tezzmosis Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 Constructive Criticism & Positive Feedback Appreciated. Ongoing Beta Testers are Welcome. www.apocalyptical.us Quote
realmoflegends Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 It's not a bad start actually, looks decent. But there needs to be more to do really, more features in the Explore area. Hopefully you plan on adding more 'meat' to it to separate it from the Mccodes crowd. Also, there are few ways to make money really aside from 'Actions', making all those expensive things like the Housing and Education out of reach for awhile. And I wouldn't hand new players 14 days of Upgraded status right off the bat, maybe start off with 2-3, whetting their appetite for more but not allowing people to power up to a point where they don't need to upgrade to get ahead by the time the 14 days wears off. Just some rebalancing needed, IMHO. Quote
p_T_s Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 It looks better than most i have seen but i think the advertising banners need to go. I'm not saying don't use them but maybe only have them on the login page... Too much i feel. I also agree with realmoflegends, 14 days is too long... 2-3 days is sufficient. GFX look really nice and the design is good but the transferring of data from the advertisements is annoying. But great job i think it should do well. Quote
lucky3809 Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 (edited) lol what happened to the pay server the .com you had your game on? It's the same as before nothing is done differently... (that i can see) lol. Oh yeah for your info to on graphics if you do not know you can not use a name brand picture that is copyright such as your tent you can face a huge law suit if that company see's that image.. just saying... Your equip does not take it away from the inventory so i can equip and still be able to have the same count and sell that count... and still have a free one equip might want to check your item remove function... Edited June 5, 2011 by lucky3809 Quote
realmoflegends Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 (edited) Uh oh, bug squashing time: I gained 10 crystals from the Donator award, and it set my existing 50 Crystals to only 10. That brings me to Browser Game Rule #1: Test everything to make sure it works. :) I have a variety of things I would do to build on the nice game you already have, PM me if you're interested. Edited June 5, 2011 by realmoflegends Quote
Dominion Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 Please get the ads off the site, at the very least they should not be at the top of the page. Means I have to scroll+ makes your site ugly. It stopped me looking any more into the site. Quote
sniko Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 Hmmmm..... 1) maybe a new design for the login and then use that new design for the register? 2) Way to many ads once loggedin... 3) A story line, which is enforced in the game, for example: - include some characters that you can interact with - some 'missions' for those characters - +more 4) More features..... 5) Change from the default base things such as; - help tutorial - profile - +more 6) Once released, buy the [dot]com 7) Maybe some new stats for the user to use throughout the game 8) Make it more post-apocalypt, by that i mean; - would they have a bank, or something else? 9) Expand on current systems - the gang system - +more all that i can think of at the moment, but i do hope you make this project successful by thinking of all the things players want, and not just the money gaining side :) -sniko Quote
mike Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 I just created an account and logged in to check it out. I assume its in beta testing mode so the point is to find bugs and offer suggestions. Most of what I noticed in the short time playing has already been said but I think you have a great start going. As far as advertising .. do most of you with games posting here not do any advertising at all? I have played mccode games in the past like Immortal Night and they have just as much advertising as this game has and their game seems successful. Now I do know they don't show any of the advertising for Donators though so maybe that's the way they get away with it? From what I noticed on this game I had to scroll down to see the advertising so for me it wasn't a real issue. Although I would put the top ad banner on the side maybe? I just noticed it LOL. Does advertising even pay that much to be worth it at all? Overall a nice start 8^) Quote
tezzmosis Posted June 6, 2011 Author Posted June 6, 2011 @mike yea i don't really see anything wrong with having the advertising, they aren't pop ups and for the most part are relevant ads. as far as your donator suggestion i absolutely agree, in the future i am definitely looking into having the donator packages including the removal of the ads, as a further incentive. @sniko what is wrong with the login page design? @dominion i have chosen to ignore you kids whining about ads, get over it, the world runs on them @realmoflegends ah yes, that, pretty sure ive solved it now. and yes i do plan on adding more "meat". also i will take the lowering of free vip time into consideration. @lucky3809 yeah same project, long story @djkanna is there a law against this? thank you everyone for your feedback! Quote
a_bertrand Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 tezz: first of all, if you ask for comments then you shall be happy people spend some time to give you some. For example, DJkanna was pointing that having a login page all in image without text is not a bright idea, why? Simply because google and other search engine will not index that text and therefore you may loose some potential players. Moreover, the more image the longer the page load and the more likely the people will go away. For the advertisement, I do have some myself, however I do know that players don't really like to loose screen real-estate for that. So don't abuse it and don't plan to gain money from it ;) Finally, a beta is a software which should be feature completed but maybe not yet fully debugged. An alpha version is a software which doesn't contain yet all the features, so next time call it alpha. Quote
tezzmosis Posted June 6, 2011 Author Posted June 6, 2011 with proper meta coding and submission of the site to search engines with extensive and appropriate keywords it abolishes that issue, further more, i can simply add a few words to the bottom that are relevant terms and that will sufficiently cover that. the image takes no time to load, if it does for anyone, its time they upgraded their system. google only allows a certain amount of specific ads per page for a reason, they aren't a multi billion dollar company by accident, i trust their judgement. as far as the alpha beta semantics, no one cares. beta is a widely known term, and i don't think i have ever seen any level of a project referred to as alpha. flash or otherwise. you just feel the need to challenge people you feel threatened or intimidated by. i am sorry you have such low self esteem and are that insecure. tezz: first of all, if you ask for comments then you shall be happy people spend some time to give you some. For example, DJkanna was pointing that having a login page all in image without text is not a bright idea, why? Simply because google and other search engine will not index that text and therefore you may loose some potential players. Moreover, the more image the longer the page load and the more likely the people will go away. For the advertisement, I do have some myself, however I do know that players don't really like to loose screen real-estate for that. So don't abuse it and don't plan to gain money from it ;) Finally, a beta is a software which should be feature completed but maybe not yet fully debugged. An alpha version is a software which doesn't contain yet all the features, so next time call it alpha. Quote
a_bertrand Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 I will suggest it once more... and the last time. If you don't want comments, don't ask for them and yet even avoid to post a link to your sites. I shall not even answer further and will lock this thread before it turns as yet another trashcan. Quote
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