I am REALLY enjoying the game, some runs are kinda just a bust when my luck is bad, but! the good runs are so good it's worth having the occasional bad egg.
I like the graphics and the gameplay too!
Is there any Meta Progression planned?
having some sort of currency (embers perhaps?) to a skill tree or power up shop that will affect every run?
Yep, that is definitely on the to-do list as a priority! Actually, I was just gonna use simple coins as currency, but honestly, I like your idea best.
The problem that I have right now is coming up with a good meta-progression system. My first idea is to be able to increase certain augment caps and/or initial base stats. The second is to develop sort of like skill trees for the ability-related augments. For example, the lava pools can be upgraded in 4 distinct ways (size, damage, duration, probability), as such, some of these you would have to unlock through the skill tree.
If anyone has suggestions I am all ears!
Could do "basic" upgrades to affect stats
+5% accuracy 0/5
+5% hp 0/5
+5% attk spd 0/5
+5 armor 0/5
+0.5 bullet spd 0/5
so they'd cap out @ 25% which is a decent starting point
more expensive ideas'd be like.
+3% chance to get gold attribute cards on lvl 0/5 (caps @ 15%)
+1% chance to double card bonus for the level (caps @ 5%)
+1 banish 0/3 (so we can banish a card we dont have to see again if it doesnt fit our builds)
somethng like that. that way you dont have to make a dozen "skill trees" for each upgrade path, you just change the chances we get something better on lvl up.
Those are some good ideas. I have also been thinking on being able to upgrade the augment itself: Let's imagine the silver atk speed augment gives +20 atk speed at the start of the game. Then, with some meta-upgrades, you would be able to turn that card into a more powerful version.
Right now I'm still optimizing the game and want to add a couple more abilities but after that, I will focus primarily on this rogue-lite topic