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nizbel2 years ago(+1)

I really liked the tutorial! I just didn't get how did speed works for the monsters because with 3 speed (rats) they seemed to track me down anywhere on the map. But I probably just misread it anyway.

I got to level 5 but then I quit due to the lack of progression. Probably wasn't on the roadmap for this jam, but in games like these it feels important to have some upgrade of some sort, whether it is increased damage or more spells.

I felt the music was a bit lackluster for the action, but I figure it's hard to have a song that encompasses both the strategy section and the action section. Also you could add sound effects to player walking and monsters dying, it  feels a bit too quiet sometimes. I liked the spells, I just wish ice and thunder felt as powerful as fire, especially because ice depends on getting a nice roll on the next turn because then monsters already thaw.

The sword attack feels really weak, which I can understand considering you are a wizard, but it feels useless when the monster has more than 1 hp.

All in all, I had some fun with it, and it works really smoothly. The pacing is nice and I never felt like I was losing due to unfairness of the random rolls.

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NemoPearwall2 years ago

Thank you for playing! I will try to do a better job of explaining speed next time but one minor change I plan to make is to call it pace or step instead. I could have also have made the player click once per enemy action during the tutorial to further demonstrate how far enemies can move per action.

I actually can't wait to implement progression, which has been planned from the conception of the project, but I wanted to finalize the core gameplay first before doing so.  I'm still finalizing the details but I expect to finish implementation after the next update.

To be honest, I didn't take too much time looking for music but depending on how big the project becomes, I might have to look for a more appropriate one (maybe even make or commission one). But I'll definitely add sound effects for walking and dying.

I mentioned this in a comment below but I plan to buff the sword. I'll hold off on buffing ice until I see its performance after the sword buff. Storm becomes more useful starting at level 7 when higher health enemies start spawning so I understand that it doesn't feel as powerful in the earlier levels.

Thank you very much for the feedback!

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