Cricket Heroes- Screenshot on Pg 2 - An Advanced Cricket Video Game

[ZoraxDoom]

Awesome.

I loved your game. Haven't played in a while. Might start again soon.

 

[kurtkz]

Hey ZoraxDoom, it's been a while :P I would wait for the new version since it really is a completely difference experience. There's too many changes to mention, but I'll draw up a proper list once the demo is ready...almost there

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Are you going to release it here on pc or not

 

[kurtkz]

@rahulkhush: Yes, I'll release a demo here too.

 

[kurtkz]

Hi guys,

I've decided to do a slightly rushed release. Please find it HERE.

When you start the game you'll be asked to register, just click Trial. This will give you 20min to test the game. I've masked out certain features and modes to limit testing to the core of the game. Once I've ironed out all the bugs and finished off all the features, these option will no longer be greyed out.

Cheers!
Kurt

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

20 minutes to test a game is really insane!!

You should not keep limit in testing!!

How can one test everything in 20 minutes?

 

[kurtkz]

@rahulkhush: You can just restart the game for now, I forgot to remove it from the build. Each session is limited to 25min. I'll remove it from the next build.

kurtkz added 4 Minutes and 55 Seconds later...

OK - just removed the time limit. The patch is HERE.

 

[thedon5]

The game is quite good. I like the attention to detail in some aspects, quite impressive for a 2D game. It's pretty hard as well, looks like it will take time to master.

My main problems are the unwieldy controls, though. I mainly batted, and the game wanted me to use 6 fingers... I don't know about you guys, but I don't have 6 fingers, and I wouldn't like to use more than 3. Controls need to be made using the directional buttons or WASD, that'll give easy to use 45 degree control. Plus space for placing the bowling marker and the same WASD for bowling would be nice. I tried to change the controls to this but it wouldn't work.

I don't know if this is possible to change as well, but I'm not familiar with 2D sports games, so playing this for the first time, the sprites look very small, and because of this the animations are not really visible at all, nor is the ball.

Plus, why no fullscreen? And the audio wasn't working for me. For some reason it was set on mute by default, but even when I increased the volume, no sound at all came out.

These are just minor quarrels though, coming from someone who hasn't played your other game, this one is looking very good. KUTGW Kurt.

 

[kurtkz]

@thedon5: Thanks for the feedback!

My main problems are the unwieldy controls, though. I mainly batted, and the game wanted me to use 6 fingers... I don't know about you guys, but I don't have 6 fingers, and I wouldn't like to use more than 3. Controls need to be made using the directional buttons or WASD, that'll give easy to use 45 degree control. Plus space for placing the bowling marker and the same WASD for bowling would be nice. I tried to change the controls to this but it wouldn't work.

By unwieldy controls, do you mean the differences between bowling and batting? I really should rework that - I've neglected it for too long. If not, you should be using WASD and A/B/C/D...maybe the help is just badly written? Alternatively, how can I simplify it (I just played it again now and it is kinda difficult)?

I don't know if this is possible to change as well, but I'm not familiar with 2D sports games, so playing this for the first time, the sprites look very small, and because of this the animations are not really visible at all, nor is the ball.

This is a recurring complaint - I *can* increase the size of the sprites, but I have absolutely zero pixel art skills. There is support for 3D models in the game (and we do have some base models) but none of us have animation skills...

Plus, why no fullscreen?

There's a full screen option in the Video menu. You can toggle between Windowed and Full Screen.

And the audio wasn't working for me. For some reason it was set on mute by default, but even when I increased the volume, no sound at all came out.

Hehe, unfortunately there's no sound at this point. Again, the support is there for it, I just deleted the old ones due to copyright issues. As soon as I can get together a budget for sounds (or find some decent free ones) I'll include them in the game again.

These are just minor quarrels though, coming from someone who hasn't played your other game, this one is looking very good. KUTGW Kurt.

Count yourself lucky you didn't play the other one :P

Thanks for the comprehensive feedback, thedon5; it's greatly appreciated. I forgot to include the explanation of the coloured circles in the bottom right of the game window:

Red - power when playing a shot
Yellow - concentration/how settled a batsman is (this will differ against different bowlers)
Blue - stamina (this will affect various aspects including running and timing)

Kind regards
Kurt

 

[kurtkz]

Hi guys,

if you have any bugs to report or ideas to enhance the game/gameplay please let me know. Once all the initial bugs have been ironed out, I'll re-enable some of the greyed out features, including Facebook integration.

Cheers
Kurt

 

[hedger_14]

Wow, I remember your earlier game. Downloading now and I'll post what I think about it soon.

 

[kurtkz]

@hedger_14: Thanks, looking forward to your comments

 

[hedger_14]

Ok, first problem... I can't extract the game. Will I need WinZip to do it cause I don't have it and WinRar and 7Zip aren't working.

When I open with winrar, it says 'The archive is either in unknown format or damaged'

 

[kurtkz]

@hedger_14: That's weird - I tested it now and they extract fine using Windows built-in support for zip files. Are you sure the files downloaded properly?

 

[hedger_14]

it should have downloaded properly. All the files are there but they won't extract. I'm downloading it again and see if it works.

Ok, it works this time. Now time to start playing it.