Thanks for letting me know, and for playing a bajillion times! I’ll start looking into this. Is there anything you’ve tended to do right before this happens, ie spent ALL your money, restocked multipliers, etc?
Also was the “Next Round” button disabled completely, or was it clickable but just not doing anything?
So the button was grayed out and that's why I couldn't click it. As for answering your first question, it's hard to say. It usually happens after I complete a round. I'll place the toilets but it won't become clickable again. I want to say this happened without toilets once but I can't remember. I do know it's happened to me after rounds 3-8. The button is grayed as soon as I enter the end of round screen and place the toilets, so it had nothing to do with placing symbols or multipliers.
The only thing all of these runs had in common, aside from my recent round 8 clearing run, was that I was doing extremely well. Like, "I have full x2 multipliers at the start of round 3, very few toilets at the start of 5, and I'm good enough to skip buying symbols and multipliers with my winnings" well. And the thing they all had in common was that they would have cleared round 8. Like I said before, it was always my incredibly good runs this would happen to, almost like corrupting the machine too much locks it down. That's why I thought it was a mechanic I didn't understand, since the corruption bar at the top seemed useless.
Thanks for making an addicting game! I don't have a problem. I can quit when I want.
Thanks for all the info, that gives me a ton to work with. I doubt I can have it fixed by the time judging ends but will definitely have it figured out in a few days.
To explain the corruption-
As your bar goes up, the main screen gets distorted and music messes up. If you go over 50 corruption, you’re forced to take 1 toilet per 10 over 50. Purifying yourself lowers corruption, but the toilets are permanent. We were torn between explaining this in-game or on the main page, or leaving it mysterious.
That's good to know how the corruption works! Thank you! I'd fill the bar quickly and see the number disappear. And then once the bar filled I had no idea what was going on really.
As for fixing the game, I highly encourage you to consider developing this as a full release if you felt like it. I've been keeping my cards close to my chest, but I see the other judges leaving positive comments so I will too. This is easily one of my favorite games here and absolutely my most played out of any of the jam games. Could easily be a lost UFO 50 game or it's own Balatro like game. This concept was so clever, creative, and cool! The fact that you made this in a week is incredible because it could be a demo on Steam this very moment. I would easily pick this up full price as a full release with more time to cook and more ideas added. This has a LOT of potential and it's been great to play! Thanks for entering the jam!
