I want to know what the two indicators at the bottom do, and also, when I have to select a new card, sometimes there are no new cards, only cards that I already have
I love how the main goal is completely independent of the enemies; purely just about building the shrine. All the negative effects of 'enemies existing' suddenly turn into resources, like 'spending' health on a turn by not fighting in exchange for building supplies was such a great tactical decision.
I also love that you're gated not solely by mana like many other deckbuilders, but by # of cards per turn. It felt very "into the breach" if that makes sense.
The card-gating makes it a lot more accessible to plan a single turn, but also much more difficult/interesting to plan a deck. I can say "What are the exact 3 cards I want to play this turn" without needing to worry about optimizing or missing some insane 10 card combo, but I also don't get any "freebies" like in Slay the Spire with their 0 cost cards. This made basically every card addition a much more tactical choice for me.
It feels like each "unit" of content is so efficient. Like, I can imagine once you had the core mechanics in place, it probably felt like the content flowed from your fingertips when you spun up different enemies and cards!
I played the hell out of this game; I really love it. The fact that you made this for a game jam is a testament to how efficient the design is.
How did you come up with the idea for the core mechanics? Do you play a lot of deckbuilders? Is there another game/games with similar mechanics that provided some inspiration?
I keep replaying this game over and over again. It's so much fun, even with the limited enemies, cards, and events. Please consider turning this into a full game!
super fun game! i love the artstyle and i'd say the balance isnt too bad at all. I love the artstyle, and the gameplay reminds me a bit of classic 1 player card games! super great, i hope that it becomes a full fledged game in the future.
Awesome game! The challenge is that it's easy at first but the longer you play, the harder it gets. Play too long and you're gonna have a bad time. Nice work on the game, though!
this is really great - really fun gameplay loop, great mechanics, great art, fun music, I could see if the game expanded it could be really popular on mobile. It's really good!
Honestly hope to see this as a full blown game one day it only felt like a level and if work keeps being put into this then id love to see more levels with maybe making it so you would need more supplies each level to beat it but keep the cards from the previous levels as well with the enemies being harder
Really great game for something made in such a short time.
i had a lot of fun playing it and desperately trying to build my shrine and i hope you keep working on it and polishing it, Its a brilliant concept and one that i hope gets more content in the future
This was a delightful and clever game! First run was very tough. We were barely holding on, as we had nine enemies on the board. Got lucky and was able to claim a card to destroy all enemies, and managed to accumulate enough mana for it. Second run went much smoother!
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really a good game, but needs more cards or game modes... i already won this game lots of times and want more things :v
i beat it without knowing anything about how the game worked and i still dont know how it works
but it looks very nice
I want to know what the two indicators at the bottom do, and also, when I have to select a new card, sometimes there are no new cards, only cards that I already have
pretty good, i got screwed over by spirits pretty early into the run so i never got to explore the mana cards, but it was still a good game.
Fun game but is the game supposed to crash when you die?
short, good, not hard
Oppening my chanel on youtube with your game.
This game feels so elegantly designed.
I love how the main goal is completely independent of the enemies; purely just about building the shrine. All the negative effects of 'enemies existing' suddenly turn into resources, like 'spending' health on a turn by not fighting in exchange for building supplies was such a great tactical decision.
I also love that you're gated not solely by mana like many other deckbuilders, but by # of cards per turn. It felt very "into the breach" if that makes sense.
The card-gating makes it a lot more accessible to plan a single turn, but also much more difficult/interesting to plan a deck. I can say "What are the exact 3 cards I want to play this turn" without needing to worry about optimizing or missing some insane 10 card combo, but I also don't get any "freebies" like in Slay the Spire with their 0 cost cards. This made basically every card addition a much more tactical choice for me.
It feels like each "unit" of content is so efficient. Like, I can imagine once you had the core mechanics in place, it probably felt like the content flowed from your fingertips when you spun up different enemies and cards!
I played the hell out of this game; I really love it. The fact that you made this for a game jam is a testament to how efficient the design is.
How did you come up with the idea for the core mechanics? Do you play a lot of deckbuilders? Is there another game/games with similar mechanics that provided some inspiration?
Anyway, awesome game!
My god. You stumped me at first, but I think I might have gotten the hang of this game. Absolutely amazing, will probably play again!
Really nice game! I can certainly see this get expanded into a full version :)
Honestly amazing I have hope you will continue to work on it.
Brilliant game, would definitely play more if you expanded on it. Great job either way!
this is a really fun game! if a longer version was released i would absolutely purchase it :)
Very good game!
This game was absolutely amazing!
I would absolutely purchase a longer version of this.
i was really interested in the setting (and art) for this game, i'd love to see more stuff in the same universe :)
I keep replaying this game over and over again. It's so much fun, even with the limited enemies, cards, and events. Please consider turning this into a full game!
very yes
got this originally from a groupees bundle (build a bundle 33 July 2017, only just got around to redeeming it five years later, lol
This was a really enjoyable little game! The art style was very cute, and I loved how simple it was to understand how to play!
super fun game! i love the artstyle and i'd say the balance isnt too bad at all. I love the artstyle, and the gameplay reminds me a bit of classic 1 player card games! super great, i hope that it becomes a full fledged game in the future.
Awesome game! The challenge is that it's easy at first but the longer you play, the harder it gets. Play too long and you're gonna have a bad time. Nice work on the game, though!
i wish i have the lore of this game
this is really great - really fun gameplay loop, great mechanics, great art, fun music, I could see if the game expanded it could be really popular on mobile. It's really good!
Honestly hope to see this as a full blown game one day it only felt like a level and if work keeps being put into this then id love to see more levels with maybe making it so you would need more supplies each level to beat it but keep the cards from the previous levels as well with the enemies being harder
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A lot of fun, its a great little game!
I love this little gem (I loved it so much to recommend it to multiple friends)! I hope for longer runs though, or even infinite runs :P
Really great game for something made in such a short time.
i had a lot of fun playing it and desperately trying to build my shrine and i hope you keep working on it and polishing it, Its a brilliant concept and one that i hope gets more content in the future
Thank you so much! I'm glad you had fun:) I'd like to expand on the concept, we'll see if I don't get distracted by other game ideas haha
This was a delightful and clever game! First run was very tough. We were barely holding on, as we had nine enemies on the board. Got lucky and was able to claim a card to destroy all enemies, and managed to accumulate enough mana for it. Second run went much smoother!
Thank you!:) nice job beating it! Yeah that card might be a little too strong lol but I'm glad you had fun anyway!
I had a lot of fun ! The sound design and the graphics work very well. Thanks a lot for this experience.
Thank you very much!:)