Hi!! Spent some time playing it and liked the concept. Super cool and has potential.
I ran a quick QA and UX pass and can share a couple of notes that might help:
About movement readability: It took me a while to understand movement patterns so I found extra hard to predict and it got confusing.
A suggestion would be to maybe add some kind of visual telegraphing for future paths like 2-3 moves ahead or just simplify movement so that each type of character sticks to recognizable movements. Just like chess.
Now about the UI Viewport: Some HUD elements were past the screen edges so I could not actually see them or access.

I logged the full report in Notion if you ever want to check it out.
Awesome work so far!!

I’ve cleared the demo. I’m a hardcore fan of grid-based tactics games, and this combination of authentic chess-like movement is incredibly fresh. The shared buff selection each round is a standout feature, and the various characters and overall combat flow are engaging. I just played through in one sitting.

Here are some thoughts or bugs:

1. Character selection at the beginning needs clearer role indicators: melee, ranged, support? or which chess piece their movement resembles (rook, bishop, knight?). Otherwise it’s just blind picking.

2. End Turn actually means “save energy and proceed to next round.” It needs clearer explanation to avoid being mistaken for a mandatory “finish your turn” button.

3. Characters with remaining energy need UI indicators. The “restore 2 energy points per turn” mechanic also needs to be explained.

4. During player turns, enemy movement and attack ranges should be clickable or hover-previewable. Memorizing every enemy pattern is unrealistic.

5. Dice rolls may conflict with damage randomness logic. I rolled a 20 but only dealt 11 damage, it was confusing. Showing dice values doesn’t feel essential, removing them entirely might actually be clearer.

6. [Bug] Life Steal tooltip shows “25” without the “%” symbol. Seems all percentage tooltips have display issues.

7. [Bug] When already having three cards later in the game, choosing “New Card” costs money but doesn’t open the draw interface.

For a full game, I’d suggest expanding beyond this core loop some meta-progression: upgrades, or story elements would strengthen replayability. I’ve always considered grid-based tactics a niche genre, but the recent explosion of Mewgenics proves its vitality. I’m confident your game will make a strong impression too!

If you’re interested, you can try my game: https://gamefang.itch.io/tramp-become-president

Congrats on the launch! 🎉 Dungeon Chess sounds like an interesting concept. I’d be curious to see how the chess mechanics work with the dungeon setting. Good luck with the playtesting! 🎮

Hi, I played your game. Here is a video recording of my playing: 

If you would like to play my game you can find it here: https://simenhs.itch.io/hexatown 

If you could record yourselfe playing as well that would be really helpfull

Great game overall. It has a lot of potential. Here is some feedback:

- A tutorial would be nice.

- Fonts are too small cant see my health.

- It seems you are not a native english speaker. You can use chatgpt to translate your game context-aware.

If you want to try my game: https://frostpunchinteractive.itch.io/crucible-of-acceptance

Hello!

We ended up playing your game, and made a YouTube video, so you can get an idea of the first time user experience:

We enjoyed the game overall! Here’s some extra feedback in case it helps:

• The first selection we got was the same character 3 times. It happens in true randomness! But it would be much better if we were offered unique choices of characters.
• Levels were fun, enemies were challenging! Nice to see different enemies have different behaviours and attack patterns!
• It would be nice if every few levels there was a boss level (unless there is and we missed it?) or something extra challenging.
• It would be more fun if we got more characters overall, I guess that would break the balance of the game, but it felt very difficult to get three of the same character to try out the fusion. Maybe the user can get more characters, but they can only place a certain limit of them on the map?
• Sprites for the characters are AMAZING!

This is an alpha version isn’t it? Some of the stuff mentioned above might already be on the roadmap, but worth mentioning them just in case!

We had a good time overall, thank you for working on this game 😁

Really love seeing such a supportive and constructive interaction here! The game concept and art look super promising, and it's great to see how actively you're working with the community's feedback. Best of luck with the development!

Very well made for an alpha version! The visuals are great and I like the character variation.

Some points of feedback I've gathered:

• I'd like to see the character info (name, set of moves, full image etc) automatically when it's that character's turn. It's nice to have that info when you click the character but I think it's more convenient to show it by default.
• The way the game handles the roll results seems a little too forgiving. If I get a 20 it's full damage, if it's anything between 1 and 20 it's slightly less damage, and only if it's 1 there's no damage. Maybe set a threshold for each roll to execute the attack with success. Plus this threshold needs to take range into account, because it felt very easy to fire with the mage from long distance.
• Bug(?) - The frog's pull ability works on allies too and not just enemies. I don't know if it's by design or not.
• The cards you get at the beginning are random which is good, but it doesn't feel good to see the same character multiple times, especially if it's your first run. I think it's worth preventing that and making sure the player gets different characters.

Overall I really liked it, lots of potential.

If you want to check out my game, it's technically finished but I'm always happy to hear feedback: https://mr-pickles-12.itch.io/ironguard-inc