Paint Gal Adventures

Great 3D platformer, here are a few issues I've encountered:

the slide rotation

the automatic camera movement without option to disable

the rocket camera controls (I have to change the controls every time that I pickup the rocket)

The rocket section is impossible to get through (didn't you test it? XD)

when the full version is gonna out?

Looks really good. Will this also come to Steam?

I completed the first level 100% and already feel very impressed with what's here!

The controls are pretty solid already, however I feel like walljumping is a bit too easy to abuse with the current leveldesign.

I like the dialogue of the protagonist and like the option to disable it however I suggest adding a third option where the dialogue appears but maybe at a static position where it can't obstruct your view/disorient you, because I do like the writing, it's charming. Removing it altogether would be sad :<

Also regarding the pinball minigame, it's pretty easy and I got it on my second or third try but I would like an option to zoom out the camera to see the entire area, I feel like that could make things even better.

Otherwise I can't really complain. Sure it's simple, but very charming and enjoyable. I especially like the cries of the moles, it totally caught me off guard but I loved it lol

You should make a discord server or something, I feel like this project has a lot of potential!

I love the concept and aesthetic of this game so much, and was wondering if I could write some music demos for you to hear?? If you don’t already have anyone working on the music for this game I would love to!

hey fun game i 100% the level i think cool stuff

main feedback i would have is to add some more options like controls remapping and camera sensitivity

also the sound effects are ridiculous and i love them

hey i dont mean to get personal or anything but i noticed you deleted your youtube channel. if i may ask whats the reason

Just 100% the level, and I can say this was one of the best indie platformers I tried. Honestly the potential is up there with Pseudoregalia or Big Catch!

Great game. I got used to the movement, even though it was a bit floaty. some small feedback:

- Add a small deadzone for the movement stick on controller so some controllers don't drift 

- Holding A  should speed up the textboxes

- Pinball score goal said 5,0000 I think that's a typo?

- The camera is a bit cut off when i'm playing pinball with a on my ultrawide monitor  is a bit cut off (21:9) aspect ratio 

This game is awesome. The only thing that stood out to me was the lack of music, which I'm certain will be remediated in the full version. You should be very proud of what you have here, it's an excellent fusion of BK and M64 with enough flair to stand on its own. Keep up the great work.

The demo is good all around, however I'd recommend changing up Paint Gal's controls a bit, they felt slippery and hard to control at points due to how fast she could get (Making smaller platforming sections hard to do.) I did like the freedom of her movement however, I'd also suggest fixing up the pinball physics, Paint Gal gains too much speed there for some reason. I also got a random error upon starting up for the first time, saying I had to update my graphics card? But then the game worked with no problems after that. Pausing was also screwed up on my Controller. It'd pause for a second, then unpause immediatly. Other than that, the minor changes you could make the Uninverted camera controls the default. And allowing the ability to change the Controller glpyhs in the Options menu, while simple it'd be a nice option since not everyone is gonna use an Xbox controller (I was using a PS5 controller lol) All in all, nice demo, keep it up! 

There is a lot to like about this game. Painting Gal's controls feel very nice overall, although the Surprise Pinball controls feel a little weird on keyboard. It feels a little confusing that the space bar is for the right flipper and left mouse button is for the left flipper. I think it would be if they were switched around.

At first, I thought the camera was really odd, but I got used to it after a few minutes. I think the reason why it felt weird is because you need to move the mouse up to make the camera tilt down, where in most games, it is reversed. Everything else about the camera is fine, though.

Other than the controls and the camera, everything else about the game is great. Painting Gal's abilities feel very smooth, and the level is designed to require you to take full advantage of her abilities, which I really like. The characters and setting are full of charm. I especially love the sounds that play when you beat an enemy.

