Thank you so much for the feedback!
I am currently working on an update fixing the difficulty curve, and I totally agree that the games go on for too long atm, and that the most fun is had close to the VOID.
The idea of multiple diffidulties is really good! I'll have to try it!
Thank you for finding the bug, think I found a fix :)
and Thank you so much for playing! I'm really happy you enjoyed the game :)
Thanks for getting back! Very nice to hear an update is in the works focusing on difficulty balance.
I do feel like the game has all the ingredients to be very replayable (more than most "jam" games) - the design choices are incredibly solid, with so many trade-offs and different resources at odds with each other.
I've given it some further thought so might as well share some ideas in case useful at all:
- Adding additional "dangerous" events like the bear or volcano might be clever, as it would attack two fronts: increase difficulty + add greater variety. Plus, I think it is more interesting dying due to events than simply the VOID moving faster and faster
- On the same point, new "dangerous" events could cause you to lose a random ability - this would be a new type of setback to deal with in addition to food and water
- Since you have the coding in for "cycles", these could probably be used to tweak ramp-up of the VOID. This means being efficient from the start gives you an advantage, which is nice
- Might be worth giving bonus points proportional to time you take to get to the next altar? This incentives sticking to the game's goal and finding the best path towards the altar. Speaking of altars, I'm not sure how many generate at once, but might be worth only 1 (or 2?) generate at once?
Finally, would highly appreciate you keep putting up Mac builds =) (I am more often on that)
Cheers!
I am super greatful for your feedback!
Great suggestions all around! The way the next patch tackles difficulty, is by decreasing the spawn-chance of some events the further you get, so especially food becomes more scarce, but "dangerous" events don't.
Having more "dangerous" events (snake, troll, geiser...) is a great idea, I might even increasing their spawn-chance over time :)
For now I won't introduce anything that takes away upgrades, but it is definitely a good option, game-play wise.
Decreasing the spawn-rate of alters, while giving bonus points for finding them, is a good idea. I do feel they are a bit too easy to find and get to.
Also I will keep posting Mac builds :D I just hope they work! (have no way of testing them)
