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Discussion summary

Neil the Seal Game is a web-based game praised for its cuteness and fun gameplay, but some users noted UX issues like screen rotation. The developer mentioned market saturation and competition as challenges.

What the discussion says

  • Players enjoy the game's charm and mechanics.
  • UX feedback suggests adding a lock for screen rotation.
  • Market saturation makes visibility difficult for web games.
“i love this. i don’t understand why web games like this aren’t more prevalent”
— infinitebit
“Combines my 2 favourite things, cutely annoying animals, and destroying Tasmania.”
— protocolture

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  • You inspired me to make one for kids to create in Scratch

    https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/neil-the-seal/0

    by MarcScott
  • Loving the Cleveland Brown reference (if that's the intention) of people falling out of knocked down houses in their bath tubs.
    by retentionissue
  • I wanted to like it but found it immediately frustrating on mobile:

    * The joystick is too sensitive, so it’s hard to keep a straight line, wobbling everywhere instead. The camera makes it worse. I felt that if I kept going I might get motion sickness.

    * Despite moving both cars out of the way and getting through, it always marked just one. Took me three resets and had to move Neil back to properly push them and get that done.

    * I have played other browser 3D games on mobile but this was the fastest my phone has ever heat up. I didn’t even know it could become this hot this fast, to the point it’s uncomfortable to hold.

    by latexr
  • My preschooler loves the Untitled Goose Game, please vibe-port this to the Switch (:
    by jumploops
  • i regret to inform you that we drive on the left in australia
    by byhemechi
  • Cool game! Reminds me of the untitled Goose Game, bullying citizens, is that a genre? It should definitely be a genre.
    by robbiejs
  • For those who don't know Neil....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_the_Seal

    by ninju
  • Cute! But the car challenges in Tier 8 feel undoable -- they're a bear to "steer" and can't seem to go more than a short distance before bursting into flames.
    by Jordan-117

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