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Nodegamestudio2 days ago

Let's start by the positive : It's really beautifull in its style, the atomsphere is awesome, the sound design is great, all the movements feels good.

That being said, did i had any fun playing... well not really... from what i see, i can only either not win or loose and i have no control or impact on my rolls.

I tried the extra content... i rolled only 1and1 and the enemy only 6and6 so i didn't really understood the point.

As for the main game well, i got bored very quickly... click, see your results, either loose or nothing happens.

I tried to loose so i could see the end but its been 10mins and i win so often that the saw is still 6m away and i lost all interest by now.

I wonderif maybe there are secret mechanics to you can use and if so, a tiny something should hint at the player that it is the case.

Maybe you are supposed to loose the first match for the story to kick in but in that case make the first match more unfair toward you and make it loose faster.

But again, amazing ambiance :) (and good job on the text, i saw lots of tiny variations based on what was happening and it was nice !)

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NON2 days ago (1 edit)

To get impact on your rolls you can use items that given in the fifth round. 

As for the extra game mode there was a toggle making the entity always lose and I accidentally left it on. 

The extras part was really rushed so I’m sorry!


If I just gave more attention to the debugs everything would work better…

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Nodegamestudio2 days ago

i assumed that the extras was bugged or unfinished yes :)

And for the items, do you means the extra dice and all ?

if so the problem remains the same, if i "win" nothing happen, and if i loose, well i loose...

So wining only makes the game longer and death is the only outcome ?

I used the power to predict the next entity roll, but what use is that since i can only click the roll button and hope i'll beat it ?

Lets say i could have saved my extra dice item, then i could use it if i see that the entity is going to roll a high score

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NON2 days ago (3 edits)

Was going to do that but I couldn’t finish it in the time I had. The use for that item was just to not feel excited, I guess. That item also has a faulty vision. Adrenaline is the most useful one. There is also a special item in the unfinished game mode and it’s a syringe that recovers your health. 

Also yes, luck, vision, adrenaline etc are items

To answer the other question, if you win, the entity dies. Was gonna put some lore drop


They also said that I can fix the always-losing issue in the extra game mode so i’ll let you know when I fix it!

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Nodegamestudio1 day ago

But how do you win ?

The feeling i had while playing is this :

- i loose the dice roll, the saw get closer and eventually will kill me

- if i win at the dice, the saw don't move and i can play again...

So the only ending i can see here is death

Or do you need x wins to actually WIN, in this case, something should tell the player, either a counter or something visual that indicate that some progress toward victory has been made

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NON1 day ago

Winning is calculated through multiple factors: how many rounds you survive, how often you nearly die, and how often you prevent it.

There is lore behind the game, but no reward. When you die, nothing special happens. When you live, nothing special happens either. You either die or you live.

The game is built around the idea of emptiness. Gambling isn’t exciting, rewarding, or meaningful. Even when you “win" you earn nothing of any value.

The ending is intentionally brutal. Because in real life, gambling rarely gives you anything special in return. No victory either.

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NON1 day ago

The natural outcome is basically is:

"If i win against this thing enough times, i win"

What do you actually gain though?

Mechanically, this doesn't do anything.

The company is gaining more money from dead customers than the amount of money they use to make these robots.

There is no reward. This is more like a physiological game rather than a game you would play to spend time lol. There was gonna be more if i had time but i got to spoil it in text now.

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Nodegamestudio1 day ago

yes i totally got that when i played the extra content and lost with all the after take. I support your take on gambling. For a video game, i think it should remain engaging somehow.

If you add anything that indicate that your win had somekind of change in the situation (even a change of the colors light that do absolutly nothing else would work, the player would go hum the light color has change when i won so maybe if i win again something else will happened etc... leading you to a certain defeat), that would totaly work for me i think :)

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NON1 day ago

Okay i just updated it now you can enjoy the extra gamemode without bugs (i hope) xd

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