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Review For Generation3000:

Ideas (25 pts): The idea wasn't original, but the way it was presented and adapted to scratch was. The interface and buttons worked very well, and the idea of disasters and street view were great.

Gameplay (10 pts): One word: Slow. The speed of the project really interfered with the gameplay. Everything lagged, and it was hard to do pretty much everything. Also, when I tried to place a building, it wouldn't go onto the ground, it would just follow your mouse. The buttons and menus were set up nicely, however, and they worked well.

Ease of use(5 pts): The buttons made sense, but the game was very hard to play. It was just simply too slow.

Understandability (15 pts): The game was understandable, and the subtitles under the zones and other items made sense. The "!" box gave you a clear goal.

Feel (10 pts): The game felt utilitarian throughout.

Graphics (4.5 pts.): The graphics were overall good, and the buttons and city elements all had the same style. However, the changing background was visually distracting.

Sound (5 pts): The sound was refreshing, of good quality, and made sense in the project.

OVERALL: 74.5/100
Rewards: None.
Work On: Speeding the game up. You may have to delete some features, but it would definitely be worth it.

P.S: You can resubmit your project, but I will only re-rate it, I won't re-review it.

Review For Follow The Leader

Ideas (15 pts): A maze game has been made many times. However, I haven't seen many versions where the mouse is used as navigation, so using the idea for a maze game is okay.

Gameplay (5 pts):The game doesn't incorporate the maze. You just go right through the lines, which really defeats the purpose of the game. If you want to know how to fix this, look here.

Ease of use(15 pts): The navigation of the starfish makes sense. In other words, it's easy to move, and easy to figure out how to do.

Understandability (7 pts):The objective in the game is clear. However, there is no explanation as to how you move the starfish in the game. Maybe you should make him tell you how to move.

Feel (10 pts): The game kept its puzzle feel the entire time.

Graphics (1 pt.): The graphics didn't match up, and weren't very asthetically pleasing. If you wanted to keep the sketchy feel, you should've made the starfish sketchy. Also, straight lines would've enhanced the project.

Sound (5 pts): The project didn't really need sound, so the lack of sound was okay.

OVERALL: 58/100
Rewards: None.
Work On: Color sensing and graphics.

P.S: You can resubmit your project, but I will only re-rate it, I won't re-review it.

Last edited by WingsGames (2011-12-23 17:00:38)

thanks for reviewing them!

the problem with Generation 3000 is that the other features did not slow the game down at all as they are too small, so removing a feature would speed it up about 0.01%, whereas removing a tile off the city would increase it about 5% each. As you can see, making the map even smaller would mean great speed but nothing to really build on. All I can say is it was very impractical to put it onto scratch in the first place, but my Panther version which had excessive amounts of space (it was HUGE) and had no -annoying- lagging problems was better for those reasons (it used a clone system so I only needed one terrain tile rather than hundreds of them) but it was the third project I had ever made, and it was very glitchy.

(Sorry the huge speech)

I've decided to restart my Chicken Chow Mein game anyway, and go for something more serious. Don't bother writing a review for it, all I want to know for now is:
1. the mood it brings- what do you feel?
2. what tone would it make you think the rest of the game is?
the reason is, if the player gets the "right feeling", then it means that they will want to play on. if not, they'll expect a game which is completely different to what they thought it would be like. It'll only take you 2 minutes- 1 and a half to look at it (it's literally just the intro) and then around 30 secs to comment. Thankyou!

Review For Blimp Wars:

Ideas (25 pts): I've never seen a blimp game before. The idea was fresh, original, and the variation in weapons was nice.

Gameplay (20 pts): The game played well overall, but there were a couple of things that could've been fixed. First, the bombs don't detonate when they hit the turrets. That didn't really make sense, and made some aspects of the game less enjoyable. Also, I felt that the bombs should've spent less time detonated, so you can drop another one faster. One other thing is that there's no way to tell how much health the turrets have left. It isn't that annoying, but it would enhance the game.
        However, the rest of the game was amazing! I loved how the bombs changed the terrain, and how the weapons progressed. However, I didn't really get how to kill the boss. How does the portal gun help you?

Ease of use(15 pts): The traditional WASD key motion made sense, and the weapon changing worked well.

Understandability (5 pts): The game didn't really make a lot of sense. What did the turrets steal? How does killing a bunch of them get you any closer to finding it?How could turrets steal something? I just didn't understand the plot.

Feel (10 pts): The game kept a steady feel.

Graphics (5 pts.): The gaphics all looked similar, and looked nice.

Sound (5 pts): The sound effects were placed in the right spots, and don't really get tedious. This won't lower your score, but background music would be a great idea.

OVERALL: 85/100
Rewards: A love-it.
Work On: A plot line (what did the turrets do? Maybe a cutscene at the beginning with a "skip" option. Engage the players!), and the bombs hurting turrets.