While playing, I noticed that leaving the pinball room, getting crushed by Henry Anvil and returning to Painting Gal's regular form, and losing all your health causes Painting Gal to spawn in the entrance to the pinball room, and Painting Gal will be stuck in the entrance unable to leave. I had no other option but to exit the game. Other than this, I didn't notice any strange glitches or errors.

I really adore this game so far, and I would love to see where it goes in the future. Thanks for reading.

Hi there! Been following you on Blue Sky but never got to play till now (or is this the first playtest?). My partner and I gave it a ply. As a gamedev myself, I always find someone’s very first moments trying the game insanely helpful, so we recorded our play through. Overall very cute aesthetic, and fun gameplay. Characters are well styled and are memorable - notes below are just what I, if I in your shoes, would prioritize to improve the experience:

https://youtu.be/96-0hXvVafk

• Fought a little at the start to get it into a larger screen size, maybe don’t “capture” the mouse pointer until you move or click onto the window? And pressing esc should ideally always release the mouse (ie if the menu is up, mouse should be visible, capture again on pressing esc to get back in the game)
• Not a note but positive feedback: Loved the little details like the thought bubbles saying “hmm too small to fit in there” and the different text popups everytime you collect something; also, having a very clear objective was nice, and that it kept reminding you of progress and what remains
• As others have said, I’d add settings to allow for (un)inverting mouse controls, we both nearly stopped playing early on because of this
• More control hints early on, such as for ground pound and punching.
• Also having enemies right where you initially spawn, before you even know the movement controls let alone how to punch, is a little tough, I’d put the lil gophers on the other side of the gate or something
• There are some places where input controls are described, such as with the bird and your scientist sister, but otherwise not described. Signs or even just automatic toast popups when you approach an entity for the first time can be helpful. Also where the inputs were described, it wasn’t giving me the keyboard input messages (and when I switched to controller, I don’t think they matched the buttons on mu controller… I know, a super hard area to solve for). An idea: maybe an in-game action mapping screen? Where it lists the action name, then columns for the keyboard + controller inputs, and even if you can’t change the mappings, you could have it highlight or showcase which ones are being triggered as you press them on the keyboard/controller? That way you test to see how to do each thing easily.
• For the pinball machine, we had quite a tough time - no way to exit, and no clue on what the keyboard controls were. Using the mouse, I could only get the left flipper to work via left click, right click did not seem to affect the right flipper - had to go into he closet to get a controller. Likewise, because the start was zoomed in on the ball, I found myself laughing the ball just so I could have about 1-2s to frantically try a bunch of buttons to see which would get the right flipper to move until the ball inevitably fall through. If you started off the view showing the whole board and left it interactive, I could have probably self discovered the flipper controls. Then only zoom in on the launching once you hold the button down to wind up. Also on a controller, left + right bumper feels more logic than X + A (on my stadia controller anyhow), I had to hold the controller funny to play the pinball game naturally (left thumb over x, right think over a) as I want to be able to flip both flippers at once, but doesn’t work too well when it’s on the same side.
• Very minor nitpick, but was hoping for some acknowledgment or something once we got the last collectable, as I believe we got them all in the end! Even. Temporary “You got’em all!” title overlay that disappeared a moment later would suffice

Overall, really nice work and excited to see where it goes! Also as a sign of success, this inspired us to play Spyro on the gamecube for an hour or so afterwards :)

Hey! in the middle of playing the demo right now. So far, here are my good and bad points:

Camera:

It would be nice to have an option to invert the vertical controls. In most games I’ve played, moving the mouse upward makes the camera look up—not down. Other than that i like it overall

Controls:

I'm a big fan of how paint gal moves, though I think her moveset sometimes feels a bit overpowered for the kind of environment she’s in. For example, her jumping can sweep through platforming sections pretty easily, which takes away some of the challenge. Maybe if the environments were larger, or if her abilities were toned down slightly, the gameplay would feel more balanced

Oh i'm also a big fan of the ball movement, the bouncing is on point lol

looking forward to the future of this little game, cheers :D/