[SuperWes]

[robertpelloni]

[Moogs]

[robertpelloni]

[Moogs]

Okay, well, it's fine if you've got a bunch of people in a large room, but snapping back and forth between two people who are only a few feet from each other isn't necessary. I mean, it's not like you're working with three dimensions, here, so you aren't allowed to approach things from different angles or perspectives. That scene with the brother just kinda... well... looks like siblings fighting over the scene and yanking it back and forth!

Don't tell me that's what you were going for, either. It doesn't make it any less annoying.

I still think the game looks really promising, though. I really don't mean to be a prick by obsessing over one small detail.

[niitaka]

Agreeing with Moog here. I understand where you're going with this, pelloni, but I'd limit its use to only the instances when there are large groups of people or there's someone barging in, etc. Use it only when you need to.

[robertpelloni]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZf2E_wBvng&fmt=6

Trailer is up. I'm going to sleep now, I'll be back in the morning. :)
You guys are seriously awesome, everything said here is constructive and useful. Thank you.

[Take It Sleazy]

That looks like a really fun world to explore! Thanks for deciding to give everyone a better look at it. I think the video editing was pretty snappy for a game that is mostly walking and talking, although the list of people/time lapse could be shorter. I'm still not clear if you're doing the Yuu/You thing on purpose, but it is still kind of an annoying. I respect your confidence and am glad you are not afraid to say your game is awesome, but bowing during a teaser trailer is waaaaaaaay over the fucking top. That all said, you've done an excellent job of conveying the huge amount of love and care you've poured into this thing. Good luck!

[CubaLibre]

Yeah, I am glad you put together a real trailer. My interest in this game now has some sort of foundation.

That said you take way too much time emphasizing that you are a supremely awesome god-human who made this game totally on your own.
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[robertpelloni]

Still awake, barely.
There's a reason for this.
At the end of the trailer I am implying that the game is called "bob's game" to refer to the in-game character that represents me, who has created a game intended for tournament competition inside the game.
That's the purpose of the transition from the sprite to the real image of me.
In other words- I'm the end boss, and "bob's game" has yet to be revealed, which is the actual premise to begin with.

[wasted potential]

[Dark Age Iron Savior]

Taking Tim's mother's advice in this thread.
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[OGC]

[negativedge]

I actually like this trailer, though I fear that the game will not be able to live up to the interest of its world over a long play time. Like, these places and people look really cool but we're still not very sure what you do in any of them. If it works, this might end up being something really nice.

[Schwere Viper]

You can color me interested. It looks like something I would have played as a young one, even if that makes me sound like nostalgia-addled sad sack.

That crowd noise/music in the final scene kind of gave me a jolt, though! Sounded kind of like something you'd hear if a Silent Hill beastie was close by!
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[diplo]

i'm just a little curious if all the music is going to be dance music.

or dance-music-esque.

and, if so, why?

[Shapermc]

Ok, that's not a trailer, that's a short movie.

Second, yes, you did a great feat.

I still have no idea what kind of gameplay to expect in this "game".

You need to cool down on your own ego here "bob". It's a little tiring and it's going to put a lot of people off. I don't care if you think you're fantastically clever for your end boss idea.

Here's a challenge: make a 2 minute trailer (or shorter) that shows gameplay--not just character interactions--and doesn't have any text in it (aside from the games name).
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[HJProject]

Why was there a naked guy in there?

[robertpelloni]

[Focus]

I actually paused the "trailer" on and off to read about all of the NPCs. It was fairly grueling to see a game with so many unlikable characters despite some injection of humor. The last one fit in too.

:/

:/

Hope the plot hook is okay!

:/

:/
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[Laurel Soup]

Was that a pee jar!?

[HJProject]

[Mrow]

Those youtube bubbles really have ruined youtube.

Anyway, has this cat displayed any gameplay? Seeing what puzzles flew as genius in Braid I don't really think this guy needs to do more than dump sokoban into his game and cross his arms.

