I really liked that you could pick up the mechanics of this quite intuitively – I have to admit I skipped the tutorial, and it still only took a couple of minutes before I hit that sweet "hey, look at all the gameplay nuances here!" moment. Nice stuff, a great spin on resource management!
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Dice Gladiator's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #111 | 4.026 | 4.026 |
| Overall | #726 | 3.573 | 3.573 |
| Creativity | #1045 | 3.513 | 3.513 |
| Presentation | #1931 | 3.179 | 3.179 |
Ranked from 39 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
You use dice to attack and defend
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
Comments
3 years ago (+2)
That is true. There's nothing stopping you from farming the first enemy for saving up money which I feel like is one of the main problems for my game. A reward system for defeating an enemy would be nice and I think an idea is to only be able to buy upgrades after you defeat the enemy would be the award rather than being able to buy upgrades at any time. It makes the player unable to farm because they are at risk of dying if they do. It's still a pleasure to see that you enjoyed the feel of my game.
Edit: Another idea will be to give the player some money every time you defeat an opponent and to make the cost for upgrade higher so defeating enemies is the only option for getting high upgrades. Always appreciate the constructive criticism.
Honestly, surprisingly fun! The game looked a bit underwhelming at first, but the more I play it, the more I enjoyed it... up to the point where it was rng. Though the game became unfun after finding the best "strategy", it was still really fun to try and find it, or play through it like a normal person, which is quite impressive to pull off in this limited time frame, and I expected nothing more to it than a quick and simple little jam game. Simple pixel graphics and music fit well together and gives it the nice sort of feel to it. Overall very well done, good job!
Edit: I got 31 btw 
Really appreciate your thoughts and it's true that there is a "strategy" that makes it quite easy. Maybe adding more mechanics like special dice will broaden the different strategies you could use. It's true that the purpose of the game was to be a simple little game for a jam and it's nice that you noticed it.
3 years ago(+1)
Thx a lot! The constructive criticism was also very good. The farming at the beginning was something I was worried about but sadly I didn't have enough time to fix it. Maybe allowing you to go to shop once you defeat the enemy or something like that would of been good but it's nice you still enjoyed it. The combos and special dice was also in my to do list but I felt like the scope was too high for the time limit we had was a bit too low to implement. Minimum dice is also quite an interesting idea too.
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