Tried to send feeback using the ingame menu, but it said "ConnectionError", so I'll put it here instead.
Having to switch between active skills using hotkeys is really annoying, and makes the game feel like a juggling act that gets in the way of the main gameplay of aiming, timing, and enemy prioritization. So I usually forego alternate skills entirely. Also, when the cooldown gets too fast, you're incentivized to spam click in order to activate it as soon as possible. Honestly, that can even happen at longer cooldowns, because every second you don't use your ability is wasted damage potential.
I feel like both of these issues could be solved by having an autofire toggle of some sort, where you check a box next to the skill icon at the bottom, and it automatically activates at the cursor's position every time it's ready. Maybe even make it so that holding down the mouse button activates the skill as SOON as it's ready.
An alternate way to solve the issue of the player being incentivized to spam click in order to not waste cooldown time would be to allow the player to hold multiple "charges" of skills. That could be a fun thing to make upgradeable as well. If that feels like it would be overkill to have available from the start, maybe the player could still build up to slightly above 100% charge to begin with. 110%? 150%? Something like that. Just to prevent carpal tunnel.
Besides that, it feels disingenuous to not label this as a demo ANYWHERE on the game's page. The entire "features" section is a lie, because none of the stuff listed is actually available in this version. It's a bait and switch, and I feel less inclined to wishlist the full version thanks to that deception.
- I'm sorry for the confusion about the demo version. I'll make it clear on the game page.
- I'm working on a version that you can disable skill confirmation (a.k.a fire skill as soon as you press the key/left click, at the mouse position). It will be out soon.
I feel like that still doesn't solve the issue of the game incentivizing the player to spam click until their finger hurts, but it's a start! I still think a true autofire function would be the easiest approach, but of course, it's not the only one.
Really fun demo! won with bullets, zapper, mines, -not sword. very fun loop
in the mine build it got a bit tedious having to place a mine every second, because if I miss-timed the "q" it wouldnt register and i'd have to re-click. I think forgiving "coyote-time" would be a nice quality of life feature here, where if you click "q" while its on cooldown it should still register at least within ~.3s of it being ready
certain game builds seem vastly underpowered or require upgrades otherwise they perform terribly (mainly, game is nearly impossible without sufficient cooldown upgrades. So make cooldown upgrades more common/consistent to acquire?)
Also, the HP-recovered-from-supplies stat isn't shown.
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This game is like Brotato if it was completely different
Tried to send feeback using the ingame menu, but it said "ConnectionError", so I'll put it here instead.
Having to switch between active skills using hotkeys is really annoying, and makes the game feel like a juggling act that gets in the way of the main gameplay of aiming, timing, and enemy prioritization. So I usually forego alternate skills entirely. Also, when the cooldown gets too fast, you're incentivized to spam click in order to activate it as soon as possible. Honestly, that can even happen at longer cooldowns, because every second you don't use your ability is wasted damage potential.
I feel like both of these issues could be solved by having an autofire toggle of some sort, where you check a box next to the skill icon at the bottom, and it automatically activates at the cursor's position every time it's ready. Maybe even make it so that holding down the mouse button activates the skill as SOON as it's ready.
An alternate way to solve the issue of the player being incentivized to spam click in order to not waste cooldown time would be to allow the player to hold multiple "charges" of skills. That could be a fun thing to make upgradeable as well. If that feels like it would be overkill to have available from the start, maybe the player could still build up to slightly above 100% charge to begin with. 110%? 150%? Something like that. Just to prevent carpal tunnel.
Besides that, it feels disingenuous to not label this as a demo ANYWHERE on the game's page. The entire "features" section is a lie, because none of the stuff listed is actually available in this version. It's a bait and switch, and I feel less inclined to wishlist the full version thanks to that deception.
Hello, thanks for the feedback.
- I'm sorry for the confusion about the demo version. I'll make it clear on the game page.
- I'm working on a version that you can disable skill confirmation (a.k.a fire skill as soon as you press the key/left click, at the mouse position). It will be out soon.
- Also, I'm opening playtest for everyone during a Steam fest, if you're interested, visit it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2453610/Towerful_Defense_A_Rogue_TD/
I feel like that still doesn't solve the issue of the game incentivizing the player to spam click until their finger hurts, but it's a start! I still think a true autofire function would be the easiest approach, but of course, it's not the only one.
Most powerful stats so far. (200+ luck, 100% crit, 32+ targets, dodge capped, 96 firerate) Its one of the most engaging on roguelikes on the site.
insane ammount of upgrades
Insane, indeed! Glad you like it, did you find any bugs?
So far not, the last fight ends before the boss dies and I do not know what happens is that on purpose due to the demo?
Yeah, it's because of the demo.
cool 🤘
Good job!
Interesting gameplay I think the game is about which stats you choose to dump and trade.
Trading money for luck
Elemental for multi target. Crit for damage. HP on supply.
To trade back and forth is possible but choosing to go negative I think works out better.
Really fun demo! won with bullets, zapper, mines, -not sword. very fun loop
in the mine build it got a bit tedious having to place a mine every second, because if I miss-timed the "q" it wouldnt register and i'd have to re-click. I think forgiving "coyote-time" would be a nice quality of life feature here, where if you click "q" while its on cooldown it should still register at least within ~.3s of it being ready
thank you, I'll work on that
Cool game, a bit short but still lots of fun.
Also WHY DO I GET SO MANY GLITCHYS?????
you must buy them to make them go away, or ignore i usually ignore
it's because the game is still in development, there aren't enough other items implemented. You'll see less and less Glitchies in future updates.
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certain game builds seem vastly underpowered or require upgrades otherwise they perform terribly (mainly, game is nearly impossible without sufficient cooldown upgrades. So make cooldown upgrades more common/consistent to acquire?)
Also, the HP-recovered-from-supplies stat isn't shown.
It's a great game overall, btw!