Introducing Drenoketh

[Vrythex]

A lot of great criticism here, thank you! I will try to address them one by one.

@LiamKyd

The game needs more work and content before players can play it, you can’t fully interact with NPCs only listen to what they have to say, the Quest dialogue is way too big in my opinion and it lacks information, you don’t know which NPC you’re talking to unless they mention it.

The NPCs are lacking of information and context, I’d suggest adding different idle animations so we understand they aren’t speaking statues.

So Drenoketh is a silent hero game, when you talk to a NPC, pretty much all you can do is listen to them. I may eventually add in a couple options that can influence dialogue, so far it has not seemed like it really needed it to me personally, but definitely is something to consider.

Quest dialogue is a huge part of the story telling in Drenoketh, but if you feel like there is too much, you can skip through the dialogue by spamming the interact button. You do not actually have to do the main quest if you do not want to. I highly recommend doing it, but you can explore the world, obtain various armor sets and weapons, fight enemies, and more without doing the main quest. I may look into adding NPC names above the dialogue, that is definitely something to consider.

I am curious as to what you mean by “lacking information and context?” If you mean background information on why you’re in the world, I agree. I have thought about adding a tutorial that would elaborate on that a bit. If it is something else that you are noticing I would be very interested in hearing it. There are also different idle animations, but the differences are very subtle. Adding a bit more personality into the movements of a NPC may be something to look into at some point.

@LiamKyd

The first time I played it I didn’t realized you have to talk again to the NPC, I thought they would only say the first line because there isn’t any context like “talk again to x”, “…” or a better dialogue so the player can understand that there is more.

Almost all quests should tell you where to go, either in dialogue or through the questbook. Your map should also have quest markers on it for most quests. Would you mind mentioning the specific quest so that I can look into it?

@LiamKyd

The starter weapon needs more physics it seems like its only shooting some kinda of beam really slowly to wherever direction you look not aim at, the cross-hair on the screen is really inaccurate.

I can confirm that the aiming is off, and that is not intended. I have actually received some reports of that as well. I will look into this, thank you! In terms of the speed, different laser guns will have different speeds, if you want one that shoots faster, or a laser that travels faster, you will need to obtain it.

@LiamKyd

the background music is too loud.

Good point. I listen to it with my volume on low, so I have not really noticed this. I will look into it a bit further.

@LiamKyd

you should add a option to toggle on/off shift-lock.

By shift-lock I’m assuming you mean the third person camera lock? This is the way the game is supposed to be played. I have thought about adding in some way of rotating around your character, so I will probably address this in the future.

@LiamKyd

the needle on the screen doesn’t have directions, like north, south.

No it doesn’t. It works in the same manner as a traditional compass, the red half points north. I can look into eventually adding directions around it.

@LiamKyd

can’t chat by pressing “/” like it says, I had to press Q and open the Quest UI to free my mouse so I can directly click it.

“/” works for me, and I just tested it today, and it still works for me. Would you mind letting me know if it is still occurring? If so, what kind of keyboard and device are you using?

@LiamKyd

the first time you spawn the starter weapon doesn’t show up until you press 1.

Yes, thank you. Also if you load in after having a different weapon equipped, it won’t save that and you’ll have the starter weapon equipped again. It’s a known bug and I will hopefully fix both of them soon.

@LiamKyd

the laser gun gets more inaccurate if you walk and sometimes doesn’t deal damage.

It should not become more inaccurate by walking. I will have to investigate this. I do know of one bug, where it will not deal damage if you are next to an enemy while moving back. Is this what you are referring to? If so I hope to fix this soon.

Thank you once again for the criticism! It is very helpful and I’m always looking to improve. If you have anything to say in response to my comments, please do so, as it will help to further improve Drenoketh, and provide the best user experience. Thank you once again!