One of the mobs is the "boss", when you kill it, the tile changes into an "Exit". In this screenshot if you walk on all crosses, you will find it. Will push pushed a patch to make it clearer in 10 min. The stats are your likelyhood of winning the specific fight. Thanks for playing.
Edit: there's also no NPCs speaking in this demo yet
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Ty for the change. Gave the game another chance, won a run in mili after several tries.
I must be missing something again. Leveling seems to do two things. It heals you to full health but also makes every monster more dangerous. The player doesnt grow stronger in any way, leveling up makes the game harder and heals you from 7 to 8. Not a good trade. So my strategy was don't fight anyone except the boss and don't explore anything because that gives exp. I know there must be a more fun way to play, but this is the only strategy I found to be effective. If this is the way to play (again, I must be clueless here), some serious changes must be made to leveling and player progression.
Battles were random so I felt I didnt had any control over them. The time were I feel more engaged and in control was in the minesweeper mini-game. And that sucks since I want to have fun battling instead.
One thing that got me thinking and strategizing around was the plan to heal mid battle. Before starting the final boss fights, I came close to leveling up, so if I needed a quick heal I would explore the map to get exp, level up and fully heal. Killing a random ogre would do the job too.
In the thread you said you wanted people to shit on your game, but I don't think thats deserved. What you have to do is give the player more control on the situation and modify the root of the battling system. I'm sure you can find a happy middle point between full control and single-click battle. Experiment.
> don't fight anyone except the boss and don't explore anything because that gives exp
unfortunately, that's the optimal play right now and I'm running out of ideas on how to fix it
>some serious changes must be made to leveling and player progression
yes, and I'm willing to make them, it's just a matter of finding them, if you have any ideas I'm all ears
Since you have the basics, you can go in any direction. Almost infinite possibilites. Play rpgs of different kinds and see what you like or not. If you want to stick to gambler kind of gameplay, why not go deeper in that? Casinos have chips, roulettes, cards, magicians and drinks. How about mixing those things with the classical medieval style in some way? Like the player is in some futuristic casino where influence and gamble on the life of heroes from the past. I'm just rambling nonsense here though.
I'm sure that if you ask the question the right way in the /agdg/ thread, you will be swarmed by people chipping in with interesting ideas that will spark your imagination.