You somehow managed to strip down the autobattler mechanics to a simple, yet super engaging and fun experience, which is super impressive, especially for a jam! Hopefully you’ll keep working on the game after the jam, as with some minor improvements and polishing, it could be something great. As for feedback—I disagree with what others said about balancing. At first, I wouldn’t care too much about tweaking the numbers, as I believe that it’s better to gather A LOT of feedback before doing so. Focusing on the gameplay mechanics, UI and replayability elements (such as meta-progression, a high score page or leaderboards) would be more productive for this sort of game at the early stages of design and development. Congrats!
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[JAM] TOUGH BATTLE CHOICES's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #4 | 3.933 | 3.933 |
| Judge's Choice | #5 | n/a | n/a |
| Innovation | #6 | 3.467 | 3.467 |
| Overall | #6 | 3.547 | 3.547 |
| Audio | #8 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Theme | #9 | 3.533 | 3.533 |
| Visuals | #15 | 3.467 | 3.467 |
Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Please share with us the connection your game has with the theme "Tough Choice"?
The player must make decisions only from two options. The rest will be decided by chance.
Did you use any third party assets like art or music? If so, which ones?
Art: Location background; Loot icons. Some sounds
Comments
Nice game, I wish there was a bit of more controls on characters, but it's a game jam game so I can't complain.
It would be nice to have between battles the time to check your characters, maybe clicking or hovering above them to see their stats. Level, Attack, Damage, HP and so on, so you can take better choices when those pops out.
I have no much understanding about mana. How does it works? In the rage of the fight I can't keep an eye to see how it's handled. Is it a collective thing or individual? I felt that having 1or 2 Clerics doesn't change much between them and the chances to use their ability.
I got stuck at Day 41, I had a grid of 4x4 heroes and a summoned mushroom. I think that mushroom was from the last battle and once I summoned a new one at the end of the battle, when the new battle started the game hanged. Probably it's a matter of limiting summoning when there is no grid space or increase the grid where to slot heroes + summoned creatures.
Overall a nice game for the auto-battler fans :-)
You need to bring your wife to the hairdresser more often to get new nice ideas :-D
So much fun! This is my favourite game of the jam so far. I played it until it broke. I would've kept playing too. The balance felt off for sure. Some time you can't make it past day 5, but sometimes you get the right roll and you can't lose.
Still, a little tweaking in the future and this is a solid game. I would love a mobile version of it.
Cheers!
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48 days ago (+1)
I really like the auto-battle mechanics—they play out nicely, and the choices feel well-designed (though sometimes they repeat, which might just be me being nitpicky). The theme is solid. I made it to Day 45 but there were no new enemies spawning, so I stopped—otherwise, I would have kept going. Also, if you pick the Druid at the beginning, it seems impossible to win!
48 days ago(+1)
Balance is a big issue with this prototype. It's either too easy or too hard. Thanks for your feedback!
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