The execution is simply excellent! Great visuals. Great music. Great audio effects. Everything in the game is just masterfully done. But there’s one problem, and in my opinion, it’s fatal. This game doesn’t need a player at all. You don’t do anything in this game except press the “next” button and wait until it becomes available again.
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Hey, thank you for the feedback! I did have some other ideas for upgrades beyond the soul gem to add more complexity, but was worried about adding more features and breaking it. My idea was to attempt to stack win streaks, with the soul gem giving the player the ability to restore soul when they choose once per game. Definitely needs another unlockable to make that a worthwhile goal!
I think something needs to be done about the dice-rolling mechanic itself. Because rolling dice is just plain boring — you have absolutely no influence on the outcome. You need to add some additional activity for the player. For example, the ability to cheat on your roll, but in a way that your opponent doesn’t notice. And during the opponent’s turn, you’d need to keep an eye on them to make sure they’re not cheating, and spot it based on certain tells. Basically, do something so that the dice roll button doesn’t feel like a “next” button — otherwise it ends up feeling like a Windows installer wizard.