OK, if this counts as advertising then please, mods, lock this thread. I don't want to get into any trouble and I don't want to break any rules, so as I say, lock it if it's breaking rules, or let me know mods, so I can make any necessary changes.
Basically, as some of you will be aware (due to my spewing about either this or my life at university every other post), I want to go into game development as a career. In particular, though I'm doing a maths course and a programming elective, I want to do Level Design. So a while back, to try and build a decent portfolio to enhance my CV and hopefully get some good attention from game designers when I apply for an internship (during a year out from my university course next year), I downloaded the Game Maker program. Since then I've made all the tutorial games and have tried (and failed) to find a copy of the book 'The Game Maker's Apprentice', a guide to the program. But above all else, I have made one game, entitled Thunderball. The link is right here if anyone is interested.
http://www.yoyogames.com/games/show/49356
Now, over the past year that it's been on the internet, it's been played a grand total of eighteen times. That isn't a problem. It's my first proper game, after all, and since it's been rated 3.2/5 in that time, it's not too shabby. But when I take time to look back at it, I notice that the ten levels I created are glitchy. There are glitches and bugs with the sprites I created for the game, the music isn't exactly up to scratch (though admittedly I did kind of steal the music from OCRemix.org, despite making sure to credit the composers in the Help page). Overall, it's the first version of the game and it isn't much good.
So what I want to do is change it. During the year I never got round to deleting the original source files and I still have them even now. I want to update the game and rerelease it, and crate new levels. I want to expand the game. I want to make it a lot better than it is and try to get more interest, see if I can perhaps make a name for myself as a developer on the internet. And so I need testers. That's where you all come in.
My request is simple. Anyone who clicks the link above and plays the game, let me know what you think. Either post it here or PM me, or email me (my email address is on my profile). If you want me to send you a copy of the game itself, the actual application, then PM me with your email address so I can send it to you. I want opinions, and I want ideas on how I can improve the game, and ideas for levels, extra features, and so on. Also, I want people who I can add to a list here on this opening post to act as official Beta Testers who will be credited in the new version who can go through the game over and over again making sure that any and all bugs are found, and then ironed out in the updated version. If you're interested then please help me out here, and cookies and happiness and gumdrop smiles will be promised for all
.
Basically, as some of you will be aware (due to my spewing about either this or my life at university every other post), I want to go into game development as a career. In particular, though I'm doing a maths course and a programming elective, I want to do Level Design. So a while back, to try and build a decent portfolio to enhance my CV and hopefully get some good attention from game designers when I apply for an internship (during a year out from my university course next year), I downloaded the Game Maker program. Since then I've made all the tutorial games and have tried (and failed) to find a copy of the book 'The Game Maker's Apprentice', a guide to the program. But above all else, I have made one game, entitled Thunderball. The link is right here if anyone is interested.
http://www.yoyogames.com/games/show/49356
Now, over the past year that it's been on the internet, it's been played a grand total of eighteen times. That isn't a problem. It's my first proper game, after all, and since it's been rated 3.2/5 in that time, it's not too shabby. But when I take time to look back at it, I notice that the ten levels I created are glitchy. There are glitches and bugs with the sprites I created for the game, the music isn't exactly up to scratch (though admittedly I did kind of steal the music from OCRemix.org, despite making sure to credit the composers in the Help page). Overall, it's the first version of the game and it isn't much good.
So what I want to do is change it. During the year I never got round to deleting the original source files and I still have them even now. I want to update the game and rerelease it, and crate new levels. I want to expand the game. I want to make it a lot better than it is and try to get more interest, see if I can perhaps make a name for myself as a developer on the internet. And so I need testers. That's where you all come in.
My request is simple. Anyone who clicks the link above and plays the game, let me know what you think. Either post it here or PM me, or email me (my email address is on my profile). If you want me to send you a copy of the game itself, the actual application, then PM me with your email address so I can send it to you. I want opinions, and I want ideas on how I can improve the game, and ideas for levels, extra features, and so on. Also, I want people who I can add to a list here on this opening post to act as official Beta Testers who will be credited in the new version who can go through the game over and over again making sure that any and all bugs are found, and then ironed out in the updated version. If you're interested then please help me out here, and cookies and happiness and gumdrop smiles will be promised for all
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