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star-mix3 years ago(+1)

I gave this 5 stars all around; gameplay; theme; aesthetics; and the sound, loved the music and the little bings were effective.

  

Games like this drive me nuts in a good way; I played this multiple times and still have not figured a great strategy to max out the points yet...but I will!  Haha, really great idea, the thought of using waiting mechanics didn't occur to me at all.

  

Had me curious on the design approach; your powerups have humor and also have meaning in the growth rates; did you approach this with some math modeling and plotting progressions?  Or is it more of an iterative design approach?

  

This submission really got me thinking, I love it!

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gameking0003 years ago

Man thanks for the amazing comment, also since you are interested in the design I used iterative approach. I first started with basic linear progression but that didn't really fit the game I wanted something that become more chaotic as you progress. So I added insane upgrades at the end like madness that require a lot of money, I made sure you didn't get the upgrade too fast to ensure the player didn't get exhausted or overrun by everything that is going on. I tweaked it till on average I had 1 minute of madness which felt the most balanced, though there is probably some people out there that are better at my own game. Play testing was the largest part of my development since the majority of mechanics were easy to implement and my art skills are limited so I also didn't have to use a lot of my time there. 


If there is anything I can improve also let me know I feel like the first few minutes are slow, though I'm not sure how I would improve that without breaking my current design.

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star-mix3 years ago

Awesome I appreciate you sharing your process; I really enjoy these types of games but also do not believe I am particularly skilled with them.

  

Last night after rating a bunch more I came back to your game and played two more sessions and still haven't hit that madness powerup yet!  Haha no worries here though I enjoy the puzzle of discovering a nice strategy.

  

It struck me that these time management games would make probably some fun plotting and data analysis; since everything in it could be modeled fairly directly.

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