Universal Omber (by Zarista Games)

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  1. Catacomber

    Catacomber Well-Known Member

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    #121 Catacomber, Jul 2, 2015
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    I've never NOT thought about your comments about the graphics. Even if I don't say something here, it doesn't mean I don't look at things and see if I can make them better. Just consider we are two people and now three making Omber. We all have our talents. None of us are graphicians. We're basically storytellers but we do the best we can.

    I spent about fifteen hours or more just on the shield but the way the hands I have are set up -- to make them look the way I want them too--even pausing the game and positioning them is very hard--this is the best I can do right now.

    But am working on that to make it better.

    And I thank you for your comments.
     
  2. Vovin

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    #122 Vovin, Jul 2, 2015
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    I just saw this and immediately bought it. And yeah: Elsa, you're really good when it comes to art. How about helping out a bit? ;)

    Cat - btw., what's your new game about? Didn't you say (a long while ago) you plan to make sth like Ultima Underworld? That would be - at least imho - really fantastic.
     
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    #123 Catacomber, Jul 2, 2015
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    I need to find arms I can position right I think. : ) The arms I have are actually really good but can't seem to get them positioned right for what we want to do.

    Thank you for buying our game.

    Our new game is called Nine Dragons and takes place in the ancient Far East. : )

    Not Ultima Underworld. : ) I wish. : ) Three people are not going to make Ultima Underworld but we hope we can still give you some fun.
     

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    #124 abstractcolors215, Jul 6, 2015
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    Omber

    This is a very nice open world RPG! The music is incredible, and I love it! The sound effects are also really natural sounding, which I really like! It has a good rate of speed to the movement and combat is easy and fun. I will maybe post some more as I play further into the game, I'm only at the beginning! :) (Cat, Hopefully you'll keep making games that support the iPhone as I don't have an iPad.) And finally, it's great to see a thread on Touch Arcade for this game! :)
     
  5. Catacomber

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    Thanks very much. To answer your question, we expect to continue making Universal games--for both iPhone and iPad--the iPhone screens get bigger and bigger. : ) Will also try to support older models of both for awhile. I still have an iPad mini which I love, not ready to update yet. : )

    We wouldn't want to lose our iPhone players. Our next game, Nine Dragons, already working on it--is for both iPhone and iPad. : ) Thanks again. I hope you and others like your Abstractcolors' Pin. : )
     
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    Hope the update is going great. Still looking forward to it :)
     
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    I know, I was just thinking that same thing about the iPhones getting bigger and bigger! :D Thanks, Cat!
     
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    Just bought rhis game. Nice to know this game gets updated and a lot of support here in the thread
     
  9. Catacomber

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    #129 Catacomber, Jul 9, 2015
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    Thanks! The update is in the App Store. Next update will include new player arms! :)

    The downside is that the update changed so many things, you need to start a new game. This should be the last time this happens.
     
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    I was a graphic artist a few years back and still work on my own fantasy art but, I only do 2D art.
    If I was into 3d work, I would try to help, seeing how you are really working hard to make improvements
    based on player feedback.

    Surely, someone in this forum can point this game developer in the right direction to find assets that
    will work for their main character's arms and hands etc.

    Now , If you could only team up with and actual artist versed in the magic of 3D trickery, just
    image what wonderful works you could conjure up.

    One can only dream.
     
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    #131 Elsa, Jul 9, 2015
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    A lot of quality assets have been bought for this game (hell, the game is built on an asset). They just need someone who can see the flaws and has time to polish them.
     
  12. Catacomber

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    Let's see how the new arms look. :) The update won't be this month because we want to get the basics in for our new game. Thanks. :)
     
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    And many people have said it's a good game and we should port it to other platforms. The arms we have aren't bad but I want a certain animation, more like Skyrim.

    Much of our 2d art has been done by Sylon of Redshift. He has good artistic taste and perhaps I'll get him more involved.
     
  14. Catacomber

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    It's in the App Store, but the downside is that because there are so many changes you will lose your old save file. I'm sorry but hopefully the update is worth it. There are some new items and the shops have shoptalk and of course main thing is that it's easier to pull away from dialogues. So hope you don't mind starting a new game.
     
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    #135 Catacomber, Jul 10, 2015
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    That's true. But somehow most of our players don't see the flaws that you do. And you did not buy those assets. : ) We did. If you'd like to donate 3d assets, I'm open to drop offs.
    : ) But our 3d assets for this game, and especially for our next game, are really good and we did spend hundreds of dollars on them.

    So let's do the MATH. I love MATH.

    Assets bought at hundreds of dollars. Lots of hundreds of dollars.
    Cost of sending me to school to learn better utility of 3d stuff--or adding a 3d specialist to our team---maybe some day we will--we just grew a little. Further growth is not ruled out.

    OUCH! That figure is big, isn't it?

    Cost of game .99 cents.

    Player happiness with game---so far so good except now with the update you have to start a new game. That hopefully will not happen again. Same thing happened to me with early Minecraft update.

    Elsa, I am going to ask Sylon of Redshift for help polishing everything to the max. : )

    And then let's see but in our next game. : )

    He has a really good sense of graphics and I'm sure he won't mind helping me.

    I don't mind your criticism. Everyone has a right to comment and we try to make things better...and better...and better.

    And we're just a little Indie game company, not one of the big guys. But people still like playing our games and thankfully they support us.

    If we actually do polish this game to the max capable in Unity graphics....we will be back with a 12.99 price tag or better--that won't really make me happy or our players happIER. : )

    Just as we are an Indie game company, I don't want our players paying high ticket prices. So we have to balance everything.

    It won't give you any more fun. The music is nice, the graphics are not that bad. I'm still working on that to wow you. Give me some time.

    We tried to keep down some of the graphic enhancements we could have used for stability and to save file size on mobile.

    None of our beta testers ever crashed playing Omber--I chalk that up to our care in making sure the graphics were not too intensive.

    You haven't criticized the gameplay at all. May I count that among my blessings. : )
     
  16. Lokina

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    I love this game as I have said many times before. I don't see why Cat is continually having to justify herself. I got what I wanted, a nice little quest game that was very cheap and I thought very pretty and I shall certainly buy Nine Dragons when it becomes available.
     
  17. evilabdy

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    I'm taking the plunge on this one it looks fun and I am a sucker for open world games
     
  18. Catacomber

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    Thanks. I don't think you'll be disappointed. : ) You can even dive down into Mirl's Grotto and swim with the fishes. : )
     
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    We're very happy that Sylon of Redshift is going to do the icon, main menu screen and a lot of new graphics stuff for our upcoming new game, Nine Dragons. : ) We're very excited about the game.
     
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    Good news!
     

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