Hello Caromblers and Caromblers to be. Last week we have been on the retro game fair in Tilburg. Unfortunately Frank couldn't come, because he was in the hospital. It was a bit scary, but it seems he is doing better now and that he can go home next week. So I went to Tilburg alone and as you can see I was having a great time :P
More importantly, we are redesigning our Level Complete / Game Over screen. One important aspect we want to include is Steam leaderboards. Now we have local highscores, global highscores and highscores of friends. Furthermore we have a best score and a best time. Besides all of this we want to show whether you have unlocked the medals with your score. This is a lot of information! I would like to focus on the unlocking of the medals. Another team member on the global highscores and yet another one wants to focus on the highscores of friends. But what do our players want? That's probably more important! Therefore, this request for input. I have made a concept of how we could do this (the purple text is added for explanation and is not part of the concept):
Or only one list where you can click the medals to change between Best Scores and Best TImes:
So what do you think? Is this what you want to see in a Level Complete screen and as Leaderboards? Please leave all of your feedback and suggestions in the comments below. It's very much appreciated.
This is Caromble!; A fresh new take on the brick break game! Free the corrupted world and fight evil with physics-based destruction, puzzles, explosions, skill-levels, power-ups, mayhem, more explosions, further puzzles, speedruns, superscore medals, unlockable challenges and some surprises you would't expect in a brick breaker game. Brick break your way to glory and discover a world of nostalgic wonder. Let’s get ready to Caromble!
The full release of Caromble! will feature:
24 levels divided over six chapters
Each level has multiple playable areas
Physics based destruction
Medals for speed runs and highscores
Numerous unlockable skill levels
Powerups
Explosions
Powerups that cause explosions
Explosions that release powerups
Puzzles
And yes... platforming elements (say what?!)
The current state of the Early Access build is:
Buggy
Not fully optimized for performance
Contains the first 3 chapters with 12 areas
And 5 unlockable skill levels
Production quality equivalent to release quality
Very enjoyable
Please help us improve Caromble! Report bugs. Play the game. Enjoy the mechanics. Don't like the mechanics? Tell us about it! Tell us why you think Caromble! is great. Tell us why you think it stinks. Know somebody who might enjoy Caromble!? Help us find them! We're forever in your debt.