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Okay, I'm getting extremely frustrated with the itch.io menu options of "View all by Thejaspel/Following Thejapsel" etc. getting in the way and causing me to accidentally screw up everything by losing a game I got too deep into to save.

Before I buy, I need to know:

1. Is there an actual story mode? Or an ending? Something to aspire toward? Or is it all just infinite delving until you drop?

2. Is there a sale coming soon? No hard feelings but $17 feeds my family for the evening. I won't spend that much on a maybe.

I'm impressed so far, really am, but need to know more before I make the plunge.

GangsRobin1 year ago(+2)

The story mode is still in active development, but there will be one, no concrete time frame but we are aiming for end of summer at the earliest for the full town mode to be done. The paid version also has over 3 times the amount of content as the itch demo, with over 800 items and 5 playable characters, all with unique mechanics and challenge runs.

and as of right now the game is 20% off on steam right now and through the summer sale - we started our sale early to celebrate reaching 3000 reviews on steam. If you want to hold off until the town is implemented I imagine we will be having a sale for our 1.0 launch.

Ponydragon1 year ago

Why do you not play in fullscreen? There is a button on lower right corner.

Or you can zoom the page in maybe, so the thing gets scrolled away.

And you can always inspect the element with right click and then right click the line and select hide, so it is not visible anymore.

Compared to similar games, the games is worth the money.

This is demo version and they changed game play several times. Like the curses and money and how certain items work. And I guess it might change several times till full release.

I do not know what to expect from announced story mode. The thing to aspire to with Slay the Spire was actually be able to beat the boss after the endboss. The level structure is basically exactly the same as with StS. But here after 3rd boss there is endless mode. You might wanna check out the discord for more current information on what is happening or being planned for the story mode.

Ryarod1 year ago

Ponydragon, I hadn't known there was a fullscreen option until you brought my attention to it. I've been playing it that way ever since. Thank you. I don't know what Slay the Spire is, so I am not qualified to comment.

After learning about Discord's history I don't go there anymore, but I do consider myself looking to Backpack hero with significant interest.

Ponydragon1 year ago

Spire is an older game that popularized or even introduced this kind of rogue like setup, but with a deck of cards instead of a bag of items.