I liked the presentation, and I love the die customization! Though it seems like the only winning strategy is to stand in front of the enemy and attack, since their attack patterns are random and unpredictable. For a jam game, though, this doesn't matter too much--it is an impressive submission!
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Arena of RNG's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #1433 | 3.423 | 3.423 |
| Overall | #1764 | 3.128 | 3.128 |
| Creativity | #1952 | 3.154 | 3.154 |
| Enjoyment | #2139 | 2.808 | 2.808 |
Ranked from 26 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?
the attack type is by a roll of a die you can customize
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?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
Comments
A very interesting idea! Would love the game to have more sound effects and not just background music. Hitting [ESC] immediately closes the game, but my first instinct to close the shop was to hit [ECS], which made me a bit sad :D There also seems to be a bug - your inventory (but not the chosen dice) gets reset after death, so e.g. there’s a 1x3 strip available from the start which you can put on your dice, and after your death you get another one in your inventory AND another one is still present on the dice. Anyway, even without this glitch I’ve managed to buy 5 such strips which made it possible to win almost all the fights by just clicking roll all the time!
Overall, a decent idea that needs some balancing and polishing, good job!
3 years ago(+1)
thanks for the feedback, this is a solid point. too bad the sleep deprived team (me and null) did not think of this.
-penumbra (worked on the game with null)
thanks for the feedback, the game should play like that, once you get the enemy attacks down you should be able to dodge everything. there were plans to make more enemies and have a random 3 of them appear, but since this is a game-jam we didn't have the time to make more.
-Penumbra (worked with null on the game)
3 years ago (+1)
the single spell is consistent, however it deals (or at least should deal) 50%-66% less damage. also Im pretty sure it is impossible to beat the eye with just that spell as it can kill you before you kill it (unless i forgot i nerfed it)
-Penumbra (worked on the game with null)
3 years ago(+1)
thanks for the feedback, there was the idea to show players the monster's dice (each monster has 2-4 attacks which fill its die, they attack in the same manner the player does) but at the end we didn't implement it. as for the escape button nuking the game, I also happened to nuke the game about 5 times during play-testing but I guess I forgot to include a warning in the tutorial
-Penumbra (worked on the game with null)
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