Thanks so much for playing, and for taking the time to comment, and make a video! I really appreciated being able to watch someone play and talk through their thoughts : )
I actually made a game inspired by some of your stuff that is about translating alien speech audio. I actually thought this game might be about that when you first posted it! It'd be really wild to do something like that more proceedurally.
Hi! Thanks for taking the time to write a comment 💗
The new drawing behavior was actually deliberate based on watching some in-person playtests. I think it's the least confusing for new players.
But I think you're totally right about having flexibility there, and it's really cool to hear your strategies : )
I think the best solution would be to leave the current thing as the default drawing behavior, but then have another hotkey that draws up to 3 busts for advanced players like you. And then also leave the draw 1 button as right click, or another hotkey.
I'll get these in on the next update. Thanks for playing! Those are some mega scores 👁️
Thank you for playing, and for taking the time to write feedback : )
Your comment about going through many reasonable sounding sentences is great feedback. Since I made this game rather quickly I didn't actually think that through. I do think the game would be better if that weren't the case. Having less words with the right amount of letters would help, while balancing that with having the unused words still being evocative.
Thank you so much for playing and for leaving such a thoughtful comment - i really appreciate it 💗
I agree with both your feedbacks! I might prototype the scoring animation increase. Something about the current one feels old fashioned/analogue in an interesting way - just like a poker machine hehe.
I'd like to redo it as the same song, but a slightly better recording.
I'm definitely considering releasing it for mobile. I like mobile games a lot and I usually design things to fit on a lot of form factors. I can actually play this one on my phone already in a browser, with a bit of jankiness - I'll probably fix that sizing stuff soon. My current plans are to maybe add a "Daily" challenge mode, and another mode I have in mind where you start with less cards but can grow your deck.
Thanks for letting me know. As far as I know there isn't a bug there. It's possible to calculate for yourself using the starting cards (you start with 9 busts in your deck) and the number underneath the deck (which tells you how many cards remain in your draw pile).
Thank you! I (mickey) really appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment like this 💗
New Beings is currently myself and Brendan, but I've done a lot of solo dev this year, which I always try to note in the comments. This game, First Contact Department, and Possibility Space, are all solo jams I did this year. I am also mostly solo on Order Automatica.
Yea, it's been a productive year for me! Just feeling inspired I guess : ) I've got my workflow down quite solidly too, which has been helpful.
The stuff on your page looks very nice - I will check it out!
