IMPORTANT NOTES based on comments I've seen below: 1. Thanks a lot for trying the game even though I didnt finish it! Yes it's lacking by definition since it's incomplete. I do appreciate all the comments. 2. Oh boy, the installer. Unfortunately, it's the nature of the beast with XNA since it has a ton of dependencies. You can skip those installs if you know you have a particular package, most likely everyone has everything but the XNA redists but I didnt want to take chances on a time sensitive project and wanted people to run it clean. I did have a silent version for some other projects but it hung in some instances so I made it verbose. I apologize to those that strongly prefer zip dumps. 3. Yes, my codebase requires SM2.0. I'm not sure why it blocks some people for only one instance and then it allows it after, but that would explain any graphical glitches. 4. Yes Mediafire, so? I host my files externally since my hosting is a hook up and I dont want to push my bandwidth limit. Unfinished but submitting this anyway, didnt blow a whole weekend for nothing :D Missing proper level, some art assets, and sound. Rescue your babies and bring them back to the roost. A - left D - right W - fly (keep tapping) Space - fire Return - roar to track whelps Esc - Quit
Pretty ambitious for 48 hours. the installer's many runtime redistributables were annoying, and the first time I ran it it complained about needing "pixel shader 2.0" even though i've got a pretty recent gfx card, but i ran it again and it worked.
I really like the idea of a platformer with a rescuing game mechanic, and the art was cute and a good fit for the theme. Unfortunately the game was pretty incomplete (i know how that goes), but lots of potential, next time go with a simpler engine/framework.
honestly, if those were the only mechanics and you'd extended the level a bit, i think it would've been fine as a complete submission. good 3d work for a short amount of time!
Although I understand why you had to include an installer, you should have at least try to detect if the packages aren't already installed on the computer, if so you triggered the repair/uninstall dialog.
Or just hold W to fly :) Not a fan of the installer, but I understand why it exists at least :P Would have been nice to see this go further, looks pretty good.
Setup is loading installation components. This may take FOREVER!
Then... "Setup Error".
How many components are there?! I feel like I'm checkboxing my soul over to Microsoft.
After all that, I was looking forward to the cute dragons... but all I get are black dragon silhouettes. Woe is my graphics card. It's not really a bad one, though...
I really like the idea of a platformer with a rescuing game mechanic, and the art was cute and a good fit for the theme. Unfortunately the game was pretty incomplete (i know how that goes), but lots of potential, next time go with a simpler engine/framework.