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Re: Show HN: Neil the Seal Game

#51
post #7

Sound isn't working in Firefox on Linux, but otherwise very fun. The only thing it's missing are Neil's favorite traffic cones ;) Also glad that Neil is getting the protection he needs (and the public as well) despite the media attention.

Cones have been added. Sound improvements implemented.

Re: Show HN: Neil the Seal Game

#54
post #9
post #6

I love the voice lines

I got stuck on the "push a car into a pool" quest, even with the car directly on top of a pool it didn't go in. The car-pushing physics seem buggy, the rotation direction seems opposite to what it should be.

fixed now

Re: Show HN: Neil the Seal Game

#55

Cars are driving on the wrong side of the road - presumably in terror of His Neilness!

Completely correct! It was late, I even checked with my wife, she told me the left. Darn, I went the wrong way. Will fix it.

Now driving on the correct side of the road, but wrong side of the roundabout!

Neil’s reign of terror knows no limits.

Re: Show HN: Neil the Seal Game

#56
post #42

I wanted to like it but found it immediately frustrating on mobile: * The joystick is too sensitive, so it’s hard to keep a straight line, wobbling everywhere instead. The camera makes it worse. I felt that if I kept going I might get motion sickness. * Despite moving both cars out of the way and getting through, it always marked just one. Took me three resets and had to move Neil back to properly push them and get t…

Joystick has been improved, I just dampened it down a little. I will look at the cars, I deliberately added the back and front sensitivity in an early version, it is okay on desktop horrible on mobile. Battery improvements implemented dropping the load by 90% with a minor change :)

Re: Show HN: Neil the Seal Game

#58
post #2

Fun game! One quick piece of UX feedback: when adjusting the direction, the entire screen rotates along with it, which makes me feel a bit dizzy. It might be helpful to have an option to lock the screen orientation or smooth out the rotation. Great work overall!

Thank you, hopefully the new changes make it better.
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