Playtesters needed!

[cridia]

I am currently hard at work with a group of other students to finish our graduation project. For that purpose, we need people who are willing to playtest the game we have created so far.

So, if you are willing to playtest the game for us, please download it from the following link:

Arrival By Train [http://student-kmt.hku.nl/~michael4/school/ABT/ArrivalByTrainV1.0.rar]

The install instructions can be found in the included README file. After you have played the game (we think that playing it for 10 minutes should be sufficient), please fill in the following questionnaire:

Questionnaire [http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dDgxcU5FMDZ4V2xXZUlyU0ZFZmIzRHc6MA..]

If new versions become available, I will update this topic. I would really appreciate it if you would reply to this topic if you are going to playtest the game. It is not required, but it would be nice to know who playtests our game .

The game's purpose is to communicate with the lady. This can be done by using the 6 buttons that are placed in a cirkel around the characters. To press these buttons, move your cursor towards it and hold the left mouse. You will see it starting to fill up. As soon as it is filled up you pressed the button and activated the effect associated with that button.

Thank you very much in advance!

 

[Daveman]

erm, I'm not sure if this is advertising and therefore in need of reporting... I'm interested but not sure if I trust you...

 

[DrunkWithPower]

erm, I'm not sure if this is advertising and therefore in need of reporting... I'm interested but not sure if I trust you...

Agreed....

 

[BolognaBaloney]

Eh, I'll give it a shot.

Downloading now, I'll be trying it soon.

 

[PureChaos]

i tried to play it but there was no sound and nothing did anything. it was all a bit jittery and the woman sat opposite me just sat there with her mouth open and occasionally moved her arm. there were some buttons around the scree but the cursor was all juttery and when i tried to do stuff, nothing happened.

also, it doesn't seem to be an advertising thing, just a 'help me improve this' thing

 

[cridia]

Ah sorry, I guess this being my first topic and all does make it a bit suspicious.

This is for a school project; my graduation project to be precise. If you check the first link (where the game is), you will see that it is my school webspace I am using to store the game. I am currently part of the Master program of Game Design and Development at the Utrecht School of Arts in the Netherlands (also known as the HKU in the Netherlands).

The game in question is an experiment whether a certain type of gameplay would or would not work. Therefore I am really in need of input (which is also why I put the questionnaire with it). Without the playtesting results, I have got nothing to connect my thesis to the project.

I hope this at least serves to lessen the suspicion on me.

 

[Uncompetative]

Not being nasty, but how do we know this isn't a virus?

 

[BolognaBaloney]

If my internet was faster, I'd be playing it by now, but currently I am at 35%

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

no

EDIT:I'm a copy clerk now,thanx!to reward you I won't ask if it's a virus

 

[cridia]

i tried to play it but there was no sound and nothing did anything. it was all a bit jittery and the woman sat opposite me just sat there with her mouth open and occasionally moved her arm. there were some buttons around the scree but the cursor was all juttery and when i tried to do stuff, nothing happened.

also, it doesn't seem to be an advertising thing, just a 'help me improve this' thing

As for the sound; we havent had time to implement it yet; this is the first playable. As for controls; you move the mouse to one of the 6 icons and hold the left mouse button to make it "fill up". As soon as it is filled up, you will perform the action of that icon.

 

[Shoqiyqa]

Not being nasty, but how do we know this isn't a virus?

I'm waiting for people with hundreds of posts to say they've tested it and had no trouble. :\

 

[cridia]

Not being nasty, but how do we know this isn't a virus?

unfortunately, I cannot give you anything but my word that it does not contain a virus. You can scan the archive before extracting it.

 

[Chrissyluky]

ill download it and scan it with windows shield deluxe 09 no virus scanned 3 times. ill play test it tonight

 

[Debatra]

I'll wait for Bologna's input.

 

[DazZ.]

I have nothing else to do for abit ill give it a ganders.

Edit: No virus detected.

 

[BolognaBaloney]

It's a bit confusing, but show's a lot of potential, and just to let everyone know, it's not a virus, go download it and give this guy some input.

 

[Kinguendo]

Not being nasty, but how do we know this isn't a virus?

I'm waiting for people with hundreds of posts to say they've tested it and had no trouble. :\

Righto, I shall give it a test... Is my post count high enough?

Seriously though I should easily have the spec and internet connection to get started quite soon, so I will leave feedback.

 

[BolognaBaloney]

It's a bit confusing, the sound is absent, and experiences frequent crashes.
Might I ask, what is the goal of the game?

 

[SquirrelPants]

I'll give it a test, as well. Eris knows I've got nothing better to do right now.

 

[cridia]

It's a bit confusing, the sound is absent, and experiences frequent crashes.
Might I ask, what is the goal of the game?

I am sorry, I should have been clear about that in the first place.

I have updated the opening post with the goal of the game, and the means to control it. Since we have not had time to implement something like a tutorial, I should have explained this in the first place...