Comments on: Mobius http://www.mandible.net/2009/09/28/mobius/ Breaking Into the Industry Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:37:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: vazor http://www.mandible.net/2009/09/28/mobius/comment-page-1/#comment-19565 vazor Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:23:35 +0000 http://www.mandible.net/?p=172#comment-19565 This was an excellent entry- great new experiment. Keep it up, this one was one of my favorites so far. This was an excellent entry- great new experiment. Keep it up, this one was one of my favorites so far.

]]> By: Justin L. http://www.mandible.net/2009/09/28/mobius/comment-page-1/#comment-15187 Justin L. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:49:16 +0000 http://www.mandible.net/?p=172#comment-15187 Loved it. Make more! Loved it. Make more!

]]> By: Zorba http://www.mandible.net/2009/09/28/mobius/comment-page-1/#comment-14193 Zorba Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:58:19 +0000 http://www.mandible.net/?p=172#comment-14193 Tang: You have inspired my next game. Thanks! You'll see it in under a month. :) IkaTaii: That's pretty fair. You may notice from my just-posted postmortem that I don't really dig on Mobius much either :) Tang: You have inspired my next game. Thanks! You’ll see it in under a month. :)

IkaTaii: That’s pretty fair. You may notice from my just-posted postmortem that I don’t really dig on Mobius much either :)

]]> By: IkaTaii http://www.mandible.net/2009/09/28/mobius/comment-page-1/#comment-14172 IkaTaii Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:16:48 +0000 http://www.mandible.net/?p=172#comment-14172 I love your other projects so it kind of pains me to say this, but I didn't really dig on Mobius so much. The primary mechanic, while intriguing, ended up meaning that the only real strategy / tactics I needed was cycling through the otherwise-identical characters. Additionally, giving the enemies greater range than the characters bugged me because I couldn't get them to focus fire on one character while the others assisted. Overall, it's not a bad concept, but I think it needs either some character or level variation to help complicate things, as it were. I love your other projects so it kind of pains me to say this, but I didn’t really dig on Mobius so much. The primary mechanic, while intriguing, ended up meaning that the only real strategy / tactics I needed was cycling through the otherwise-identical characters. Additionally, giving the enemies greater range than the characters bugged me because I couldn’t get them to focus fire on one character while the others assisted.

Overall, it’s not a bad concept, but I think it needs either some character or level variation to help complicate things, as it were.

]]> By: Ninwa http://www.mandible.net/2009/09/28/mobius/comment-page-1/#comment-13977 Ninwa Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:48:21 +0000 http://www.mandible.net/?p=172#comment-13977 I had fun trying to figure this game out. I can't honestly say whether or not someone else might have gotten frustrated though. It took me probably about 15 minutes to figure out what the hell was going on, but once I did, the game was mine for the taking. I think that it's an interesting dynamic, but I'm not sure how far you could stretch it. The game was about as long as I probably would've played it even if it had more levels. I had fun trying to figure this game out. I can’t honestly say whether or not someone else might have gotten frustrated though. It took me probably about 15 minutes to figure out what the hell was going on, but once I did, the game was mine for the taking. I think that it’s an interesting dynamic, but I’m not sure how far you could stretch it. The game was about as long as I probably would’ve played it even if it had more levels.

]]> By: Tang http://www.mandible.net/2009/09/28/mobius/comment-page-1/#comment-13909 Tang Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:16:31 +0000 http://www.mandible.net/?p=172#comment-13909 A friend once pitched a game idea to me as "you have these statistics and people like increasing those numbers". That sense kept me playing this game until I beat it. Changing [spoiler] from a disincentive to an incentive is certainly different, as is making the game literally impossible to win without it. Once I learned the mechanic, I munched up levels and tore the boss apart. It is possible to sneak up and attack the boss before finding the crystal, but I noticed you noticed that when it one-hit killed me. A friend once pitched a game idea to me as “you have these statistics and people like increasing those numbers”. That sense kept me playing this game until I beat it.

Changing [spoiler] from a disincentive to an incentive is certainly different, as is making the game literally impossible to win without it. Once I learned the mechanic, I munched up levels and tore the boss apart.

It is possible to sneak up and attack the boss before finding the crystal, but I noticed you noticed that when it one-hit killed me.

]]> By: MulliSaukko http://www.mandible.net/2009/09/28/mobius/comment-page-1/#comment-13888 MulliSaukko Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:38:34 +0000 http://www.mandible.net/?p=172#comment-13888 Played through couple times. Took a little time and one failure to figure out the mechanic. Got lost in space once (couldn't cfind anything but space on the map) but after death the view was centered again. All in all it was quite entertaining. I guess I was first trying too hard to figure out what was going on, wether killing enemies with one character resulted in increase of speed and another to increase of armor or firepower. Played through couple times. Took a little time and one failure to figure out the mechanic. Got lost in space once (couldn’t cfind anything but space on the map) but after death the view was centered again. All in all it was quite entertaining. I guess I was first trying too hard to figure out what was going on, wether killing enemies with one character resulted in increase of speed and another to increase of armor or firepower.

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