DLed and tried the demo for "n+" at random.
Very minimalist, but slick presentation. (music, sound, meny layout,menu navigation, etc.)Fun game, reminds me of a multi-player game I played once back in the 80's.
Name is horrible though, and advertising banners just as bad. They both had me thinking this was some math puzzle game.Name should be "Ninja School", "Ninja Impossible", or something like that.
In addition, the multi-player section menu is easy to navigate, butsuffers (like a lot of online games) from not providing a set-up that:1) helps players find others to play2) communicates to players a sense of whether anyone is even online toplay against
(Magic Online does a SUPERB job of handling this, Street Fighter IIHyper Figther's "quarter match" system is very effective)
zaspacer wrote: DLed and tried the demo for "n+" at random. Very minimalist, but slick presentation. (music, sound, meny layout,menu navigation, etc.)Fun game, reminds me of a multi-player game I played once back in the 80's. Name is horrible though, and advertising banners just as bad. They both had me thinking this was some math puzzle game.Name should be "Ninja School", "Ninja Impossible", or something like that. In addition, the multi-player section menu is easy to navigate, butsuffers (like a lot of online games) from not providing a set-up that:1) helps players find others to play2) communicates to players a sense of whether anyone is even online toplay against (Magic Online does a SUPERB job of handling this, Street Fighter IIHyper Figther's "quarter match" system is very effective)
Ninja School? Ninja Impossible? Um...no offense but I don't think those names are probably your best examples of "better names".
Personally I think the name conveys what this game is about - the N. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Clearly (in my opinion) the name isn't even that much of an issue with getting the word out about it because this game is very popular as is and many people seem to know about the game before even owning it. If I had to complain about something, I would complain about how you set up an episode in a private match to play with friends and once it's done - POOF! Like the very ninja you play your entire room disappears in a puff of ninjastic smoke as you're dropped back at the main menu. If you want to play your friends you have to start a whole new room up all over again. Kinda lame in that sense.
zaspacer wrote:DLed and tried the demo for "n+" at random. Very minimalist, but slick presentation. (music, sound, meny layout,menu navigation, etc.)Fun game, reminds me of a multi-player game I played once back in the 80's. Name is horrible though, and advertising banners just as bad. They both had me thinking this was some math puzzle game.Name should be "Ninja School", "Ninja Impossible", or something like that. In addition, the multi-player section menu is easy to navigate, butsuffers (like a lot of online games) from not providing a set-up that:1) helps players find others to play2) communicates to players a sense of whether anyone is even online toplay against (Magic Online does a SUPERB job of handling this, Street Fighter IIHyper Figther's "quarter match" system is very effective)
Well we are just a few indie guys (and girl) making games (slick entertainment and metanet) so there isn't a massive PR machine behind this that could point out to us how we squeez out a few more users by changing certain banners or a name. :)
We do our best and 'N' has managed to have like a million downloads on the PC, so some how the word has gotten around that its a game worth trying.
Hopefully the same will happen with N+ (you guys can help spread the word! :P )
Thanks for the feedback though, always valuable.
-Kees
Slick Entertainment
N2.
Edit: lol, ignore all the junk, name is at the end of the paragraph thing.
w00tteen74 wrote:Thanks for trying N+! We named some levels in the level packs Ninja School and Ninja Impossible in your honour. :)Actually, when we at Metanet decided to call our flash game "N", and its console versions "N+", we knew what we were getting into -- we thought it was distinct and memorable. Difficult to search for, sure, but we knew people would find it anyway (downloads are over 2.5 million now). Marketing advice or no, seeing how it's all played out, we would make the same decision if we could do it again. :)@iiM SO NINJA: I think it's funnier with all that junk in front of it! haha.
Wireframe Beast wrote:This is an awesome game, I used to play it when I was in college, I was a little upset having to pay for what I used to play for free but it's not that bad.