thanks so much for playing pardner, and for this super detailed write-up. i think your assessments are pretty good and similar to how i feel about the state of the balance of the game. once the full game is out all the balance is going to get upended because of synergies and the fact that getting a specific job will be much less reliable, but that does mean that i don’t put a lot of effort into balancing the demo, to be honest. interestingly a lot of people have very different opinions about medic (and promotions), some people think they are super weak, and others think they’re OP. i think the truth is somewhere in the middle and also depends a lot on how you use them and general playstyle.
thanks again, glad you enjoy the game. looking forward to your thoughts on the final product!
hrm yeah that’s weird. i have a theory of why that might be, the game probably doesn’t let you make more than 1 resource per frame right now. i’ll fix and update when i get a sec
death stranding and FTL especially were top of mind for me while i was working on this. also found myself thinking a lot about a game called “Tradewinds” that came preinstalled on a palm pilot i got from my uncle after he didn’t want it anymore in 2005. also backpack hero, disco elysium and luck be a landlord
glad you liked it!! we made 90% of it in about 72 hours so yes it’s pretty short for now. do not worry though the game of the year edition + Lunar New Year DLC pack is already in development, it will add up to 7 minutes of additional gameplay and it will cost $69 dollars
just so you know, i added a continue feature in the last patch! it works in the browser so if you accidentally close a tab you should be able to pick it back up.
awww thank you so much i’m glad you enjoy it!! sorry that you lost your progress 😅 that’s a great idea, i’m definitely going to add a “resume game” feature at some point (not sure when… it is a lot of work) — but sometimes with the way web browsers work, when you reload the tab all progress will be lost no matter what the game developer does 😞 so i always recommend if you want your data to persist between plays that you should try using the downloaded version just to be safe. thanks again and hopefully i’ll have that resume game feature for you soon!!
thanks for playing, glad you liked it, and thank you for the feedback!! hrm… i’ll have to think of a way to use the bloom ribbons after you win, maybe they can be used for unlocks or something in between games…
thank you so much! there are some incredible games here so that’s really high praise 😁
I actually was playing loads of final fantasy tactics advance while working on the job system; really cool that the inspiration shines through. thank you for supporting the game – i’ll do my best, pardner!!
