CHAIR Champions is really shaping up to be a great game. We can clearly see the polish that's gone into it since the first time we played and each subsequent time after that. The handling is much improved, so the characters move the way they feel like they should when using the controller. However, there are some things in the menu that still don't respond to the controller. For example, at the title screen, we couldn't select the single or two player modes, options, or quit with the controller. We had to use the mouse for that. We could select the check boxes on the title screen with the controller, though.

We're loving the powerups and their placements. And the different game modes for the seasons keep things interesting. However, some of these modes still only work for the single player, like collecting candy on the Halloween season. It would be really fun to see that working for the two player mode and have it be a contest to see who can get the most candy. The brutal mode doesn't seem to work in two player, either.

We can see where you were going with the camera motion but it need some refinement. As long as you're traveling in the correct direction, the camera leading you a little bit works well. But if you get stuck on a barrier, like a wall or something, the camera goes too far and has a tendency to leave the player behind until the character isn't on the screen anymore. So, maybe just make sure the character doesn't get outside the middle third of the screen and the leading camera will be perfect. 

We've given feedback on the multiplayer character select screen in the past. That's a lot less confusing now, as we can see pretty clearly who is choosing the character. There's not a lot to improve on there at this point, so great job on that. The only thing we would offer is when player one is selecting their character, maybe make the player two square invisible so they don't think they can move it yet, and then when player two is selecting, you just show the player two square. Not a super critical change, but it might take that screen from great to perfect. 

Now, let's talk about the characters themselves. HECKIN' AWESOME!!! The different outfits for the seasons are so much fun. That and the environmental changes really make each level feel like a completely new experience. And there's a certain father and Squab that just look so cool! Not sure who they're modeled after but we bet they're really cool people in real life to have been drawn so awesome in game. ;) Absolutely nothing to change on the character design. It's top notch for all of them. 

Absolutely great work on this game. Keep it up because it's so much fun. 

P.S. Any chance we could get a Valentine's Day season? RavenDove would love to have a special romantic February stream with Maybecrafter (Mother-of-Squab) in February. Just a thought.

Hey there Bucket-full-games!

Thanks again for finding time to join the stream and help me spot and unlock a few things as it helped me enjoy the game a whole lot more! Hopefully the feedback I give would help others enjoy the game as much as I did without the extra hand holding though. Really fun concept and I'm really curious how you would further expand the game at this point. So on to the feedback!

Music/Audio:

• I quite enjoyed the music you selected and sfx you selected for the game, it fit well and some of them had me wanting to go back to specific stages.

Gameplay:

• Was a lot of fun being able to explore the maps and experiencing all the easter eggs included in the game
• The racing element was fun at first but then I couldn't really just enjoy the map whizzing by when focusing on the race or the timers of the seasonal events.
• The seasonal objectives of collecting all the stuff around them map was fun at first but it didn't feel fulfilling to do it for all 3 seasons as there was no clear target for reward other than to beat my own score, Throw is a 1-3 star goal maybe?
• As you mentioned, it wasn't immediately clear that the wheel items were protecting me from the ground obstacles entirely and something could be added somewhere to make that more obvious.

Visuals:

• I quite enjoyed the chair designs and especially the Halloween costumes.  The main characters didn't give me too much of a compelling reason to pick one over the other except maybe the bird and turtle.
• The diversity in the map designs were fun and had a bit of callback to various games. 
• Some of the letters were hard to read, such as N looking a bit like H and w's looking like a cramped v.

An overall pretty fun game that I could see myself playing multiplayer a bit. I'd say the challenge is simply how tough it is to refine this game to grasp enough attention and bring people back to play it for some good fun when time is such a limited commodity and options are abundant. That said, probably a focus on some kind of online leaderboard, achievements (especially for all the detours like McFood), and a sense of progression/completion would be the next steps even before refining.

Thank you for your time and for creating a fun game for everyone to enjoy!

Regards, - Glim

I played this game on stream: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2559949482?t=00h37m07s

Since you were around for the stream, I'll skip over the stuff I mentioned on stream.

Overall, great game! I always have fun playing it, and the new features are great. Sudden death + brutal mode was the most fun by far. Having the corpses be rough terrain and/or slippery surfaces and/or buffs would be a fun way to add more gameplay elements with brutal mode. To reduce the gore, you could have a non-brutal mode be the people becoming confetti or something (like rainbow colored pixels instead of red might suffice) :)

This was a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed brutality mode! Being able to also ride around on a toilet chair was top-notch. I love silly little things in games, so more of these would be excellent if you're ever looking to expand on that stuff. I also really appreciate that once you enter a code and unlock something, it stays unlocked--no need to enter a code(s) multiple times!

In the main menu, I'd swap the places of P1 and P2. Having P2 be the left-hand column is very confusing. I thought the controls were broken at first, and it turns out I looked at the wrong thing. 

I know you explained each of them in my stream chat, but I'd also like to see a place where all the powerups are listed in game with what they are and what they do. Anything so the player has to guess less is good.

I can't wait for this to finally hit Steam, and allow online play. This will be a great silly party game, and honestly I think that's going to be where it shines the brightest. As a solo player game it's enjoyable, but not nearly as enjoyable as it will be beating up your friends.

My VOD with your game bookmarked for a timestamp is here:

Recommended? YES!
Chair Champions is quirky and fun. Like real like chair racing, it's harder than it looks and incredibly fun. There are objects you need to avoid, obstacles that change your speed (the rugs gets me every time!), a desire to win that drives you to take the risks necessary to cross the finish line first. With regular updates, you can tell the dev cares about player experience. This is a must have game for every library!