NEW Smash Ringtail Cat

I'm going to list my thoughts and show you how to correct them

-Don't overuse a mechanic. the rock punching and the falling platforms are really overused across the levels. use them less.

-The level design is bad. its like a labyrinth. Its works for a prototype level for testing all the mechanics at once. but for a final game its bad.

-the boss is broken. has so much health, I could not finish the demo because of that.

-the bosses are combat system are the biggest flaws of your games, They are dull, don't have patterns. They are just punch button smashing. Search for a tutorial on how to make boss pattern or bosses good game design.

-the enemies have debug health values over them.

-The pause menu makes the objects of the level invisible. bug?.

-you have both, tiles and colision objects visible at the same time. collision objects needs to be invisible. you need to change their visibility in their creation code.

-if you press the punch button while in the air, smash will get stuck in the air. likely a bug.

-when doing new games consider polishing the game more before releasing a "demo" or even before showing them to the public. take your time.

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your rocks particles need some gravity.

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your spring just moving up and down doesnt feel good. and smash getting stuck there until you press the jump button feels as bad design. the impulse should be done automatically.

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your static star shaped particles doesnt give the emotion of a punch.

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A transition is supposed to cover the whole screen, but yours clearly leave smash and the level still visible. Looks bugged :/

And having to touch the crystal to "teleport" to the next room doesnt feel natural. The dragon ball gif shows a natural way of transitioning.

the crystal thing should be used for really finish the end of the level.

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Dont use lighter colored outlines in sprites. Use darker colored ones.

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Keep sprite pixel size consistent.

your floor outline pixel thickness is not the same as the rest of the game.

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your trees look like they are floating

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your implementation of the cartwheel in your past games looks and plays bad.

having a infinite cartwheel is bad and it feel useless.

you should do it like in donkey kong, you press a button while moving, the character does the cartwheel, and when the animation is finished the character stops and goes back to the normal state.

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This final thing may sound harsh but it's for a good reason:

The whole "being a company thing" looks bad. looks like a kid pretending to be a company.

using a brand or nickname to name yourself as indie dev is is not bad, most of people do it, but Indie devs should not use slogans, that's for companys.

if you want to people to take you seriously you need to be more aunthentic.

Your "brand channel trailer" gives a bit of cringe and feels unnecessary, claiming being a animator just for doing a little animation about aliens that looks like it was a "teen first time using adobe flash years ago" .

then using phrases like "this IS the next level of entertainment", when in reality the games are just average indie games. there is nothing next level.

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Good luck with your games.