Shy Cards (lock please), To be going through many changes

I'm going to be making some changes to it and adding screenshots later today. For now, have a look at my entry for the minigame competition.
UPDATE: Fixed randomiser problem.

This post has been edited by mariobro27 on Sep 16 2008, 10:43 AM

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It's pretty boring right now. The randomizer seems odd. The very last cards were mostly Yoshi cards.

The AI are either don't hit the cards if too many are bad, and will hit it almost immediately if most are good.

Needs much work done with it.

Those are actually very easy problems to fix. Unfortunately, I don't have the Game Maker file on the computer I'm using, but those problems will be sorted out before the end of today.

In either case, you need to make it more interesting. I'd barely call it a game in its current state.

I've sorted out the randomiser problem, but I have a question:

Isn't that how you would try to win?
Also, when you say it barely feels like a game, what sort of things does it lack?

This post has been edited by mariobro27 on Sep 14 2008, 11:34 AM

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I prefer to win by getting bigger numbers. The AI should be different for each one at least. For example:

- Patience always wins the race AI (waits for more good stuff)
- Impatience (picks up almost immediately most of the time)
- Balance

And we've got like 18 days left. There's so much more you could do.

And what does it lack? This is like a 5 minute game. There's no replay value, there's not much graphics, like two songs, etc. etc. I could go on, but I'm not going to. Before submitting something, always ask yourself "did I put effort into this and will others like it?" Because to be honest, there's not much in it. I'm sure you put some effort into the coding but you overlook everything else.
In it's current state, to be honest, you'll be lucky to get a vote or two.

This post has been edited by Soiyeruda on Sep 15 2008, 04:12 AM

1. I understand your point about the AI and I will address that.
2. How am I supposed to add replay value to this? There's not much call for hi-scores, achievements or anything like that. Ever wonder why they're called minigames? It's meant to be a five-minute game.
3. About the graphics, bear in mind that I cannot draw to save my life. The graphics in the game are not an eyesore and they don't need to be state of the art. It's the same with the music. There don't need to be five million tunes. In fact, including the losing tune which you probably haven't heard, there are enough tunes in the game.

holy **** this game is a mess
you're hardly introducted to the controls at all, the gameplay is slow and everything generally confusing