So... decided to give this thing a try and I kinda like it. Difficulty seems to curve rather sharply after level 3 or so. I just saw my first blades, and ended up getting killed by a drone first before I could figure out how to deal with them. I'll try some more though, I feel like I'm getting this, and I dare say, I enjoy it more than the other runners I've played, though Blinded Guide is still my favorite so far.
One big issue I see is that more than once, I've had a gate or a stone show up on level 3 before I had my swingy weapon. Thus I couldn't do anything to avoid a cheap death. The cringy and probably only solution to that is to stall the game by ducking a lot, or getting protectors and hoping they can get you through, though I don't really recommend the latter. I mostly recommend ducking, it seems you'll still collect points/coins/levels while you're ducked, so I just wait until level 4 starts and then whale away. That might not be fullproof, though. I think it's bordering on unfair, but so far as I can gather at this stage, once you get past that bit, the gameplay becomes fair again. I'll have to try it more and see.
As to the issue of whether the person who posted it had permission to post it, or whether we should be allowing games from a banned dev, I can't pretend I know the right course of action here. Nobody knows who does and doesn't have permission to advertise the game. My personal opinion is that this game would've been released on here if the dev were able to. It doesn't look much less complete than his other games. But assumption isn't enough here, we need something definite, unless the mods decide to blanket ban any games from this dev, which would be understandable, but it would be a shame I think. Sue me, but I actually like this guy's games to a point.
I believe you're allowed to enjoy and play games from anyone. Even if the dev is the most disrespectful inflateable idiotic jerk in existence, I'm still willing to give their products a chance so long as they're decent, and that lack of respect doesn't leak into the products. If they produce free games which I find fun and which aren't doing any harm, I'm going to play them. Now if there are disrespectful messages in the readme or in the game, or if they have a history of spreading viruses, or if they have a shady financial record and are asking for money, I'll step back. But until I hear any solid evidence to suggest I should be weary, I don't really care what his reputation is personally. I don't know the guy, yes I've seen the conduct on here which led to his ban and I condone the ban, but since my feelings against him aren't so much personal in nature, I can look past them for the time being.
Of course, it's a rather sticky situation; we can't get permission from the dev if he's banned, so how can we know whether to allow the game or not? That's where I leave this topic alone.
If the game is allowed on here, I'd be interested in writing up more detailed instructions/helping people out, as it's one of those games where the design is basically there imho. But the readme, well, needs work!
I'm honestly getting tired of such lazy documentation. My problem isn't so much the lack of gameplay explanation, it's the fact that the dev openly admits "Hey sorry but I didn't want to explain anything." There are better ways to tell players you want them to figure some things out for themselves. Heck, I think Tomb Hunter did a better job at it.
Make more of less, that way you won't make less of more!
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