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zanzindorf77 days ago (1 edit)

Review of the Steam Demo:

Pros:

Love seeing Xargon getting attention, it's one of my favorite old games :)

Looks like several new features have been added, which is great.

Cons:

Some of the movement feels unresponsive and stiff. Example: transitioning from crouch to moving left or right sometimes gets the player stuck until a key is released and pressed again.

Uses AI art. While I'm personally against it, it should at least be disclosed. (It is disclosed on the steam page for episode 1). The application of AI here has made a kinda muddy, mismatching art style which I personally don't like.

Charging 5.00 is reasonable for a game of this scope, but seeing as this is a fan game of someone else' work, I feel weird about paying for it. (I would also feel weird about paying for AI art.)

I would prefer seeing a paid game that has original, "Xargon-inspired" characters over seeing a paid fan game, even if that raises the price.

As a developer, I'd assume that would be safer for you as well. Even free fan games are of questionable legality, a paid fan game is asking for legal issues.

Regardless, good luck with your project!

J.Xargon77 days ago

The disclosure of AI art implementation for this episode was not required when the game was released (I think Steam required the declaration of AI usage approximately from 2024 and onward, and this episode was released in June, 2023). This episode was actually released on Steam before the first two episodes.

As for the input lag that you mentioned. I don't think it has anything to do with being unresponsive (I checked the game on my two PCs and never had any issues with the controls). There are just standard restrictions on the main character (like not being able to move left or right while crouching, I think it is reasonable to expect that you need to stand up before starting to move).

Lastly, when it comes to copyrights, I asked the creator of this game (Allen Pilgrim) for a permission to do a remake, and he agreed as long as I give full credits to all the people that were involved in the development of the original. So as far as I'm concerned, there are no legal issues.

I also don't really understand what you mean by "Xargon-Inspired" characters. There are only two main characters in the game (the player and the eagle, while Xargon is just the final boss). So it is not like the game has a lot of characters to begin with.

Regards.

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