Thanks a ton for taking a look and making a video! I have to admit, I was eagerly hoping you would.
Some responses below...
The text is all supposed to be weird and semi-nonsensical, including the hold name, level names, and entrance texts. There's also an overall theme of yellow and green keys "
meaning"
something different in each level, with the first one just using them normally, the second using yellows to sort of restrict how you can traverse the 4 path options, and the third using greens for progress, all of which hopefully makes saving up keys for later levels more meaningful.
I have no idea why the level 2 map seemed to not work at first for you; it
does have a full-reveal script exactly like level 1 and 3. It didn't even do what a vanilla map is supposed to (as in, show the level's shape)! It seemed like the map properly revealed itself
after you reloaded, but I don't know why it didn't immediately show up--some kind of bug, I guess?
I do think level 3 could use a few more yellow doors with stuff behind them, to incentivize having yellow keys (and possibly spending a green on 2 yellows). That level is pretty tough overall, I feel, so a little more help could be nice. It looks like there's some physical space to put some of that in 1S1W, 1S1E.
For whatever reason, I feel like it's easier for me to design RPG levels if there's some kind of gimmick that introduces ambiguity throughout the whole level. Like, normally if there's an attack gem that you can pick up right now, you always should; I enjoy making even "
free"
stats a choice instead. Messing with the multiplier mid-level is an easy such gimmick; P&D instead makes it a decision of
who gets the stat.
EDIT/UPDATE:
Some alterations to the last "
phase"
of level 3, namely a few more places to spend keys, and one other minor modification to 1S1W to add a tiny extra option that wasn't there before.
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[Last edited by Xindaris at 07-11-2024 07:35 PM]
. I thought "hey, it'd be nice to actually finish that, right?" But I needed some warm-up and de-rust as far as building and playing RPG goes. So, this is the result of an attempt at some of that.
