very fun concept, played for about 2 hours. could use some slight balancing, and the music loop is way too short and a little annoying because of it's short length and it being a minor key. overall though very solid i would pay like $4 for this
The game is fun, but I kinda hate the music lol. I also don't like how the enemies seem to not deal consistent damage. That removes a lot of strategy options.
I get enemies dealing 1 damage one turn and then 3 damage the next. Not consistent. Also I know I can mute the game. The point is that I'd prefer better music, or the ability to turn only the music off without muting sound effects as well.
I know, but I don't like how it seems to just randomly pick a number in that range. I think it'd be cool if it was on a repeating pattern so that you could predict how much damage enemies will be doing when, and plan which dice to use, keep, or get rid of accordingly.
I get how that could give more strategy to the battles so the player has more control over it. However, we like the idea that all in this game is based on RNG (the dice you are getting, your rolls, the enemies, their damage, etc...)
We like this not only because it is related with how dice work IRL, but because of the thrill it gives, now knowing how hard the enemies are hitting so you have so block to prepare yourself for the next turn, having luck and surviving because of the enemy low rolls, getting one very good dice at the start or getting a very bad one that will make the game harder at the end because you were to confident.
One recommendation I have though is about the new 'choose enemy' feature. It's awesome, don't get me wrong, but it could definitely use a little tweaking. My recommendation would be to make it so that you can only target by layer.
I.e. you have 1 fly and an archer in the first row, and a buff bug in the back, so while you can target either of the first two, you can't choose the buffer until they're both dead.
The reason for this is because buff-based insects usually only spawn in said back row, and while yes ones like archers can deal immense damage very quickly, buff-bugs are always the more dangerous because they buff said damage dealers, making them harder to get rid of, so of course they're always going to go down first if they can be chosen.
With this change you still have to struggle with dealing enough damage to overpower the buffs benefits, but now you can at least target a specific damage dealer so you don't get stuck in a situation where you're getting annihilated by say, an archer because a fly's ahead of it and it keeps getting buffed enough that you can only deal one damage a turn, while getting shot for a possible 3x3 by said archer every turn (not to mention the damage from the other bugs stacked on top).
I do also have one other criticism, it's about the remove dice option.
I totally understand why you nerfed it, getting rid of 3 dice in one go was extremely useful, but it is now horrible to use, it either needs to be 2, or you need to start with less dice.
Upgrading is pointless until you knock them down to at least 2 each, you'll never pull said upgrade enough to actually assist you when it's competing against 2 non-upgraded, and if you have 3 of only one chances of you pulling all of 3 of said one, and only 1 of either of the others (dependent on if your heal is out or not, which can lead to you being forced to waste it), is too high a risk, because chances of it repeating the same pattern multiple rounds is pretty high, and I'm speaking from the experience of pulling 3 rounds where I only pulled boosts and defenses because I decided to try and grab a new dice and the only good one was a def-die, and had gotten rid of an attack a round earlier so I had a better chance of pulling my upgraded one.
This also means you can't add a die unless your collection of the type it's a part of has less than at least one other, especially if said group is at 3 or more, because then you might only pull said die, which will pretty much be an instant-kill on you dependent on both round #, how many of them are higher than basic, and what you pulled (i.e. shield maybe you can block, attack maybe you can kill, but boost or health you can't do anything, and the latter makes you waste all of them if they're crystal).
And to even focus on removing dice can take up to 11 rounds to even be able to remove 2 because of said balancing issues meaning you either pull all of your boosts or all of your attacks, either of which means you're going to take damage, and dependent on how many enemies you have, and what types, means you have a very high chance of losing enough HP you have to sacrifice balancing with a remove to heal instead, and then it repeats because you're now a round higher and the enemies are stronger, unless you just outright die said round because you only made back 10 of the near 20 HP you lost during a round where you were full health.