[les meat]

"I do know that it's very possible that this is the largest single-handedly made game ever"

Nope, thats probably Elite

[Harveyjames]

That's only big because of procedural generation, and it was programmed by two men: David Braben and Ian Bell. SCHOOL'D YA.
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[Koji]

I don't dislike your idea, Bob, but you do come across as being a little too full of yourself.

The game itself looks nice enough. I'll keep my eye on it.






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[haze]

the original video showing off the gameplay engine caught my interest more than this trailer did.

the descriptions of all the characters feels a little too smart-alecky or self-conscious, or something like that, putting me off. I hope these aren't literally their names!

[robertpelloni]

[Psycho Ant]

[HJProject]

I was. It was so disturbing I had to ask.

[Take It Sleazy]

[sethsez]

[108]

[negativedge]

tim are you trying to say you want to wear shirts

I mean it's ok they can be cool sometimes

[Talbain]

While this game looks alright and sounds alright, I somehow don't really see it as playing alright. It just seems like a cutesy character going around talking to people. No offense, but The Longest Journey, Baldur's Gate II, and a plethora of other games made in the late 1990s did it better. I suppose you can advertise "I made it myself" if you want, but I don't foresee that making the game any good. One person can make a movie, one person can make a soundtrack or write a book, paint a picture, make a house. That alone doesn't make them good. It's gimmicky--and that's being kind. As for the game's size, again, gimmicky.
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[kthorjensen]

Congratulations, you spent 20% of your life on something that hundreds of autists do in RPG Maker every day. This "game" if it can even be called such seems to be an endless, linear series of textbox explications and slogging Jane Jensenisms nailed to exactly the kind of retro-tiresome graphics that nobody who hasn't spent the majority of their life staring at video games would enjoy. Seriously, I can't see for the life of me why a single person would be interested in any of this, after watching the three YouTube videos? It's like the worst jRPG cliches filtered through a sheaf of DeviantArt comments. I am going to make a BOLD INDUSTRY PREDICTION: This game will never be published. You are a delusional aspergomaniac who just pissed away half a decade. Can't wait to see what you come up with next! Also put a fucking shirt on and go outside.
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[Harveyjames]

Hey and Thor, the guy who built this will never be a real fine artist, either!



To mark the fact, why don't you send him a letter full of deeply personal insults!

Were you horrifically abused by someone with Asperger's syndrome or something? Because you really seem to have it in for Asperger's sufferers (sorry, 'aspies').
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[kthorjensen]

Watts Towers is a beautiful expression of artistic vision that has profound resonance in the community where they stand. "bob's game" is a pathetic bleat for attention by a shut-in that panders blatantly to every nostalgia trope while continually trumpeting a level of innovation and creativity that simply doesn't exist. I didn't know that Watts Towers had a big sign on the front that read THE PRODUCT OF ONE MAN (SAM ROBIA'S) WORK OVER 33 YEARS THE LARGEST FREESTANDING JUNK TOWERS EVR BUILT BY *JUST* ONE MAN FOR SALE TO INTERESTED PARTIES REALLY SERIOUSLY LOOK AT ALL THE AWESOME THINGS I DID WITH THESE TOWERS (paragraphs of nonsense). Maybe if the Watts Towers were covered with furry art you'd have something to go on. If you can't see the difference between the two, there's not a lot of hope for you. But when was there?

(edited to fix tense)
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[Harveyjames]

Again with the personal attacks!

The point is we should celebrate this thing for its uniqueness, rather than what you're doing, which is... well, I dunno, but it seems to make you feel good about yourself.
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[Mrow]

Yeah, you're both making a crucial mistake, architecture is not video games.

Yo HJ, why don't you just post a few pictures of your cock and drop the pretense?

[kthorjensen]

Why don't you go cry about it into something fat? Nice job refuting my point, by the way. Oh, I forgot: your childhood is eternal. No wonder you're on board this mess.
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