I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I'd been meaning to upload a free print-n-play version for years; this is the motivation for me to finally make that happen. Let me get back to you!
This was awesome! Embric was a huge influence on me when I played it ~10 years ago, and I was delighted to see that there's more where it came from. The character writing is so, so good.
Sounds cool! There's a lot to be said with this sort of minimalist design (I'm thinking about how Love Letter is probably the one tabletop game I own that sees the most play). Looking forward to hearing more about it!
Ooof, I'm getting flashbacks of the Jesse Schell, Jane McGonigal, and Ian Bogost I read back back in college and the frustrations I had with those texts. After everyone in my media classes taking Schell's word as gospel, everyone outside of them thinking that McGonigal's ideas had any merit, seeing those ideas critiqued like this has been therapeutic. This is an awesome manifesto, thanks for making it.
Really incredible, John. The ending sequence - everything that happened after Facet #8 - is going to stick with me for a while. I cried during the final string of encounters.
Funnily enough, I originally tried playing it before you released v1.1, lost to the worm, and gave up. The maps and the general tips at the start of the walkthrough with this version were enough to get me up to par, so thanks for those! Was able to beat it on classic difficulty without using either dream catcher
The story was deeply affecting despite (or due to?) its minimalist nature, and you push RM2003's mechanics beyond their limits.I'm really glad I got the chance to play this game - thank you for making it.
Me during the first two stages: Okay, this isn't so hard! Me during stage 4: NNNNNNGGGGHHH
Really nice use of the spider theming in a way that feels mechanically substantial rather than gimmicky. I especially like growing your web to expand yer territory in the midst of everything else.
Oh, wonderful, thank you! Sorry about the moving tile puzzles - thankfully, they only make a couple brief appearances after the 2nd dungeon. Rot13 for the solution:
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Thank you for the kind words, and congrats on beating it! And yeah, in the real world, Wendy's cards from Booster X would definitely not be allowed in competitive play.
Best score is 19660 so far! I especially enjoyed discovering the new enemy types and being surprised by them. Really liked the small touches like using the ship to navigate the menu.
A bit buggy, for example, I charged the sword, aimed my mouse at the Squizard, and clicked the mouse, but the lich didn't rotate the sword, and I wasted the spell, which was frustrating. Otherwise, great music, and great Squizard. Organic feeling sword-swinging is always a plus!
This was a really good combination of mechanics, combined with interesting flavor. A tad bit easy, though. Incremental difficulty of some kind would have been good, the game actually gets easier over time as you turn hunters to stone faster than they spawn. Got 50 moments.
My best was 47. I loved the narration at the beginning, and I love your solution to "what a hoof!" Character design is sexy. Gameplay does get pretty interesting as time goes on, but it takes a while to get there, and its frustrating that the difficulty resets when the cake gets eaten'd. I wish that it get harder faster and stayed hard. Otherwise, easily one of the top entries I've played so far!
I wish I could swing the tentacles themselves instead of just waiting for the Kraken to gently touch peeps. Otherwise, nice water. Great graphic style. The music track was perfect.
Played it for ~300 seconds, didn't die. Obviously, the game would benefit from difficulty progression, if you were to revisit it. Looks and feels wonderful, though.
I didn't think that there was enough content to justify 10 waves, but that Wendigo animation is wonderfully creepy. I felt this disturbing satisfaction every time the child's mind darkened.
Nice models, but I wish I could view parts of each scene up close and in more detail! It's an interesting little world you have made - it leaves me wanting to interact more with it.