Also, this is a pretty good example of why you can't add dice until you've both removed enough, and also upgraded what you had:
probably the best game i played in a looooong time! i played yesterday before the update and today after the update, a lot better! every time i play it takes like 5 deaths to beat, endless mode would be good
Wow, Great Game! Very fun. However, upgrading the purple boost dice seems pretty bad imo which is counterintuitive. Besides that, it's a great challenge.
I have played it dozens of times and won it dozens of times. But, sometimes I really hate the game and swear the authors. And I want them to be in my shoes at such moments, feel my frustration and misery and try to create some strategy when all the options are trolling you.
Because it's really not cool when the game doesn't give you the ability to acquire heavy attack and defense dices at all regardless the strategy you use, and you are feeling total frustration and misery on high levels. It's also not cool when you are fed up with shitty dices on low levels and game doesn't allow you to either acquire something good or upgrade something, because upgrade option not appear for a lot of levels and you acquire shit like basic dices.
And also there is a very annoying mechanic when you are trying to prolong the battle to get a better heal option. Especially when you have to do it against the last bug that is a healer, - battle becomes endless. Is it possible to change it somehow?
I get what you mean, we have also played it tons of times and know the game is very based on how much luck you get in a run, but we kinda like it that way, after all, the main mechanic are dice, which are always totally random IRL. We tried to make it as fair as possible so a good player nearly always wins his runs (although some might be harder than others).
The higher floor you are the best dices you are gonna get, but after all, it's also a probability.
Hey There! I played your game and it's super coool!! I like how you implement the dice as a way to heal, attack or defend. It made the rouge-like gameplay more fun somehow :D Although i didnt beat till level 20 it is so good!! 8/10!! Naisu JOB!!
Really fun game I hope a bigger version comes out there's so many things they could add and as the game is now it's still pretty intricate with limited options. Definitely a 5 out of 5 itch.io game, but screw them red archers for real though.
I just beat the game, so I feel now is a good time to properly review it. This game was fantastic! It's fun and relatively difficult, especially with its mechanics. The dice fit together so seamlessly that the right setup can allow you to achieve incredible things, so how the game plays is truly up to the player. Despite beating the game, I will definitely be coming back for more, 9/10
was doing pretty well then boom floor 16. before, each floor was doing 10 damage per turn at most. floor 16 there were 2 enemies that did 10 damage per turn each.
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Lots of fun!!!!!
it's interesting
sometimes the ending is usual, and sometimes something black appears)
;)
very fun concept, played for about 2 hours. could use some slight balancing, and the music loop is way too short and a little annoying because of it's short length and it being a minor key. overall though very solid i would pay like $4 for this
maybe even just add a separate music mute button instead of all sound
The update made it lag WAY more
Do you play in the browser version?
Good game.
Great game, would be nice to add a save feature tho.
The game is fun, but I kinda hate the music lol. I also don't like how the enemies seem to not deal consistent damage. That removes a lot of strategy options.
enemy damage is fairly consistent
as for music... mute it and play ur own lol
I get enemies dealing 1 damage one turn and then 3 damage the next. Not consistent. Also I know I can mute the game. The point is that I'd prefer better music, or the ability to turn only the music off without muting sound effects as well.
enemies have a damage range, doesnt make it inconsistent
enemies have a damage range. for example the weakest fly enemy has a damage rand of 1-3.
I know, but I don't like how it seems to just randomly pick a number in that range. I think it'd be cool if it was on a repeating pattern so that you could predict how much damage enemies will be doing when, and plan which dice to use, keep, or get rid of accordingly.
I get how that could give more strategy to the battles so the player has more control over it. However, we like the idea that all in this game is based on RNG (the dice you are getting, your rolls, the enemies, their damage, etc...)
We like this not only because it is related with how dice work IRL, but because of the thrill it gives, now knowing how hard the enemies are hitting so you have so block to prepare yourself for the next turn, having luck and surviving because of the enemy low rolls, getting one very good dice at the start or getting a very bad one that will make the game harder at the end because you were to confident.
