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Madness_Inside68 days ago(+1)

Addditional stuff

Some tiles stay after restarting the game, gold tile was accumulating 1$ even though I didn't play it on current game.

Hi->Chi->Chin->China, I managed to get 40000+ points for the last word. Combinations of some books are devastating, 50% chance for x2, bounty to trigger book twice at the top, beowulf for my 2 bounties, 3 random colors at the start of the game, 3 men in a boat, Huckelberry Finn and suddenly my multiplier files to x33. I also had here Winnie The Pooh and I'm guessing that was the book that pushed me over x52


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BigDogDamon68 days ago(+1)

Really appreciate the deep dive, sounds like you really "got" the game. A few clarifications and next steps:

  • Leviathan: it does get multiplied. Its points participate in the word multipliers. If you saw otherwise, tell me which build and platform and I will check that path.

  • Mid-round buying: not planned. I want the pacing to stay focused on the round.

  • Turns vs discards: I have considered separating them like Balatro. I have not committed to that. I am evaluating lighter tuning on discards first.

  • Bounty claim: there is an indicator right now for claimable bounties (small white bubble with an exclamation on the Bounties tab). Sounds like it is easy to miss. I will make this louder and maybe add a clear claim prompt at round end if anything is unclaimed, or consider making bounties just auto-claim.

  • Feedback on bonuses: I will surface more info when a book activates, like a quick toast that shows the book name, points added, and any multiplier effect.

  • Discard bug at 0 turns: I'll see if I can reproduce it. Do you remember what exact steps you took to get to the bugged state?

  • Gold tile persisting: that shouldn't be happening. Clearly something is persisting in memory between games. I'll see what I can do.

  • Visuals: I will brighten the board and tiles and see what I can do to make buttons more readable.

  • Short words and using S and Y: I should probably reduce how many S's you start with. You start with 4, maybe that should be only 2 or 3 since they're so valuable. Playing short words you can expand upon is a good strategy, and one that I use when I playtest myself. Kudos for figuring it out, I don't plan on nerfing that in any way at this time.

  • Broken book combos: since it's a single player game I'm ok with there being broken synergies, I think it's fun to discover and hunt for them. However the balancing for this game is still in progress, so I appreciate playtesters like you giving me feedback on what's good and bad. I'll see what might need to be tuned a little more.

Thanks again for pushing the systems. I really appreciate you playing my game and I'm glad you had fun!

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Madness_Inside68 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

I eventually saw that indicator, I have to say it's pretty small. Popup saying that you have unclaimed bounties sounds good, also maybe make the button a little bigger, pulsating maybe, and in gold color?

Discarding at 0 happens all the time actually. There's an issue with selecting a tile after its been replaced, but you can put it on board and then put it back to your hand to be able to select it and discard it.

Bounty to have words spelled backwards is great too, got points for GALS and SLAG. After playing a little more I think I was already trained to look for specific combinations of letters. 'Q' is annoying, since you always need 'U' after it, but the points value keeps me holding it until I have a correct setup. Also I had a bad start with no vowels. Maybe initial hand should be semi-randomized to have at least one.

I was playing in browser btw.

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BigDogDamon68 days ago

I put up a new build fixing the bugs you mentioned. Also added a ton of new artwork. Thanks for trying out my game!

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