Comment on Lil Gator Game: In The Dark | Announcement Trailer
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Enjoyed the first one. The lack of a map was agonizing though. Kept getting lost in the world. I believe you only unlock it after credits roll.
Comment on Lil Gator Game: In The Dark | Announcement Trailer
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Enjoyed the first one. The lack of a map was agonizing though. Kept getting lost in the world. I believe you only unlock it after credits roll.
tiramichu@lemm.ee 5 days ago
I got lost a few times too, but I think they did a good job of providing mitigation for that with specific large landmarks you can see at least one of from anywhere, like the big tree, the mountain, the windmill.
I understand what the devs were trying to do by not having one. When a map is there, especially an always-on minimap, I basically spend my whole time with my eyes glued to that tiny corner of the screen rather than actually looking at tbr world. So I can respect the decision to try and do without it.
jacksilver@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yeah I liked the free form exploration, felt more like a kid on an adventure.
I my opinion this game did open world design better than most games out there. I personally put it above BOTW, but that’s probably a controversial opinion.
Really excited to hear they’re making a sequel.
tiramichu@lemm.ee 5 days ago
The nice thing about Gator Game was that movement felt so good and fluid. It really is just a game about jumping and climing and bouncing around like a hyper kid.
Given the game doesn’t have ‘combat’ they really really needed to get traversal right because that’s the main draw, and they succeeded in that.