I’d played a couple of games inspired by this – so I thought I ought to check out the original. And wow, I can see why it’s inspired so many people! It’s rare to create a new genre and captivate people so; I’m really impressed by how simple yet unique the concept is.
I’ve bought the game on Steam (it’s a shame you can’t buy on Itch!) : )
This was really fun. I thought I’d found a winning strategy when I was in a room with only one entrance…and then enemies destroyed the walls. What a glorious moment!
I love how you’ve consrainted yourself to 1d, and managed to make it work really nicely. The items are interesting, and learning how to beat the different enemy types is fun.
The controls are intuitive, and I really appreciate that there are hints for the controls in-game (e.g. it tells you F picks up when you are standing on a weapon).
This game is incredible! I love how interesting the item placement in the backpack becomes. It’s a fun puzzle trying to work out how to get the best of all items.
This movement + rock/paper/scissors idea is a neat mechanic. It looks really nice too. I died by arriving to the last level with only 4 steps remaining, I’m going in again, wish me luck this time!
I like how finding items in chests and defeating enemies awards you those letters. It’s exciting to find a “Card Pack” in a chest, for example, and there’s no need to code specific effects for every item!
I found myself using the same attack a lot at the start. I know I unlock more as I defeat enemies, but I would have liked to start with 3 or 4, allowing me to pick which letters I use, and how much damage I deal.
This is a really cool idea! I love how you go improving your board as you descend; it’s a great implementation of levelling up. I really enjoyed trying to figure out what the custom pieces do.
This is a really cool idea! I like how the two sides of each card are related to each other in some way. It feels very natural to switch between a cute dog and a big bad wolf. I’m impressed this was a game jam entry!
I think it’s a good concept, and I enjoyed this. You have to split your time between damaging enemies yourself, and building up your defences. I would have liked a longer game!
I did find there to be too many resources, I never managed to find out how to make stone for the stone turret.
I think it would be fun if my human was off adventuring, whilst the pet does their best to protect and support them. I look forward to seeing how the game develops : )
Nice game, I would have liked to play more than 6 chambers! I couldn’t work out what the yellow stars on the dice and door mean, I’ll have to play some more : )
This game is beautiful! I am in love with the way the level “unwraps” when you enter it.
When I opened the game, saw some scissors on the floor, and a paper enemy, I immediately knew what I was meant to do. I love games which draw on common knowledge like that. When the more advanced items start appearing, it’s a good challenge to try and work out what their weaknesses are. My current score is only 33, but I’ll be playing more : )
This is a cool addition to the Wordle trend. It’s clever how the strength of the guess informs the difficulty of the roguelike portion.
I would like some more gameplay to the roguelike part: right now can either kill the enemies or not (I think?). Maybe the possibility to skip enemies by going to the exit, however you must include enemies you don’t kill in your guesses – meaning your next guess will also be wrong. Or something?
This is impressive! I love a good deck-builder anyway, but in this one I think you’ve done a good job getting the theme across. I really feel like I’m getting my reactors and weapons online, as I play them in front of me.
I’m glad to see the Wordle and roguelike universes collide. This is really elegant; I love how the game gets harder as you make more guesses. Better get the answer quickly, or life becomes pretty difficult.
I really enjoyed this. I found the first level tricky to work out, but it was just the right level of challenge for me. Once I got it, the other levels were not quite so hard, but still enjoyable.
Impressive for a <48 hour job! I’d love to see the game developed more.
This is good fun, the idea of staying in the acceptable range is clever - and it gives you a chance to rectify any mistakes you make. I don’t think I have the coordination to use WASD and arrow keys independently, so I didn’t get all that far…but I’m diving in again. Wish me luck : )
As a lover of RTS games and puzzle games, Magic Frontier is right up my alley! Although the screenshots look like your typical RTS, it’s a deterministic and clever puzzle game. I truly love the concept behind this game.
