Hi, as of current version of game, it is priced 10$ but for a few days it will be available for free, get it now and please leave a review in App Store for return. After this period, its price will get back to its real price, so inform your friends to get their copy for free. Please remember to leave a review on App Store. Thank you. Darkness Trap: Purify Old Sins Alireza Loghmani Game looks dope! -The Forbidden Gallery Do you love video games and eventually have a powerful iPhone/iPad? Darkness T… $2.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsGame looks dope! -The Forbidden Gallery Do you love video games and eventually have a powerful iPhone/iPad? Darkness Trap is just for you, a real gamer who wants to play everywhere, so here is your new challenging game. Great video games are not made in a night, specially for iOS, imagine being alone in a cursed town, with a lot of monsters with your arsenal of weapons and magics! That is what Darkness Trap is about. Darkness Trap: Purify Old Sins tells the story of a misled and trapped girl in a cursed town full of different monsters with no help, you are the only one who can help her. In this dark and atmospheric game you will meet multiple types of enemies as well as many weapons to kill monsters. Do you like magics? So you may hit enemies with magic, use magic to protect yourself and also enlighten your way out! This game features an atmospheric dark inter-connected environment, inspired by Souls-borne games and also 3D side-scrolling camera with ability to move in every direction. If you have a PS4 or XBOX controller you can also use it to play this game on iOS/iPadOS 13 or above. So what are you waiting for? Buy the game now and enjoy it! Information Seller:Alireza Loghmani Genre:Action, Adventure Release:Dec 23, 2019 Updated:Apr 18, 2020 Version:1.3 Size:468.9 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Edit: The link is not shown for an unknown reason, here is direct link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/darkness-trap-purify-old-sins/id1468065436 Makara Nou Well-Known Member May 29, 2019 563 152 43 Male https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9mojIWbYFolADF7ZwPJQxA?view_as=subscriber #2 Makara Nou, Feb 29, 2020 Are u the dev? agreen437 Well-Known Member Jun 12, 2014 1,699 221 63 #3 agreen437, Feb 29, 2020 Game looks great I’m getting it for free now 3D side scroller dark souls inspired editali likes this. editali Member Jan 1, 2020 19 5 3 Male #4 editali, Feb 29, 2020 Yes, of course, do you have any questions? Makara Nou Well-Known Member May 29, 2019 563 152 43 Male https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9mojIWbYFolADF7ZwPJQxA?view_as=subscriber #5 Makara Nou, Feb 29, 2020 Maybe the game needs some sort of optimization. My iPad (pro 10.5) really struggles to run the game--both graphic and sound editali Member Jan 1, 2020 19 5 3 Male #6 editali, Feb 29, 2020 What kind of problem you have experienced? Can you please describe it more in details? macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,645 1,103 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #7 macplash, Feb 29, 2020 I'm sorry in advance, but how could you possibly justify a $10 price tag? I mean, let's bring some competition of similar genre into the mix: Dead Cells ($8.99) or Pascal's Wager ($6.99). The first one offers crazy replay-ability value, hundreds of hours of gameplay, items, secrets etc. The latter has fantastic story, different playable characters, boss fights etc. I tried your game. It has no story whatsoever. No tutorial. The main character just appears out of the blue on the molo and you're thrown into it without any explanation what to do, how and why. There is no settings except for antialiasing checkbox. The game barely runs on regular iPad 6th gen 2018. The basic UI looks like work in progress, it's just A, B and OK button. The same goes goes for combat. One button, one hit. No abilities, no combos. Terrible animations on top of poor frame rate. I can barely see the almost pitch black enemies. The whole "game" feels like alpha build. Like engine test. Obviously there are performance issues on much more powerful devices. I don't understand how could anyone pay $10 for this (except for judging it by the screenshots maybe) and after a brief test run wouldn't request a refund. Especially in comparison with cheaper and much more polished alternatives I mentioned earlier. yankeeblue000 and editali like this. Makara Nou Well-Known Member May 29, 2019 563 152 43 Male https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9mojIWbYFolADF7ZwPJQxA?view_as=subscriber #8 Makara Nou, Feb 29, 2020 If you are being open...here is my initial impression 1. The game has no tutorial and story (maybe there's one?) 2. It is not well optimized. Let me put it this way. Imagine your PC has a low spec, but u try to run a heavy graphics game on it. Yes it feels that way. I think the game that does this right for this genre is Grimvalor 3. The landscape is fixed. Would be better if it could auto rotate to another side of the screen 4. The touch controller is a bit chunky. I will try the game with physical controllers. 