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diabolodev1 year ago
action/passive [equipment], not having the exact understanding of those
I have to figure out the [equipment] effects from the very little info the [equipment has]

what's lacking? i'm the dev and i know everything about the equipment and how CPUs use them intuitively so this is my blindspot. you can examine your opponent's held equips, but i'm sure you know that

The cards each side starts with seem to be random too, so it seemed like it could go in so many ways even risk management won't help. I can combine greedy card picking with one turn ahead prediction, but that's about it.

if i understand what you're saying:

the start of the battle where you have one draw per turn and no sp is the weakest part for rng, yeah. i used to let players use all their free draws in one turn but then they would use them up there and have none for the rest of the board

i assume the second part is about how a human can't predict the way the board will look after they pick up a bunch of cards? yeah, but i've never felt that was a problem

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i probably wouldn't add one, even just because it will start to clutter the UI

alternative card picking strategies

i also don't think i would, at least not for the base game mechanics. there's room for more equipment that draws cards like 'Syringe' if i were to add more

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Rezydent1 year ago (1 edit) (+1)

Mostly the defense thing. Does it apply while card is unpicked on the field, or do I have to pick it to take effect? Can it be used by the enemy? I didn't get to test those much because combined with the rng it would take quite a few tests and paying attention to the hp.

The similar thing was with understanding the limit. It's hard to have the understanding because I have to track the points, pull off a large enough combo and then notice the differences. It's hard being empirical with that underlaying mechanic.

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diabolodev1 year ago(+1)

oh! you meant card modifiers. thanks for clarifying both of those points.

you're right that the descriptions of shield card modifiers are lacking, i'll improve that. they're active while on the board for the player who put it there, they even add a little shield icon to its holders HUD and an ARMOR stat to the HUD when examined.

i had thought that the LIMIT tutorial was clear:

As you gain SP, your LIMIT increases.
While over 4 LIMIT, you gain less SP.
Ending your TURN reduces your LIMIT by 5.

"less SP" is shorthand for half SP when <10 and quarter SP when >=10. though i think i'll change it to "at 5 or more LIMIT" and "half SP". the LIMIT HUD bar's text also flashes, but i realize now that it flashes at 6 or more, when it should do it at 5

i also realize that the LIMIT tutorial doesn't mention that drawing a card lowers it by 1

i didn't exactly want LIMIT to be something you have to track, just to have players know that they can't go infinite and that they can end their turn in a smart position instead of trying to pick up more cards for less value

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