yes yes yes. Great game. I don't like too much games like this (dice or cards game) but this is "easy to use" and with a lot of different ways to play and to win (or lose). Hours of fun, thank you!
this game is difficult. on the first five floors, I'm experiencing elite flies accompanied by two other flies, and even if I'm lucky enough to get to the boss, it just seems so overpowered as if i was able to become god in the other 19 floors (which only happens if you're extremely lucky.) This game just pounds you into the dust with overpowered enemies and terrible rolls at the beginning, and even if you get god tier dice, the setups are going to one turn you in an instant. however, the charm of the game, the power you feel when you beat a difficult setup, the events, and just the entire idea of the game itself is great. I don't think that anybody is gonna like me posting this, nor are they going to like the negativity I have shown, but i feel that this needs to be put out there, and despite all I've said, I really like this game. (also I'm not trying to do this to be mean, these are just some opinions i have on the game and maybe you could just add difficulty settings.)
Yeah, I feel like the health/damage/heal dynamics are poorly balanced in general. It's particularly evident in the boss fights, where their huge health pool and damage output often makes them impossible to counter for an average build. Or, more precisely, my hunch is that the game doesn't allow enough room for player skill to counter bad luck.
And the same issue is spread across sequences of fights as well: the loss of health becomes a compounding problem that travels with you from fight to fight and results in bad gameplay experiences like keeping an enemy alive in order to get the best boosted heal roll possible.
i actually have some ideas for the enemies, and also some suggestions for events. The moth shouldn't have 12 hp and be able to heal it instantly, it should be easily killable with about 5-7 hp, but if you don't get that, it should be able to heal about 2-3 hp at maximum. the fly is decent, but it's hp should be a bit weaker when it's in a group, maybe a 1-2 max health decrease, so it doesn't seem like it's bombarding you when you get three at the third floor. the shield guy should keep his health amount, but should also have a attack that is much like the fly's, ranging from 1-3. it's added shield ability seems decent enough, but it should most of the time just be +1, and only get +3 if it's lucky. the new accurate kill character is perfect the way they are, with 2 attack for the ability to basically be immortal unless you accurately kill it. the elite fly needs to chill with it's attack, it should be able to hit you for about 4-5, and it's health should be about 8 or 7. the elite moth should have about 10-12 hp (or the moth hp we have now). if it hits you, it might be 3 or 4, but it's healing should be about 5-6. the elite ranger should get about 2-5 per hit because of it's double attack, and the second attack should only be 3. the original ranger should have an attack of 1-2 hp per hit, because it can hit twice. (the health can stay the same for the both of them though). the elite shield guy should have 4-6 attack, and the triple attack should only be 1-2 per hit. it's health should stay the same, but the shield should be about 4 for a single, and 1-3 per shield for the triple. the axe guy needs to have an attack of about 3-4 when you weaken it, and five if you didn't. the spear guy should only have an attack of 2-3 (because no spear is strong enough to do 4-5 damage). the boss should only have half health (60) and the attack should range from 10 to 11. the attack after it becomes red should just be a guaranteed 11, and the dice adding should only be one instead of 3. the vents need some work as well. the jester could just be a random status (heavy, hollow or glass) instead of a completely random die. the massive bug should keep the damage, but instead, before a battle, allows you to choose the three options you would have gotten going through the floors normally. the roly-poly should only show up past floor 10 (and not on floor two where you still need all your die). there was also another thing i noticed; if you skip an event, the enemies you encounter fight you in groups or are more powerful (or that's just how the game works.) i just realized this is quite lengthy, so i'll stop it here.
Absolutely great to see you still update. I'm gonna throw some cash your way every time you release an update! :D
Tiny gripe: I'm not sure if the music is final at this stage, but you're probably aware that it gets a bit repetitive after a while. When I turn off the music, all the sound effects are also disabled. They don't need to be, I think.
Anyway, great game, I'm gonna recommend it to all my friends!
