Regular or New Rodin Pro, and reduce the font outline where it is not necessary, to let it breathe a bit. If it's really difficult to read in a YouTube video on a phone in landscape mode then it might be worth paying attention to.
This is why game testers are important they test for bugs and other stuff and ultimately judge the game experience to see if it’s good so that you can fix stuff.
I feel the game has lots of scope creep…
– Unique Elemental Monsters
– RPG Experience
– Open world with different Biomes
– Questing System
– Amazing Story
All theses are good in moderation but this seems like too much. Since it’s your “dream” game no one can tell you to stop but hopefully you will learn to “kill your darlings” at some point.
finally, a new video from a good game dev youtuber
It's good idea with the guide book. From UI perspective it looks great, however from UX perspective it's a disaster: There are 2 options:
1. Basically what you did, it looks great, however it's pretty limited, let's say player wants to find specific monster, quest, item or smth but there are 100 monsters? they have to click 99 times > button?
2. Another option is to implement some kind of search option either by providing input by player or by dropdowns: let's say you can choose item types or filters monsters by specific criteria. That for sure is a lot faster to search particular thing
To summarize: Your option would only work for such a small games with 10 monsters, 10 items etc. If you want to expand the game in the future you should think about implementing search or filtering in each category – that would lead to really good user experience.
Keep up good work!
I recommend reviewing the use of font, specifically that used to display information. Examples at 3:49, 3:53 and 2:48. It's really harsh on the eyes, especially the long descriptions in the journal. Find someone familiar with typography and have them give your game a little "readability audit" – I think it'll do wonders for the game's presentation which is, otherwise, very pleasant!
how much is the game going to cost or will it be free
You sound like you're trying to convince yourself that it's your dream game.
Great to see how far the game has come over the years, and it'll be great to see how you evolve after.