rogue'like' is a random game everytime with the same core gamplay loop, are you looking for rogue'lite' where you get meta progression to help enhance a later run
I agree that AI art often takes from artists’ work, which is valid. However, this isn't the case here. The game developer has stated that they can't spend money to commission art at this stage of development, I assume their focus is on gameplay and the unique style they want to create. They’re choosing AI-generated art because it allows them to maintain that unique style while keeping their costs manageable.
Saying, 'If you can rig a model, you can make a scene, and if you can make a scene, you can make an illustration for your card' oversimplifies the process. It's like saying, 'If you can drive a car, you can drive a bus, and if you can drive a bus, you can drive a truck.' In reality, each of those tasks requires different skills, time, and experience. Creating art for a game, especially when trying to maintain a unique style and updates, is a hard thing that can't always be replaced by an asset.
While free or paid assets are an option, they often don’t offer the flexibility or originality that a developer might need to create something distinct. AI art, while imperfect, can provide a compromise in this situation
But what if the free assets don’t include a guy in a suit with facial hair holding a bottle of anti-fungal lotion? With free assets, you don’t actually own them—you just use them. Same goes for AI art—at least in the U.S., no one holds the copyright. If you've ever scrolled through roguelikes on Itch for hours, you know how tiring it gets seeing the same free assets over and over. free assets tend to show the difference between a well-worked-on game and somebody's practice code. This game is a great card game that plans on making art, but they simply don't seem to have the time, and or the money.
why is everyone hating on ai art, if I knew how to make a game I would use it too, not because I advocate everything as ai, but bc I'm insecure about my bad drawing. i get that art is better when done by hand, but quit acting like this doesn't get the point across. its a goofy game, lets be goofy.
cool concept, not the best gameplay loop, could use a core gameplay restructure, such as destinations, or days, caves, more mobs, goals, upgrades, fog/ max sight range. ik most of these you may have thought of, just feedback if this will become anything more than a game jam game. needs a better mining system, jumping and mining is hard, and doesn't fit the freedom of unlimited jumps.
upgrades for buffs would be cool, like a one-time upgrade that made dice roll again on a bad roll, or for clovers to add a chance to activate chance-based effects twice. Donuts could receive a chance to make a weapon attack an extra time. all of these could require 3 of said buff.
a legendary that upgrades the ability of the weapon it is put on, knife giving every weapon after a chance to crit or 15% increased damage, banana give non bananas an extra attack. ect...
please make a grouping symbol for buffs to quickly see wat buffs are stacking onto a single weapon, i cant tell if buffs only stack with like buffs or can i use a dice and a doughnut
wish I could, but I can't download games, I can only play on browser itch.io games. i'm sure you'll take it somewhere and fix the subtle bugs and balance. also cheat codes would be nice to test limits and just have fun.
i agree that at 100% accuracy i miss alot, i can think of two fixes, one being that the flame explosion lands on the enemy you are targeting 100% of the time or to increase the hit-box size of the targeted enemy. i think increasing the size of the targeted enemy's hit-box would also help with round one bc i remember a while ago i died round one due to bad accuracy. or just keep it how it is, this is just feedback.
hey uh, my comment got removed from the ball suggestion vid, its probably bc i use a school email for YT,but even if i donlt get the ball i want ill still put it here bc i thought it was a good idea.
you Should ask "Lectvs_" on itch to use a ball from his game "Auto Balls", it might not do any thing special but it could be a new tier, or maybe they could spin around the pit like in auto balls.
and maybe with a bit of convincing Lectvs_ might update my favorite game.
unrelated, you comented asking how to get a secret in an idle ball game, i ask you to please go along with it to trick others. just say "Thanks for the advice" and that you're glad that you got the secret or sumn. the real secret is just getting a rainbow ball outside of the map.
get 59 rainbow balls in one sell, then you get a secret, i searced for about 2 hours on a max account and found it by goofing around, but it asks that you leave the prize secret. get it yourself :)
was going to say this reminds me of my favorite idle game on itch but its also made by you which makes sense, make this mobile and add transactions and optional adds for bonus dwarves and this gets far.
keeps freezing after 5-45 minutes of gameplay, i play on a dell chromebook. i play games that take more power than this so i dont beleive that is the issue but you could prove me wrong
the game uses internet to find a recent build someone did, back when this demo recieved updates, you would notice that the people you would fight the same person more than usual.
I haveonly tried to play without internet once and it didnt work. so i cant confirm.
