I have been counting down the days until this game was released, although I will admit, I was a bit wary of it. The original excitement came from knowing that this was based on Lovecraft's work. If you know me at all, you know there are few things I love more than a good scare, and H.P. Lovecraft's stories never fail to set me on edge. I always enjoy seeing how people adapt his ideas into their games.
The only reason I was wary of it is because I read that it was a platformer/fighting game. I'm 100% okay with platformers. The issue is the second part. I am not good at fighting games. I could never get myself coordinated enough to play Super Smash Brothers Brawl. I think I'm fairly okay when it comes to video games in general, but when you start asking me to remember how to do combos, and then EXECUTE them...Well, that's where everything goes downhill. I can't do it.
Then there is this:
I naively thought I would be able to use my Logitech gamepad (the one that resembles a PS2/PS3 controller) to play this game. Hahaha, like I can ever catch a break. My gamepad was not recognized. I have no idea if this is an issue that can be resolved or if I really need a 360 gamepad. My heart broke a little when I realized I would have to use a keyboard to play a game I was already certain I would fail miserably at. (I'm generally not a PC gamer, I grew up on console games so I'm somewhat uncomfortable using a keyboard under pressure.)
Do you want to know what happened? I made it past the tutorial! (Don't congratulate me just yet...Or ever. I even managed to do the combos incorrectly there a few times.)
I was then prompted to choose the next chapter of the game.
Things didn't go very well after the opening cutscene. I did manage to make it to my first two checkpoints, but that is as far as I got.
I am not sure if there will be a review on this game considering how terrible I am at it already, but I am really going to practice and try my best to get through it. It seems interesting and I do not want to give up on it just because I lack the coordination to hold down z to jump and then let go of it to switch over to x so I can attack. Or remembering to hold down z to jump in the first place. I kept hitting x instead.
Under the jump will be screencaps of everything you learn in the tutorial stage. This is mostly for my benefit. If I study them long enough, maybe I will actually remember what I am supposed to do.
If you install the Logitech software for your RumblePad, you'll be able to bind the keyboard controls to it. It's a bit awkward to set up but it seems to work perfectly in-game
ReplyDeleteIt didn't come with anything, I just plug it into the computer and it sets itself up. I'll see if I can find a way to do it though. Thank you. :) I really didn't think there was any way to make it work.
DeleteHi Jenne,
DeleteIf you are still having problems with the Logitech converting to keyboard, email me andrew(at)spookysquid(dot)com.
I'm the programmer on TBP.
Please let me know either way!
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cool,
Deleteyou made a great game andrew, already addicted.
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The game worked with my Logitech 310 gamepad with no problems when I set it to XInput mode:
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I figured I would post it here, as this was one of the first Google results when I searched the problem.
Thank you for posting that. :) I'll try it next time I get a chance to play the game.
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