- unlocking stuff is fun
- the newly rebalanced icons and items seem to be done well. i haven’t found any icons/items that i would take in every situation which is a good thing
- i like the new HUD, i think. i’m used to the last one
- except that the black lines and outlines on the enemy intentions “thought box” visually messes with the black outlines of numbers
- i think the art and animations of the Grenade Crookey are really good
- i hate starting with random items. some builds feel impossible to win the first few fights with
- i had hoped that unlocks would be unlockables that you’d be able to choose for your starting build. i’m just not a fan of the “play to unlock randomly appearing content” design and i can’t see what value it adds
- i think Midas Touch in its current state is too good to be a starting icon
- the new map generation is mildly more interactive, but still nothing interesting happens on the map stage and i have too much freedom to sometimes avoid fighting entirely and walk to the money & healing, store, and then boss which feels optimal but not fun
- even the fact that there are enemies that counter my build, that i have to know that before choosing to fight them, and that i can just not interact with them, is unfun to me
- something about your build relying on paying $100 to pick one of three random icons isn’t that fun
- moreover, money is so limited that you don't get to make many interesting choices at the deckbuilding level before you’re spent
- i think not getting an icon after every battle is a good change because that was the engine to getting easily overpowered, but it feels like there was nothing to replace its functionality
- i think Red Wine dissolves even though its description doesn’t mention it. i didn’t get to test it this build
228 days ago(+1)
Thanks for playing!
Starting builds will be redone at some point, they're currently too random. Might be reworked into a manual choice system, but it will also be an unlockable thing
Unlocking things that start appearing randomly has the purpose of time gating complex mechanics until the player knows what they mean and (admittedly artificially) encouraging trying different builds. This is a first iteration of unlocks so unlock conditions and the actual unlockables are subject to change
I understand why you feel the map is too free. I might crank up the obstacle and enemy counts on later chapters, or as a thing for higher difficulties. I tried generating the map with higher obstacle count and it turned it into a maze with enemies frequently blocking the way and dead ends. It's not necessarily a worse design, but it doesn't work well with Bouncers. Personally I feel like there's enough pressure to min-max my moves - if I mess around too much, Bouncers might kill a shop with an item I was saving for. Perhaps this would be felt more if the balance was tighter
I might add a thing where refusing a symbol or item choice refunds portion of money spent, then it wouldn't feel as bad to get a dud for 100
Red Wine indeed dissolves, I forgot to update its custom description
my life insurance seemed to never expire and i won the battle while blocking several fatal attacks. i activated 3 "yellow present" symbols during the battle. i didn't pay enough attention to be sure, but i'd speculate that i activated life insurance then "yellow present" (which i'm sure only added two items) so i'd speculate that would be the cause
195 days ago(+1)
There was a bug with life insurance never expiring in that version, been fixed for a while now
The fact that you're even playing out of DD season is quite a compliment
