Alice demo2 is released !

patbier · Post by **patbier** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:26 pm

Hello

Few days after being elected ? Most anticpated homebrew game ? by dcemulation.org forum, Demo2 is released ! Thanks for voting !

- Level 1 completed . It contains 5 sub-levels.
- French voices (thanks to Delphine), subtitles in english, german and spanish (thanks to Aline and Freeze).
- The game is both action / adventure and multi_platformer.
- Beta testers needed about 30 minutes to complete the level.
- NTSC and VGA are Auto detected ; PAL dreamcast will show a 50 / 60 Hz menu.
- Music during multi_platformer levels (thanks to Philippe).
- Sound effects (thanks to Yema). All sound effects aren't created, there will be more in adventure levels.
- Thanks to Nicolas(Vachkirit), Djames, Julien(Rumik), Julien(Toto), L@ Cible, JMD, Diwee, Max(Freeze) for beta testing.
- Thanks to Cryptic Allusion (Dan Potter) for the extraordinary KOS !

All is avalaible at http://www.alicedreams.com : a "multissession" demo, which can be burned on a multissession cd (20 Mo needed) then use demomenu or dchaker to launch it ; or burn the selfboot version with discjuggler.

A forum is available at http://forum.alicedreams.com : please send us your Suggestions, bug reports, translation problems... The final game will be better thanks to your opinion.

And, new screenshots :

patbier · Post by **patbier** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:39 pm

thanks for the news

MetaFox · Post by **MetaFox** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:42 pm

You're welcome.

I love the look of this game! I'm downloading now. I'll give you my thoughts and praises after I'm done playing for a bit.

Post by **Christuserloeser** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:52 pm

thank you! this looks awesome!

Post by **Christuserloeser** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 1:10 pm

plz make this available at lik-sang or so...

Post by **Christuserloeser** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 1:16 pm

also thx to max for german translation!

sorry for xtreme-posting

speud · Post by **speud** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 1:19 pm

i heard a lot of alice before but i only saw some screenshots until now, they didnt make me want to try it.

then ive seen the ones you just posted and i was curious, i looked at the flash version of the site and i really like the atmosphere. if the gameplay is as good as the design then it will be a great homebrew game without any doubt

i suppose ill know it once the link will work again, the bin's link is broken

EDIT: nevermind, it has been fixed, or it was a temporary problem with the host or my isp, anyway i cant wait to test it

patbier · Post by **patbier** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 1:35 pm

if the link doesn't work, please reload the page
there are 7 mirrors and 1 is selected when you click on dowload

impetus · Post by **impetus** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 1:40 pm

patbier the screenshots look amazing!! i can't wait to try it out!

speud · Post by **speud** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 4:10 pm

ok i played it briefly and i really liked it, thats very promising.

tho i think it would be better to modify alice's jumps so she goes higher during long jumps and you can control her left/right during the horizontal jumps.

also im not sure i finished the demo or not, i didnt know where to go after i opened the portal, so i jumped and died thinking the rest of the game was missing. if so that would be better to display a kind of "end of demo" screen. but thats probably because i played it briefly, ill try again later and look for the real end of the demo.

anyway that certainly required a lot of work, and it can be seen easily. btw i wonder if you will release the full game for free or you will sell it.

good luck and keep up the good work !

WRAGGSTER · Post by **WRAGGSTER** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 4:46 pm

Could anyone post a small screenshot of this game, something around 100x100 pixels in size, ill tell the person why if they do

patbier · Post by **patbier** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 4:56 pm

speud wrote:ok i played it briefly and i really liked it, thats very promising.

tho i think it would be better to modify alice's jumps so she goes higher during long jumps and you can control her left/right during the horizontal jumps.

also im not sure i finished the demo or not, i didnt know where to go after i opened the portal, so i jumped and died thinking the rest of the game was missing. if so that would be better to display a kind of "end of demo" screen. but thats probably because i played it briefly, ill try again later and look for the real end of the demo.

anyway that certainly required a lot of work, and it can be seen easily. btw i wonder if you will release the full game for free or you will sell it.

good luck and keep up the good work !

thanks for your testing

i redesigned the jump lots of time and i certainly have to modify again some parameters. It's hard to find the good equation, difficult not to be too realistic, or too arcade style.

no you don't finish the demo, you have to discover how to continue the adventure

Well, no decision has been taken yet for the full game, but we'll take soon.

Does anyone try the demo ?

speud · Post by **speud** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 4:57 pm

Could anyone post a small screenshot of this game, something around 100x100 pixels in size, ill tell the person why if they do

like that?

(EDITED)

patbier: oh ok, so ill have to play it again

kind of reassuring. i know it may be difficult to find the good settings for the jump, as it is now its already very good but the long jumps are hard to control and it can become annoying

patbier · Post by **patbier** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 4:57 pm

WRAGGSTER wrote:Could anyone post a small screenshot of this game, something around 100x100 pixels in size, ill tell the person why if they do

well, i answered your mail. do you need something different than the screenshots i have already posted ?

WRAGGSTER · Post by **WRAGGSTER** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 5:01 pm

the screenshot that spued just did is perfect

thanks

Nah thats all i wanted

Green Ranger · Post by **Green Ranger** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 5:42 pm

This is to patbier-

Well I just finished playing it. I got the key from the clubhouse and opened the gate, not entirely sure what to do after that. For now, here's my critique, which is broken down into various categories-

Graphics: Impressive artwork. The backgrounds and characters are colorful and illustrated well.

Music: I like the main theme at the beginning of the game, it sets the mood. I am sure in future demo releases you will include a soundtrack to go along with the actual gameplay.

Mechanics: Alice is difficult to control during her jumps. You mentioned this as a work in progress, so I'm sure in a future release it will be improved.

The only thing I can recommend right now is to design a loading screen to go along with the atmosphere of the game. Additionally, if you could incorporate a brief synopsis of the game so that players know what the storyline is.

Overall the game is good, very good for a demo. I look forward to seeing this product finished, I wish you and your team the best of luck.

Maximo2703 · Post by **Maximo2703** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 7:58 pm

i agree with a lot of what has been said about the game such as the jump situation, the in-game soundtrack, a storyline cutscene or something. my question is ..... is there gonna be any actual enemy battles? the graphics were great for a homebrew. good job thus far. i got to the same point as speud

patbier · Post by **patbier** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 2:41 am

thanks for your opinion

well, to help you, try to find another path.
As shown in the 2nd screen of controls, a direction sign indicates the different paths Alice can follow.

Green Ranger · Post by **Green Ranger** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 3:39 am

The 2nd screen of controls is defective. The picture which indicates different paths for Alice to follow cannot be seen- in it's place is a rectangular block of green and purple colors, so I'm guessing the image is corrupted. Could this be a bug? Does anyone else have this problem with their screen, or is it just me?

patbier · Post by **patbier** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 3:59 am

oh yes, you're right, it's the 1st bug for this demo

Really sorry for this bug.