I don't know about a tutorial, personally. I found it pretty intuitive. Although, i'd love to have a description or hard numbers on the weapons. I found the Big sword - with the spin attack - and the chakram-like one, with the thrown power - to be the best. and it was a lot of fun! I wish i could have transformed into the other bugs - especially the praying mantis - as i leveled. i got to level 40 and didn't notice any really difference in strength or anything?
Anyway - i LOVE this game. so much fun, and so visually pleasing.
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Personally I dont like tutorials at the beginning... Discover & learn as i go... But not all players are into this. So we came out with the idea to put the controls in the inventory menu, and a hint in the first loading screen to open inventory. Maybe UI buttons indicating what's possible?
Hmm like weapon stats? When hovering on them... Or clicking on them... Showing the stats? True. That would have been a nice thing to see.
Im glad you liked those weapons! Those were among my favorite ones to make - specially the Shuriken. (I think we missed the opportunity to show the actual names of the weapons! Haha)
Initially we wanted to let players choose their character. Melee mantis, Ranged Spider, Hybrid Ant... But it was too much - so we stayed with ants and make all others the enemies.
Levels increased your HP, Energy & Potions capacity. This wasn't planned from start - it was more a feature that just happened on the go and a nice idea from our partner Simpan :) kudos to him
Thanks for your feedback!