Octodad

shadowslair · Post by **shadowslair** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 6:51 pm

I have the same issue as CuteAlien. Specs are pretty ancient - XP cpu 1,14 ram 512 graphics radeon 9550...

CuteAlien · Post by **CuteAlien** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:27 pm

pullathomas wrote:Cute Alien - if you send me the error + machine specs I can look into the crash. We are currently trying to lessen the games minimum requirements to meet a greater audience, so it would be helpful.

Hm, already de-installed. But it was just some general exception fault. In debugger it looked like it was somewhere in the irrlicht.dll.
Specs are:
Athlon XP 2600+ (yeah.. still single core)
Geforce 6200 (AGP)
1,5 GB Memory
Windows XP

Maybe you can add some logfile output - then you have a chance finding such troubles.

aanderse · Post by **aanderse** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:44 pm

tried the game on my debian unstable 64 bit just now
didn't play too long but it installed and ran

issues were:
- no mouse cursor (which made the game very difficult)
- ran extremely slow (normally i can run pretty heavy stuff with no issue)

if i had played the game before i probably could have had an easier time without the cursor, but given that i wasn't exactly sure what to do it was a bit difficult

i understand that you're still in the development phase so porting to other platforms isn't top priority... but i'm hoping once the competition is done and the smoke has settled that you'll consider porting this game.... because it's probably the greatest idea for a casual game i've ever heard of :p

pullathomas · Post by **pullathomas** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:58 pm

thanks for the update aanderse. Thats pretty cool that it ran through WINE. The game does have a bit of a learning curve so I hope you'll give it another shot.

We should have another build ready to be released in a week or two that should help performance and lower the system requirements.

I'll be sure to update the thread with what was done.

Thanks again for the feedback

aanderse · Post by **aanderse** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:18 pm

of course i'll try it again!
i only played for a minute or two because i was about to head for work
this is a fantastic idea for a game

i'll let you know how it goes
and thanks for the updates!

macron12388 · Post by **macron12388** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:43 pm

I like this game! I wish for more. My "wife" was especially attractive in her dress at the end.

serengeor · Post by **serengeor** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 2:37 pm

Tried to run it on Windows 7 64bit, it displayed the startuplogos, but then it was all black, tough I could see the cursor(Octopus 'hand').

Setsu · Post by **Setsu** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 2:57 pm

serengeor wrote:Tried to run it on Windows 7 64bit, it displayed the startuplogos, but then it was all black, tough I could see the cursor(Octopus 'hand').

Did you happen to skip out on installing DirectX 9 when you installed the game? This is needed even if you have DX10 or 11 because they're actually really not compatible with one another.

serengeor · Post by **serengeor** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 4:01 pm

oh, yeah I actually did skip that one

fmx · Post by **fmx** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:22 pm

I thought the concept was a little too freaky to be honest
entertainingly so

jaeg · Post by **jaeg** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:41 pm

I'm running Window 7 64 bit and it ran great. It's very fun game and I love the cutscenes. Especially his "game face" Great job!

luthyr · Post by **luthyr** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:57 am

The big sites are picking up on the game. Awesome!

http://kotaku.com/5687951/octodad-prove ... -aint-easy

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/11/octod ... -also-a-s/

XXChester · Post by **XXChester** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:11 pm

You made the front page of GameDev.net today, congrats!!

Virion · Post by **Virion** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:58 pm

i just saw octodad on TGISource! http://www.tigsource.com/2010/12/05/one ... interview/

good job

and I like the last part of the video

Nova · Post by **Nova** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:41 am

Congrats on your IGF nomination! Just read it on gamasutra. Very nice