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hofmeier · « **on:** 23 Jan 2012, 05:09 »

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RED VOLITION

A small turn-based rock-em sock-em robot RPG, Red Volition was made as an exercise in programming and Korean Hangul, but is suitable as a leisure game for those fond of strategic action and shades of red.

~~Currently this game is available only through the AGS Bake Sale*.~~
Download hereRushJet1* = The author would prefer that the children who might benefit from the sale aren't exposed to the game itself. For, you know, health reasons.

Pikmeir · « **Reply #1 on:** 23 Jan 2012, 05:31 »

빨간 결단력 would be a literal translation (결단력 빨간아요 is incorrect), but it's awkward in Korean since it's strange in Korean to give something a property that it normally doesn't have (a color).
You might consider changing the game's title for Korean.
Game looks pretty cool though.

hofmeier · « **Reply #2 on:** 23 Jan 2012, 05:41 »

Quote from: Pikmeir on 23 Jan 2012, 05:31

빨간 결단력 would be a literal translation (결단력 빨간아요 is incorrect), but it's awkward in Korean since it's strange in Korean to give something a property that it normally doesn't have (a color).

This is fascinating! Please elaborate! (We played with 결단력 and 의욕, and then 빨간 [Noun] vs 빨간색 [adjective]. The game's working title was 의욕 빨간아요 before we changed it.)

Pikmeir · « **Reply #3 on:** 23 Jan 2012, 05:49 »

빨간 세상에서의 의지 might be a better title for it. "Will from a red world." I see you'd like to put the word "red" in it, since the game's all colored red, so this would be one way to translate it keeping the meaning. But 결단력 would be okay too instead of 의지, it just makes it longer while 의지 is a similar meaning.

ThreeOhFour · « **Reply #4 on:** 23 Jan 2012, 06:04 »

I really enjoyed this! It's rockin, sockin', challenging but fun, and mysterious all at the same time. Lovely!

Ghost · « **Reply #5 on:** 23 Jan 2012, 11:08 »

I never played the original, but this... is good stuff. Charming bots, cool combat, and very RED!

Amazing how fluid everything is, the transitions are great in their own right. Had me playing for hours.

hofmeier · « **Reply #6 on:** 23 Jan 2012, 11:27 »

Thanks, Ben and Ghost!

Quote from: Ghost on 23 Jan 2012, 11:08

I never played the original, but this... is good stuff.

Yes. About that...

Ghost · « **Reply #7 on:** 23 Jan 2012, 12:07 »

Quote from: hofmeier on 23 Jan 2012, 11:27

This is the original. I mean, there was no original. Wait, I mean... that story is fictional. Shh.

DANG. Then you fooled me! It's THAT GOOD

ThreeOhFour · « **Reply #8 on:** 23 Jan 2012, 12:28 »

That's an absolute lie, I have one of the original systems:

I find the controller really comfortable, too.

hofmeier · « **Reply #9 on:** 23 Jan 2012, 12:32 »

Holy smokes! I just spit coffee everywhere, cartoon style. I actually really did.

ThreeOhFour · « **Reply #10 on:** 23 Jan 2012, 12:38 »

Then it was worth all the effort!

The Tiamat (TM) Home Entertainment System - The Way Art's Meant to be Played! (c)

Radiant · « **Reply #11 on:** 23 Jan 2012, 14:45 »

Somebody start a Wikipedia article on the Tiamat!

Stupot+ · « **Reply #12 on:** 23 Jan 2012, 15:41 »

I want that controller.

As for the game. It looks great. This is the one I'm most looking forward to from the bundle, but not until after my exams.*

I've been teaching myself Hangul and can pretty much read most of it now (though I have no Korean vocab whatsoever)

(*exam season = less game playing due to good intentions X increased forum activity due to failure of good intentions)

Ponch · « **Reply #13 on:** 23 Jan 2012, 16:38 »

I've studied those photos carefully, Ben. But I can't find the sweets tin anywhere.

Also, great game Hofmeier. Trying to figure out what all the robot powers did and how they worked was an adventure unto itself. It took me back to my tween years, playing imported, untranslated NES games and being completely baffled and very entertained.

ThreeOhFour · « **Reply #14 on:** 23 Jan 2012, 22:44 »

I don't put the sweets tin anywhere near the Tiamat. Two such awesome things in such close proximity would have all sorts of unexpected consequences!

tzachs · « **Reply #15 on:** 24 Jan 2012, 11:13 »

I was about to give up and post that I didn't understand how to play the game, but then I saw here that nobody else complained, so I decided to give it another try, and then I figured out what I did wrong the first time:

Anyway, once I figured that out, the game was great. The music and graphic style fits perfectly, and the whole concept (and the marketing concept as well, you actually built a website just for this?!?!) is genious!
All the little details you put in this are really impressive. I still don't understand at least one of the mini-games so far, and I still haven't finished the game yet (I believe there was a bug when I entered the menu when it was blueish and couldn't go back to the game so I had to kill the process), but I will definitely try again soon.
Really great job on this!

P.S. Ben, you are crazy (in a good way)!

jkohen · « **Reply #16 on:** 11 Feb 2012, 08:32 »

Is anybody playing this?

I tried, but the minigames are way too fast for me. It's very hard, in some cases practically impossible, to get time the action right. I just watched the trailer on YouTube, and the difference in speed is quite obvious.

I would love to get an updated version that's playable by humans :-)

ThreeOhFour · « **Reply #17 on:** 11 Feb 2012, 10:23 »

I thought this at first, too, but once I had it figured out felt more confident that the speed is reasonable.

Perhaps an easy mode and a hard mode would be an idea though, or a game speed slider?

Ali · « **Reply #18 on:** 15 Feb 2012, 11:38 »

I absolutely love everything about this (especially that my name is on the credits screen!), but I'm having jkohen's problem.

The minigames are just too fast for my slow oafish hands. Also, the game appeared to lock up both times I played it and I have to Alt-X.

This may be a problem with the original Tiamat, or I may have just been hammering on the keys too hard (see oafish hands).

hofmeier · « **Reply #19 on:** 17 Feb 2012, 12:43 »

I'm half inclined to taunt those who've clearly grown soft on leisurely pointing and clicking exercises, but if the speed is a real problem I'm always eager to fix problems.

Ali and jkohen: Have you tried utilizing the "boost" ability?

It makes all of the minigames easier and extends their time limits.

Try to get the horizontal bar in the middle when you hit the space bar...

And the effect lasts for the whole fight.

But this suggestion only applies in a universe where the game operates at the same speed on all machines. Hey, jkohen: are you saying the gameplay in the trailer is slower than it is on your machine?

Anyway, thanks for playing the game everybody!