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Eakka Labs12 days ago

Thanks a lot for the detailed feedback!

I actually don't mind having to do a couple of runs before reaching a bigger upgrade, as long as that upgrade feels genuinely game-changing when you get it. Things like Mend or Camp Recovery were meant to work exactly like that.

I'm a bit less convinced by the idea of adding lots of smaller upgrades, because I think there's a risk of making each individual choice feel less meaningful. That said, I definitely understand the pacing issue you’re describing.

I originally planned some active abilities during combat to give the player something to do between upgrades, but that was one of the things I had to cut to finish the game in time.

Thanks for sticking with it and for the thoughtful feedback!

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Dashing Strike12 days ago(+1)

Yep, that's fair.  Mend and Camp Recovery did feel big when I got them.

Oh, one related thing I thought of while I was playing, but forgot to write... there was a weird balance where quite a few of the survivability upgrades hurt my gold-per-minute - I found that if I got slightly more HP or armor, I'd now kill the same number of enemies, but take longer to die against the next room's worth, so I had to be very careful when buying those or it would feel like a step backwards (until, of course, I could afford enough to beat the boss).  Not terrible (as it made me think about my upgrades more), just felt a little weird.  Not sure I have any suggestion there, except maybe a single "abort run" action you could trigger when you know you've lost.

Active abilities, of course, would make everything more engaging, but I understand the scope of a jam game =).

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Eakka Labs11 days ago

That's actually a really good point, and something I hadn't considered.

You can end up clearly being stronger and surviving longer, but if it's still not enough to beat the next enemy, that extra progress doesn't really give you anything and the run just takes longer.

An abort run option would solve that pretty cleanly, and it should also be very simple to implement. Really good suggestion, thanks!

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