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The thing that sticks out a lot for me is that the text is hard to read. In the video, there's a dialogue box that takes up the entire screen for such a small amount of text. There's not enough contrast between the name of whoever is talking and the background such that I wouldn't know who is speaking if that information is important to playing the game.

In the screen shot you posted, you don't have that massive dialogue box. However there's still contrast issues that makes it hard for me to read. The light color text sitting on something in the background that is also light colored reminds of some old foreign movies I have on DVD where there's white text on the film print that washes out everywhere it overlaps with anything light colored. Exactly that.
I downloaded the file, but, dood, you're just a name on the screen, so I can't just download an exe file and double click it. I tried to run it through Virus Total, but it says the file is too big.

Anybody tell me of another website that does the same thing that might have a bigger maximum file size? (It appears that the max on Virus Total is 650 or 680 or something (my old eyes and tiny print don't get along too well).
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OldFatGuy: I downloaded the file, but, dood, you're just a name on the screen, so I can't just download an exe file and double click it. I tried to run it through Virus Total, but it says the file is too big.

Anybody tell me of another website that does the same thing that might have a bigger maximum file size? (It appears that the max on Virus Total is 650 or 680 or something (my old eyes and tiny print don't get along too well).
Yes, thats my google drive, Not sure why it does that. I'm gonna be getting a server to host all my files soon. but I assure you it is virus free, google drive wouldnt have let me upload it if there was a virus in it. If you can wait about a week I'll have it uploaded to a server, I just do not have time right now with work.
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Catventurer: The thing that sticks out a lot for me is that the text is hard to read. In the video, there's a dialogue box that takes up the entire screen for such a small amount of text. There's not enough contrast between the name of whoever is talking and the background such that I wouldn't know who is speaking if that information is important to playing the game.

In the screen shot you posted, you don't have that massive dialogue box. However there's still contrast issues that makes it hard for me to read. The light color text sitting on something in the background that is also light colored reminds of some old foreign movies I have on DVD where there's white text on the film print that washes out everywhere it overlaps with anything light colored. Exactly that.
Hiya, thanks for all your input, most of what you are saying has been taken care of. https://ibb.co/VjZ2CVm
Another thing I've noticed is the video recorder im using does not do the game any justice. the text is fine in game.
Post edited 4 days ago by GoldenGoblinI
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GoldenGoblinI: Yes, thats my google drive, Not sure why it does that. I'm gonna be getting a server to host all my files soon. but I assure you it is virus free, google drive wouldnt have let me upload it if there was a virus in it. If you can wait about a week I'll have it uploaded to a server, I just do not have time right now with work.
Yeah, trusting a random installer uploaded by a random person on-line may be rather hard. Not that it implies much (if any) vetting, but may help if you'd put the demo on itch or indiedb for example.
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GoldenGoblinI: Hiya, thanks for all your input, most of what you are saying has been taken care of. https://ibb.co/VjZ2CVm
Yeah, in that second shot you had posted earlier, just putting the text on top of the game screen, with no background, guaranteed that it was going to be hard to read plenty of times, depending on what was in that part of the screen, so doing it this way is better. And getting rid of those character images also helps a lot with that disconnect between voices and images. (Though those images were nice... But maybe TOO nice, JRPG like, not from the sort of world you'd expect such a game to have. And also looked very much AI-generated. Not that I mind, but some would, and many would want any game using that to be upfront about it and include warnings.)
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GoldenGoblinI: Yes, thats my google drive, Not sure why it does that. I'm gonna be getting a server to host all my files soon. but I assure you it is virus free, google drive wouldnt have let me upload it if there was a virus in it. If you can wait about a week I'll have it uploaded to a server, I just do not have time right now with work.
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Cavalary: Yeah, trusting a random installer uploaded by a random person on-line may be rather hard. Not that it implies much (if any) vetting, but may help if you'd put the demo on itch or indiedb for example.
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GoldenGoblinI: Hiya, thanks for all your input, most of what you are saying has been taken care of. https://ibb.co/VjZ2CVm
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Cavalary: Yeah, in that second shot you had posted earlier, just putting the text on top of the game screen, with no background, guaranteed that it was going to be hard to read plenty of times, depending on what was in that part of the screen, so doing it this way is better. And getting rid of those character images also helps a lot with that disconnect between voices and images. (Though those images were nice... But maybe TOO nice, JRPG like, not from the sort of world you'd expect such a game to have. And also looked very much AI-generated. Not that I mind, but some would, and many would want any game using that to be upfront about it and include warnings.)
Thanks for all your input and help like I said it goes a long way with me. I agree with you about the ai stuff best to tell peeps up front, those character images were made from a program where you piece them together, not ai. but yes i always thought they looked too pretty.
Im not accusing you of posting malware. I am correcting that point of google scanning stuff. Google stops scanning uploaded content at around 500MB. While it is unlikely to be malware from mr goblin. Im just making sure everyone knows how google rolls.

When you try and download large content. There is a prompt that will ask the user, if they want to continue, as the content was not scanned. Not your game, I mean stuff I have seen on google before. Like system drivers, for an old laptop I needed to fix a few years ago.
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Shmacky-McNuts: Im not accusing you of posting malware. I am correcting that point of google scanning stuff. Google stops scanning uploaded content at around 500MB. While it is unlikely to be malware from mr goblin. Im just making sure everyone knows how google rolls.

When you try and download large content. There is a prompt that will ask the user, if they want to continue, as the content was not scanned. Not your game, I mean stuff I have seen on google before. Like system drivers, for an old laptop I needed to fix a few years ago.
I understand, ye I didn't think you were accusing me :) I was just reassuring about virus's, next week I'll be getting the server so I can upload stuff, the demo is like 1.5gb the game its self is like 12gb.
Dragonic Overlords Kickstarter campaign has launched!

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I can't believe that footmen have to wait a whole year just for a thank you!
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SultanOfSuave: I can't believe that footmen have to wait a whole year just for a thank you!
Haha thank you for the typo I'll fix it right away it was supposed to say 2024 :)
its fixed glad you pointed that out!
Post edited 18 hours ago by GoldenGoblinI
A small video showing how just about everything can be interacted with.
https://youtu.be/1RP5Bt2Ih8Q