If I may take this opportunity for some more feedback: I adore the events. Really spices things up. However, I'd like at least the option to go into them blindly. Right now, some events show the result of the options you can choose, and some of them don't. To truly judge the event by the context clues (which are, might I add greatly animated for just some lines of text, love that) instead of just picking the result I like most, I feel like the results should be obscured from me.
I love this game, but what the fuck is the jester that can randomize your entire deck? I couldn't even nope out. Please make a change where you lose either half health or 10 (ten) health or something. I had a great deck down to not a single gold die. That was incredibly frustrating. Still love the game to death though.
Great game, too difficult tho. I know the goal was to make a luck based game, and hope you get the heart of the dices, tho some enemies are kinda too hard and some formations just really one turn kill the player. I know some people cleared the game already but still yeah. Maybe allowing to be back a choice, or allowing like few roll chances to get better dices in getting a new die option or just anything else that can be suggested. I did reach the boss, but of course I don't have good dices in the end.
I love this game. Its really cool to see all the updates you've given it over time.
Something I noticed is when you place a mirror block across from another block it locks itself, and you can only take the mirror block off if you take the block its mirroring and move it. But if you mirror a heavy block that was placed last turn you cant actually move the mirror block since its locked onto a block you cant touch.
This game is really duckin cool! Good job! The only thing I’d change is making the mouse controls better by letting the player swap dice in place and accessibility by letting the player grab a dice with a click and drop with a different click.
I played the jam version some months ago and this game still rocks! I honestly think, this game is a very good roguelike/deckbuilder and has so much potential. The mechanics of the game feel so natural and the addition of 'hollow' dice give the deckbuilding aspect more depth.
Um, if you want the developers to "fix this", I think it is a good idea to tell them what "this" is, as they won't be able to fix anything if you don't tell them what the problem is, if they even care about a salty comment
I'm sorry, I love this game and didn't mean to be salty. I got softlocked via the enemy that requires you to kill it an exact amount twice, and via the jester getting rid of my attack dice once I actually continued playing the next day. once again love this game and no hate to the developers
I like the esthetic of the game and the gameplay is enjoyable but it is still just brutal and in a way that isn't enjoyable. I still feel like I can never get that far because of the upgrades just not being much of an extra punch. I think that giving a bit of healing at the end o each round having the player get new dice would make the game have a more functional difficulty curve. - but maybe I am just missing a large part of the game
the randomize event I took right before my boss assuming it would just give my dice effects or something and it got rid of all my attack dice right before the boss this is the second softlock this update, this is annoying
I loved every second of it. I initially just came for looking at the artwork thinking that it’s another boring strategy game, but damn, I’m hooked to this!
Yeah, we definetely need to make a small tutorial in floor 1 because the game can get confusing for new players. About those enemies, there is a white symbol near them that if you maintain your pointer there, a description pop up explaining what it does, the same happens when you adquire a Hollow or Heavy die and maintain the pointer on top of the dice ^^
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Cool game! Keep it up
Update is awesome!!! Keep adding stuff!
Inscryption has a nice approach with mods, where you can chose what stuff you want to add to the game.
yes yes yes. Great game. I don't like too much games like this (dice or cards game) but this is "easy to use" and with a lot of different ways to play and to win (or lose). Hours of fun, thank you!
this game is difficult. on the first five floors, I'm experiencing elite flies accompanied by two other flies, and even if I'm lucky enough to get to the boss, it just seems so overpowered as if i was able to become god in the other 19 floors (which only happens if you're extremely lucky.) This game just pounds you into the dust with overpowered enemies and terrible rolls at the beginning, and even if you get god tier dice, the setups are going to one turn you in an instant. however, the charm of the game, the power you feel when you beat a difficult setup, the events, and just the entire idea of the game itself is great. I don't think that anybody is gonna like me posting this, nor are they going to like the negativity I have shown, but i feel that this needs to be put out there, and despite all I've said, I really like this game. (also I'm not trying to do this to be mean, these are just some opinions i have on the game and maybe you could just add difficulty settings.)
