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Just a heads up, I'm eagerly looking forward to the balancing changes, and I just reinstalled the game on my play date to make sure I wasn't missing anything, but I tested it and it looks like they haven't been pushed to the catalog version yet. Melee damage, for example, hasn't been modified. Not sure what the turnaround time is for catalog updates, but wanted to let you know. 

Just finished regular mode, now playing challenge - what an amazing game! The game play is terrific and fully incorporates the crank into both combat and puzzles seamlessly; the dungeons are delightful, and everything else screams polish. Easily the best RPG/adventure since Ratcheteer, hands down, without a doubt. Amazing that so much was able to be accomplished with the Pulp engine.

I hear what you're saying, i just feel like the zelda-esque map suggests the world have its own Kakoriko, lost woods, etcetera. But that's just my preference. I really appreciated the flavor text of resonant tale, but I get that this is a totally different, more old-school inspiration then that, and I respect that.

Can't wait to see what you do next!

I just fought the first boss, and I had to sign on to itch to make sure you actually made this using pulp. I am shocked you managed to do so much with the pulp engine! Its so polished and smooth , with such detail and embellishment, it feels like a completely different engine. I cannot wait to play every single aspect of this game. Well done.

Lolife is a fantastic addition to the playdate catalog and a worth spiritual sequel to Resonant Tale. Orange Thief is able to pack a ton of game into a tiny package, and the addition of plenty of secrets, cheat codes, easter eggs, and accomplishments give the game huge replay value. A completionist will find themselves investing as much time into this as Ratcheteer or any of the best playdate titles. The relatively simplistic pulp engine graphics conceal a game as polished and enjoyable as the best games  that the playdate has to offer.

Orange Thief has, once again, demonstrated a mastery of the Pulp engine. A must buy for RPG, adventure, or zelda fans.

I would love to see the world map updated to give names to the villages, castle, graveyard, forest, etcetera - adding some canon flavor text would be a great little added touch that wouldn't require any code but would make the world feel more fleshed out.

spoiler alert, NOWHERE NEAR the top 9, yikes!

You can now see your high score and where it stacks up against the top 9 players!

I've been waiting for playdate catalog to let me update the game to see the changes, but my download tab in my playdate still says there are no updates to install, unfortunately.

I did, I've made it to main deck 8 but died before I could escape 😢

Sidenote, I noticed the credit payout for taking out high level void enemies far surpasses the bonus points you get for items or for killing basic enemies, but i wasnt sure if many players get that deep so I wasn't sure if that is actually a problem, or if it is just a feature. 

Oh man, i hope my suggestions are good 😬

Ok!

Removing the 1 hit kill damage threshold may require lowering hp of main deck enemies.

Bug issue: mine layer causing crashes. It seems like when i use the mine layer to score kills, it corrupts something in my game file  causing the level to crash either after killing 6ish enemies with mines. 

Also maybe the time crystal thing that adds a turn seems to be linked to crashes.

A few balance suggestions:

1.  Get rid of the 1 hit kill feature for guns. The flamethrower, explosive launcher, and bullets that pierce through and hit the enemy behind the first target all insta kill any enemy. This is hugely imbalancing for the leveling system. There is no point in putting points into accuracy if late game weapons do infinite damage. There is also no point in leveling strength if firearms do infinite damage. With 1 KO guns the only viable build is perception.

2. Strength should increase max AND min damage. My end game melee weapons are dealing an avg 21 per hit with a melee build. End game guns leveled deal ROUGHLY avg 70/ shot, assuming they arent 1 hit KO.  That outclasses melee so much it makes strength builds pointless. Yes, melee benefits from not running out of ammo, but it is so weak that the extra time spent fighting an enemy drains your O2 and Mind stats.

3.  MAYBE --- Reduce the gun drop rate and increase ammo capacity for guns by a proportional amount. Right now, because end game guns are so powerful, there is no point in boosting accuracy, when you can just find a top tier gun instead. Dumping everything into perception ensures a steady supply of top firepower and renders accuracy pointless. Making it harder to find guns, but also increasing ammo to ensure guns are still viable, might make Accuracy a more valuable skill relative to perception.