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when i replay a level after having improved my stats and then use the exact same strategy i get steamrolled and i dont understand why

the aiming is pretty fiddly and it has anti-synergy with a lot of the upgrades.  e.g. you are incentivized to move fast, but it is practically impossible to aim while moving.

instead of the current aiming that moves a target around discrete points along the edge of the screen, i would suggest just using the OS native mouse cursor to let us aim with much finer control and have the dotted line extend in the direction of the mouse cursor.  otherwise the only effective way to play is to stay still and carefully snipe.

fun concept though!

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edit: also this choice of font for the itch page is extremely difficult to read at high resolutions

right on!  you've nailed the vibe and polish and i wish ya the best of luck

I love the concept but so much of the gameplay seems to be arbitrary.  There's no deck manipulation, discards, or changing the field of play.  Instead of a shop there's a random roll for relics.

It seems to be going for more of an incremental vibe, but that hurts the game when providing opportunity for strategic decision-making at those points of randomness would add a lot to it.

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how do you know that using a third buff unlocks the chef hat?  where does it say that?  are there other hats?  are there other unlocks?

it'd be nice if the guaranteed legendary fish catch didn't require being on the bridge, since i am at the point where the only fish i care about are Expedition fish

after the most recent reload i can't seem to press 1, 2, 3, 4 to get those windows to appear.  clicking the visible buttons works but that means i cant get to the windows for places i'm not currently at.  might only be happening in Expeditions (that's where i'm at and i don't want to leave to check.  edit: another reload fixed it 🤷‍♂️

it would be nice to have the buttons for each window always visible and in the same place regardless of what screen we're on!

fastest way to get golden popcorn is to equip a fish that gives +% to golden popcorn (in Expedition tab, only fishable in expedition worlds) and a fash that increases collection range then let it run over night.  upgrade golden popcorn value to ~50 before buying any upgrades that do anything other than get you more golden popcorn

it still takes a long time but now if i let it run overnight i get billions

how do you rebirb Dave?  i have him up to lvl158 and dont see the option

as a counterpoint, it also seemed to fix the bug that made my game run at 2x speed nonstop lol

it was nice while it lasted

holy cow forreal?  i definitely never noticed that

woah!  i've been there a bunch and never noticed it.  thanks

i have to agree, the golden popcorn is a real time sink.  i notice the only expedition health regen upgrades are in that tree so it needs to be prioritized but it takes forever.  i hope there's passive golden popcorn eventually but i haven't found it.

how do you do a Parrot Rebirb?

there is an Expedition category for fish but i have maxed out rods/bait/tackle/migration10 without finding any.  are they in the game?

some expedition feedback for polishing:

1) parrot autotargetting often gets screwed up.  the parrot will regularly fly to a group of enemies that are within the circle, kill one, fly back to me, then fly back to the same group to kill the rest.  this is only inefficient until world3 where with ranged damage it can cause the parrot to throw what would otherwise be a winnable fight.

2) the autotarget circle is inaccurate.  especially at corners, enemies that are well within the circle are sometimes treated as if they are not.

3) click-to-move is fiddly.  i never land where i actually click but in a randomly(?) chosen position diagonal from where i clicked.  this can make it a little frustrating putting the autotarget circle exactly where i want.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4364930/Birb/

oh the lag was in the social media game!

yes windows via the itch launcher, and it installs/plays fine!

the game slows to a crawl after a few turns but it's an interesting idea that i hope you expand upon!  i'm playing in the browser

Bug: Installing via the Itch launcher seems to install an installer that needs to be run to install it.  If you choose to install it in the same location you can still launch it from the launcher, though!

nevermind, it is done with [m].  the only way i could get it to happen was by turning on live formatting

it's not possible to make highlighted text as in the X2 in photograph which is white text surrounded by red

interesting, thanks!

please don't block autoclickers when making this type of game.  there's no reason for it.  this is single player, no one is losing.

Download link appears to be missing

Feedback: "Feed" and "Auto" do the opposite of what I'd expect.  I'd expect "Feed" to feed and nothing else; I'd expect "Auto" to automatically feed until the limit is reached.

How do you open the Settings menu?  I can't seem to find a button for that in the game.  Thanks

Is the Seagull supposed to catch fish when you're not there?  My Fish/hr is always 0 unless I'm on the bridge.  I thought Seagull was supposed to always be catching?

please go on

Bump

I couldn't figure out how to design something.  Tried clicking the components on the left, clicking in the middle, etc.

can we just get a link without having to go to the discord?

bug: the Active dots get stuck on/off and stop responding.  makes it tedious to figure out which are actually active.  persists between new lives and reloading the tab.  firefox

the autoskill logic is a little wonky but this is a neat followup to the space game!

oh not at all!  it was a great demo

I'm losing affinity when sending knights on some missions.  The game did tell me that I'll want to line up knight personality with appropriate missions, but I cannot tell how to actually do that.  I made sure their skills lined up.

How do I learn what knights are appropriate for what missions?

edit: yeah this is a little frustrating. i'm even looking at their bios to be sure the mission type seems appropriate for them, but sometimes a mission goes from success to failure due to a mismatch that i cannot identify.  this needs some tweaking.

i disable all notifications for every discord i join.  it makes it much better.

the 64bit windows version was updated here yesterday