5. Like @macplash said, it is hard to compete with those big boys. yankeeblue000 and editali like this. editali Member Jan 1, 2020 19 5 3 Male #9 editali, Feb 29, 2020 @macplash @Makara Nou Thank you for your precious reviews and tips, some of them are fixable, some are bound to game design. I have not yet priced it that much, it is a suggestive price, I will justify it accordingly, thanks for tips. Darkness Trap tells story in a silent story telling manner, so during time, it exposes some part of story. I.e. The girl is a stranger to town, she comes from outside world, she has no idea about the town and whatever happened there and the rest of story will be revealed further. I will fix it, thank you for mention it. I will work on it if there is any possible settings, do you have any suggestion? Actually, there are many combo actions that player can make, I need to show it in tutorial (that I will make). Currently I'm working on it. Unfortunately, iOS 13 doesn't let to load big levels (due to some new memory management policy) and streaming assets on-the-fly is also expensive for me for now, so I have to keep it in chunks of levels. It may be due to performance issue and low frame rate. So far, thank you guys for tips and reviews, if there is any other problem or suggestion I will be appreciate it. Makara Nou likes this. macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,645 1,103 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #10 macplash, Feb 29, 2020 @editali I'm impressed that you're willing to listen and you're open for suggestion. But this kind of feedback should've been brought to you during the beta. Successful launch is very important for the new brand. Lack of proper testing and tweaking before going live might result in bad reviews even though you're giving the game for free atm. And from personal experience I know once there's a negative review on the App Store (because of the issues during the launch), it usually stays that way. It's quite rare for players to go back over time and change their reviews after there's a bunch of updates released. You're asking about suggestions for settings. I'm not sure actually. Depends on what can make the game playable. Because it isn't, in current state. Stable frame rate should be your main goal. Again, beta comes to mind. Different testers, different devices. Hence, valuable feedback and way for improvement. You can't ask customers of the final product to test it so you can make adjustments. Some tweaks here and there? Sure. But this doesn't sound like the case. I appreciate you'll add the tutorial. But again. It should've been there already. I understand the story can be told continuously, piece by piece throughout the game. Yet, some introduction is in order. It might be fine to figure things out, but at least set the mood. Set the environment, time frame maybe, anything. I don't know. I'm not the developer. But there are some basic rules I'd expect to be followed by common sense. It just feels like you skipped a step or two. If this was an upcoming games category, it'd be different. But since you're here with the final game I don't know what else I can do except to wish you a good luck. So, yeah. yankeeblue000 likes this. editali Member Jan 1, 2020 19 5 3 Male #11 editali, Feb 29, 2020 You are totally right, but as a solo developer with very tight budget I could not reach many game testers before launch, I had to put energy on design and development, that's why I tried it this way. I don't want to waste your time or energy, but could you please tell me how would it be different? Thank you. macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,645 1,103 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #12 macplash, Feb 29, 2020 Last edited: Feb 29, 2020 @editali well first of all, there’d be bunch of testers available at no cost. Bringing you the valuable feedback you’re craving for. I can’t speak for the rest, but there’s a reason TouchArcade forum has a certain structure. There’s a specific section for developers, upcoming games etc. If I’m browsing forum with newly released games, I’m expecting a presentation of finished product. And most importantly a discussion about the gameplay. Maybe an exchange of ideas how to progress smoothly. Tips and tricks. Feedback as well - sure. Within a reasonable boundaries. Imagine there’s an article on TouchArcade’s main page. Perhaps a review. It’s customary the link to game’s thread is added there as well. Now imagine going there and instead of reading about what I’d expect it contains a bug report. You know what I mean? But hey, it’s not about me. All I’m saying is releasing an unfinished game could hurt you. For the reasons I already mentioned. Especially if you’re a solo developer. It’s not about where we’re discussing game’s flaws and potential solutions. It’s about either it should be already released or not. And again, I’m not the developer. I don’t know jack shit about releasing a game. You already have my utmost admiration and respect for that! I’m just trying to give you an insight from different perspective. From a hands-off third party bystander, if you will. And for the reason I stated previously I’m rooting for you. ———————- EDIT: @editali don’t worry about wasting my time and energy. Instead, let me give you an example of how would it be different if I’m invested in the process. Its work in progress stage to be more specific. editali likes this. editali Member Jan 1, 2020 19 5 3 Male #13 editali, Feb 29, 2020 @macplash Thanks a million for your priceless tips and reviews, you opened eyes of a game developer even though you are not a game developer. I will make use of your tips for my next projects as well as this game. Viel Glück. macplash likes this. editali Member Jan 1, 2020 19 5 3 Male #14 editali, Feb 29, 2020 Wow, I think you should make a youtube channel and share your information with devs, like Mark Brown or Tim Ruswick. Think about it bro macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,645 1,103 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #15 macplash, Feb 29, 2020 Oh please. YouTube channel? Way ahead of you, man. I already have like 16 subscribers! Pretty sick, right? And I’m working hard to bring that number to 20 by the end of the year. Fingers crossed. editali likes this. editali Member Jan 1, 2020 19 5 3 Male #16 editali, Feb 29, 2020 Now it is 17 Just 3 to go macplash likes this. editali Member Jan 1, 2020 19 5 3 Male #17 editali, Apr 16, 2020 Game is updated to 1.2, performance hugely improved, most of problems fixed. It will remain free for a few days and after that it will be changed to paid game. Cheers. Makara Nou likes this. Yashiro94 Member Jun 29, 2018 13 4 3 Male #18 Yashiro94, Apr 17, 2020 Hello. So I tried the game. Took me like 1 hour and a half to finish it. And there were quite few problems on the way. Like bugs that need to be fixed. 