All Day Dying Demo

Hey, I don't know if you check this anymore, but I don't know a better way to get a hold of you. I've noticed that there is a bug in both the demo and steam version for me, where when I click, it doesn't always register. This is most noticeable with the pistol, where I'm often frantically clicking. I've also noticed this bug with another unreal game, trepang2, so I believe that this isn't something on my end.  Unfortunately, this makes the game pretty unplayable. Have you received any other complaints based on this?

HI there-My name is Nick Torchia, I am biz dev for a new indie publisher.  Your game looks pretty awesome, wondering if you can share your email address or website to get a hold of you.  I am interested in perhaps helping you bring this to consoles

Thanks

NICK

Hello.. Can i know the minimum requirements for this game? and the recommended requirements.

32bit ?

A few things I think you could do to improve the game.

• Reduce the damage from enemy shotguns (They can be very frustrating, especially when you increase the difficulty. It could just be me)
• On the first level, I think you should expand the yellow rectangle where you "slide jump" off all the way to the edge in the front of the block (When I first started playing, I thought you were supposed to jump right on the rectangle. It took me a while to realize you were supposed to jump off the edge)
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• A boss could be pretty cool, but i'm not sure how you could implement it into the game. It might ruin the fast pace of the game as a whole.

Overall, one of my favorite games. It's very fast paced and the graphics are amazing. Also, are you gonna add a price to the game on steam once it's completed? If so, how much will it be?

I was just wondering, the higher the difficulty goes, does the aggressiveness of enemies also go up? 

This game feels very smooth! Although it really makes me wish for a slide kick, and doing slide shooting feels very hard to pull off in certain levels which also makes me wish for bullet time to get the aim right.

I've noticed that I can't rename the folder if I've launched the game beforehand. I get a error message stating that one of the files is still open. It looks like one of the files isn't closing properly, or something similar.

Other than that, great game. Are you planning on putting it on steam when its completed?

Why does it send me to the itch io website when i press play?

Why does the last enemy never come out of hiding? I love the gamplay but the fact that i usualy run out off time when there is only one enemy left annoys me greatly plz fix.

Wonderful game!!! love the the super hot vibe and the fast pace of it. There was a some bugs when i was recording my gameplay like a black fog enveloping the area but it was still amazing 

Had a blast with this. Loved the music, pace, simplicity, and gunplay. Found some issues tracking down final enemies in some levels and the jumping/slide-jumping felt a little too jarring to use with much success.

Thanks for making this and hope to see more of it :)

TL;DR

All Day Dying is a very interesting game. The gunplay and unique health mechanics take a lot of getting used to, but once the player does it is a blast. The music is decent and fits the feel of the game, the level design--though a little rough--is solid, and the parkour works pretty well. However, the trial courses suck. An overall solid, if very repetitive, experience.

Full Review

The parkour mechanics are smooth, reminiscent of games like Dirty Bomb or even its predecessor, BRINK. They can be a little janky though, and the system could certainly be improved. There are a number of details that just make it slightly weird, such as an inability to kick during a slide, or how some of the momentum feels artificial, such as the player reaching the edge of something while sliding and suddenly stopping dead in their tracks on a surface a few inches below.

As for the guns, I really do appreciate the limited number of weapons available in the game. Each serves their purpose, one more suited to certain situations than others. The pistol is good for close to mid-range combat against a couple of enemies; the shotgun is useful in close-quarters, particularly against a group of clustered enemies or an enemy within jump-boost range;  the rifle is useful for ranged combat against a single enemy; etc. There could be a couple more though, or at least some more fine-tuning done to the current ones or to the levels they belong to. As an example, the rifle on the train level is next to useless, the pistol better served for every situation on that level. It's only purpose is for that one sniper in the starting area and to achieve the diamond score. Also, the kick-back for the pistol is just a little too strong. It feels like it is meant for rapid-fire at mid-range, yet the huge kick-back makes the weapon only a little more useful in that regard than the machinegun.

