Post by wburd in Lightward: keep the lantern lit — 5–10 playtesters wanted [Free browser]

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B29

The game took about 20 seconds to start on Chrome - Desktop PC. It never failed at any stage.

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Merging took me a second to figure out but everything else made sense - perhaps a small note like you have for recruit etc. would help

The enemy having a healer in stage 3/4 was quite frustrating but not because it was healing, more so because I was unable to target the healer instead of only attacking the slimes in the front. I actually ended up getting stuck on Level 4 because I couldn't out-damage the healing with a Level 2 Guard, 2 Level 3 Mages and a Level 2 Healer. I killed 1 slime, but with 2 remaining the healer's heals were too much.

As mentioned above I got to Stage 4 - I would definitely be interested in playing some more in the future!

I've also got a playtest up - no pressure to do so - but if you wanted to take a look it would be hugely appreciated.

Hope this helps!

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truemeat0015 days ago

Thanks for giving B29 a try, wburd, and for the detailed feedback! It's helpful to know that it started in about 20 seconds on desktop Chrome without loading failures.

A short merge hint sounds useful, especially since the other actions already have prompts.

The Stage 4 healer fight is the main concern in your report. With the party you described, being stuck attacking the front slimes without a clear way to deal with the healer sounds frustrating. The exact party composition is useful for checking the encounter balance and how targeting is explained.

Do you remember whether your two Mages were in the front or back slots when you got stuck? That would help reproduce the situation.

Thanks again—I'm glad you'd be interested in playing more! You're welcome to share the link to your playtest too.

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wburd5 days ago(+1)

After playing for a while I realised I could hover over the enemies and it showed they had a large magical resistance so i replaced them with rangers which made it make a LOT more sense. I think a hint perhaps saying this would make that little tidbit of information easier to find and adapt your team to.

https://wburd.itch.io/stack-and-sigil is my link :)

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