A gift to you - The KAG Instruction Booklet

Wow. This is fantastic. I would like to see this added to install.

 

Indeed, fantastic. Explains the game's basics very well and is fun to read.

 

That's awesome! This should come printed with the game if it's ever available physically.

 

Should be used instead of the current tutorial image.

 

Wait a sec, I need to pick up my jaw...

Ok, back. This is insane. It must have taken you hours ! This looks great, it should be put on the website (it could be, it's a .htm) :D

 

Remember the good ol' days of buying games from a store? You always read the game manual in the car.

 

This is absolutely incredible stuff, excellent work. It would be awesome to have a solid copy, let alone get it put into the actual game itself!

 

It's amazing, I like the fact that you use a lot of image
It's nicely done, it's nearly feels like reading a snes manual :)

 

omg
This is amazing!

 

Sry to start with the criticism - I really appreciate your efforts - but pls: Is there any valuable reason to pack that booklet into an executable file? I mean it's just a "html"-file with some images afaik.
VirusTotal shows me four (most propably falsepositive) hits (trojandropper, exploit, etc.), some packer detector tools show me stuff like "ASProtect" and "Armadillo" - seriously what's the reason for this? What do you want to hide?
As I understand it, this booklet is not finished, you want our feedback, you want to improve it and correct typos, etc. Releasing a simple html file with some images (only saw the images since thats all I could rip from the exectuable) in an suspicious "exe"-file is - to put it mildly - counter-productive. I know it can be easier and maybe more noob-friendly to pack everything inside an exectuable-installer to move and copy and stuff everything the way you want to - but seriously: After all it's just a simple document. It could be a pdf-file, a word file...or just a bunch of jpgs.

Sry for my rant but (based on my earlier experience) I'm quite sensitive with random executables in the web.
So pls just release it in a simple zip-/rar-file. :)

 

I did wonder why it's an .exe file too, but oh well. My antivirus didn't say anything about it.

Anyway, a great work, that's a pretty professional manual IMO. The wording, images and overall information presentation are spot on. Although I do have a few minor suggestions on how to improve it :

- Pretty sure a drawbridge block costs 10 wood, not 20.
- The 'wall slide' image could use the 'A' keyboard button image to indicate you have to press the direction aganist the wall to slide. Same for loading yourself up on the catapult (F key).
- I'd change the bullion description.. "A way to store gold" or something along these lines seems better. "Stores gold" might be a bit mis-leading.
- I know it's supposed to be simple, but double slash is not explained at all and it's a pretty basic knight 'skill'. Might wanna do that.
- Same goes for this one, but you might want to put some emphasis on workers being able to destroy blocks fast too. Also could mention something about them securing the battlefield as the warriors are pushing. Right now the description kind of encourages minecrafting. ;p

 

Stuff I noticed:
On page 13, it doesn't explain the +30 stone block.
I'm pretty sure walls and ladders are 2 stone/wood respectively. (I could be wrong)
On page 6, it lists the minimap builder icon as 'engineer'. Could be confusing for new players.
The cover looks a little 'off' in my opinion. Any plans on that being changed?

Other than these, the booklet is fantastic.

 

Didn't want to download but I did, this is lovely! I added it to my server so people can view it online :D
http://dp.x10.mx/kagbook/

 

thanks poe that we can watch it online now, aswell i see now thats a lovely piece of work you did there Salami, great work, the first game manual i wasnt bored to read ;)

 

First of all this really is some amazing booklet you've made :). Must have been hard work.
I really like the art style and the texts. It's also nice that not every tiny uneccessary bit is explained but that you still leave some stuff out so the player can figure it out by himself. But still it illustrates everything which is needed to start right into the game.

I can really imagine this guide getting added to the game.

Some typos/suggestions (don't be surprised - I'm an perfection whore :p):

• page II:
  - change "The Units" to "The Classes"
  - "Tips" start at "XVI" and not at "XV"
  - "Premium" is at "XIX" and not at "XVII"
  - "Credits" is at "XX" and not at "XVIII"
• page II: remove the comma after "strategy"
• page III:
  - change "Block Select" to "Select Block"
  - according to the changelogs the default key for switching teams is [ALT] now (and change "Team Select" to "Switch Teams")
• page IV: the dot under "Help" should be in the same line I guess
• page V:
  - change "Explosives" to "Bombs"
  - change "Engineer" to "Builder"
  - add a bit more space between the left emotes and the right emotes
• page VI:
  - at "Swordfights": change "kills" to "skills" and "continously" to "continuously"
  - change "Capture the flag" to "Capture The Flag"
  - at "Capture the flag": change "thier" to "their"
• page VII:
  - change "thier" to "their"
  - change "explosive" to "bomb" (same on page VIII) [MM called them bombs all the time]
• page IX: change "battlefild" to "battlefield"
• page XI:
  - change "persaverance" to "perseverance"
  - change "thier" to "their"
• page XIV:
  - ladder only costs 2 wood
  - wall only costs 2 stone
  - change "Boullion" to "Gold Bullion"
  - change "Catapault" to "Catapult" (same on page XV and page XVIII)
• page XIX: change "recieve" to "receive"

 

Hold on, let me pick up my jaw which is currently on the floor. [picks jaw up]

This is awesomness.

 

When you fix what illu mentioned, this must be added into the game! Perhaps it would be even possible to implement it into the game itself, not like the current tutorial, so it would point out more? Every time we get a new wave of players I see so much noobyness, and have to help out at least one guy in every server. Main Menu>Tutorial as like Poe made it?