RockRobin - Band Manager (Demo)

[Aleema]

I CAN'T WAIT TO TRY IT OUT!!!
/end caps.
I'm a huge fan of your work and I'm totally jealous of your skillzzz. xD

Oh, wow!! Thank you! I didn't know I had a fan!
I hope I don't disappoint ~

I love my band name.

404 Error -shot-

Gah! This is distracting, Fantasia and this being released on the same day XD

LMAO @ your band name. In the Public Opinion section (I disabled it for the demo), if you don't purchase the band website upgrade, you get a 404 page, so technically, that IS your band's webpage. Hahaha. xD

[lepapillonrouge]

XD Oh man.
Actually, it does exist. ..backwards. I was thinking someone would name their band that somewhere else. XD;

I really am loving this demo. And Dallas. -shot- I can't help it!

Aleema: Yes! Free website page! XDDD

[Aleema]

XD Oh man.
Actually, it does exist. ..backwards. I was thinking someone would name their band that somewhere else. XD;

I really am loving this demo. And Dallas. -shot- I can't help it!

Aleema: Yes! Free website page! XDDD

How dare you like Dallas! *shoots you a million times*

[azureXtwilight]

This is awesome! I will play very very thoroughly and tell you whether I find bugs :3
And why am I beginning to have a soft spot on Dallas? -shot-

[Chansel]

Dallas is so loved XD
He's my favorite too ^^

[papillon]

Pretty cool stuff here.

[Fireserpent]

Looks really cool, and unique too!

[Jake]

How dare you like Dallas! *shoots you a million times*

I had a brief play last night - up to Beau joining - and to be honest, every single one of the other characters, without exception, was pretty much totally unlikeable. Beau has some potential, maybe, but I'm honestly a little reluctant to play the game just 'cause Robin irritates me so much, I wouldn't like to be a party to her success! So yeah - I like Dallas the most just 'cause so far he's been the most rational, consistent and unannoying of the lot of them.


I'd also suggest that the mechanics of 'Band Management' probably need a little more explanation and/or feedback - or perhaps a slower introduction. It makes intuitive sense that working makes your stress go up and resting makes your stress go down, but there are some incongruities (like writing music making your music skill go down?!) and some unexplained events ("Robin has scrapped the song she was writing [for the last month or two of game time] and started again on a new one" - why? Was her stress level too high (1/2 or so)? Was it just a random event? Will it happen every single time I want to write a song? Is the game just not letting me write songs just now (in which case, couldn't it have told me so I didn't waste the time)?

(Also it seems like several days go by at a time, and it gives me a bit of an out-of-control feeling. I didn't see anywhere that the game told me how long it was I was choosing an action for, but the game makes a pronounced tick for each day, as if time is getting away from the player.)


All in all, though, it looks like a promising start, although I'm hoping that the characters start being more likeable as the game progresses and despite all evidence so far to the contrary, it's actually going to turn out that it's an A Christmas Carol-esque tale of self-improvement.

(I must say, though, I'm not sure I like the overt 'homage' to the Rock Band visuals.)

[Aleema]

This is awesome! I will play very very thoroughly and tell you whether I find bugs :3
And why am I beginning to have a soft spot on Dallas? -shot-

My hope: you don't find bugs, lol.
And Dallas is a sweetie. ^^

Dallas is so loved XD
He's my favorite too ^^

Haha, something about him being "hot", I think it was? ^^
Although I think a person's hotness is proportional to their personality (like how thousands of Twilight fans thought Edward was "hot", before the movie).

Pretty cool stuff here.

Looks really cool, and unique too!

Thanks, you guys! I just wanted to write something fun for NaNoRenO, and this is what came out. Make sure you give props to Lorey for the character art, and unknown5 for some of the writing, too.

Glad to see so many positive comments! It really does motivate me to keep going.

[azureXtwilight]

No, I don't find any!
And I kinda cried when the demo stopped just when Dallas got in!


What is the minigame going to be like?

[Sheru-chan]

I......I salute you ma'am!
I love this game! BTW, am I d one and only person who adores.....the rival, Sterling???????

[Aleema]

No, I don't find any!
And I kinda cried when the demo stopped just when Dallas got in!

Oh, good!! Don't cry, aww. I'm fast at work on writing the rest of the game. You asked me before how much, percent-wise, you thought I was done? Well, since the basic mechanics are there, I'd say a third is done. I just need to write the remaining plot scenes, and then tackle the romance paths. The open-ended section shouldn't take TOO much time to write. =P

What is the minigame going to be like?

There are two established mini-games right now (considering a third). The first one is basically stolen from dstarsboy's suggestion on the first page. It's a crowd-pumping game where you have to use special actions to keep the audience entertained, and if you fail, you get booed off the stage, and lose money, etc. The stress of your band members when you go into a gig will reduce how many points you get to spend on actions to entertain the audience. This gives a weight to having your band members stressed out. (Right now, there is no real consequence for high stress. Can change, game is still in its infancy.)

The second mini-game is like Elite Beat Agents, where you try to hit a beat in time with the music, too fast or slow will be reduced points. It's just a little quirky game that I had fun with.

No screenshots yet, as I'm still designing the look. ^^;

I......I salute you ma'am!
I love this game! BTW, am I d one and only person who adores.....the rival, Sterling???????

At ease, soldier.
Why do you think ... maybe ...there's something redeemable about him? Nevar! Characters don't change over the course of a story! Things must always be flat and boring!

[Sheru-chan]

At ease, soldier.
Why do you think ... maybe ...there's something redeemable about him? Nevar! Characters don't change over the course of a story! Things must always be flat and boring!

O..oh, I see. Anyways, I still think I adore him for whatever heck reason....

[Aleema]

I was being silly. It's perfectly reasonable to like him. Robin did at one point. I wonder why ..?

[Jake]

Robin did at one point. I wonder why ..?

Because she's obsessed with herself and would 'like' anyone who seems to give her some support and a chance at success? :3