#jaunt feedback

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Hey Vot, if I may make a suggestion for Jaunt, I think you may want to move the health bar & meter b/c it's hard to focus on the player character with constant bombardment when you must run your eyes all the way to the left of the screen to see its status and back. Perhaps make the HUD similar to the traditional fighting game HUD b/c it allows you to know your current status while not drawing your attention away from the action as much?

Heya anon! And yeah, nice observation!The hp and jaunt bar has been a problem for quite a while now. It’s true that they’re located quite far over there, but... i can’t think of any better solution or alternative that’s any better.I placed in on the far left because it’s the place where it obstructs the view the least. Putting it ala traditional fighting games would mean it’s aligned horizontally on top, which.. basically makes the already-small vertical view you have even smaller, while your horizontal viewscope still remains extra large.

But yeah, thank you for the feedback! it is quite the important problem, so i’ll keep thinking of a solution.

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... How much money do you think you might need to make jaunt a phone app? (Time and work a lot, i know, but...)

It’s not about time and money, actually. It’s more of a design problem.The game’s designed to be played with a keyboard and a mouse. Phone only has access to touchscreen, and i can’t find any compromise that still retains the core mechanics of the game.Second, jaunt is heavily based on your surroundings and reaction time - something i find very lacking in mobile platforms due to smaller screen size and possible blocking of view by your fingers! 

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Ok! I just tried Jaunt. That got intense real fast. Love the concept and the simplicity of it. You have a great idea rolling here. Keep at it friendo!

;;w;;/) omg thank you so much! Glad you guys enjoyed it!!I’m actually torn because of it, haha. I had big plans (more enemies, skills, upgrades), but the current simplicity works so well i’m having doubts on upgrading xD either way, thank you!

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I liked that guy's idea of combo, I would suggest instead of bonus points maybe something to recover health? Supposing we have 80/100 health , killing 5 hunters in a row it would replenish a tiny amouth of the player's lost health,something that won't make it overpowerd but more give it more survivability? That might be a bitch to code tho.

It’s not! it’s surprisingly simple to code, given how i’ve coded the jaunting mechanics. it’ just that i’m not sure about awarding anything for combos/killing several anything at once, cause one enemy allows you to do that much much easier than the others - thus, it’s difficult to balance.

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Also, another idea: maybe a small combo system, where you get additional points for multi-kills in one jaunt? (like, 25 points for 2 kills in 1 jaunt, rather than 20 points for 2 kills in two jaunts) And maybe a time attack mode where you only have 60 seconds for highest score?

Hmm. It’s interesting, and i’ve never thought of that...My problem is, introducing that will make killing Hunters (red) so much more beneficial compared to the others. I designed their points around how difficult they are to kill, and hunters are worth the lowest for a reason. It’s easy to have a mass of hunter following you to kill lots in one go, and giving even more bonus points for that seems to be unfair to the other enemies!

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It's a very interesting game, I'm really proud of you for coding all that. Now I have something to play while bored at college and I'm already telling people to play it to see if they have skills (they don't :3 ), thank you Vot.

I’m so glad to hear that!! I have big plans, but boy am I surprised to see that it’s already so enjoyable even at such an early stage xDThank you for playing, it is much appreciated!

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So I got a score of 1160 today on my like fifth try before quitting, but is there a "quit game" button anywhere? I noticed that I couldn't find a way to exit other than hitting home and closing the window, which, on my computer, causes a few annoying issues sometimes.

Ah! If you press escape it’ll pause the game -  Through that you can get back to the main menu, and through there you can exit the game! Sorry about that!

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You people with your 3k+ highscores are insane. :P I wonder if the game should also track how long you lasted, be it with a visible timer near the score or eventually on a future highscores list.

Fantastic idea! I’ll see about that owo/