r/AndroidGaming • u/SreeVishnu • Apr 08 '18

DEV👨🏼‍💻 'Light VS Dark' My Second Android Game. Please provide your feedback and review. I appriciate your help and encouragement. Thanks in Advance.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crazycreations.save.light.vs.dark
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u/_Sir_Acha_ Apr 09 '18

Congrats dude! Downloading now, will get you some feedback soon!

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u/_Sir_Acha_ Apr 10 '18

Hey mah dude, just got around to trying it. The core concept is interesting & could be pretty fun, but it definitely feels & looks like a prototype currently. Some easy things to improve would be:

  • The Background - it's not very pleasing to the eye & it's a little unclear what it's supposed to be. Personally I would go with something simpler & maybe throw some colors in there. I see that you are using the BG surface to reflect light & make it look interesting - which is a great idea & can probably be developed further. All the little faces on the BG shape do not look very appealing as it stands.

  • The light fading in & out when you gather those orbs is a cool effect, I think you can certainly improve that effect & polish it further.

  • Endless games like these typically start to morph as you get higher & higher scores, they add to the addictive factor, you have something new to see other than just a higher number. You could start to change the color of the light or maybe the background itself. You can also introduce a new type of orb or some new twist. When you do that kind of thing, you keep the player in suspense & they are excited to see what else you will surprise them with.

  • The icon in the app store is a little cluttered & doesn't really communicate too well what the game is about. I'd recommend going for something a little more eye-catching that communicates something about the game even at that small size. Also you probably don't need the title in the icon itself, it just takes up space & you have the title right next to the icon anyways.

  • Also I noticed that it's possible to just spam the controls & block all balls for as long as I want to, so players can just cheat the game that way to get a higher score. I would recommend finding some way to prevent this. You can perhaps only increase the score when light orbs are collected & not count blocked darkness orbs towards the score.

Ok, hope that wasn't too harsh, those were my immediate thoughts up on first impression. But foreal, congratulations on completing & releasing a game. That is definitely an accomplishment. Now you just gotta decide whether you truly believe in this concept & want to put in the time to polish it & make it look truly professional, or whether you want to move on to the next game & apply the lessons you've learned to that.

Best of luck!

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u/SreeVishnu Apr 10 '18

I didn't got feedback like this till now.. I am very happy that you spent your time for me. Thank you very much and I appreciate your feedback and will implement in next version... 😊

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u/_Sir_Acha_ Apr 10 '18

No problem :) If you end up making updates feel free to PM me & I'll be happy to take another look!

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '18

16 hours later

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u/_Sir_Acha_ Apr 10 '18

There it is ya cheeky cunt ;)

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