It's a bit too obscure for my liking. Also - graphics need WAY more juice to trigger any sort of dopamine. Cuz right now it's more confusing than engaging.
Definitely needs a tutorial. Skills are a curious addition, though "FUCKING SHOOT THE GUY" feels way more powerful than "fiddle around with the dice"
I honestly have no idea about wether I like this game or not. I do love gamba, but I need to understand the rules before I get addicted lol.
I won and then the game seemed to end. Or did it? I can’t really tell. Or, it seems like the mouse tracking became broken and laggy.
Feels like it could be fun. With proper grafix the dice rolling could be satisfying. Powerups made no sense to me. Like someone else said, maybe something more simple like score multipliers or dice adjusters (change one or more to a D12 or a D3 or something - could be a benefit or restriction depending on if you simplify the scoring system).
UI is very confusing and I can't tell what turns are, but I won by clicking buttons without any apparent resistance. I'd say what makes gambling fun are the stakes, you need to feel like you're actually betting and risking something, be it money or your life, so maybe empathize those aspects better instead of giving you infinite use items. Having an actual opponent you can see would be a big plus too, right now it just feels like I'm trying to tickle myself since the enemy doesn't really seem to do anything other than rolling the dice, which I could do myself.
yeah it didn't click with me. what is even a "straight"? you can't assume the average joe knows gambling terms
i just roll the dice but it doesn't feel like i'm in control. the dice themselves are mildly confusing, not just for being 2D vibrating things, but also their colors didn't contrast enough imho
- Abilities are half baked, didn't quite get them. But thought that rolling certain dice combos to unlock them would be cool
I think the main thing this needs is clarity. Make dice pulse when they can be locked, take some seconds to show who is winning and why. This would also be good for tallying score and showing roll values.
I think there is some fun to be found here, it's just very rough ATM.
yeah all fair, the points and rolls is all based on cee-lo rules. i tried to avoid the "standard" balato way of reaching certain numbers and wanted it to be gambling, threw in the skills for spice but they are underbaked for sure.
everything ux is super underbaked, didnt want to spend time on that until i decided if i should do this game or not.
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It's a bit too obscure for my liking. Also - graphics need WAY more juice to trigger any sort of dopamine. Cuz right now it's more confusing than engaging.
Definitely needs a tutorial. Skills are a curious addition, though "FUCKING SHOOT THE GUY" feels way more powerful than "fiddle around with the dice"
I honestly have no idea about wether I like this game or not. I do love gamba, but I need to understand the rules before I get addicted lol.
I won and then the game seemed to end. Or did it? I can’t really tell. Or, it seems like the mouse tracking became broken and laggy.
Feels like it could be fun. With proper grafix the dice rolling could be satisfying. Powerups made no sense to me. Like someone else said, maybe something more simple like score multipliers or dice adjusters (change one or more to a D12 or a D3 or something - could be a benefit or restriction depending on if you simplify the scoring system).
thanks! yeah it doesnt have an end-state, just keeps going. yeah i agree, doesnt make much sense in its current iteration. will probably shelve.
UI is very confusing and I can't tell what turns are, but I won by clicking buttons without any apparent resistance.
I'd say what makes gambling fun are the stakes, you need to feel like you're actually betting and risking something, be it money or your life, so maybe empathize those aspects better instead of giving you infinite use items. Having an actual opponent you can see would be a big plus too, right now it just feels like I'm trying to tickle myself since the enemy doesn't really seem to do anything other than rolling the dice, which I could do myself.
good takes on what makes it fun. Doesnt make much sense in its current iteration. will probably shelve.
yeah it didn't click with me. what is even a "straight"? you can't assume the average joe knows gambling terms
i just roll the dice but it doesn't feel like i'm in control. the dice themselves are mildly confusing, not just for being 2D vibrating things, but also their colors didn't contrast enough imho
2d hater
As a fellow dice game creator I wanted to check this out. It was a little confusing at first, but I think I understood it at the end.
Feedback:
- The point is confusing. i would stick to easily identifiable scoring
- On the note, why not just total up the dice rolls, then add bonuses on top of them? That would soften the impact of getting nothing.
- I would check out this game for some inspiration: https://miltage.itch.io/rollcadium
- Abilities are half baked, didn't quite get them. But thought that rolling certain dice combos to unlock them would be cool
I think the main thing this needs is clarity. Make dice pulse when they can be locked, take some seconds to show who is winning and why. This would also be good for tallying score and showing roll values.
I think there is some fun to be found here, it's just very rough ATM.
yeah all fair, the points and rolls is all based on cee-lo rules. i tried to avoid the "standard" balato way of reaching certain numbers and wanted it to be gambling, threw in the skills for spice but they are underbaked for sure.
everything ux is super underbaked, didnt want to spend time on that until i decided if i should do this game or not.
Ahhh, I didn't realize it was based on a real game! I remember that from Kaiji. That makes more sense.
I had to look up what a point is before noticing it was hidden in your description.
As for finding the fun, I think the three abilities aren't designed well:
I also think the inherent concept doesn't lead to much fun:
All fair, the skills were whipped up quickly just to test. maybe this is where the project ends