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Re: This Post Took 3 Years to Write

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Post by Shorrock » Thu, Sep 12, 2013, 7:41 PM UTC

JonLim wrote: post #8

Gave the tutorial a try and signed up. We're huge fans of tactical strategy games here in the office, so I've shot the link around to get a few people up and running. Small game studio based out of Toronto here, so if you'd like some feedback from peers, let me know and I'd be happy to collect what feedback we can offer. :) Congrats on launching!

I'm the other 1/2 of the development team. Glad to have some other devs kick the tires. Would love whatever feedback you have! Thanks!

Re: This Post Took 3 Years to Write

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Post by Revex » Thu, Sep 12, 2013, 7:41 PM UTC

pfraze wrote: post #9

Good work! I tried out the tutorial and thought it was pretty good, but wanted more before signing up. I'd recommend putting in another larger battle where the tutorial ends, so I can get a feel for how the game plays.

I felt the same way. And then I signed up with a bogus account, and it wanted an e-mail verification.... Why make me e-mail verify?

Re: This Post Took 3 Years to Write

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Post by kayoone » Thu, Sep 12, 2013, 7:42 PM UTC

Awesome game! Totally with you..Launching as early as possible with a MVP simply doesnt work for games.. There are some exceptions if you target the right audience (Minecraft) but in general gamers are very unforgiving. This being a side project made by 2 people who have jobs and families i can only imagine what kind of work went into that. Great job!

Re: This Post Took 3 Years to Write

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Post by mathattack » Thu, Sep 12, 2013, 7:45 PM UTC

kenpratt wrote: post #6

mathattack wrote: post #5

"Had 1,867,713 additions, 1,748,514 deletions and 4,923 project commits." Damn you're persistent! In hindsight, why did take so much longer than initially expected? Poor estimation of the initial target, or a large change from the initial target?

I think to be fair, a bunch of those insertions/deletions were from checking in node_modules early in the dev cycle. But the 5k commits is accurate :) And for schedule, it was vast underestimation of the scope of a digital CCG combined with having day jobs => bad estimation and inconsistent hours.

I suspect that managing a day job and a kid impacted the schedule quite a bit. I recall a quote from another thread, "Once you have kids you are only allowed one hobby."

Re: This Post Took 3 Years to Write

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Post by Shorrock » Thu, Sep 12, 2013, 7:47 PM UTC

pfraze wrote: post #9

Good work! I tried out the tutorial and thought it was pretty good, but wanted more before signing up. I'd recommend putting in another larger battle where the tutorial ends, so I can get a feel for how the game plays.

Good feedback. Having less friction before asking players to commit, would surly help. Something we'll look into for the future.

Re: This Post Took 3 Years to Write

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Post by JonLim » Thu, Sep 12, 2013, 7:50 PM UTC

Shorrock wrote: post #11

JonLim wrote: post #8

Gave the tutorial a try and signed up. We're huge fans of tactical strategy games here in the office, so I've shot the link around to get a few people up and running. Small game studio based out of Toronto here, so if you'd like some feedback from peers, let me know and I'd be happy to collect what feedback we can offer. :) Congrats on launching!

I'm the other 1/2 of the development team. Glad to have some other devs kick the tires. Would love whatever feedback you have! Thanks!

Cool! You guys have an email I can reach out to? Might take us a bit to get some more game time under our belts. :)

Re: This Post Took 3 Years to Write

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Post by huhtenberg » Thu, Sep 12, 2013, 7:54 PM UTC

In Tutorial, when being instructed to place the 8th-grader, it's not clear that it should be placed on a specific tile out of 6 (?) highlighted. Took me some clicking around to notice that small green arrow against greenish tile and realize that.

Later on, same hiccup with "Now press forward". Green smallish arrow against cyan background next to green header pointing at green field... you see where I'm going.

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All in all, while this is not something that I'd play, it appears to be really well done and it leaves great first impression. Congrats on the launch and here's to hoping it will make you rich, healthy and happy! :)

Re: This Post Took 3 Years to Write

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Post by grimgrin » Thu, Sep 12, 2013, 7:57 PM UTC

Well, that felt intuitive. I didn't want to click on a card then click the (i) to view a detailed description. So I held ctrl and clicked it. It worked!

I'm going through the challenges right now. So far I'm really enjoying this. Nice work!

Re: This Post Took 3 Years to Write

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Post by Shorrock » Thu, Sep 12, 2013, 8:05 PM UTC

JonLim wrote: post #16

Shorrock wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm the other 1/2 of the development team. Glad to have some other devs kick the tires. Would love whatever feedback you have! Thanks!

Cool! You guys have an email I can reach out to? Might take us a bit to get some more game time under our belts. :)

Yup. You can use the in-site Feedback link, or hit us up at hello@atomicbrawl.com

Re: This Post Took 3 Years to Write

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Post by JonLim » Thu, Sep 12, 2013, 8:15 PM UTC

Shorrock wrote: post #19

JonLim wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cool! You guys have an email I can reach out to? Might take us a bit to get some more game time under our belts. :)

Yup. You can use the in-site Feedback link, or hit us up at hello@atomicbrawl.com

Consider it done. :)