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Martin the Spartan (BETA)

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http://lbp.me/v/m690bm

Opening up the 1st two Chapters to be reviews/tested. Please share your thoughts. Thanks.

Long ago in a forgotten land and time. Evil poured down from the constellations. Ridding the land of all that was good... but, now a savior has been found.

Play as Martin, a reluctant, down in the dumps fellow who runs a museum that displays most of his grandfathers archeological findings. His most famous, the Forgotten Land tablet and an amulet that was found along with the tablet. Little is known about the tablet or amulet, but Martin's grandfather Arthur Mitsbottom went missing shortly after this discovery.

Martin begins to doubt his place watching after the museum as he becomes bored. This changes when, Alexandria an employee and secret crush of Martins is kidnapped by some creatures and pulled into a portal that soon vanishes.

Martin soon finds a portal of his own and is transported to the Forgotten Land. He finds himself with the abilities of a Spartan warrior, minus the Bravery and Courage. With the cooperative help of a Nymph named Belle the two face off against the minions of The Great Evil, who is the one responsible for the Forgotten Lands downfall and the kidnapping of Alexandria, who he plans to marry.

Can you save Alexandria and restore the goodness that was once abundant in this forgotten land?

Level includes 2 phases of "Battle Damage"

Recouping lost health by collecting tokens

Switch from Martin and Belle to complete certain tasks.

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http://lbp.me/v/m690bm		2013-11-13 22:20:00

Author:
Verbal83
Posts: 109

oh boy oh boy oh boy! queued!
Egads! you forgot the link http://lbp.me/v/m690bm		2013-11-13 23:02:00

Author:
biorogue
Posts: 8424

Gah! This is one of those times when really wish I wasn't such a rubbish player because I would like very much to be able to finish this!

I enjoyed your movie intro. It was funny and touching and you set up the story well. There were lots of nice details in the museum and you made Martin an instantly likeable - and unlikely - hero .

Part 2 looked great too and being able to swap with the nymph looked like it had the potential for some very fun gameplay. I just couldn't survive long enough to explore though. I lost so much health killing the first villain that even though I collected all the available tokens, I soon got gameover. I suspect I was doing something wrong in the way I was fighting. I'm determined to come back when I'm less tired and have another go.

You've clearly put a lot of effort into this in terms of gameplay, scenery, and story etc and I don't want to miss it!		2013-11-14 01:43:00

Author:
shropshirelass
Posts: 1455

Looks sweet, queued!

-hyper		2013-11-14 02:15:00

Author:
hyperdude95
Posts: 1793

Thanks for the feedback. The difficulty is something of a concern for me. I really want to make it hard, but fun, not impossible. If any one else finds the fighting to be a hasle, please let me know. Thanks, again!2013-11-14 02:23:00

Author:
Verbal83
Posts: 109

I've been waiting to see when this would finally go up because it seems to resemble so much of my own project! Anyways, I hope to be able to play by this weekend and give you some feedback; Consider it Queued!!! 2013-11-14 02:56:00

Author:
Bryan_Zuckerberg
Posts: 874

Seems like a great leveld, queued.

Scott.		2013-11-16 23:55:00

Author:
SEWO97
Posts: 637

Thanks for the feedback. The difficulty is something of a concern for me. I really want to make it hard, but fun, not impossible. If any one else finds the fighting to be a hasle, please let me know. Thanks, again!

I replayed this and although I got through the first fight a lot better, I still didn't manage to progress very far.The second boss encounter did for me. I can see how much more there is to experience in the level but I just know I'm never going to make it. I would have liked to have used Belle a bit more, for example, but I died too soon.

Hopefully you'll get some more feedback from others with better skills than mine but if you want more people to appreciate all the hard work on this, I think you may need to adjust the difficulty slightly. Have you thought about making the gold coins fill up the health bar faster? Perhaps even something small like that would help. But, obviously, it's your level and I wouldn't want you to feel you were dumbing it down.		2013-11-24 14:23:00

Author:
shropshirelass
Posts: 1455

I'm sorry, dude. This feedback also is from somebody who has to bad skills to master it

The intro is absolutely lovely. So many details, such a nice story: excellent!
The second part (the gameplay part) has some brilliant ideas and looks very good.
I like Marten and the little faery (or was it a nymph?) a lot.

Although I wasn't able to finish it, I really like your level!
You did a fantastic job!
Excellent!!!!
2013-11-24 16:18:00

Author:
avundcv
Posts: 2526

First, let me say, "I LOVE THIS LEVEL!!!!"

It says BETA so I assume you want input. I think you are on your way to another Team Pick... with a little polish. The level is great the way it is, but I will give you my opinions and tell you what I had trouble with.

Like the others before me, I could not finish. There are so many good things going on here. I agree with everything shropshirelass said. I tried 4 times. The fire pit got me twice. And the part where you release the guys from the cages got me the other times. Everything looks so cool. The nymph is a great idea! (although the first time I got to the cages I sent her up to pull the levers, released the demon and then I couldn't get up the ladder without him setting me on fire.) I like that enemies only take a few or one good hit to dispatch! (that keeps the game flowing. I could block projectiles but I don't think I was blocking sword attacks?) The coins recharging health is good, but the 3rd and 4th time I played no coins came out of the two chests I made it to. The jump is the biggest thing, it feels like I'm floating. I think you need to decelerate faster or up the power of the mover but for a shorter time and then let gravity take over. The wall where the platforms move in and out was a bit frustrating because the jump seemed slow and because I'm not the best player. I'm also a slow reader and missed the end of a few speech bubbles. One death and you're done will make the serious gamers happy, but the average gamer is doomed at that first fire pit. It got me twice.

Please don't take this as harsh criticism. I loved the level and truly believe it is something special.		2013-11-24 18:59:00

Author:
one-mad-bunny
Posts: 334

Thanks for the input! I've already adjusted the health so Martin can take more hits so hopefully that will help. Great suggestions all of you. I'll work on the jumping too. The part with the demon/dragon, I never thought that the levers would be pulled before Martin makes it up the ladder. Thanks for catching that. I'll update once I have another updated level published.2013-11-25 01:30:00

Author:
Verbal83
Posts: 109

It made the LBPC Spotlight, thanks! I appreciate that a lot!2013-11-28 05:24:00

Author:
Verbal83
Posts: 109


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