I like the art, but there's not a lot of contrast between the foreground and background so it was pretty hard to tell what was going on a lot of the time
Still managed to beat the boss, but it was kind of funny to unlock "Plus Ultra" with no boss left to fight lol
I failed the first check because I didn't realize the game doesn't take place in the current year lol It was a bit confusing since it looked like everything was ok/there seemed to be a lot of fluff info, but that might just be a me issue
But I do like the concept and presentation quite a bit
Had a lotta fun w/ the ricochet mechanic and the different enemy types The targeting line can lag sometimes (especially if you trigger it while already in bullet-time), but otherwise it's pretty polished
Love the writing and the art, it's very Pizza Tower meets Newgrounds!
I had a good chuckle when I realized the death sound was the Vine boom lol The gameplay was pretty tight, and the extra biscuits were a nice incentive to take riskier paths in the levels
Clear concept, but great execution from the mechanics to the presentation
This might be one of my favorite takes on the theme Loved the variety of card and dice effects and how they combo-ed together
I didn't realize the double score card was a one-time use, so a clearer indicator there would be nice, but this was seriously addicting, like I was becoming a vampire myself lol
Cool to see a fellow Wizard Card Game end up with something so different from ours!
I'd love to see a bit more depth to the gameplay Right now, there's not much in the way of actual risk-taking, and there's not much reason to spam climb and cat sense
Maybe a stamina meter and some obstacles could spice it up? Other than that, was a chill and fun time!
I didn't think games could be cozy and stressful, but you managed to hit that sweet spot!
Appreciated the tutorial The mechanics and presentation are super polished, especially for a 2-person team
Would be cool to see this fleshed out in a way that encouraged more risk-taking. Like maybe instead of set order timers, certain rarer cookies could give more points but have a shorter timer so the player can decide whether or not to go for the easy cookie or the tough one?
The art and music are surprisingly cute and cozy for a brawler! It was fun to just wail on NPCs lol
The movement felt pretty slippery and out of control (which might've been what you were going for) Took me a bit to realize you needed to build up some momentum to punch effectively, but it was pretty fun to just ram into enemies
My only nitpick is that the values for either the goal or the costs/penalties of the tickets might need some balancing During my different playthroughs, the optimal strat was pretty much always to just roll and avoid buying tickets until absolutely necessary, so I didn't feel that risky
It's a cool mix of the two w/ enough of its own twist, big fan of Greg Sometimes the podium detection was a lil wonky when placing cards, but otherwise the game plays pretty smoothly
Cool to see how different your take on "cheating at card games" was from ours!
Our original plan was to have multiple NPCs you could play w/ their own playstyles and scaling difficulty, but unfortunately had to cut for time It's high on our list of things to add if we do a future update!
Took me a sec to realize that some of the rewards were actually usable, but that really unlocked the game for me I love how you mixed drafting, card counting and mazes to fit the theme, it's a very unique take on the concept!
I almost wonder if more predictable AI would lead to more calculated risk-taking from the player Right now it felt a lil more like playing rock-paper-scissors
Other than that, the sfx were nice and crunchy, just needs some music to go with it :)
Definitely wish we had more time for the tutorials/onboarding, especially since each spell is a lil different We might've leaned too heavily on tooltips/hover hints lol
I like the near-miss meter building, though it's a lil unclear what I'm building towards since new wisps just reset the bar and take hits, so there's not currently a ton of incentive to play risky
A scoring system could help encourage that, or maybe bosses that can only be damaged if you've built up enough wisps
I like that all the "upgrades" have meaningful pros and cons to make you weigh the risk
Main two pieces of feedback are: - There's very little contrast between the different sprites and tiles, so it's a bit hard to clearly make out some of the traps - The camera always being exactly centered on the player makes it hard to see ahead or keep track of things in the room
Both of those can sometimes make some of the traps feel unfair when you get hit because you just can't see them
I do think the deck size is a lil large, at least to start The second phase, when cards started flip themselves, was a lil frustrating because I was mainly waiting for the game to reveal a card that I knew where the match was and the actual card flipping felt a bit laggy on web
But I think there's a cool foundation for a more fleshed out game
Very fun retro aesthetic, almost gives me Necrodancer vibes! I really like how you remixed the gameplay of Mine Sweeper
Wish I could play more, but for some reason the game resolution extends past the browser w/ no way to scroll or zoom, so I couldn't actually see the whole map
It definitely was tough squeezing in a detailed enough description into just the button text w/o making the text to small We thought of naming the spells clearer/more generic things like "Peek Card", but really liked the flavor of the more magical spell names
The first loop kind of drags for a while before suddenly ramping up for the missile portion I'd like to see a bit more back-and-forth between these two sides of the game
"Balatro but DVDs" was not something I expected, but it's a pretty addictive loop
Sad I didn't see the message about the missing music on web, because the sound effects and visuals were already pretty polished
My main nitpick is just that you can get a broken build pretty early on and steamroll the rest of the game (also not sure if there's an ending, or if that's the loop part of the game)
We've got a fix for the blurry font in a new build but ran out of time A path preview might be a nice QoL feature to add, just have to see how it affects the difficulty/planning ahead feel we're going for
I'm not sure what you mean by not being able to edit in the middle? If you mean remove some commands in the middle of your queue, you actually can delete individual commands (we should probably highlight that more in the tutorial) If you mean being able to edit in real time while the character is looping, that would kind of break the game/cheese every puzzle (or at least change it from a puzzle game to a reflex game)