All dice with Grow/hollow of course: - Attack/Block - Heal/Block - Mirror - Mirror - Terrain - Terrain - Block (couldn't get a good 3rd one. Kept getting boost double dice )
As this is more than 5 blocks, there is some randomness, but I feel the randomness overall increases consistency as at higher levels, you need big hail mary plays.
General strat is to mirror/terrain every turn, while also doing a double die/mirror for damage/survivability.
Depending on the encounter / die rolls you will either want to prioritize living for one more turn, or taking down the biggest damage dealer.
Eventually it comes down to luck, because 3 purple flies, or 2 purple flies and a cicada mean GG no matter what you have, as the flies do 60-70 damage a turn. I was doing amazing with health RNG, and got up to 120HP, but even then it's not enough to play defensively and wait for grow dice to kick in.
At lower levels, strat is to pump out block until attack grows slowly... but eventually at the higher levels, you have to just commit to killing something, as there are enemy combinations that will kill you no matter how much health/shield you have.
Other good strats I used to get high levels, buit don't work as well as this: - Mirror/terrain + lots of heavy dice ( so field always has 9 dice on it ) - 5 die strat, so you get the exact same roll every time. (terrain/2 mirror/2 doubles) problem with this strat is that you need to add heavy dice in, because after the terrian/mirror, you only have 3 dice on turn 2, and then on turn three you have another mirror/terrain.... which is too slow. 2 terrain/mirror allows you to fine tune exactly what you need for each round, and always have 5 die to play when you need it. - Area / mirror / Terrain dice. Lots of fun, fast rounds.... you can kill everythign fast... but then you often end a fight without being able to fully heal... which means you die in the next fight.
also a suggestion: remove dice from the board on left mouse click. lmb currently doesn't seem to do anything and it is intuitive to undo the dice placement with it.
Here's some images of my victories and defeats that I had on my computer for a while and want get rid of
3/11/2023
3/25/2023
I got the easter egg where the boss before New Game+ doesn't kill because you have more health then his 45 damage attack and yes here's also my victory (both are from 4/1/2023)
Not quite impossible. That can be a tricky combination without enough luck/hollow/heavy dice, but you can always tank the damage (unless you're low on hp).
If you beat the challenge, but your dice bag is full, the game will just hang and never move on. – You can’t even exit.
There is a bug where Pierce Die’s effect isn’t mirrored when combined with the mirror die. – It just does regular damage.
Other dies do have their effects mirrored properly, so I think it’s just a bug with pierce. /FYI
A request: it would be great if you could add controller support. – I really love this game and can’t wait for the steam release, but my hand injury makes it painful to play this game. – Would be great if we had Gamepad support. Just need to be able to move the cursor between squares and selectable objects, nothing fancy. I would adore that if you added it!
Yeah, I was afraid of that. I have anxiety about discord rn. Haven’t logged in on a few months and I probably have 10,000 messages to read. 😅
I’ll see about logging in there soon to double post this request / bug report. In the meanwhile I wrote a pretty crude glovepie script to use the number pad to place blocks, and the number keys to select them. It’s not great and it breaks for boss fights because the grid moves slightly, but it’s a stop gap for now.
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The first impression that i had with this game was: This is pretty good! I hope this can growth further.
And my surprise when i knew this was going to be on steam really make me happy, hope you guys are proud of the game u made.
Can you PLZ add saves
html5 dont work
Excellent game, is very addictive. Happy to see a new combat mechanical
i love this game, frog guy for fraymakers!
this game is very good and when i play this game i mute the music and put on the wise mystical tree for 10 hours
Here's some screenshots I have of me beating the game
February 11 2023
February 12 2023
I can't beat level 20
Ok nevermind I'm fine.
I'm new can some give me tips?
Finally Broke level 80! Got to 82.
All dice with Grow/hollow of course:
- Attack/Block
- Heal/Block
- Mirror
- Mirror
- Terrain
- Terrain
- Block (couldn't get a good 3rd one. Kept getting boost double dice )
As this is more than 5 blocks, there is some randomness, but I feel the randomness overall increases consistency as at higher levels, you need big hail mary plays.
General strat is to mirror/terrain every turn, while also doing a double die/mirror for damage/survivability.
Depending on the encounter / die rolls you will either want to prioritize living for one more turn, or taking down the biggest damage dealer.
