My new game, Stick Fight 2!

This is my biggest project yet. I want some genuine feedback and criticism, so please tell me what you like and dislike.

STICK FIGHT 2

CONTROLS:

P1:

WASD, X to attack.

P2:

Arrow Keys, Shift to attack

BOTH:

Left/Right + Attack: Knife Throw

Down + Attack: Dive Tackle

Up + Attack: Fire Spike

Falling (after jump) + Down: Smash

There's a leaderboard you can access by pressing V at the title screen, that shows the wins between players 1 and 2. Hold C to clear the score.

edit: You can now curve blade throws by jumping/falling when you throw them.

Yo, this thing is awesome, man!

That fire attack thing is very cool!

10/10

TY

any criticisms?

Uh, maybe add some more platforms and stuff. idk

Actually, I think you should make the dive attack look cooler

Ty

This is an amazing game i love it! Easy 10/10

Criticisms (Like you asked for)

I think you should make the Dive Tackle animation better.
And when one player wins i think you shud make them go up on a podium before the game ends. Idk that’s all.

Good game.

I loved how it uses special inputs and has a menu.

Imho, the "tell me what you like and dislike" part is very sensible; the responses you get will give you specific guidance about how to improve this project and what ideas from it are a good starting point for your next project.

But what's the point of the "rate it 1-10" part? Suppose someone tells you it rates a 3. That makes you feel bad, but it doesn't give you any information about why they chose that number. For example, you lost me with the word "fight" in the project name. (This is true.) That tells me right away that it's a hand-eye coordination sort of game, which I'm terrible at, and furthermore, a violent one, which is not my kind of fantasy. Those reasons for disliking your project are irrelevant to your needs! The fact that my preferences in what kinds of games I like to play are different from yours is no reason for you to change anything in your project! You probably wouldn't like my preferred games either. (I spend a lot of time solving kenken puzzles.) Similarly, if I rate your project a 9, you feel great, but maybe I rate everyone's project a 9 because I'm such a nice guy I can't stand the idea of making anyone feel bad.

We educators talk about "formative evaluation" versus "summative evaluation." Formative evaluation is your teacher looking at something you wrote and saying "You have a lot of sentences in the passive voice. That doesn't engage the reader, and furthermore, can be a way to avoid taking responsibility, as in the classic 'mistakes were made.' " That's useful feedback. It tells you a specific, actionable way you can write better.

Summative evaluation, though, is a big red "C+" at the top of the paper. That doesn't help you at all. If you really want to be a good student, it tells you that your teacher thinks you're not doing it, but you have no clue what to do if you want a better grade next time. (In the worst case, your teacher gave you that grade not because of anything wrong with your paper, but because your skin is the wrong color or because you challenged the teacher's authority yesterday.) Summative evaluation isn't done to help you at all; it's to help other people put you in the right pigeonhole--to decide who gets to go to college and who works in the coal mine.

This is why our web site doesn't have a place for you to give other people's projects one to five stars. Summative evaluation is evil.

Love it ! Thk for sharing !

Woah. Neat perspective. I'll try to remember that moving forward.

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