Ah! An update! I love what you've added so far!
One recommendation I have though is about the new 'choose enemy' feature. It's awesome, don't get me wrong, but it could definitely use a little tweaking. My recommendation would be to make it so that you can only target by layer.
I.e. you have 1 fly and an archer in the first row, and a buff bug in the back, so while you can target either of the first two, you can't choose the buffer until they're both dead.
The reason for this is because buff-based insects usually only spawn in said back row, and while yes ones like archers can deal immense damage very quickly, buff-bugs are always the more dangerous because they buff said damage dealers, making them harder to get rid of, so of course they're always going to go down first if they can be chosen.
With this change you still have to struggle with dealing enough damage to overpower the buffs benefits, but now you can at least target a specific damage dealer so you don't get stuck in a situation where you're getting annihilated by say, an archer because a fly's ahead of it and it keeps getting buffed enough that you can only deal one damage a turn, while getting shot for a possible 3x3 by said archer every turn (not to mention the damage from the other bugs stacked on top).
(Now just to find that secret)
I do also have one other criticism, it's about the remove dice option.
I totally understand why you nerfed it, getting rid of 3 dice in one go was extremely useful, but it is now horrible to use, it either needs to be 2, or you need to start with less dice.
Upgrading is pointless until you knock them down to at least 2 each, you'll never pull said upgrade enough to actually assist you when it's competing against 2 non-upgraded, and if you have 3 of only one chances of you pulling all of 3 of said one, and only 1 of either of the others (dependent on if your heal is out or not, which can lead to you being forced to waste it), is too high a risk, because chances of it repeating the same pattern multiple rounds is pretty high, and I'm speaking from the experience of pulling 3 rounds where I only pulled boosts and defenses because I decided to try and grab a new dice and the only good one was a def-die, and had gotten rid of an attack a round earlier so I had a better chance of pulling my upgraded one.
This also means you can't add a die unless your collection of the type it's a part of has less than at least one other, especially if said group is at 3 or more, because then you might only pull said die, which will pretty much be an instant-kill on you dependent on both round #, how many of them are higher than basic, and what you pulled (i.e. shield maybe you can block, attack maybe you can kill, but boost or health you can't do anything, and the latter makes you waste all of them if they're crystal).
And to even focus on removing dice can take up to 11 rounds to even be able to remove 2 because of said balancing issues meaning you either pull all of your boosts or all of your attacks, either of which means you're going to take damage, and dependent on how many enemies you have, and what types, means you have a very high chance of losing enough HP you have to sacrifice balancing with a remove to heal instead, and then it repeats because you're now a round higher and the enemies are stronger, unless you just outright die said round because you only made back 10 of the near 20 HP you lost during a round where you were full health.
Also, this is a pretty good example of why you can't add dice until you've both removed enough, and also upgraded what you had:
disagree with ur upgrading topic
just beat the game focusing on upgrading right away lol
First you have to regularly get those, with my usual RNG I hit one upgrade ever 3-4 rounds, so that's generally a less than viable 'meta' for my runs
You should get an upgrade every 2-3 rounds which results in plenty of upgrades over the course of the game.
Unless they show up with a heal while you need it, which, with my RNG, is usually when they show up
I don't really understand your criticism here. Upgrading is a great strategy,
very cool
Fun !! :)
love seeing new updates
but gotta say being able to pick target makes this game very easy lol
Very fun and addicting!
probably the best game i played in a looooong time! i played yesterday before the update and today after the update, a lot better! every time i play it takes like 5 deaths to beat, endless mode would be good
OMG I love this! Keep it up ^^
Español:
WOW es increíble, esta muy bien hecho.
Aunque se le podrían añadir ciertas cosas, como un modo de PvP multijugador en linea, un modo historia un modo cooperativo...
Pero eso ya es decisión tuya.
English:
WOW is incredible, it is very well done.
