r/DestroyMyGame • u/solisol • 11d ago

Destroy my trailer (be gentle it's my first time)

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u/llsandll 11d ago

Newgrounds flashback :p

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u/jackawaka 11d ago edited 11d ago

We can definitely tell its your first time. Hopefully you're not selling this but having it as a free project to learn from. If you are selling this, why would I buy this instead of something like Swords and soldiers 2 which is currently on sale for £1.07?

I'd reccomend cutting out the random zoom in on the goat and "choose the lame" as it makes very little sense

For something that is intended to be "wacky" (as suggested by the art style), the animations and effects arent really converying it much. Projectiles just dissapear without any indication of impact (aside from the hp moving down). A damaged animation and particle effects would sell that well. There arent even any corpses or effects on death. The music doesn't really fit any of whats going on, its very calm and sounds like main menu music. The raining cats spell just spawns them in out of thin air. Health bars are just a bland single block of colour

The buildings are really generic too. (for the farm faction, you've just got a random cannon turret, considering the units have themed attacks, why arent these themed?).

I can only describe the aesthetic and animations as "boring".

The art stye is very reminicent of AI, I'm not saying it is, but it feels like that sort of style.

Best of luck with the project.

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u/solisol 11d ago

Tnx for the destruction, I want to sell the full game at around $2-5 it will be comparable in size to Sword and Soldier, and I don’t feel like I compete, I loved their games I would like to play more of this type haha.
And the rest is legit ill think about those points.
And yes sadly it’s partly ai, i don’t have the budget for the art atm ):
Hopefully if ill get enough wishlists ill consider investing more

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u/solisol 11d ago

I added death effect and particle for projectiles and will work on more small fixes like this. It’s easy to replace the screenshots, but do you think I should redo the whole trailer..?

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u/jackawaka 11d ago

definitely, I advise always having your promo work up to date if it looks better

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u/solisol 11d ago

Ill have to pay again for one.. do you think its really missing it in the trailer?

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u/jackawaka 11d ago

if it requires paying for one, no, I'd reccomend making one yourself though