jack.pants
23 апреля 2023
Promising and priced right? 4.7/5
This seems cool but needs that last bit of polish. It's about the right price, but I might suggest dropping it a bit when releasing to the main store (definitely release it as you will make grips of cash and get lots more feedback / motivation), to keep the reviews & player base high, then going the DLC route. I played one game against the bot, and here is my initial impression: First, the menu area felt low-res and pixelated, while the arena felt a bit more antialiased and smooth. Not sure what's up with that, but I would suspect some optimization would enable higher resolution (foveating?). This should also be 90 Hz no problem. Second, the bot's voice is obnoxious after awhile. It's ok, but maybe a vocoder effect to make it a bit less like a random midwest dude or having a few characters (there is an option to silence it). I noticed that whenever I threw, the ball went a bit rightward from where I felt my hand was swinging (?), and I couldn't really figure out how to spin it and tried flicking my wrist as I would with a real bocce ball in all different eccentric ways. Turns out you have to enable spin in settings; surprised that isn't the default or part of an introductory set of questions (e.g. handedness, spin preference, avatar, etc). Finally, I'm not sure why, but watching the balls land and interact, it didn't quite feel right. I think this was mostly about the bot's backspin and how it landed; it had some polygon overlap with the floor that looked weird. It's fine, but maybe you could add a bump map and texture that evolves as the balls hit the dirt, making little dents and discoloration? Other than this, the framerate was buttery smooth and I started to correct my throw to get the ball to go more in the direction I wanted (with zero spin, no matter what :). I rarely keep games but I will keep this one, and maybe get it for my friends. Has the friendly feel of walkabout (high compliment!) but will not hold my attention as long. But it's priced to keep and will be a nice change of pace! Feature request: A second ring for the next closest team (counting points) or highlighting point balls somehow?
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