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I’m enjoying this game, but I must admit I was a bit confused by the diference between inter-level upgrades and the ones we buy from mined ore. Is there a difference? Also what is “Crit Chance”?

One suggestion, I would like it if the ore piles could have different art to show how close they are to being mined. Perhaps the mound could get more broken down, as you mine them. It wasn’t that clear to begin with that you mine them by attacking them in the same way you attack the aliens. If they were to break down as you mined them it would help show that progress is being made.

I agree that some of the weapons could be improved. The electricity weapons are amazing (static field and shock prod) but the lasers and rockets are rather frustrating to use. The way they rotate about you is annoying particularly as there is no way to aim. Perhaps they could fire in a random direction for each shot but give you some lead time with the crosshairs, so you will know where it will be. It would also be nice if hitting an enemy caused it to react in some way - perhaps have them pushed back a tiny amount.

Other than that this is really great. Definitely a worthwhile colaboration!

SquidGod1 year ago(+3)

Thanks for playing olsiver! We're working on an update that should make the unlocks you buy with the ore more clear. Some indication of the ore pile mine status is a good idea. Crit chance is the chance that you get a critical strike with your attacks, which does more damage. And we'll be reworking the beam and sub rocket to be more fun to play.

olsiver1 year ago (4 edits) (+1)

Please don’t take my comments as negativity. I am absolutely loving this game, but with a few refinements it could be even better.

A couple of other suggestions:

I think it would be good if there was an indication as to what level you are on. Perhaps display a title card at start of each level to display the current depth. E.g. Level 1 = 100m. Level 2 = 200m etc.
It might be too resource intensive but I though it would be cool if monsters could spawn out of holes in the ground.
With the right combination of luck and equipment choices I have found I can mine 100 ore from a single level, whereas other choices will only only get me a few per level. Maybe this is a feature, but it feels a little unbalanced. I find myself trying to get force field and radio waves plus the mining addon simply to get the big bucks, and then keep mining until the time runs out. Then I have loads to spend in the store for next time.
It would be nice if the radio waves looked like waves rather than balls. Perhaps little curve lines that fire out wards.
Sometimes between levels it is forcing me to switch to diferent weapons when I really want to keep the ones I have. Is this a design choice?
When swapping out an existing weapon, the replacement always seems to say lvl 1. Is this a bug?
Rather that’s ‘Deploy’ and ‘Unlock’, perhaps ‘Deploy’ and ‘Shop’?

SquidGod1 year ago

The feedback is very appreciated - it helps a lot. These are good points - I'll be bringing this up to Dave in our next convo and we'll be talking about how to address them. And the forcing you to swap weapons is a design choice, though it could be implemented in a better way for sure.

olsiver1 year ago

167 ore from one level!

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