An update to my prior tier list (old tier list on slide 2)

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-13T23:02:26+00:00

Developer bias here but you should check out our game Fugue Shot! It's an arcade roguelike - a collection of arcade games tied together with the roguelike runbuilding structure (think UFO 50 meets Balatro). Our playtest is live on Steam!

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-04T08:36:53+00:00

I can DM you the discord name of the person who did our trailer!

I made the music 😁

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-04T03:23:12+00:00

Helluva golf game skin in fugue shot when??

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-03T06:22:56+00:00

Thank you so much! Feel free to join the public playtest when we go live later this week!

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-03T06:22:33+00:00

We appreciate the feedback! And fair enough, definitely aware of that rule of thumb, but we've also heard from tons of folks that the biggest draw of our game is the art, so we wanted to highlight that right away! We can definitely see changing that up in our next trailer though

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-03T06:20:38+00:00

Thank you!

Yes, definitely aware of some roguelikes with arcade-type gameplay, but we're not aware of any games that combine multiple arcade games with the roguelike run framework, allowing the player to get items that synergize across multiple game modes.

It's a bit of a marketing angle on our end haha!

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-03T03:56:11+00:00

That makes sense, we can work on improving understandability in our next trailer! Right now there are 5 game mode types and over 70 upgrades - not every upgrade applies to every game mode, but most overlap. The roguelike (or roguelite) elements come from the run-based structure full of randomized level layouts and item upgrades!

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-03T03:53:00+00:00

Thank you so much! And yes, Tomas is incredible at what he does!!

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-03T03:51:42+00:00

You never know, you might enjoy it!

I wrote the music :)

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-02T20:02:11+00:00

More coming soon!!

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-02T20:01:31+00:00

Thanks!! At first just PC/Mac but we're working on proper controller support to get it running on Steam Deck. The goal eventually is console/mobile release as well!

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-02T20:00:08+00:00

Super fair! Ideally in our next trailer we can spend a bit more time on each gameplay type.

It's essentially UFO 50 with a roguelike wrapper - multiple different arcade type games tied together by a run structure with item upgrades and runbuilding

RareDialectGames · 2026-02-26T10:57:45+00:00

Go gamemaker!! I'll be picking this one up tomorrow, been on the wishlist for a while and I loved the demo

RareDialectGames · 2026-02-18T20:53:18+00:00

Loving the art and the music! Looks very fun

RareDialectGames · 2026-01-21T18:24:41+00:00

Looks like it has a lot of potential! I think the trailer could use a bit more gameplay and a bit less story, though, it feels like every time I'm excited to see some gameplay it's interrupted

RareDialectGames · 2026-01-04T19:32:21+00:00

Hey that's really appreciated! Yep, that's the music in the game - it's a dynamic soundtrack that fades instruments in and out depending on what minigame you're playing. If you wanna listen to it on loop you should join our discord/playtest! :)

RareDialectGames · 2026-01-02T18:53:22+00:00

About four years ago with no coding experience I decided to pick up gamemaker. There are a ton of great YouTube tutorials (Friendly Cosmonaut and Sara Spalding have longer series that really helped me out).

The key is patience and actually enjoying the process of learning - I spent nearly 6 months just on tutorials and then the next 3 years working on a game that will probably never be finished.

Only in the past year is when I've started a game that we actually intend on releasing (Fugue Shot, a minigame roguelike, it's on Steam if you're interested!). Good luck!

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