Very interesting concept, I haven't tried much interactive fiction before, but I enjoyed it. Couldn't get past orc sorcerers on level 2 though. I was wondering about fonts, do you pre-rasterize the ttfs for a given resolution, or is it on the fly?
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It's rasterized into an atlas on first use, and then kept in an in-memory cache for the rest of the program. It's okay, but not good enough for freely scaling the font size in an animation.
Not surprised that's where you got blocked! I spent basically no time making sure the game felt balanced. I need to learn more about RPG balance and pacing for future iterations!