P.S: You can resubmit your project, but I will only re-rate it, I won't re-review it.

Review For Goob Ghosts:

Ideas (25 pts): The idea of a racing game has been used before, but I haven't seen any where your movements get recorded so that you can play against yourself. A very nice concept, and definitely fun to play!

Gameplay (19 pts): The game got hard in some places. Like, in the second ocean level, I couldn't pass. It grew frustrating, so I just started the game over. Also, the "hard" level is impossible! The game just felt too hard. Also, if you win, there's no sense of closure. It just says "human win!" Maybe make it so that after someone wins, you go back to the starting screen. One other thing is that if your opponent isn't on the same level as you, I feel that you shouldn't be able to see him. It's just distracting to see your opponent jumping on blocks that aren't there.
             Flaws aside, the multiplayer mode is AMAZING! I have no clue how you got the game to record your motions, but it works great, and really makes the game more fun.

Ease of use(15 pts): The arrow keys made motion easy and quick.

Understandability (15 pts): Your goal in the game was clear: beat the other goobs.

Feel (10 pts): The game kept it's feel of fast-paced action and speed the entire time.

Graphics (5 pts.): The gaphics all looked hand-drawn, but in a good way.

Sound (4 pts): The background music fit the game, and the sound effects were a great implication of the sound library in scratch. The only sound that got annoying was the sound when you touched red.

OVERALL: 93/100
Rewards: A love-it and a spot in the gallery.
Work On: Making the levels easier. The game gets frustrating if the levels are too hard!

P.S: You can resubmit your project, but I will only re-rate it, I won't re-review it.

you're very generous when it comes to the first category- ideas. Personally, my Generation3000 game should have lost a few points because even though the way it was "presented and adapted into scratch was" good, it was still a copy of Simcity 4.

I agree with you on Chicken Chow Mein and Blimp Wars, but not so much on the maze game. Yes it did use the mouse, but other than the mouse- was it a fresh and exciting new approach on mazes that creates a whole new way and a whole diverse look on maze games? I think a little more than cursor usage would be needed to get the score as high as it is.

Everything else I've read seems reasonable- very good work!

WingsGames wrote:

Review For Goob Ghosts:

Ideas (25 pts): The idea of a racing game has been used before, but I haven't seen any where your movements get recorded so that you can play against yourself. A very nice concept, and definitely fun to play!

Gameplay (19 pts): The game got hard in some places. Like, in the second ocean level, I couldn't pass. It grew frustrating, so I just started the game over. Also, the "hard" level is impossible! The game just felt too hard. Also, if you win, there's no sense of closure. It just says "human win!" Maybe make it so that after someone wins, you go back to the starting screen. One other thing is that if your opponent isn't on the same level as you, I feel that you shouldn't be able to see him. It's just distracting to see your opponent jumping on blocks that aren't there.
             Flaws aside, the multiplayer mode is AMAZING! I have no clue how you got the game to record your motions, but it works great, and really makes the game more fun.

Ease of use(15 pts): The arrow keys made motion easy and quick.

Understandability (15 pts): Your goal in the game was clear: beat the other goobs.

Feel (10 pts): The game kept it's feel of fast-paced action and speed the entire time.

Graphics (5 pts.): The gaphics all looked hand-drawn, but in a good way.

Sound (4 pts): The background music fit the game, and the sound effects were a great implication of the sound library in scratch. The only sound that got annoying was the sound when you touched red.

OVERALL: 93/100
Rewards: A love-it and a spot in the gallery.
Work On: Making the levels easier. The game gets frustrating if the levels are too hard!

P.S: You can resubmit your project, but I will only re-rate it, I won't re-review it.

thanks so much! yes, i am currently working on new tracks, some easy, some hard.
I appreciate your compliments!

Borrego6165 wrote:

you're very generous when it comes to the first category- ideas. Personally, my Generation3000 game should have lost a few points because even though the way it was "presented and adapted into scratch was" good, it was still a copy of Simcity 4.

I agree with you on Chicken Chow Mein and Blimp Wars, but not so much on the maze game. Yes it did use the mouse, but other than the mouse- was it a fresh and exciting new approach on mazes that creates a whole new way and a whole diverse look on maze games? I think a little more than cursor usage would be needed to get the score as high as it is.

Everything else I've read seems reasonable- very good work!

Thanks! Reviewing is harder than you think, and it's nice to see that people are appreciating it! I made it a free service, but you can still check my stuff out if you want. 

P.S: Do you want to help me out? I'm getting a lot of projects, and a partner would be helpful.

mmww wrote:

This is a good idea! Do you mind if I make a topic like this?

Go ahead! I just want people to be able to improve their projects as much as possible.

You wont regret this one, and many thanks for reviewing it as its the first time I've done it!

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