1.They are places that you enter and are just big blur and you can’t go back, move or see anything so you need to restart the game 2. When your on the stairs or on top of the wall you can actually fall down below the map /this one happened a lot/ 3. When you’re fighting more than 3 monsters, when they hit it it’s like a stun effect and the only action that your allowed is to attack 4. The 2nd and 3th icon for skills aren’t working properly you need to press them multiple times until it does and it’s still 20/80% if your lucky. 5. On few of the stages when you attack you lag and neither the monster and the character is moving but they are both receiving damage 6. I picked up few times skills but when I checked the inventory they weren’t there. Honestly it’s not a bad game but this is like Early Beta version. And other people already posted about different issues that the game currently has. If I were you I would first fix the problems before I release it. Everyone will be expecting a finished product, you cannot charge money at the current state of the game. It need lots of work before it’s ready for the public. editali and macplash like this. editali Member Jan 1, 2020 19 5 3 Male #19 editali, Apr 17, 2020 Thank you for your time and your precious feedback, I will consider your notes as well as the other reviews on AppStore and fix those problem as much as I can in next update, within few days. editali Member Jan 1, 2020 19 5 3 Male #20 editali, Sep 24, 2020 Last edited: Sep 25, 2020 I have put Darkness Trap game on sale for a while, now it is labeled just $1. Cheers. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Maybe the game needs some sort of optimization. My iPad (pro 10.5) really struggles to run the game--both graphic and sound
I'm sorry in advance, but how could you possibly justify a $10 price tag? I mean, let's bring some competition of similar genre into the mix: Dead Cells ($8.99) or Pascal's Wager ($6.99). The first one offers crazy replay-ability value, hundreds of hours of gameplay, items, secrets etc. The latter has fantastic story, different playable characters, boss fights etc. I tried your game. It has no story whatsoever. No tutorial. The main character just appears out of the blue on the molo and you're thrown into it without any explanation what to do, how and why. There is no settings except for antialiasing checkbox. The game barely runs on regular iPad 6th gen 2018. The basic UI looks like work in progress, it's just A, B and OK button. The same goes goes for combat. One button, one hit. No abilities, no combos. Terrible animations on top of poor frame rate. I can barely see the almost pitch black enemies. The whole "game" feels like alpha build. Like engine test. Obviously there are performance issues on much more powerful devices. I don't understand how could anyone pay $10 for this (except for judging it by the screenshots maybe) and after a brief test run wouldn't request a refund. Especially in comparison with cheaper and much more polished alternatives I mentioned earlier.
If you are being open...here is my initial impression 1. The game has no tutorial and story (maybe there's one?) 2. It is not well optimized. Let me put it this way. Imagine your PC has a low spec, but u try to run a heavy graphics game on it. Yes it feels that way. I think the game that does this right for this genre is Grimvalor 3. The landscape is fixed. Would be better if it could auto rotate to another side of the screen 4. The touch controller is a bit chunky. I will try the game with physical controllers. 5. Like @macplash said, it is hard to compete with those big boys.
@macplash @Makara Nou Thank you for your precious reviews and tips, some of them are fixable, some are bound to game design. I have not yet priced it that much, it is a suggestive price, I will justify it accordingly, thanks for tips. Darkness Trap tells story in a silent story telling manner, so during time, it exposes some part of story. I.e. The girl is a stranger to town, she comes from outside world, she has no idea about the town and whatever happened there and the rest of story will be revealed further. I will fix it, thank you for mention it. I will work on it if there is any possible settings, do you have any suggestion? Actually, there are many combo actions that player can make, I need to show it in tutorial (that I will make). Currently I'm working on it. Unfortunately, iOS 13 doesn't let to load big levels (due to some new memory management policy) and streaming assets on-the-fly is also expensive for me for now, so I have to keep it in chunks of levels. It may be due to performance issue and low frame rate. So far, thank you guys for tips and reviews, if there is any other problem or suggestion I will be appreciate it.
