Test a free iPhone game by Fula Fisken - Page 2

What level did you reach on your first try?
- 3
Did you finish the game?
- No
What pension age did you reach?
- 60
Was there anything particular about the user interface that bothered you?
- If possible, allow for the adjustment of tilt sensitivity, or increase the maximum run speed.
- The interface was engaging and fun, but only during the menus. In-game, I felt that there was simply too much on the screen, it wasn't obvious which workers were active and inactive until I started the level and they moved.

As for additional comments, it's obvious that you guys put thought into the learning curve of the game, but I think it should be a lot more shallow. While I can only speak for myself in this regard, I don't want to feel -challenged- until like... level 10. The time constraint, combined with the very rapid introduction of new game mechanics (bathrooms, copiers etc.) was overwhelming. I didn't even realize how these worked until my second play-through.

I think that you guys have a very cool idea in a labyrinth with an increasing number of moving parts, and it doesn't seem like the game puts enough focus on that. Instead, you throw all of these impediments at the player before they even begin to understand how to control the dudes.

A game that, in my mind, did this better than any other was ValvE's Portal. A huge portion of the game was devoted to teaching the player how to interact with the game world, and by the time they encountered more difficult puzzles, it wasn't a matter of game understanding but instead a matter of solving the puzzle.

A way that you could implement this would be to have one level be a straight hallway where the player is essentially -forced- to complete it successfully. Then have the second level where the player must collect a group of people, before navigating through a hallway with -one- turn to it.

Looking forward to playing the game at release!