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IndieBen3 days ago

Hi, I tried to scale up difficulty over time, if you have some time to try let me know :) ( basically the enemy will start making better placement after day 9 ) 


Also, I wanted to ask you, do you think I should do something like that :


Every 2 weeks, add a " boss " and only allow the player to buy other factions after ? Like you start only with Humans, then you can get orcs in the listing and then elves, undead, etc ? Or should we have access to most factions ( weak units ) from beginning and just gets stronger units over time ? 


( I still need to rework the fights in the listings ) 

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THE B345T1 day ago

Hi :) I just played it again and it is still way too easy imo. I had my build fully done by about day 10 and I never had any problem to win a fight. I played again util day 15 and even though it felt like the fights were a bit tougher it still was not enough to make me loose a fight.

I think boss levels would be a nice idea. They should be a lot more challenging. In general I think the pacing for the difficulty in general should be faster. If the player can “finish” a full build in about 10 days then this should be the final level of the run and it should get more difficult quickly. Maybe day 10 is a boss level and after beating it the player unlocks a new class/faction for the next run.

With this you can make sure that new players understand the concept and do not get overwhelmed by too many different units. also experienced players will have access to more units and cool combos.

IMO playing after the build is finished feels boring. The fun part is assembling the team and trying to find the pieces you are missing in the listings. Once you have that there is nothing to do really. So I would make it so that it ends after this.

Also I now played with a mouse and the scroll speed in the listings panel was way too slow.

Here is my build: image.png

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IndieBen1 day ago

Hi, thanks a lot for the feedback ! 


So in that case it would indeed make sense to add bosses or something every 10 days or so and add new faction after as a reward. So that each new " 10 days run " feels a bit different with new units and new synergies possible. 


Ok I'll try to rework more the difficulty 😅 


Thanks for the helpful feedback ! I'll also add you to a list of people I'll give a Steam key for release :) ( still some way to go before 😅 ) 

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THE B345T15 hours ago

Thank you so much 😊

Yes i think with a limited run duration and the unlockable units you have some great incentive for players to play multiple runs and to experiment. The runs could also unlock difficulty levels for each time the player wins (like the difficulty in balatro).

Also I thought about the Infos you can buy about the units. In my first playthrough I bought them because I did not know about the units but it did not seem useful the second time.

Maybe they should also give you a bonus on the sale price or maybe let you see the condition of the items before you buy them etc. i feel like currently they are not interesting once you know the game a bit. This would make the game even more difficult as a new player because you need to buy them.

The idea of the info being an item you buy is interesting though and it feels nice to have the tutorial be part of the game somehow.

Again i think you have a cool and interesting concept here. Just keep improving the design and it will be great. 😊

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