Please try the game I made !

[carnator]

The units in Just Tactics are a mix of recognizable units and not-so-recognizable units. The mobile artillery piece is recognizable instantly to anyone who's played something like OGRE/GEV and/or WWII/modern era games with tracked, mobile arty.

Other units are something of a puzzle and shoot energy/beam weapons. Regardless, it's worth checking out. I liked what I saw.

Artillery, recognizable...





Okay, now guess what this unit is, it's name is Simo.  If you can't get this I give up :)

[LongBlade]

I like the artistic design. The sound effects are good, and the gameplay was fun.

He's what I suggest you do to improve your game.

Get someone off the street. Maybe several someones. Fire up the game and let them play. Every time they ask a question, make sure you take copious notes about it - it means something about the game isn't intuitive.

The hardest part about playing this game is getting into it. The interface needs work. Every time you have to explain things to a n00b it means the game didn't do that for you.

I think once you fix that more people will be much more eager to get into this game. Right now, it feels a bit like work to figure it out. You have to *want* to try the game. Try to change that so that n00bs can sit down in front of it and get into it effortlessly.

[Grimnirsson]

Good advice!

[jomni]

Sometimes you just have to break away from history and familiar sci-fi notions to come up with new gameplay elements.  I think this is what carnator is trying to do.

[JudgeDredd]

...Every time they ask a question, make sure you take copious notes about it - it means something about the game isn't intuitive.

That sounds so simple and yet is such an important piece of advice - and not necessarily something someone would think of off the top of their head

[Grimnirsson]

And it should be an advice board (war)game designers should also listen too...we currently have a wargame in the HFC test lab for review and I would like to pin that advice on the designers forhead, with nails...

[LongBlade]

...Every time they ask a question, make sure you take copious notes about it - it means something about the game isn't intuitive.

That sounds so simple and yet is such an important piece of advice - and not necessarily something someone would think of off the top of their head

In fairness I learned this from Brant. I can't sleep at a Holiday Inn every night.

[Capn Darwin]

In fairness I learned this from Brant. I can't sleep at a Holiday Inn every night.

... With Brant?!?!   :P

Very good design advice. So when do we get you asking questions about Red Storm? (Shamless Plug Alert)

[LongBlade]

In fairness I learned this from Brant. I can't sleep at a Holiday Inn every night.
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... With Brant?!?!   :P

Very good design advice. So when do we get you asking questions about Red Storm? (Shamless Plug Alert)
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Hmmm. I'll start working on them.

[bayonetbrant]

...Every time they ask a question, make sure you take copious notes about it - it means something about the game isn't intuitive.

That sounds so simple and yet is such an important piece of advice - and not necessarily something someone would think of off the top of their head

In fairness I learned this from Brant. I can't sleep at a Holiday Inn every night.

when the hell did I come up with that nugget of wisdom?

I mean, based on its brilliance I don't doubt it came from me, but I spew so many genius insights that it's hard to keep track of when they all went live.  ::)

[LongBlade]

...Every time they ask a question, make sure you take copious notes about it - it means something about the game isn't intuitive.

That sounds so simple and yet is such an important piece of advice - and not necessarily something someone would think of off the top of their head

In fairness I learned this from Brant. I can't sleep at a Holiday Inn every night.

when the hell did I come up with that nugget of wisdom?

I mean, based on its brilliance I don't doubt it came from me, but I spew so many genius insights that it's hard to keep track of when they all went live.  ::)

Not sure. I just remember a conversation about getting people in front of a monitor and watching for their reactions to figure out what works and what doesn't. I do know that, brilliant as I am, it's appropriate to share credit where it's due. Even if you don't remember it.

[bayonetbrant]

Not sure. I just remember a conversation about getting people in front of a monitor and watching for their reactions to figure out what works and what doesn't.

I think that was from the discussion about re-doing the user interface from the old WGer site.  Which means that despite claims to not remember what you wrote in November (in the Benghazi thread) you're remembering things I did in 2007 while on a conference call...  :o

[LongBlade]

Not sure. I just remember a conversation about getting people in front of a monitor and watching for their reactions to figure out what works and what doesn't.

I think that was from the discussion about re-doing the user interface from the old WGer site.  Which means that despite claims to not remember what you wrote in November (in the Benghazi thread) you're remembering things I did in 2007 while on a conference call...  :o

I have a fairly imperfect memory. Interactions with Smuck? Easily forgotten. Discussions about improving a UI? Etched in stone.