@editali I'm impressed that you're willing to listen and you're open for suggestion. But this kind of feedback should've been brought to you during the beta. Successful launch is very important for the new brand. Lack of proper testing and tweaking before going live might result in bad reviews even though you're giving the game for free atm. And from personal experience I know once there's a negative review on the App Store (because of the issues during the launch), it usually stays that way. It's quite rare for players to go back over time and change their reviews after there's a bunch of updates released. You're asking about suggestions for settings. I'm not sure actually. Depends on what can make the game playable. Because it isn't, in current state. Stable frame rate should be your main goal. Again, beta comes to mind. Different testers, different devices. Hence, valuable feedback and way for improvement. You can't ask customers of the final product to test it so you can make adjustments. Some tweaks here and there? Sure. But this doesn't sound like the case. I appreciate you'll add the tutorial. But again. It should've been there already. I understand the story can be told continuously, piece by piece throughout the game. Yet, some introduction is in order. It might be fine to figure things out, but at least set the mood. Set the environment, time frame maybe, anything. I don't know. I'm not the developer. But there are some basic rules I'd expect to be followed by common sense. It just feels like you skipped a step or two. If this was an upcoming games category, it'd be different. But since you're here with the final game I don't know what else I can do except to wish you a good luck. So, yeah.
You are totally right, but as a solo developer with very tight budget I could not reach many game testers before launch, I had to put energy on design and development, that's why I tried it this way. I don't want to waste your time or energy, but could you please tell me how would it be different? Thank you.
@editali well first of all, there’d be bunch of testers available at no cost. Bringing you the valuable feedback you’re craving for. I can’t speak for the rest, but there’s a reason TouchArcade forum has a certain structure. There’s a specific section for developers, upcoming games etc. If I’m browsing forum with newly released games, I’m expecting a presentation of finished product. And most importantly a discussion about the gameplay. Maybe an exchange of ideas how to progress smoothly. Tips and tricks. Feedback as well - sure. Within a reasonable boundaries. Imagine there’s an article on TouchArcade’s main page. Perhaps a review. It’s customary the link to game’s thread is added there as well. Now imagine going there and instead of reading about what I’d expect it contains a bug report. You know what I mean? But hey, it’s not about me. All I’m saying is releasing an unfinished game could hurt you. For the reasons I already mentioned. Especially if you’re a solo developer. It’s not about where we’re discussing game’s flaws and potential solutions. It’s about either it should be already released or not. And again, I’m not the developer. I don’t know jack shit about releasing a game. You already have my utmost admiration and respect for that! I’m just trying to give you an insight from different perspective. From a hands-off third party bystander, if you will. And for the reason I stated previously I’m rooting for you. ———————- EDIT: @editali don’t worry about wasting my time and energy. Instead, let me give you an example of how would it be different if I’m invested in the process. Its work in progress stage to be more specific.
@macplash Thanks a million for your priceless tips and reviews, you opened eyes of a game developer even though you are not a game developer. I will make use of your tips for my next projects as well as this game. Viel Glück.
Wow, I think you should make a youtube channel and share your information with devs, like Mark Brown or Tim Ruswick. Think about it bro
Oh please. YouTube channel? Way ahead of you, man. I already have like 16 subscribers! Pretty sick, right? And I’m working hard to bring that number to 20 by the end of the year. Fingers crossed.
Game is updated to 1.2, performance hugely improved, most of problems fixed. It will remain free for a few days and after that it will be changed to paid game. Cheers.
Hello. So I tried the game. Took me like 1 hour and a half to finish it. And there were quite few problems on the way. Like bugs that need to be fixed. 1.They are places that you enter and are just big blur and you can’t go back, move or see anything so you need to restart the game 2. When your on the stairs or on top of the wall you can actually fall down below the map /this one happened a lot/ 3. When you’re fighting more than 3 monsters, when they hit it it’s like a stun effect and the only action that your allowed is to attack 4. The 2nd and 3th icon for skills aren’t working properly you need to press them multiple times until it does and it’s still 20/80% if your lucky. 5. On few of the stages when you attack you lag and neither the monster and the character is moving but they are both receiving damage 6. I picked up few times skills but when I checked the inventory they weren’t there. Honestly it’s not a bad game but this is like Early Beta version. And other people already posted about different issues that the game currently has. If I were you I would first fix the problems before I release it. Everyone will be expecting a finished product, you cannot charge money at the current state of the game. It need lots of work before it’s ready for the public.
Thank you for your time and your precious feedback, I will consider your notes as well as the other reviews on AppStore and fix those problem as much as I can in next update, within few days.
