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NikaKh8 days ago(+1)

I reset game 7 times or so (as in - I closed the tab and opened it again) and something is wrong for sure. My first fights are fights with 4 and more monsters and they are not pushovers either. I kind of die without ability to explore or experience any actual mechanic...

Things I noted while trying to get in the game:

  • Movement and turns are really slow. Exploring bigger dungeons with that speed would feel awful - you might want to give it a bit of 'snap' so to speak, faster and more reactive
  • You can pass through first staircase. It probably was meant to be unpassable :)
  • Door being open and blocking movement is a nice touch, but I would either like to pass through it or be able to close it and go. 

Idea to be inspired by certain anime is a good idea. It feels like it may be a good game, but I would advice against making basically same characters as anime... be more creative! Wish I could experience a bit more of actual game, but that often happens in jams with some bugs blocking players... dont be discouraged :) Its a step and a big one. It allowed to be rough around the edges at first. You got this!

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Kozure Okami7 days ago(+1)

Thank you very much for playing my game and for your valuable feedback!
Which browser did you play the game on? I tested it on firefox, opera and chrome. It was working fine in all of them. I also uploaded the Windows version but i don't know if you're using Windows.

The maximum number of monsters that can spawn and their HP are way too high. Even if you had start the game with 6 characters, it would be too much. I tried to imitate Wizardry games which you can encounter cohorts of enemies but the chance of them spawning is higher on mid game or late game not on start. So i failed to balance that out.

- Yeah i think movement and rotation is a little bit slow too, i need to finetune that. I couldn't adress that during jam time, didn't want to spend too much time on that
- Yikes, i completely forgot to set the staircase layermask to "wall". Wasn't even aware of that, never walked towards the stairs to test it. Compleletely missed that one, thx for pointing it out
- Actually door's collider should be turned off when the door is opened. I didn't want that to block player movement in the corridors when it's open. The door automatically closes after 3 seconds. I think i should reduce that time to 1 second. I add this to my notes as well. I will look into it

The character portraits are placeholders in the current version of the game. For the full version of the game(if i ever manage to make it happen) i am undecisive between set characters or player created characaters. But i'm leaning towards set characters bcs i want it to be a story driven game. Player created characters feel like empty slates to me. They offer gameplay freedom but narratively speaking they feel empty. I'll explore the possibilites as i develop the game so nothing is final now of course.  I'm not happy with the final result but i'm not pessimistic either. I think this game is better than the one i made 2  years ago in DC Jam. That game was not even half complete. I completed this game. There is an ending. It could be a beatable game only with some minor tweaks and fixes. I think this is progress




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NikaKh7 days ago(+1)

I play on firefox, but all glitches I encountered so far seemed like it were just usual missteps, like collision on door being turned on while it open and enemies being too rough at the start. Enemy being so tough is basically solid block for progression at the moment... judging by screenshots - it should not be as bad and maybe some kind of bug with enemy power just creeped in at the late stages of the development. 

In general for jams its always better to undertune than overtune encounters. You always can crank the numbers up later on, but it will help people to understand other mechanics better... especially when game is all about other mechanics, like yours seem to be!

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