Yeah, I feel like the health/damage/heal dynamics are poorly balanced in general. It's particularly evident in the boss fights, where their huge health pool and damage output often makes them impossible to counter for an average build. Or, more precisely, my hunch is that the game doesn't allow enough room for player skill to counter bad luck.
And the same issue is spread across sequences of fights as well: the loss of health becomes a compounding problem that travels with you from fight to fight and results in bad gameplay experiences like keeping an enemy alive in order to get the best boosted heal roll possible.
i actually have some ideas for the enemies, and also some suggestions for events. The moth shouldn't have 12 hp and be able to heal it instantly, it should be easily killable with about 5-7 hp, but if you don't get that, it should be able to heal about 2-3 hp at maximum. the fly is decent, but it's hp should be a bit weaker when it's in a group, maybe a 1-2 max health decrease, so it doesn't seem like it's bombarding you when you get three at the third floor. the shield guy should keep his health amount, but should also have a attack that is much like the fly's, ranging from 1-3. it's added shield ability seems decent enough, but it should most of the time just be +1, and only get +3 if it's lucky. the new accurate kill character is perfect the way they are, with 2 attack for the ability to basically be immortal unless you accurately kill it. the elite fly needs to chill with it's attack, it should be able to hit you for about 4-5, and it's health should be about 8 or 7. the elite moth should have about 10-12 hp (or the moth hp we have now). if it hits you, it might be 3 or 4, but it's healing should be about 5-6. the elite ranger should get about 2-5 per hit because of it's double attack, and the second attack should only be 3. the original ranger should have an attack of 1-2 hp per hit, because it can hit twice. (the health can stay the same for the both of them though). the elite shield guy should have 4-6 attack, and the triple attack should only be 1-2 per hit. it's health should stay the same, but the shield should be about 4 for a single, and 1-3 per shield for the triple. the axe guy needs to have an attack of about 3-4 when you weaken it, and five if you didn't. the spear guy should only have an attack of 2-3 (because no spear is strong enough to do 4-5 damage). the boss should only have half health (60) and the attack should range from 10 to 11. the attack after it becomes red should just be a guaranteed 11, and the dice adding should only be one instead of 3. the vents need some work as well. the jester could just be a random status (heavy, hollow or glass) instead of a completely random die. the massive bug should keep the damage, but instead, before a battle, allows you to choose the three options you would have gotten going through the floors normally. the roly-poly should only show up past floor 10 (and not on floor two where you still need all your die). there was also another thing i noticed; if you skip an event, the enemies you encounter fight you in groups or are more powerful (or that's just how the game works.) i just realized this is quite lengthy, so i'll stop it here.
what is miracle
great game btw. If i had money id pay for this game but thanks for making it free
Absolutely great to see you still update. I'm gonna throw some cash your way every time you release an update! :D
Tiny gripe: I'm not sure if the music is final at this stage, but you're probably aware that it gets a bit repetitive after a while. When I turn off the music, all the sound effects are also disabled. They don't need to be, I think.
Anyway, great game, I'm gonna recommend it to all my friends!
Thanks for the kind words!
Regarding the music... keep an eye out for the next mini-update ;)
Don't tease me like that man!
If I may take this opportunity for some more feedback: I adore the events. Really spices things up. However, I'd like at least the option to go into them blindly. Right now, some events show the result of the options you can choose, and some of them don't. To truly judge the event by the context clues (which are, might I add greatly animated for just some lines of text, love that) instead of just picking the result I like most, I feel like the results should be obscured from me.
Nice score!
Great update.
Thanks for the video! :)
Keep trying! 💪🐸
Thanks Jaun!! Frog Up!!💪🐸
sadly i got one shot on the bee boss when it was at 80 hp but noice, i also like what you did to her attacks also is she the last and only boss
lets goooooooooo i remember when this thing came out and i played the fuk out of it
:)
I love this game, but what the fuck is the jester that can randomize your entire deck? I couldn't even nope out. Please make a change where you lose either half health or 10 (ten) health or something. I had a great deck down to not a single gold die. That was incredibly frustrating. Still love the game to death though.
