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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #151 | 4.277 | 4.277 |
| Overall | #171 | 4.113 | 4.113 |
| Enjoyment | #328 | 3.894 | 3.894 |
| Style | #478 | 4.170 | 4.170 |
Ranked from 47 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The player needs to adjust the difficulty scale of a dungeon to not be too easy or too hard for npc adventurers. The dungeon also scales in size :p.
Development Time
96 hours
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The tutorial was great, really loved the art, well done!
The concept and art in this are really cute! (and I always love a good pun)
Cute game! This really reminds me of being a DM or playing Boss Monster
Being a DM trying to create a perfect challenge was one of the story ideas we were toying with. Ultimately we decided that a fantasy setting would be more fun
This one was perfect for last year's game jam's theme too! Great job!
I know! We thought up a slightly different version of the game last year as well, but just didn't feel confident in our abilities to attempt it.
This year the extra time gave us the ambition to attempt it and I think it went quite well!
Really cool concept! I like how you have to think about the difficulty of the dungeon to make difficult enough without killing the player. The artstyle and sound design is really good as well. It is one of the best games I played so far in the jam!
Thanks <3
One of the best games I played! though, one annoying thing is that you can't switch out slots once something's placed
Thank you! Yeah, not switching can be annoying, but we figured it adds to the challenge
Loved the intro, very cute way to start the game. Had fun trying to figure out what would best fit each new character! Very creative for sure
That intro cutscene is incredibly well done. Really excellent job in general, great idea and excellent art. I really like how the adventurers all have their own attack patterns you have to design for, since it gives the game a lot more depth.
Loved the intro! Overall quite an interesting idea for a game, but it feels like it needs some rebalancing to be more fun
Yeah, we ran out of time towards the end of the jam and didn't manage to fit much rebalancing
i loved this game! it's pretty addictive and i can totally see myself play hours! it's really complete and has a lot of upgrades which is great for a jam game, very well done! the idea is very cool and the art is also nice. it seemed a little hard to apprehend at first, because the mage killed all my skeletons and i didn't see i had spikes but after that all went smoothly!
here are the only things i would like to see if ever you want to make a full game out of it: a way to keep the speed value (i was at speed x2 during all the runs but i had to select that speed again every time) and a way to have the camera centered on the hero so i can have a full playthrough of their run without having to dezoom a lot
Glad you enjoyed it!
cool idea really like it
Requires thinking to kill the adventurers... but kill them just a bit, not to the death! Also has a learning curve, when you need to learn adventurers' attack patterns. Very refreshing idea, I enjoyed it. Really good game!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is a very creative way to fit the theme. The game is very engaging every step of the way, forcing you to improvise with every stage. Extremely addicting, I've found myself sitting here for a long time to adapt my strategy to be the best. The characters are cute and fun and there are possibly unlimited ways to expand that game later. A lot of potential and a lot of it is already shown, great job
Thank you so much!
Really cool art style. Interesting game mechanics and idea. Keep up the good work!
Than you :3
Nice twist on the idle battler genre. The amount of text/UI in the tutorial spooked me a little, but the visuals well made up for it. Gj :D
Finding the perfect balance between all the all the info we wanted to share in the tutorial and keeping it brief was a real challenge. I'm happy our friendly neighbourhood goblin Pinoccio managed to help :)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for the art style, it’s absolutely adorable!
Thanks! <3
Very cool game, with original idea!!! But I would love to have informations about my monsters
You can check this information in the in-game encyclopedia. It can be opened by clicking on question mark icon in the dungeon editor view
Very cool, albeit a little repetitive.
Right off the bat, I love your art and the comic book style intro. The tutorial is great and witty. I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but I wasn't able to figure out how to replace monsters/traps on the 4 positions. Despite that, great concept and very very fun!
The idea is that you cannot remove or replace what you've already placed. Early on we've found out that if you could just rearrange the entire dungeon for each hero the game didnt pose much of a challenge. Instead we opted for the ability to buy new rooms and expand your dungeon and found that a bit more engaging.
The idea is interesting. After a few rounds, I do not find much enjoyment in it anymore though. It feels like there is nothing to persue.
The art is very beautiful. Thank you for your submission!
Did you manage to find the victory screen after the 10th adventurer? We've strived to add as much depth as we could in the limited time-frame of the gamejam.