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GotLore.com in alpha-beta release stage
« on: May 19, 2009, 05:12:26 PM »
Hey all,

Was finally able to release my game in April for public testing.

The main goal of the game is to become the Guardian of the Lore, which is a weekly tournament held every 7 days (+ 1 hour from the last tourny). Ironically this is the actual part I am working on at the moment.

But there are plently of other areas in need of testing: exploring, towns, inventory, options, chat, forums, pve battle, skills, fishing and mining. I've tried to ensure the game provides a unique experience for players compared to the long list of other similiar games.

IE:

+ Fishing you must mimick the fishings pattern to catch them.
+ Mining you must strengthen the weak spots in the walls.
+ No stats, instead focus on armor, weapons and your traits.
+ Personalize sprites based on the armor you wear.

The game still has it share of updates to be completed before its ready for prime time but figured to get some opinions. An who better than fellow developers of great text based games. hehe ;)

Any comments, suggestions, concerns,etc would be awesome...either here or in game.

Thanks in advance to anyone that gives some time to try it out!

www.gotlore.com
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Re: GotLore.com in alpha-beta release stage
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2009, 12:04:52 AM »
Looks good. Just so you know this; "Content and images are the property of their respective owners." does not protect you from a lawsuit.  I recognized a few of the images from a PS1 games Xenosaga.

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Re: GotLore.com in alpha-beta release stage
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2009, 02:29:53 AM »
I thing it looks nice
My remarks:

before login
- with images disabled text is not visible (set a background color)
- there is a nice background, but nothing that would suggest the theme of the game...what about a knight or something?
after
- took me while to notice the top menu...but after noticing it it's ok
- clicked a chat...yes, that's nice, I like that

I guess visualy it's beta and be reworked...?

Tiny things (before login):
- I'd make login button larger and make a space above it
- forgot passwords shoudl start with capital f
- in About title titles start with capital letter and in Credits they do not

Looks promising so far, good luck!
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Re: GotLore.com in alpha-beta release stage
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2009, 07:26:57 AM »
Awesome layout. I don't knowwhat's about it, I guess it's simplicity is kinda of apealing. But you could add some sort of image explaining more about the game.

I'll register later.

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Re: GotLore.com in alpha-beta release stage
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2009, 03:51:14 AM »
It looks good so far, i like the mining and fishing part.
The layout is clean and nice, also the battle skill thing looks nice, only need to figure out how to get more skills.
I would say: keep up the good work! I will check this one out regulary ;)

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Re: GotLore.com in alpha-beta release stage
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2009, 07:17:02 AM »
It looks good so far, i like the mining and fishing part.
The layout is clean and nice, also the battle skill thing looks nice, only need to figure out how to get more skills.
I would say: keep up the good work! I will check this one out regulary ;)

I agree, the fishing and mining game is awesome.

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Re: GotLore.com in alpha-beta release stage
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2009, 04:47:05 PM »
Very unique text games, me likey!

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Re: GotLore.com in alpha-beta release stage
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2010, 03:16:25 PM »
Hey all,

So Guardian of the Lore has been out now for over a year sinces its public Beta testing debut. The current status isnt what I had hope for after being out for this time...but its partially due to lack of funds for advertising.

But I have also noticed that around 350 people have registered as I have about 10 daily active players. Not a very good rate so figured to come on and get some additional feedback.

Or maybe get some tips of the trade that I havent thought about or even read up on lately to get more active members or additional players.

Anything helps and thanks in advance.

http://www.gotlore.com
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