Moving on to the basic game mechanics, the things that really try to get the main idea of the game across, there is the timer and the medals. Now, the timer is a bit of a mixed-bag. On the one hand, it makes the player try to optimize their routes to accommodate it, and for the majority of levels the timer really works to push the player without deciding the routes for them. But on other hand, it can negate the whole idea of "finding the most optimal route," particularly in the later levels, since the only one there is time for is running around firing like a mad-man, allowing "gamer instinct" rather than logical reasoning and experiments to decide the best route.

As for the medals, for the most part they are fine-tuned to the levels, fair yet challenging and making sense for the levels they appear in (though this is not always the case; e.g. "platformer" on Factory). I really appreciate that not every medal has to be earned on the same run, or has to be earned individually: A player can get a really low score and still get a context medal, and a player can—usually—complete every medal on the same run if they are good enough. A notable exception to the latter rule is the train, where the player has to complete the level once without firing a single shot, and then again by getting 8 headshot kills in a row. However, this is not really a bad thing, since these "forced multi-run" levels are handled tastefully and used sparingly. Overall, the medals are actually fun, very few of them feeling like a chore or repeated from earlier levels.

The levels themselves tend to be well-designed and work with the mechanics of the game to create a fluid experience. The levels can be a bit rough around the edges, such as platforms being just a little too high to jump up to or a little too far for a long-jump, though there is nothing specific I can really point out.  As for the style of the levels, this could do with some variety, as the orange and black aesthetic can get tiresome after a while. It feels like a color scheme that works for something artificial, like it was crafted not to look pretty but to be practical, such as for a training course.

The only aspect of the game I really have no positive feedback on is the trial courses in the prologue. The player can only really use a pistol or a kick to take them down, as the only other weapon that can knock targets down is the shotgun's secondary fire. This on its own would not be a problem, but then every target has to be shot multiple times before they go down, and the number of times is inconsistent. This would also not be too big of an issue, but then the type of targets are also randomized, meaning there is no way to memorize which to shoot. This is a huge issue, as it goes against the very design philosophy of the game: No procedural generation or random spawns. It does not matter if the positions of the targets are still the same, the fact that the type of target changes means there is no way to plan an optimal route. It is impossible to work on muscle memory, as the trial courses randomization requires the player to stop and check. The player just has to go in and hope for the best.

As a whole, All Day Dying has an interesting premise with a good game to back it up. I look forward to seeing how this game develops in the future.

I checked out your game. I found it interesting and fun  to play. For a demo it felt very complete and very fluid

I had some small details about fixes you could look into, small interactions with the menu options, some of the controls and weapon swapping during game play were tricky

Keep at it and I hope you enjoy my trips and fails in the video :D

have a great day!

Heyyy, very nice concept. But, weapon recoil in insane for game like this. I have lot of hours COD experience, BF1 500 hours, CS many many hours, PUBG 1400 hours, and your game is very very fast and recoil is high, ofc this is only my opinion. maybe for some players is fun but idk man :( GL anyway ^^ i spend 1+ hour and im ragequit :d P.S. sorry my bad English ))

So I have to start out by saying that the game has been updated since my recording and that this is really amazing despite my criticisms. I'm in love with the movement and speed of the game, but there's a lot the game does not communicate well. First was the tutorial. I think I had the most deaths in there than any other room. Considering how many things go into the movement in this, allowing the player to come to terms with the systems in an area without the risk of death would be a huge help in starting out. Second is heath, the danger indicator is nice, but I don't know if that means I have 1 or 10 hits left, and it's damn hard to tell if I've even taken damage until that warning shows up. In a game about split second decision making, knowing how much I can risk is an important bit of info that's missing. Next is the enemy introductions. While the game is fin in the sense that the standard enemy type is something you'll come to know very quickly, it took me several deaths to figure out that turrets were even present. Like I said earlier, this is the foundation to an amazing shooter, but it's missing a lot of communication and conveyance that would make it a far less jarring experience. Looking forward to seeing this farther down the line!

Gave it the ol' college try but long jumps apparently are not my forte. 

I really like the game it has very good level design.

one feedback I can give is sliding and jumping combo,  it feels little bit late. when I slide ı want to jump before sliding animation finishes. but it feels like game doesnt let me jump while I slide it wants to finish animations after that I can jump. if you can fix that game would feel much better i think.

thanks.