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A jam submission

AutorogueView game page

Auto chess meets roguelikes.
Submitted by Jonathon Yule (@invdr) — 1 day, 10 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Aesthetics#163.6673.667
Innovation#223.3333.333
Fun#363.3333.333
Completeness#543.0003.000
Overall#553.1113.111
Scope#812.6672.667
Roguelikeness#1112.6672.667

Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.

  • Autorogue is a game about upgrading and leveling your character between rounds of automated battle arena-style combat. The game is simple overall but feels complete and polished. Skills probably need some balancing; the Wait & Heal ability in particular felt essential, especially with no guarantee of a healing option between rounds. The game looks good and has simple controls, but getting the ability descriptions to appear and reading the descriptions was difficult. The game could also potentially use some UI to help the player understand what it going on during the round. Autorogue is clearly inspired by roguelikes but does not play like a classic one. My main gripe is that it felt like the player did not have a lot of control over what occurred during the rounds (I realize this is the point, but it felt more random than I would have liked; i.e. I would have preferred that the "between-rounds" actions had a more noticeable impact on the rounds themselves), and it was difficult to determine the net effects of ability ordering.
  • Fun game with fun audio.
  • On an aesthetic level, this game feels really unique and wonderful. The dynamic soundtrack really works for it - those earthy synth tones and glitches and clicks are extraordinarily tactile, and watching the battles is a hypnotic pleasure. I thought the visual design was also something I’d never quite seen before, at once warm and weird, and the icons, characters and pops and flashes of the battles themselves sync perfectly with the music itself. I particularly enjoyed the ‘double down’ mechanic and how the music switched up a notch with it. It’s a rare treat when a game makes clicking a mouse feel quite so satisfying. The gameplay itself felt a little less rich - I found the game too easy to break and become OP with just about every character. That said, I don’t think it’d take too much tuning to amp up the difficulty a bit to ensure the decisions you make matter a little more. A little more depth on that front would go a long way to distinguishing this from the mainstream autobattlers out there right now.

Successful or Incomplete?

Success

Did development of the game take place during the 7DRL Challenge week. (If not, please don't submit your game)
Yes

Is your game a roguelike or a roguelite? (If not, please don't submit your game)
Yes

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

This is a great game, I had that idea for the longest time but didn't have the courage to implement it as I always think, it won't be fun or strategies might not be fun to play around and the game might feel very confusing. It is a little confusing when it is happening in the game but overall I enjoyed it.

Maybe you could have pause and move step by step so I can see what is happening.

(+1)

Interesting approach with automated exploration. Some of the upgrades are not easy to understand but it's a nice game overall!

(+1)

great game

Submitted(+1)

Dang, everything about this is so charming! I love the visuals, the audio, the gameplay, it's all extremely chill.

Great work!