Feedback from featuring discussions

In light of recent developments, I'm resubmitting https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/662656-theoretical-construction for consideration

 

i just thought id put it on record that the person who got the new zycerak track feated happened to be drunk. i know because he said so

 

ah yes good decision making

 

Old one in discussion, main street by Figured

final verdict 1 YAY 2 NAY

no feature.

 

lets make coated badger mad
https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/738596-boeing-everett

 

If you want to know my opinion

 

ya I saw your comment haha

 

y tho

 

is the same as


https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/917456-nostalgia-or-times-atrophy


Cods one did it better, deserved the feature though.

I don't really like figureds work, at all. It's cookie cutter, it's crap. It's uncreative. What he has now is what I think he deserves. If any of the other people want to put it up I'm happy to vote and it will be case by case.

 

Does Figured live in the Seattle area?

 

yeah on this topic, ration reached out to me i think just after JR was uploaded, asking me to finish it with him. iirc he didnt like that figured uploaded it without his permission or something, and so erased all of figured's detail and wanted to finish it properly with me. with that in mind, i dont think it would be right to feat JR; it's not the vision ration wanted

 

even worse....... hes from australia

 

i'm gonna run with the (safe) assumption that turkey stuffing with celery gets featured at the end of the week. on the off-chance it doesn't get much feedback, here's come CC goatosaur; i've played the track through a few times now, trying to get a sub-2 minute time, and think there are a few easy things you can implement into future tracks to further increase track quality

pros:
> suuuuper aesthetic. love the way you detail rocks, going with this dwarf theme is really cute and ties everything together well, and the bg layering is really amazing
> love how there are distinct areas of the track ie mushroom caves, mining section, castles/floating buildings... reminds me of hollow knight, really adds to the sense of progression as im playing
> the art looks like it could go in a fantasy book, im finding it very inspiring !
> the ride itself - if you ignore my below issues - is of a great quality. there are heaps of different challenges throughout, and if not for some better optimisations here or there, would be pretty flawless imo

areas for future improvement:
> the bg transition from nature -> cave going from left to right couldve been better. if you compare the bg of the left side of the track to the right, it's quite sparse. i think you couldve extended the trees further to the right, and had a more defined/detailed cave bg section (tried to outline it in below screenshot)

cave (open) cave (close)

> the lag is a killer. i thought initially it was just my laptop, but it's just as bad on my beefy pc. the track is almost unplayable whenever you're playing near the mining section; idk how you shaded in that section, but given the kb size i have to assume it's brush. hatching or straight line tool use here wouldve been a life saver
> ive seen you discuss it a bit in the comments, but am going to reiterate here: the cp placement is horrendous, and coupled with the lag really sour what is otherwise a fun track. in the below screenshots, there are two cps placed within 1 second of each other, but then there are no cps for the remaining 10-15 seconds of track whilst the player has to navigate a pretty tricky section of gameplay. this section in particular has killed my enjoyment of the track, as if i mess up at any point during this 10-15 seconds, my run is dead. there are 100% other examples of this in the track, but this section stuck out as particularly bad

bad cps (open) bad cps (close)

> the jumps in the below spoiler needed to be changed just slightly to ensure the player lands smoothly. the first one is particularly bad, which is unfortunate given it comes during that 10-15 second period of no cps

jumps no work (open) jumps no work (close)

with all this being said, very very impressed; i hope you keep drawing fantasy tracks in the future ! one of my favourite tracks to come out this year, despite the unfortunate stuff with the ride. really good stuff, just make sure to give the ride a bit more TLC in the future !

 

yes, all of these make a lot of sense. Thank you so much for helping me on my journey. The reason that cp placement was horrible was that I needed to post the track yesterday as I leave tomorrow for 2 years and wont be on the whole time. This is definitely a me problem as I should have finished this weeks ago.

 

you goin to the army or something?

 

Currently 4-0 but lovely feedback, can't wait to have you be part of the team by year end

 

looks like i need a new account.... L, I new logging in with my school email was dumb

 

thanks for the feedback

 

Good feedback, congrats goatosaur! I really wish I helped you with the ride and a few other minor things when I had the time

 

https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/963089-turkey-stuffing-with-celery
https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/963226-tranquil-coast