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Say for example every move has a 10% chance to succeed. Then the chance for 9 consecutive moves to succeed is 0.10^9=0.000000001 or 0.0000001%. The number can update for every step in the path, from 9 to 8 to 7, etc...

While playing, I actually couldn't tell if when the character "disobeys" then they can still accidentally choose your input direction. The behavior of that actually changes the chance. But as a developer, I would have it never choose your input if it is confused. I would show the mission percent chance of success in your UI or show nothing at all there, because it just added to my confusion in the first couple minutes of learning.

DebrisHauler36 days ago

One more note, if it is currently letting confused rolls go toward your input, then making this change will slow the whole game to an impossible crawl. You would need to buff the improvements to match.

DebrisHauler36 days ago (3 edits)

If confusion always goes NOT toward your keypress, then the meta is to not input the right direction for some confusion percentage. Adds a fun layer for me to consider in a long slog. But it should be more clear about when the player is and is not confused by not showing question marks when it obeys. Maybe show a checkmark and sound effect when it obeys for that contrasting hit of dopamine.

nuzcraft36 days ago

Thanks for responding! I agree, it needs clearer feedback when the roll is successful. As for the randomness - at 25% chance of success, there’s a 25% chance for the hero to move the direction the player chose. If they miss, it’s split-even chance which of the other 3 directions gets chosen. At worst, the game is a random walk with even chances to go in any direction, but with a single upgrade it bumps the odds so that choosing the correct direction is always the best choice. At 30% chance of success, it’s 23.3% chance to go in any of the non-selected directions. I have ideas for ways to change that in future updates so that sometimes the wrong direction is the best choice.

nuzcraft36 days ago

I see now what you are saying about ‘chance of success’. I’m showing it as a potentially more digestible version of confusion, but it could be interpreted as ‘chance to hit all 10 and win’ - exploring how it feels to see that minuscule number would be interesting

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