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Heya, I was playing the game and having lots of fun! Such a charming game.
Here are things that poped up so far:
If you kill an enemy with a weapon it might drop an item but if you body slam it, it does not. It creates cool scenarios where you can sacrifice the item for a fast kill, and it is a very cool mechanic. But I've just realized this after playing for hours and thought maybe it should be included in the tutorial, or the hog at the bottom left of the screen might inform us about it when we sacrifice an item.
There are lots of cute specific interactions in the game, like lasso on a bull, or mind control on a zombie. But, I was thinking the game might also benefit from having some game changing upgrades that can combine into something more like in some other roguelikes (eg: nuclear throne). Because that's something I really love in other roguelikes, and it can make runs quite memorable and one can sometimes become godlike which is quite fun! If there are upgrades such as this they can be included in something like sword statues or milestones that appear after bosses. It is a big change to consider but I think you come up with stuff that can resonate with interactions and statuses effects that are already in the game.
Also I've been localizing stuff you've put in en.json into Turkish. It is almost complete now. The game doesn't accept Turkish characters "çşöğıü" at this moment. I had to remove some puns and change some sentences due to language differences. Also added some jokes of my own. I am generally trying to write in a style that 10 year old me would find cool. If I finish it in a couple days would you like to include it in the game?
Hey there, sorry for a late response and THANK YOU very much for the feedback!
While the explanations and guidance are quite lacking and I plan to work on them, item loss on a "body attack" is pretty hard to explain and I feel like an indicator might be confusing by itself. There's a lot of information on the screen already.
Regarding your second point, what kind of upgrades do you have in mind? Can you give me a few examples of what you'd like to see?
Much appreciate your work with translation, but it will take a while until I'll be able to add it in the game. While en.json contains card descriptions, all of the UI and a lot of other strings (stats, upgrades) are still not ready to be translated. And, like you noticed, game doesn't have a support for special characters. I will also be adding more cards soon.
Either way, send the translated file to me ( ag@snoutup.com ) and I will notify you about the progress on the translation system! I might create a small web service (or use Localizor) for easier management of community translations.
Cheers and let me know if you'll have any more feedback!
I think you are right about the body slam thing. Maybe those cards should just end up in a stack? Because if you just go and body slam everything the run changes dramatically (in a negative way).
I think what I am thinking as upgrades an extention of the current perk system. Additional perks to get in a play through. Both neutral perks which can be acquired by a anyone. And maybe perks that can be acquired by specific classes (upgrades to started perks?) and of course patchy if it has the necessary starter perk.
They can alter the game dramatically or just change some stats. Like:
Neutral:
Double damage to poisoned enemies
Burning enemies drop scrap
Fire spreads
Stun enemies who attack you
Higher town spawn
Higher item spawn
Higher gold spawn
Turn all health pods to dentures
Caves always contain good things (spelunk)
Slimes heal (acquired taste)
Aliens are friendly and more alien spawn
Ninja:
1 move without losing combo
Infinite combo in low health
Cowboy:
Enemy reaction time +1 turns (fastest in the west)
+1 damage
etc.
I will send you the en.json it's not done yet but perhaps I can work on it more once there is support for it.
Thank you very much!
Regarding first point, I think enemy drops lost during slam attacks ending up back in the stack would be a bit confusing and quite overpowered. However, bosses already do drop their item even if they're killed by a move action (the item is dropped in previous player position), so don't worry about bodying them if you have to!
I agree that perk system really needs some spicing up and upgrades would be one way to go about it. And the game also already has more neutral perks implemented, I just haven't found a good-enough way to grant them to players. Some might be game-breakingly OP, but there's a bit of fun in that also :)
Healing slimes sounds hilarious! Would be hard to explain it visually, but it seems like a fun and weird mechanic to have. Other ideas are also interesting, I especially like the burning enemies to drop scrap or stun enemies on attack. These really fit the game well and wouldn't be hard to add or visualize!
hello,
first of all i love your game and i think it is super fun.
i was playing duel with a friend when he won (he was brute and i was soldier) it then said that the soldier had won even though the soldier lost. the gravestone was also mirrored. ( this isn't really a problem but i just wanted to help) i also think it could be cool if as you play you could unlock perks but they only stay for the specific run. (like items in a rogue-like)Like more specific powerups similar to the ones that are already in the game. for example it could be like enemy coin drops double.
great game
Thank you for the feedback!
I'll see what's happening with duel game over screen and get it fixed as soon as possible. Something like additional perks are in my idea list already, I'm just not sure who/when/how should grant them. Probably gonna be a side quest of some sort. Adding something like a coin drop boost would be a nice simple perk for sure!
I bought the game with the Bundle for Ukraine. I unpacked the file "card-hog-windows.zip" somewhere on my hard disc. When starting "CardHog.exe" on Windows the following error message appears. When clicking OK the same error message appears again. And again. And again. Only way out of the loop is to end the "CardHog.exe" process using the task manager.
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Card Hog: CardHog.exe - System Error
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The program can't start because steam_api.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.
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OK
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Workaround: I copied the file "steam_api.dll" from another game (Terraria in my case) in the same folder with the file "CardHog.exe". Then I manually started "CardHog.exe" which opens the game window.
Cool game but the tutorial is confusing
it seems to work kind of like https://crescentyr.itch.io/relics-of-the-fallen