Feedback BlackForge Demo for Steam Next Fest!

[TheWazzin]

Hello Smithers!
As we are going live with the new demo of BlackForge we would love to hear your experience of the game!

That is what this thread is all about! Share you thoughts. If you would prefer: there's a form available aswell here [forms.gle]

[Rave Jesus]

First Impressions, not good;
Tested on Index, so maybe I'm missing some controls but here's my list of negatives
- Absolutely zero menu
- The spawn/offset was off and I had to reposition myself with OVR
- Game bugged out on me three times, which required me to restart the game;
-- First time was the order getting stuck to my hand
-- Second time was the order NOT leaving the little blue orb pop up
-- Third time was just because
- AWFUL tutorial. The guy that shows up is cute and VA work is good, but there's literally zero Tutorial outside of him telling you to use your tongs to grab the axe and place it on the lathe
- No Tutorial for the lathe
- Every single order I received had a star on the bottom left, and one piece of wood on the bottom right which was NOT explained. Each one gave some kind of little story such as a practice spear, or a pickaxe handle, but there was literally zero requirement outside lathing it a bit. Every order could be "Finished" by just chipping a bit away
- Despite doing several orders, still was only receiving post cards with One Star and One Piece of Wood

Overall, I didn't know what to do, or how to properly "Finish" an order. There's no feedback, and as I mentioned before, the tutorial does absolutely nothing to explain how/what you're supposed to do next.

I'll happily check this game out if you guys end up having an updated demo, because the premise of the game is fantastic. I played A Township Tale and LOVED the crafting/blacksmithing portion of it so this was right up my alley.
Hope to see an improved player-experience in the future.

[Lord Helios]

i haven't had a bug out moment in the game except the nails once hit stops showing you the tutorial. But so far but i agree that the tutorial is kinda lacking and the requests are too open ended. I don't mind a game not hand holding you much but I'd at least appreciate some direction with how the piece should be made other than just weight and length.

Also, I'd like some kind of snapping option so you can align pieces edge to edge, it doesn't have to be for always on, since i like the freedom of aligning pieces. However an option to press a button to snap the piece to its edges would be nice.

[Rave Jesus]

Originally posted by Lord Helios:

i haven't had a bug out moment in the game except the nails once hit stops showing you the tutorial. But so far but i agree that the tutorial is kinda lacking and the requests are too open ended. I don't mind a game not hand holding you much but I'd at least appreciate some direction with how the piece should be made other than just weight and length.

Also, I'd like some kind of snapping option so you can align pieces edge to edge, it doesn't have to be for always on, since i like the freedom of aligning pieces. However an option to press a button to snap the piece to its edges would be nice.

I must have gotten extremely unlucky then~ I couldn't even progress at all.

[TheWazzin]

Thank you for sharing such detailed feedback from your experience of the demo! This list is a huge help for us as we develop the full game!
We take notes of everything that has been listed and I am currently writing a bug report.

We will let you know when there's an updated demo of the game. THANK YOU!
- Devs

[TheWazzin]

Originally posted by Lord Helios:

i haven't had a bug out moment in the game except the nails once hit stops showing you the tutorial.

Did you hit the nails the tutorial prompted you to hit? Or did you hit any of the inactive nails?

[TheWazzin]

Originally posted by Rave Jesus:

- Game bugged out on me three times, which required me to restart the game;
-- First time was the order getting stuck to my hand
-- Second time was the order NOT leaving the little blue orb pop up
.

We have solved bug "quest getting stuck to hand" on our end. We will inform when updated demo is out.

Did you try to pick up the order from the blue orb or was it completely stuck?
As you finish the request for the order, you put it in the orb and pick up the letter. Then you go to the mailbox next to the Merchant and sends it off.

If you remember any details, please let me know. Thank you! (we are currently hunting this bug down)

[Rave Jesus]

Originally posted by TheWazzin:

Originally posted by Rave Jesus:

Did you try to pick up the order from the blue orb or was it completely stuck?
As you finish the request for the order, you put it in the orb and pick up the letter. Then you go to the mailbox next to the Merchant and sends it off.

I must have missed this part then when I had to restart my game the first time.

[Lord Helios]

Originally posted by TheWazzin:

Originally posted by Lord Helios:

i haven't had a bug out moment in the game except the nails once hit stops showing you the tutorial.

Did you hit the nails the tutorial prompted you to hit? Or did you hit any of the inactive nails?

Well, i hit the nail as prompted for the lightning strike to fuse objects but nothing showed and then the merchant goes tells you what you have to do. And then I had the tutorial part where i needed to hammer down a copper bar and he tells me to strike the nail to see what i need to do, it bugged out here.

[Lord Helios]

Originally posted by Rave Jesus:

Originally posted by Lord Helios:

i haven't had a bug out moment in the game except the nails once hit stops showing you the tutorial. But so far but i agree that the tutorial is kinda lacking and the requests are too open ended. I don't mind a game not hand holding you much but I'd at least appreciate some direction with how the piece should be made other than just weight and length.

Also, I'd like some kind of snapping option so you can align pieces edge to edge, it doesn't have to be for always on, since i like the freedom of aligning pieces. However an option to press a button to snap the piece to its edges would be nice.

I must have gotten extremely unlucky then~ I couldn't even progress at all.

Huh, i was able to progress just fine, until copper part then it just, bugged out during the hit the nail segment. Also, did you see the purplish line that comes off your body? this indicates where you need to go.

[TheWazzin]

Originally posted by Lord Helios:

Originally posted by TheWazzin:

Did you hit the nails the tutorial prompted you to hit? Or did you hit any of the inactive nails?

Well, i hit the nail as prompted for the lightning strike to fuse objects but nothing showed and then the merchant goes tells you what you have to do. And then I had the tutorial part where i needed to hammer down a copper bar and he tells me to strike the nail to see what i need to do, it bugged out here.

We found the bug so it will be pushed in the next update of the demo! I'll make an announcement when new demo is live. Thank you for playing so far!

[Rave Jesus]

Updating the review;
Hopped on today after the small update, and the user experience was MUCH more enjoyable this time around. Things ran smooth and I was able to progress up to the point where I was able to smelt Copper and begin working on that~
Still had to restart the game 2 or 3 times because I went "Ahead" of the beginning tutorial prompt and that caused it to bug out.

[TheWazzin]

Originally posted by Rave Jesus:

Updating the review;
Hopped on today after the small update, and the user experience was MUCH more enjoyable this time around. Things ran smooth and I was able to progress up to the point where I was able to smelt Copper and begin working on that~
Still had to restart the game 2 or 3 times because I went "Ahead" of the beginning tutorial prompt and that caused it to bug out.

Thank you for the updated review! I have taken notes regarding bugged out tutorial if players accidentally goes ahead. That has been noted from our side when developing aswell. So happy this time was much more enjoyable for you!

[Lolko.]

Hello... dont know if its a bug or im doing something wrong but i cant progress the game beacuse i always run out of wood... tried before and after the update and still the same...

[Waggel]

Hello,
The old man is constantly saying things like: "HEY!, I'm back!" and moaning. This gets anoying after a while.
I think it would be much better if he didn't moan or just doesn't say things so frequently.
I liked the rest of the game!

[kurpat.sh]

it will be cool if you add movement with teleports, moving the sticks makes your head spin