Eventually it comes down to luck, because 3 purple flies, or 2 purple flies and a cicada mean GG no matter what you have, as the flies do 60-70 damage a turn. I was doing amazing with health RNG, and got up to 120HP, but even then it's not enough to play defensively and wait for grow dice to kick in.
At lower levels, strat is to pump out block until attack grows slowly... but eventually at the higher levels, you have to just commit to killing something, as there are enemy combinations that will kill you no matter how much health/shield you have.
Other good strats I used to get high levels, buit don't work as well as this:
- Mirror/terrain + lots of heavy dice ( so field always has 9 dice on it )
- 5 die strat, so you get the exact same roll every time. (terrain/2 mirror/2 doubles) problem with this strat is that you need to add heavy dice in, because after the terrian/mirror, you only have 3 dice on turn 2, and then on turn three you have another mirror/terrain.... which is too slow. 2 terrain/mirror allows you to fine tune exactly what you need for each round, and always have 5 die to play when you need it.
- Area / mirror / Terrain dice. Lots of fun, fast rounds.... you can kill everythign fast... but then you often end a fight without being able to fully heal... which means you die in the next fight.
really fun, the dicey dungeons at home.
funfun
Really Fun :)
fun! thanks.
bug: dice collector thanks you even when you change your mind and do not discard any dice
also a suggestion: remove dice from the board on left mouse click. lmb currently doesn't seem to do anything and it is intuitive to undo the dice placement with it.
I killed the bee by using terrain dice and honey to create a +43 slot, which I promptly use to grind her bee bones into dust. 10/10
Here's some images of my victories and defeats that I had on my computer for a while and want get rid of
3/11/2023
3/25/2023
I got the easter egg where the boss before New Game+ doesn't kill because you have more health then his 45 damage attack and yes here's also my victory (both are from 4/1/2023)
I also got New Game++ on 4/1/2023
Endless fun!
the green thing is very hot
i know im very handsome
Game is sick I'm suprised how much you did with this simple concept.
game is incredible :0
hey for some reason it wont let me play the gme
Yes me too
this game is so awesom i really love it
instant wishlist , i cant whait to play the full version
This was a great game, good job
This game is so fun! I just got sucked in for hours optimizing my deck and refining my strategy. Highly recommend!i reached level 25 and i played for various day.
do your best we all are waiting for the realease on the steam :)
just beat the game! only problem is, one fight 2 weak spot enemies attacked me and I needed to restart because it was impossible:(
Not quite impossible. That can be a tricky combination without enough luck/hollow/heavy dice, but you can always tank the damage (unless you're low on hp).
I reached floor 20 on my first try, but I was at 12 hp and got killed by the boss :(
But aside from that, the game is awesome!
Tis the spirit of roguelike
more music please
i lost ):
and i got to floor 12. it's good for my first try, right???
yeah, more than halfway to floor 20!
first time getting 50+ floor(56 exactly) in endless mode.
man, phase 7 is no joke. I died from full 101 hp in like 2 rounds.
How do you play the endless mode ?
it's been a while since I played the game, so if nothing really changed at all (spoiler):
when you get floor 25 for the first time, the boss will kill you instantly, so you need to play the game again.
when you get floor 25 for the second time, now you will be able to fight the boss.
and if you manage to beat the boss, game will ask you whether you want to end the current run or enter the endless mode.
I love the Pixel graphics
On 1.6.2f, there are two bugs I’ve run into:
Other dies do have their effects mirrored properly, so I think it’s just a bug with pierce. /FYI
Thank you! 🙂
not sure if dev team is checking comments on itch.
their discord might be better option for bug report&feature request.
(I don't have a discord account tho, so cannot really tell this will work but you can give it a try.)
Yeah, I was afraid of that. I have anxiety about discord rn. Haven’t logged in on a few months and I probably have 10,000 messages to read. 😅
I’ll see about logging in there soon to double post this request / bug report. In the meanwhile I wrote a pretty crude glovepie script to use the number pad to place blocks, and the number keys to select them. It’s not great and it breaks for boss fights because the grid moves slightly, but it’s a stop gap for now.
ahahah, I see brother.
I hope they make this permanent feature, so players don't have to find&create workarounds.
AMAZING game
Can't wait for Steam release!
Was thinking of some composition.
cute
fun, couldn't beat the boss.
I am so excited for the steam release ! this is a great game :)
wow that was fun
WAS THAT A BACKPACK HERO REFERENCE!?
Yes, it was.
Pretty nice game, add it to wishlist