Things I liked: Really nice tutorial, helps players understand right away. You introduce the mechanics bit by bit , doesn't overwhlem the player. Simple and engaging concept. Things I didn't like: - Player doesn't have much agency. You have to take the dice as they come and you don't get to do anything to express your playstyle. - Attack and defence are basically identical: I wonder if you can break parity somehow. - Enemies are basically all identical, gets boring after a few waves (I played til wave 7).
Suggestions for improvement: - After every successful wave, pick from a few "special dice" that has a special power (e.g. use it in an attack and get an extra star, or counts as +-1 when you use it in a "minus" slot). This way the player can express themselves with smart picks. - Different enemies are strong or weak against different "colors" or "types" of dice.
I agree that the tuning needs to be tweaked to be a bit harder (maybe you have to fill up all three slots, or reduce the number of dice you give to the player): it seems quite easy right now.
Bugs:
- Running the game in full screen cuts off the right side. - Ability cooldowns seem to be one turn more than displayed (it looks available but is actually on cooldown)
I liked this one a lot! It took me a bit to understand the engine, just like @OllieOA, and I'm a bit too small brain to understand the Rune of Risk/Rune of Exchange. Does the shop get more useful over time? Even though I had many powerful dice, the shop was still selling me basic dice.
Would have loved a little more knowledge of how the rune combining works. Do you have to use two dice of the same tier? Does it matter if you overload more runes of power? etc.
Simple enough game, I had fun for a couple of minutes.
Runs fine on my laptop with integrated graphics.
Something I'm not clear about: d6s sometimes spawn, are you supposed to pick them up or something? What do they do?
Suggestion: maybe let me aim the d20 instead of just spawning it at a random point, it would be super cool if I could like "roll" a massive d20 out and it would flatten enemies
