I hope you’re doing well! We are reaching out from Banzan Studios, the team behind SnackR—an exciting new platform that combines the best of TikTok, YouTube, and Patreon, specifically designed for creators like you. We’ve been following your work, and we’re particularly impressed by your project, "star-word" The creativity behind it caught our attention, and we believe it would resonate well with our growing audience on SnackR. SnackR is an all-in-one platform where creators can share games, animations, and comics, and engage with a dedicated mobile-first audience. This is built by a team of folks who have been creators themselves and have faced the same problems that young creators like you do. Each feature and functionality is built while keeping the ‘Creator’ in mind. We're focused on giving creators control over their content and its reach, and we'd love for you to be part of this journey. While "star-word" truly stood out to us, you’re not limited to submitting just that—we’d be thrilled to explore any other game or project you think might be a great fit for SnackR as well. If you're interested in learning more about how SnackR could benefit you and help you reach new audiences, I’d love to discuss this further. Please let me know if you’re available for a quick chat. Feel free to check us out in the meantime: Website: https://banzan.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/banzanstudios/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/banzanstudios/ I’ll also share a short video showcasing what SnackR is all about—this will give you a better sense of how we’re creating a platform tailored for creators like you: ~ https://www.instagram.com/p/DCVjW1LIM07/ Here's the actual app on Google Play. Let me know what you think! ~ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.web.banzan_snackr.twa&hl=en
Hi, I loved the game, but I found myself clicking for like 30 seconds straight (or more?) to skip dialog to actually play the game. I get you put a lot of effort in the dialog and story, and a lot of people are looking for that, but some of us just want to, you know, unplug our brains and just play a game, LOL. Please consider a skip button. Thanks! other than that, I really loved the aesthetic and the gameplay and I'm sure the story is great, it's just not what I was looking for today, also it might hurt replayability.
alright, there's GOT to be a setting for immediate dialogue dismissal. sure, maybe you really want it there, but i thought about ctrl+w twice before i even got to start. after exposing the first other station (blindly, there's nothing that says that's what to do), i thought about quitting again. then the third one? man. bye.
Super fun idea! I enjoyed the simple but compelling storyline and interesting scrabble hook. A few bits of feedback for improvement... In my opinion it wouldn't have hurt to take just a few more lines of tutorial to explain specifically how to input words, especially since you have to drag and drop them in, and in reverse order lots of times. I would have been fine with a little more hands-on tutorial, at least for the first word. Maybe make the first set of letters something that is the same no matter what and let the characters specifically mention a correct word to input?
It also wasn't immediately clear that my goal was to connect the initial word to the various interaction points. Again, just spitballing here but perhaps if there was one prior level where the first word was given and there was only one possible interaction point available would have helped ease me into that more.
Finally, and I know this is nitpicky, but I think some kind of indicator above whichever character is speaking could have helped me know who was who more explicitly. Just a thought.
Oh, and on the finish screen where it says "Press esc" I did so but nothing happened...
Thanks for the fun game though! Overall a lot of great ideas executed very well. Cheers!
Hey, thank you for the deep feedback! I'm glad you liked the mix of narrative and Scrabble.
I'm on the same page with everything you said. We underestimated the initial difficulty thinking that everyone was familiar and comfortable with Scrabble, but translating it into a videogame probably adds a layer of complexity, making it a bit frustrating for the player.
There is space to improve and you pointed us in the right direction, thanks again 1000 times!
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Dear luca oropallo,
I hope you’re doing well! We are reaching out from Banzan Studios, the team behind SnackR—an exciting new platform that combines the best of TikTok, YouTube, and Patreon, specifically designed for creators like you. We’ve been following your work, and we’re particularly impressed by your project, "star-word" The creativity behind it caught our attention, and we believe it would resonate well with our growing audience on SnackR. SnackR is an all-in-one platform where creators can share games, animations, and comics, and engage with a dedicated mobile-first audience. This is built by a team of folks who have been creators themselves and have faced the same problems that young creators like you do. Each feature and functionality is built while keeping the ‘Creator’ in mind. We're focused on giving creators control over their content and its reach, and we'd love for you to be part of this journey. While "star-word" truly stood out to us, you’re not limited to submitting just that—we’d be thrilled to explore any other game or project you think might be a great fit for SnackR as well. If you're interested in learning more about how SnackR could benefit you and help you reach new audiences, I’d love to discuss this further. Please let me know if you’re available for a quick chat. Feel free to check us out in the meantime: Website: https://banzan.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/banzanstudios/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/banzanstudios/ I’ll also share a short video showcasing what SnackR is all about—this will give you a better sense of how we’re creating a platform tailored for creators like you: ~ https://www.instagram.com/p/DCVjW1LIM07/ Here's the actual app on Google Play. Let me know what you think! ~ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.web.banzan_snackr.twa&hl=en
Looking forward to hearing from you! :)
Best regards,
Banzan Studios
Hey, thank you for the deep feedback! I'm glad you liked the mix of narrative and Scrabble.
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a really interesting game!!
Hi, I loved the game, but I found myself clicking for like 30 seconds straight (or more?) to skip dialog to actually play the game. I get you put a lot of effort in the dialog and story, and a lot of people are looking for that, but some of us just want to, you know, unplug our brains and just play a game, LOL. Please consider a skip button. Thanks! other than that, I really loved the aesthetic and the gameplay and I'm sure the story is great, it's just not what I was looking for today, also it might hurt replayability.
alright, there's GOT to be a setting for immediate dialogue dismissal. sure, maybe you really want it there, but i thought about ctrl+w twice before i even got to start. after exposing the first other station (blindly, there's nothing that says that's what to do), i thought about quitting again. then the third one? man. bye.
You're right, every game should have a skip button for dialogues, even if it's narrative-based. Thanks for giving it a try anyway!
Nice!
love 🫶
Very interesting storyline!
Thanks! We're proud of how it came out
Super fun idea! I enjoyed the simple but compelling storyline and interesting scrabble hook. A few bits of feedback for improvement...
In my opinion it wouldn't have hurt to take just a few more lines of tutorial to explain specifically how to input words, especially since you have to drag and drop them in, and in reverse order lots of times. I would have been fine with a little more hands-on tutorial, at least for the first word. Maybe make the first set of letters something that is the same no matter what and let the characters specifically mention a correct word to input?
It also wasn't immediately clear that my goal was to connect the initial word to the various interaction points. Again, just spitballing here but perhaps if there was one prior level where the first word was given and there was only one possible interaction point available would have helped ease me into that more.
Finally, and I know this is nitpicky, but I think some kind of indicator above whichever character is speaking could have helped me know who was who more explicitly. Just a thought.
Oh, and on the finish screen where it says "Press esc" I did so but nothing happened...
Thanks for the fun game though! Overall a lot of great ideas executed very well. Cheers!
Hey, thank you for the deep feedback! I'm glad you liked the mix of narrative and Scrabble.
I'm on the same page with everything you said. We underestimated the initial difficulty thinking that everyone was familiar and comfortable with Scrabble, but translating it into a videogame probably adds a layer of complexity, making it a bit frustrating for the player.
There is space to improve and you pointed us in the right direction, thanks again 1000 times!