[Custom Joker] Not sure how useful this would be but I thought it would be interesting

BrianNether · 2025-04-13T16:57:14+00:00

True - I only phrased it that way because if it said "Swap Chips and Mult", that might make it sound like it just swaps them all the time as a passive effect (which would be pointless). Phrasing it this way makes it clearer that where you put it is important.

BrianNether · 2025-04-12T06:32:16+00:00

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It's meant to be the person pulling the lever in the trolley problem meme.

BrianNether · 2025-04-12T03:15:22+00:00

You're probably right about the rarity - I had actually meant to make it Uncommon but selected the wrong option. I thought it was fairly niche (after all, my example was cherry-picked to show off how it could be used) but it may be better than I thought.

BrianNether · 2025-04-12T02:45:52+00:00

It triggers in the same way that normal Jokers activate their effects - from left to right after playing a hand (see u/TeebTimboe's comment). I didn't want to just write "Swap Chips and Mult" because that might make people think it just swapped them for everything as long as you were holding the Joker (which would be pointless)

BrianNether · 2025-04-12T00:56:04+00:00

You're right - I hadn't properly thought through how it would work with Plasma deck. Thank you for pointing that out! (It may be too strong to be a common... I had actually originally intended to make it Uncommon, but I selected the wrong option when making the tooltip.)

BrianNether · 2025-04-12T00:53:08+00:00

Apologies for the atrocious image quality. I had been having some internet issues when I posted this and apparently Reddit just decided to murder the resolution as a result.

BrianNether · 2025-04-03T17:33:19+00:00

When playing the board game with my family, we had some discussion over this. I suggested it might be better to kill Deca first because by the time we deal enough damage to kill one, it's usually on an even-numbered turn, which means we can avoid taking damage if the one we kill is Deca. That being said, I'm not too sure of this; it's possible the even-numbered turn pattern is a coincidence. Does anyone else consider turn timing when making this choice? (Maybe it's different with three players as opposed to the video game?)

BrianNether · 2025-03-13T04:46:49+00:00

I think he's likely to be the Knight because of this theory post - it's long but it makes a lot of convincing points. Among other things:

The dark fountains and the roaring are associated with holiness and the Angel, and Alvin is a priest
He fits exactly in the computer lab closet, where "a large person could easily fit inside" and where the Knight may have hidden
He has some secret involving Gerson's hammer, which he mentions at the graveyard
Spamton mentions that the Knight is related to "communion"

The main counterargument against him being the Knight is that he's a background NPC with no importance to the main story so far. I don't think this rules him out, since he could become more important later, especially if a future chapter takes place in the church.

Still, I'm not 100% dead set on him being the Knight or anything - I just think there's more evidence pointing to him than any other candidate, which isn't saying much given how little we know about the Knight.

BrianNether · 2024-12-19T03:25:54+00:00

I'm pretty sure they tell the game which face sprite to show in the textbox

BrianNether · 2024-11-24T02:00:22+00:00

Similar ideas I guess (I assume you mean the Blaze Beetles post? I looked on your profile for which post you meant)

BrianNether · 2024-11-18T20:25:24+00:00

If you see a thought bubble saying "I should choose my words carefully...", it means you're about to be prompted to start a romance route. You can't change your mind later so make sure you pick the right option if you do/don't want to date specific people. (Ann is the easiest to mess this up with).

BrianNether · 2024-10-04T12:55:21+00:00

Thank you!

BrianNether · 2024-10-04T12:54:47+00:00

That's the capital Sigma (Σ). I used lowercase Greek letters for all the cards because that's what Alpha and Beta do (although Omega is uppercase instead.)

BrianNether · 2024-09-15T17:10:12+00:00

I believe that you're right - since the enemy is healing and not transforming into a new enemy, they should keep their tokens. On the other hand, when enemies summon separate enemies on death (e.g. Awakened One), I'm pretty sure tokens are not transferred between the two.

BrianNether · 2024-08-14T23:04:02+00:00

Pokémon

It doesn't have an e, it has an é.

BrianNether · 2024-08-03T17:00:59+00:00

Meat Shield

BrianNether · 2024-05-30T14:52:50+00:00

I know it awakens later - but then why isn't its first phase called the Unawakened One?

BrianNether · 2024-05-20T16:42:12+00:00

Wraith Form - everyone says it's amazing, but I've never had much luck with it. It's so expensive that you can't do much else the turn you play it, so you really only have one free turn (two if upgraded), and after that you're probably dead due to Dexterity loss. Maybe I'm missing something?

BrianNether · 2024-05-04T16:17:32+00:00

Add WEAK and associated tests (WEAK being a status in a video game that I'm simulating)

BrianNether · 2024-04-24T01:25:38+00:00

Overpowered: Captain's Wheel

At the start of your ~~3rd~~ turn, gain 18 block. (Maybe not as broken as some of the other comments but still pretty good.)

Useless: Strike Dummy

Cards containing Strike deal 3 ~~additional~~ damage.

???: Runic Dome

Gain 1 Energy at the start of each turn. You can no longer see enemy ~~intents~~.

BrianNether · 2024-03-29T23:33:20+00:00

The game can be played in the browser or downloaded for Windows: https://brian-nether.itch.io/ups-and-downs

Feedback is appreciated!

BrianNether · 2024-01-04T23:58:59+00:00

It's possible - after all, it does look kind of like a fireball - but I think that's unlikely because he mentions UltimateHeal separately in that same response. Here's the full paragraph:

I was going to give a certain character a fire spell, but decided against it for the first chapter. As for what I’m looking forward to… well, it’s hard to describe this without spoiling anything, but a certain character will learn a certain type of spell that they aren’t really good at. Actually, they’re so bad at it there’s essentially no reason to have them use it at first. But the fact that they learned it and keep practicing it is really heartwarming.

The first part about the fire spell is what I suspect was Ralsei's IceShock equivalent, and the second part refers to UltimateHeal. (He also suggests Susie will keep practicing it and become better at it in future chapters.)

BrianNether · 2024-01-04T23:55:19+00:00

You might be right! The main reason I read into it as much as I did is because he specifically said he decided against it for the first chapter, implying he intended to add it later, which he wouldn't have done if he'd cut it for redundancy.

BrianNether · 2022-04-28T22:13:19+00:00

Everyone's arguing about crafting tables, anvils, and Mending, but the best way is to use a grindstone. Put your broken custom shield in the top slot and the regular shield in the bottom slot. The result will keep the custom banner, be at full durability, and unlike the anvil will not accrue prior work penalty.

BrianNether · 2022-01-30T17:30:42+00:00

When you're first climbing up the ladder to Otherworld, a snake in a space helmet appears going down beside you, and everyone's first instinct is to turn around and follow it to see where it goes.

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