'Lost' Alpha (Feedback Wanted)
Hello :D
Me and a friend have been working on this game for about 2-3 months, and we are proud to announce we now have a technical alpha ready for feed back.
The Game:
This is a 2d platformer based on the idea of exploring and light puzzling to progress through the game. In the beginning you are a small stranger who has found himself lost in this alien world. This particular area of the world is ruled by Pyra, the Goddess of Fire, and her rule is besieged by an unknown, darker force. (Story is in the works. This is being created for the TCEA Four elements competition, so we are a bit restricted).
Known Bugs:
Flickering lighting effects increase intensity upon trying to restart from the pause menu.
Ladders may not be able to be climbed (exit to another level and return to fix)
Optimization is low, lag will be heavy on lower end computers.
I would appreciate it if all of you would give it a download and a test run, and then fill out the form with you experience :D
We ask that no media be created using content from the game. Should you wish to create a piece of media using content, please email GW2LAG@gmail.com to discuss.
Video from the Artist demoing the Alpha:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAwaPhbAoaI
Download Link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/woa7hfxjqcejxix/GRnlmtY9Wo
Form Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wG0s36jmB1kzoKxYGs2IYwBdR7J2Pors4u1-qVY...
I downloaded setup.exe and ran it. This was the error message and error log generated during install.
PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 6.1.7601.65536 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 4.0.30319.18444
System.Deployment.dll : 4.0.30319.18408 built by: FX451RTMGREL
clr.dll : 4.0.30319.18444 built by: FX451RTMGDR
dfdll.dll : 4.0.30319.18408 built by: FX451RTMGREL
dfshim.dll : 4.0.41209.0 (Main.041209-0000)
SOURCES
Deployment url : file:///C:/Users/William%20Thompson/Downloads/Platformer.application
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of C:\Users\William Thompson\Downloads\Platformer.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Downloading file:///C:/Users/William Thompson/Downloads/Platformer.application did not succeed.
+ Could not find file 'C:\Users\William Thompson\Downloads\Platformer.application'.
+ Could not find file 'C:\Users\William Thompson\Downloads\Platformer.application'.
+ Could not find file 'C:\Users\William Thompson\Downloads\Platformer.application'.
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.
WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.
OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [20/04/2014 10:00:20] : Activation of C:\Users\William Thompson\Downloads\Platformer.application has started.
ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [20/04/2014 10:00:26] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException (Unknown subtype)
- Downloading file:///C:/Users/William Thompson/Downloads/Platformer.application did not succeed.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles()
at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadManifestAsRawFile(Uri& sourceUri, String targetPath, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
--- Inner Exception ---
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find file 'C:\Users\William Thompson\Downloads\Platformer.application'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponse()
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
--- Inner Exception ---
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find file 'C:\Users\William Thompson\Downloads\Platformer.application'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponseCallback(Object state)
--- Inner Exception ---
System.IO.FileNotFoundException
- Could not find file 'C:\Users\William Thompson\Downloads\Platformer.application'.
- Source: mscorlib
- Stack trace:
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath, Boolean checkHost)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean useAsync)
at System.Net.FileWebStream..ctor(FileWebRequest request, String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare sharing, Int32 length, Boolean async)
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.
From reading the error log I would assume I need to download all the other files too, not just setup.exe --- my suggestion is to upload a zip or rar of all files needed for installation and remove the other files so no confusion is caused. If you don't mind providing an archive with everything needed for install I'll give it another try.
The guy doing the youtube video sounds like a complete moron, however the game itself looks kind of cool. Reminds me of limbo.