3rd Annual Impy Awards: Dreamer Collabs (2022 Impys Hub) - Discussion Thread! 🌟
Hey, CoMmunity! 👋
The 3rd Annual Impy Awards: Dreamer Collabs - our playable Impys Hub for 2022, is OUT NOW!
🎉 https://indreams.me/dream/mgBZEVUJJqj 🎉
It's our celebration of the last 12 months in the Dreamiverse, the collaborative spirit of the CoMmunity & everything we've achieved together. The stylish underground gallery space is filled with interactivity, games, secrets, countless easter eggs, and so much more!
Please do let us know your thoughts and highlights in this thread! As always, if you do encounter any issues or bugs, also let us know here and we'll look to get back to you ASAP. 💖
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Everything's really awesome! Made me feel things, seeing new people (the characters) in a new place. I think I may be getting cabin fever XD
One idea I had for a minor improvement is for the DJ booth. If the X of the left stick was used for the fader, we could have very fine control over the speed we move it. We could essentially move it to the right spot instantly. And only change it if the stick is being pushed a certain amount away from centre, so that when you let go it stays where it was.
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Also, I have feedback on the games... To me it feels like they are balanced for hardcore gamers who want a real challenge RIGHT NOW. But Dreams is for all ages, and for all kinds of people. And the Impys hub is a place that is not about hardcore gamers and competition, but about creativity and a friendly atmosphere.
Pinball
Pinball is pinball. It's fun but frustrating for newcomers, which is how pinball just "is" in my experience--so no feedback on that. ;P
The button to launch the ball is hard to spot, though. Instead of being with the other controls in the corner it's on the screen, in a different font, not using the X button icon. So it's quite easy to miss. For me, and the handful of streams I've checked out, we all missed it and had to either guess how to launch the ball, or search the screen for a bit to find it. As this is the button used to even start playing, it should be in a clear place and very obvious what to do.
It's unclear how the nudge mechanic works. Sometimes it locks the controls, sometimes it doesn't... not sure how the player is meant to use it. And even then, it feels like cheating unless you're used to the "etiquette" of pinball games in general (which I'm definitely not, and I'd guess most people aren't either).
Asteroids
Works well, and is simple but fun. Some will intuit the controls, but it should be put on the screen somewhere at least.
The difficulty curve really ramps up fast. I think for most people, it's slow enough to get the controls for 5 seconds, ramps up the challenge pretty steeply, and is almost impossible (again, for most people) at 10 seconds. This means the game is challenging, for sure. But it also means most players won't enjoy it for more than a couple of tries and then never play it again.
More hardcore gamers will enjoy the rock-hard difficulty that kicks in so early. A slower, steady climb in difficulty would let people stay in that sweet spot for longer, and have more fun playing. While the hardcore gamers, who like to play and replay and try to get the longest run possible anyway, will stick around as it gets harder and harder the longer they play. So it caters to both groups well.
Impy Nightmare
People familiar with games like this will guess at the controls, but again these should be explicitly listed somewhere. I guess the controls, but didn't realise I could hold square to continuously attack with no pauses. This is not how most such games work, and also kind of vital to get somewhere in this game.
The fact that enemies continuously deal damage when they are touching you is pretty brutal. It means the player has to have a very clear understanding of how close they can get to an enemy without taking damage, and how far their attack reaches. Which seems to be a pretty slim margin in this game, and one that is not visually indicated to help learning this.
The single-feather knight has a big pointy "nose" to the helmet, which may actually make it easier to take damage--not sure on that.
Stages 1 and 2 are fine, giving the player time to learn the controls and bit of strategy, ramping up by including more scenery, enemies, and introducing the idea of gold hiding in boxes.
Stage 3 ramps up significantly, throwing a lot more pumpkins at you, and introducing 2 new pickups which are immediately vital to your survival and must be used at the perfect time and with full understanding of how they work, and use of the layout of the stage must be used smartly to stand any chance... all within one stage. A very steep learning curve!
Again, the first 2 stages will be fun for most players, if they have a passing interest in playing the game in the first place. The third is pretty ding-dang hard for people who aren't hardcore gamers who play over and over to push their score. So the casual player will have 30 seconds of fun, whereas the hardcore player will be able to continue through all the stages.
If the difficulty ramp were more gentle, introducing ideas and difficulty more gradually over multiple stages a lot more people would have fun playing for longer.
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I loved it overall.
I didn't like how the detection zones were inconsistent at times. It was easy to miss objectives unless you crawled along every surface of every object at point blank range staring at blurry pixels. Annoying.
Also, was difficult to determine if something was a puzzle, part of a puzzle, or just cosmetic. Some games had to be beaten to advance the story, some didn't need to be played at all. Some couldn't be played because they weren't really games.
Doors. Some could be opened, some couldn't. So again, banging into every door several times at point blank range looking to trigger a zone that might not even be there. Seemed unnecessary.
All in all though, fantastic environment and continuity between scenes. Amazing job of highlighting artists and their work. Pretty relaxed and downright fun.
I got all the records and found all the impys, and even went back to the blonde at the start, and found Gerry, but they didn't seem to care. If there was something more, like an ending or a prize, I missed it.
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cloudrising9 I'm not sure what you mean about trigger zones, could you cite some examples of places this was a problem?
There are 3 games, all in the first scene. None are required to progress.
If I remember correctly, only the pink panels are required for progression, but what they look like and how to use them is established before you enter. So it's teaching you to look out for that during the rest of the experience.
I didn't find doors to be annoying. The ones that could be opened showed a square button to use. If it didn't show the button I knew it couldn't be opened.
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