This is one of the best roguelikes I played in a long time! Very well done!
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Awesome game, with a good dose of crazy design going into it to make it fit!
Managed to find the Wings after a lot of tries, and found it quite remarkable how diverse it can be, keeping on presenting new challenges and unique situations with every generation! Great little game all around, reading comments (including on the Pico-8 site) I see some bringing up that it may feel unfair at times, but I think that's part of the fun, you can't know whether you may end up being completely screwed. Or you just mismanage your items to lead to the same end. Keeps making one think, how to work around the unknown. Meanwhile completing the game doesn't take a lot of time, so a screw-up is neither a huge deal, well balanced in my opinion!
As an avid Brogue fan, seeing a Brogue-inspired game is really exciting. Pixel art looks great too, and the difficulty is on par with the original. Farthest I've gotten so far is depth 7 after a few tries, but I'll see if I can win (who knows how long that will take...)
Edit: I beat the game! Full playthrough on Youtube here for anyone curious.