The art is great and I do like the idea, but dear god is escaping way to difficult. Max Vigor, Max technique, max Drive = 5 mins of trying escape with 1 energy left meaning you get eaten again immediately. And get to spend another 10 min just to have it happen again. Is much easier and faster to just start over after being eaten by a pred and go find another one than to even bother trying to escape.
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Balance is always a concern and I try to make small adjustments if there are issues. For the latest update I heard Neko was too tough, but you're saying all predators? With Vigor and Technique maxed, the success rate in the game ranges from 90% to at worst 75%. Pure RNG probably isn't great, but to get 4 successful attempts out of 8 with those odds shouldn't be too difficult. Sometimes you get a -1 to progress, but that should be rare, unless something else is happening that I'm not aware of.
If you have a specific suggestion as to how it could be easier I can consider it.
A reminder that you can take advantage of Simple Load if you do want to keep your progress while doing this instead of totally starting over. Simple Load will put Amelia outside on the space containing her diary.
I hit the snake as first predator and wrote the comment venting my frustrations there. I got away but only when I finally got a situation where I was able to fully rest up prior to the mouth. It took like 10 attempts to just get out the fist time and then was swallowed back immedidately for that and the next 3 times I got out. Maybe have the sanke only auto swallow you if you stay?
Yes that is the strategy that you need to rest up before the final push, otherwise the escape attempt will likely end in failure.
Snake is unique this way where you need to escape with extra energy or get caught again, no other predators do this (yet). Because it's unique, I intend to keep it that way instead of reducing the content in the game. However, I can revisit Snake and consider other alternatives. I may either increase the success rate or adjust energy costs. Normally the minimum energy to escape is 1, but that can be lowered a bit more just for Snake. Thanks for your input!