It looks like there’s a “refuse” option on the screenshots?
I managed to beat it by getting the "transform dice" event early and lucking into a good combination of powerful special dice (once upgraded)
Great game, too difficult tho. I know the goal was to make a luck based game, and hope you get the heart of the dices, tho some enemies are kinda too hard and some formations just really one turn kill the player. I know some people cleared the game already but still yeah. Maybe allowing to be back a choice, or allowing like few roll chances to get better dices in getting a new die option or just anything else that can be suggested. I did reach the boss, but of course I don't have good dices in the end.
I got two different strategies
Strategy 1 : Have 5 Gold Dice In Your Deck (or 6 if you want 2 healing dice)
Strategy 2 : Have so many dice in your deck
I am having a really fun time being so bad at this game
Nice game!
I love this game. Its really cool to see all the updates you've given it over time.
Something I noticed is when you place a mirror block across from another block it locks itself, and you can only take the mirror block off if you take the block its mirroring and move it. But if you mirror a heavy block that was placed last turn you cant actually move the mirror block since its locked onto a block you cant touch.
This game is really duckin cool! Good job! The only thing I’d change is making the mouse controls better by letting the player swap dice in place and accessibility by letting the player grab a dice with a click and drop with a different click.
This is game is awesome. Hardly ever get to the end, and Queen bee is nutso. I love it, and I keep dying. Amazing work.
wow first time seeing queen bee and understanded how the honey dice work
I played the jam version some months ago and this game still rocks!
I honestly think, this game is a very good roguelike/deckbuilder and has so much potential.
The mechanics of the game feel so natural and the addition of 'hollow' dice give the deckbuilding aspect more depth.
are you serious I got softlocked again I'm done playing this game until the developer fixes this
Um, if you want the developers to "fix this", I think it is a good idea to tell them what "this" is, as they won't be able to fix anything if you don't tell them what the problem is, if they even care about a salty comment
I'm sorry, I love this game and didn't mean to be salty. I got softlocked via the enemy that requires you to kill it an exact amount twice, and via the jester getting rid of my attack dice once I actually continued playing the next day. once again love this game and no hate to the developers
Its ok, we all get mad sometimes
We launched a mini-update today addressing both of these issues, hopefully soft-locks will be keep down to a minimum now :)
Rlly good
Thanks!
Good Game :D
I cant believe you got past floor 20, That Amazing!
I'm having a blast! Hard game for sure though. Violin cicadas my beloathed
I like the esthetic of the game and the gameplay is enjoyable but it is still just brutal and in a way that isn't enjoyable. I still feel like I can never get that far because of the upgrades just not being much of an extra punch. I think that giving a bit of healing at the end o each round having the player get new dice would make the game have a more functional difficulty curve. - but maybe I am just missing a large part of the game
very, very good and addicting. All the best parts of slay the spire but with dice. Can’t stop playing. Make more!
That's high praise, thank you!
the jester sucks no matter what
the randomize event I took right before my boss assuming it would just give my dice effects or something and it got rid of all my attack dice right before the boss this is the second softlock this update, this is annoying
I loved every second of it. I initially just came for looking at the artwork thinking that it’s another boring strategy game, but damn, I’m hooked to this!
So happy to hear that! :)
Yeah, we definetely need to make a small tutorial in floor 1 because the game can get confusing for new players. About those enemies, there is a white symbol near them that if you maintain your pointer there, a description pop up explaining what it does, the same happens when you adquire a Hollow or Heavy die and maintain the pointer on top of the dice ^^
damn the orc looking monster is so hard to beat if you dont get lucky first turn to kill it instantly
I softlocked myself with the small enemy and no boosters and one golden attack die
I just no hit the boss and it took me to floor 21 lol
pillbug event is way overpowered
new font is sorta hard to understand, especially threes
I remember when this game was a demo, and It's a lot better now. It's very good, well polished, and not absolutely broken. Great Job