15 March Feedback

Feedback - 15 March 2024

Gathered from Game Studio II, Week 8 - Class 16 and from Damian & David at Liminal VR

The tutorial/instructions should appear before the player rather than off to the side
Instructions should be more concise and could use some visual icons
180 action rather than 360 action -> having to spin around kind of puts a damper on the gameplay
The objects in the scene are too big -> hammers and croc shouldn't fill the entire screen
Get rid of the end experience (the ending will be handled by liminal)
Get rid of the replay thing -> the round should have a longer duration and only be one round
Animate the crocs
Have the crocs pop up from something rather than just appearing in the air
Hit animation for the crocs
Some vfx for when the croc is hit -> smoke or confetti or something
The crocs are too far from the player

Environment feels too big
"Constant white flashing wireframe in the environment
Environment feels a bit bare bones -> needs more detail and possibly stylization
Lighting needs improvement -> there are jagged shadows and the lighting could more moody and atmospheric overall (might be good to find and reference a specific pirate captain's cabin as much as possible)
The environment looks too smooth -> could use some texture (wood or etc), more props on the wall
Croc costumes

Needs environment audio -> creaking wood of ship, ocean noise, various ship sounds)
The hit-croc sound (the bonk) is underwhelming and delayed from the impact
Needs a start game sound -> a bell ringing or canon firing
Needs an end game sound -> "fireworks, explosions, whatever"
The "Canon's Roar Experience" is a good touchstone for these things
The bonk sound isn't great -> the "doonk" sounding piece of it is nice, but a "smack" sound would also be nice; having some variation in that sound would be nice; it would be nice if that sound was weighty-er