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Nice little game, its definitely worth reading through everything to pick up all the little jokes.

The user interface was very intuitive and easy to use! Great job with that. There was a small issue which only appears to happen when downloading and running the game through the itch.io app. Dialogue was being cut off at the bottom of the screen. I had to quit and play it in the browser instead where it worked correctly.

To answer your questions I have to admit I didn't get to an ending, I don't know if it was because I took the wrong path, Threw the wrong item into the lake or stopped paying the beggars? I played the Cleric briefly on my first attempt and the Goth on my second. I would have to say the Goth was my favorite due to "the cure" spell! I think there were other funny things about it too that I cannot recall.

I think the game could be greatly improved by either making it shorter or adding more variety. I started out really enjoying the map, combat and characters. But, as it went on I found myself thinking "does this ever end". I thought it might even be a troll that purposely never ends haha! I ended up just quitting the game as I was steam rolling all the combat and it was getting a bit repetitive.

All in all you have a nice little game here, with a little work balancing out the pacing I think it could be really fun.

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Robert from High Tower Games55 days ago

Thanks for the detailed feedback!

I know exactly what you're talking about with the bottom of the screen being cut off. Some of my other games shipped via nw.js, which is similar to Electron, which the itch.io app uses. Long story short, device scaling throws a wrench in resolution. It's fairly easy to disable, but if I'm honest I didn't think about this game ever running via Electron! I'll see about putting some guards against that in, thanks.

I also see what you mean about the pacing. I had intended for the run-up to the bosses to be a bit of an endurance challenge. The Goth can probably go forever though, provided you find a way to occasionally recover MP (like the Swamp Blessing). I do promise it's not a troll though. But given the tone of the game, I totally see how someone could think that! The endgame should trigger at around 330 exp.

Thanks again for playing! At some point I may take another look at the pacing, especially in the run-up to the endgame. You know, amusingly, I was actually worried it was too short and have been trying to think of ways to go beyond level 5 without breaking things. I guess I read that one wrong.

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