Although certain things could be added, such as an online multiplayer PvP mode, a story mode, a cooperative mode ...
But that is already your decision.
Thank you for your comment and feedback! ^^
Español:
¿Eso significa que lo intentarás añadir?
English:
That mean that you will try to add it?
Wow, Great Game! Very fun. However, upgrading the purple boost dice seems pretty bad imo which is counterintuitive. Besides that, it's a great challenge.
Thank you! We might change a bit the boost dice since it's true that 4 is pretty bad and definetely not an upgrade
I have played it dozens of times and won it dozens of times. But, sometimes I really hate the game and swear the authors. And I want them to be in my shoes at such moments, feel my frustration and misery and try to create some strategy when all the options are trolling you.
Because it's really not cool when the game doesn't give you the ability to acquire heavy attack and defense dices at all regardless the strategy you use, and you are feeling total frustration and misery on high levels. It's also not cool when you are fed up with shitty dices on low levels and game doesn't allow you to either acquire something good or upgrade something, because upgrade option not appear for a lot of levels and you acquire shit like basic dices.
And also there is a very annoying mechanic when you are trying to prolong the battle to get a better heal option. Especially when you have to do it against the last bug that is a healer, - battle becomes endless. Is it possible to change it somehow?
I get what you mean, we have also played it tons of times and know the game is very based on how much luck you get in a run, but we kinda like it that way, after all, the main mechanic are dice, which are always totally random IRL. We tried to make it as fair as possible so a good player nearly always wins his runs (although some might be harder than others).
The higher floor you are the best dices you are gonna get, but after all, it's also a probability.
Hey There! I played your game and it's super coool!! I like how you implement the dice as a way to heal, attack or defend. It made the rouge-like gameplay more fun somehow :D Although i didnt beat till level 20 it is so good!! 8/10!! Naisu JOB!!
We are glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for making a video ;)
really fun and addictive game, also it runs on my potato pc so thats good
We gotchu fam
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Really fun game I hope a bigger version comes out there's so many things they could add and as the game is now it's still pretty intricate with limited options. Definitely a 5 out of 5 itch.io game, but screw them red archers for real though.We are planning on releasing updates for the game and one should drop soon with some QoL changes and some new mechanics ;)
is fantastic game. Now, i am a fallower
Thank you! ^^
Very cool game
Amazing game
wait, do heavy dice disappear for the rest of the floor once used once?
They go back to your discard pile, and eventually back to your deck so you can draw them again.
I thought they were like crystals
The last boss was easy :D
Hahaha, good job! (´∀`)b
Welp, i just beat it (first try) and my health never went under 14 ;)
It was really fun :)
I want a sequel or more floors please!
Luigi sells sea shells on a seashore to take over the world
I just beat the game, so I feel now is a good time to properly review it. This game was fantastic! It's fun and relatively difficult, especially with its mechanics. The dice fit together so seamlessly that the right setup can allow you to achieve incredible things, so how the game plays is truly up to the player. Despite beating the game, I will definitely be coming back for more, 9/10
was doing pretty well then boom floor 16. before, each floor was doing 10 damage per turn at most. floor 16 there were 2 enemies that did 10 damage per turn each.
extremely hard and very fun
İ love it it is very interesting game .
i love it
I'm addicted send help. Such a fun game, looking forward to the second update!
me too
So Cool!!!
wait i get it now because die is also the singular name for dice oh my god amazing game 10/10
can someone give a good list of strategy games?
1. This one
2. This one
3. This one
nice
Best music and combination of mechanics!
great!
I was afraid when I read the description that I was going to run into a copy of dicey dungeon, but not at all!
It took me a while to get to the "fin", and I loved trying to find optimal strategies! Congrats!
agree, i just hope the next update changes it some since once you find the strongest strat, game becomes pretty easy
This game is amazing.
I have never played a game like this before, and I have to say man.... You did a FANTASTIC job on this I love it