BANG!! [v1.0][+AI]

[Moderator]

00:27, 1st Aug 2015
Shadow Fury: Map set to needs fix with a rating of 3/5 until the leaks are removed.

 

[Ardenian]

Review BANG!! [v1.0][+AI] Visuals - Ambience and Aesthetics BANG!! is a shooter map setting place in a Wild Western themed environment. Overall the design of the map is fitting the intended theme. One thing you have to fix, Calciumcarbonat, on the area with the river, I think it is called Canyon, the transition of the level 3 cliff to the level two cliff is blocked, at the top middle part of the area. It is too small. The aesthetics aren't advanced, but the maps shows overall tile variation and average use of doodads. Some things could be executed better or look too simple, like the railway for example. You could create tunnels simulating the player walk over them. Take a look on some advanced tutorials like this and this and think about whether you can adapt some things for your the map. Gameplay and Features Playing now and then flash game shooter games, I was surprised about the quality you offer in BANG!!. The game is fast-paced and one has not much time to aim and run. Different weapons and randomly chosen class abilities allow great variety in gameplay. It is great that you included nan A.I. in your map. About its intelligence, well, I would say the A.I. is not the most intelligent. They sometimes tend to run cross and over, trying to avoid non-existing projectiles ( all strategy, I know), but they could be more aggressive or behave human-like. You could think about adding different difficulties for the A.I. as well for the whole game. At the moment, the options players can choose are limited to... nothing. Everything is randomized. You could think about giving some power to the player/ host. The idea of role objectives is interesting, needs more clarification tho. Why can the Sheriff kill Deputies ? Is the arena therefore FFA ? Please add a quest log to your map informing players about basic features. If you do not know how, may check this tutorial out, it is similar. Having a short look on your triggers, some are leaking. Check this out to fix them. Result BANG!! is a fast-paced and intense shooter game with a great variety each round. All players loving shooter games will surely love this one too. I consider this Approvable based on gameplay and visuals after you fixed the leaks of your maps coding. I strongly recommend you to add a quest log to inform players playing the map

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[Shadow Fury]

I agree with everything Ardenian said but, as usual, I would like to add my own views:

1- I hope you are planning to use the empty area at the bottom-left of the map because it would be a shame leaving it unused

2- The terrain shouldn't always be totally flat. A slight raising/lowering spread all over the arenas would actually create advantageous/disadvantageous points that would implicate the use of strategies to benefit from those points as much as possible while also giving a more natural aspect to your terrain. Don't exaggerate with this though, it could create unwanted problems with the bullets

3- The AI really needs to be smarter. In one of the rounds I played, the AI managed to kill me. We were playing in the farmlands (the one with 4 square areas of crops) and when 3 gunslingers were left, the game didn't proceed. The 3 kept walking around themselves, not shooting at each other in any way. Nobody approached the other so, in a few words, the game was blocked. I see you advised us of this in your map description however this issue should be fixed so that single player can be fully functional

4- Here comes the gravest issue; the leaks! They cause performance issues in multiplayer (aka. lag) and let you take a lot of time to quit from the game if they are really excessive. I'm seriously worried about Bang Loop which activates every 0.03 seconds. It contains two location leaks (but one has an unusual condition so I'll ignore it) and one unit group leak, summing to a total amount of 33 location leaks and 33 unit group leaks per second. Not only that... since it uses "For each integer A" function, the trigger repeats itself multiple times according to the number of units that casted BANG!. Considering that multiple units use BANG! at the same time, that trigger produces on average 500 damn memory leaks each second, a considerable amount. Have a look at this tutorial to know how to fix them. It's very simple, don't worry

Basically if it wasn't for the leaks now I'd be approving this map with a rating of 3/5 but since the dear Map Submission Rules clearly state that the map should be mostly leakless, I shall set it to needs fix instead until all leaks are removed.