What did we do this week? (February 4th 2021)
Fei : This week was mainly all about the Taipei Game Show, it was quite boring to me and there wasn't much games to try. However I got to play Neon Tail a lot, I found some new bugs but overall got a lot better at jumping from grind to grind. I figured this will be my next Devlog subject as it has a double advantage, teaching the audience how to do awesome jumps and talk a bit about how it is coded.
Other than that, I've fixed some dancing animations that had jaws rotation problems.
這兩周主要時間都用在台北電玩展了，這次對我來說有點無聊，沒有太多遊戲我想嘗試的。因此我在我們的攤位上持續測試我們的遊戲，我發現了一些新的錯誤，但是總體來說，在摩擦滑行之間跳躍的遊玩體驗已經比以前好得多了。我覺得這應該會是我下次開發日誌的主題，我可以一邊教玩家如何做出色的跳躍一邊談談我編碼製作的方式。喔! 除此之外，我還利用了一點瑣碎的時間來修復舞蹈動作中角色下巴開開的問題。
Leo : Last two weeks we were all busy on the Taipei Game Show 2021.
Because I am not living in Taipei, I needed to stay at Yang's place during TGS.
Maybe it's because I'm not used to sleep in a bed that isn't mine, I felt awful and kind of down during those 5 days. So I couldn't really help much over there, I just wandered around and took some pictures, replaced Yang during his resting time.
Because of the COVID-19, there are way fewer exhibitors and visitors this time.
However, this was our only chance in those past two years to show our game in a game show.
We did use this chance to see how players handle our game and noted some good feedback from it.
Basically we still need improve the tutorial to better teach players how the control system work, so that they can enjoy this game better while exploring the world and its stories.
We hope we can get more players to join our community, make some money to renew our equipment, so that I won't need to carry a monitor from my house to the game show next time! :p
這兩周都忙於TGS的事情，因為我不住在台北的關係，TGS期間需要特別北上到Yang家裡借住幾天，或許是因為睡不習慣別的地方或是水土不服的關係，前後五天的展期清神狀況每況愈下，所以基本上在會場都幫不上什麼忙。只能到處拍拍照片做一下參展紀錄或是頂替一下Yang的休息時間而已。這次TGS因為疫情的關係所以參展廠商跟入場觀眾比起以往少了很多，但是已經是近兩年我們唯一參展的機會了，我們也把握這次機會實際上旁觀了玩家進行遊戲的過程，得到了一些修正遊戲方向的反饋。基本上我們還是必須要更加優化教學關卡的進行方式來讓更多玩家能融入操作技巧之中才能體驗到遊戲背後的廣大世界。另外也希望我們能吸引到更多的人加入這個遊戲當中，讓我們有錢更新一些設備，這樣下次我就不用千里迢迢的搬一個螢幕去參展了:P
Yang : This week we were showing Neon Tail at the Taipei Game Show Exhibition, it surprised me that there were still so many people coming to this event to play indie game despite the Coronavirus threat.
We gave players a questionnaire after trying our game, one of the questions was "What is the most interesting things about Neon Tail that you really like?".
45% of those players thought "the control design" is most the most interesting part, so we might focus on adding more content having the player play with it in the beginning of game.
Anyway... now we're back to production work!
Also next week is the Chinese New Year, happy new year! :D
Yang: 這個禮拜我們前往參加台北電玩展，讓我蠻訝異的是居然有這麼多獨立遊戲遊戲的玩家家前來，即是是在這幾周北部疫情有擴散的疑慮期間。我們從體驗完霓虹之尾的玩家，收集了很多寶貴的意見，這些都會成為接下來打磨遊戲的重要參考，非常感謝他們。問題裡面有一題是，＂遊玩中什麼是地方是最吸引你的？＂有45％的玩家選擇了操作設計，這個就是我們遊戲的核心設計，所以接下來我們會根據這個特性，給予剛進入遊戲的玩家更多這種性質的關卡，這可以幫助降低操作學習的門檻，增加玩家們熟練操作的練習時間。還有呢... 下星期就是農曆年節了，大家新年快樂！