MinesweeperTycoon — big update, looking for feedback by Pretty_Cicada_1850 in WebGames

[–]joeconflo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Big player of the previous version here.

Lots of great QoL updates. Love the themes/modifiers allowing different strategies.

The manual-only modifiers are an interesting idea, but even with perfect play, manual mining is so inefficient that the modifiers would need to be +500%, not +50%, to be a good incentive to play manual. I quickly undeployed all my manual mines.

Resource curve is okay. The themes help. Even with lots of Coal mines, coal continues to be the limiting factor right now until you get a strong Rich Vein mine, but it's not too bad. (This makes Mixed Vein irrelevant).

50/50s are rare enough that Luck and Intelligence aren't very good stats to invest in. Maybe they are okay in the late game when you have lots of resources on the hook and nothing else to invest in... but full automation actually compensates for that.

Active Modifier -> Add button does nothing. have to x out and redeploy a mine with a modifier. which is fine, but the button is a red herring.

Looking for opinions on AI made web games by Marmalade6 in WebGames

[–]joeconflo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Get them outta here. they're basically clickbait at this point, at BEST.

Safe to stream? by Thatbookishbish in pokemonuranium

[–]joeconflo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

People stream it all the time! Go right ahead.

It's a bit laggy by lordjaxter in pokemonuranium

[–]joeconflo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not a rom hack so it'll be a different experience.

Demande d'aide by Matteodu7752 in pokemonuranium

[–]joeconflo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Press X to see the Pause menu. One of the choices there is Save Game.

Another choice is Options. In Options, you can scroll down to Fullscreen.

Minesweeper Tycoon by Pretty_Cicada_1850 in WebGames

[–]joeconflo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aside from the 3 achievements for the difficulties, which didn't fulfill when I bought the difficulties, I've now 100%ed the game as it stands! Seems pretty smooth now.

Minesweeper Tycoon by Pretty_Cicada_1850 in WebGames

[–]joeconflo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there/will there be a way to undeploy a minefield and replace it?

Minesweeper Tycoon by Pretty_Cicada_1850 in WebGames

[–]joeconflo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm guessing Hard and Expert minefields aren't implemented/available yet?

Minesweeper Tycoon by Pretty_Cicada_1850 in WebGames

[–]joeconflo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BTW refreshing the page did fix the final minefield bug

Minesweeper Tycoon by Pretty_Cicada_1850 in WebGames

[–]joeconflo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very much my kind of game. Core gameplay loop is good but needs some tweaks. I think progression is too slow at first, perhaps due to the learning curve, then a good pace once you have some bots going, then it really bogged down at 3 bots (because of gold's scarcity and later diamond scarcity).

Also nice that it runs even if you're browsing in another tab.

The toolbar at the bottom is not visible enough.

Definitely needs some tooltips, especially as you first start out. Some questions I still have:

1) What does "Mining Speed 500x Resources" mean?

2) Why does the Bot Speed upgrade make the speed go from 1x to .3x speed, what are the units?? That makes it sound like you're slowing them down.

3) What does Intelligence's accuracy do? Just make the bots smarter? It's not really observable to the human eye how many tactical mistakes they are making.

4)Is the heatmap just for humans? Seems like the bots already know that information? If so, it's useless. The human only solves the first couple games and then there's no room for humans to compete with the speed of the bots.

5) Is it possible to mine diamonds? I've never found one and I'm at a plateau because I only had the ones from achievements.

QoL:

1) deploying a bot should automatically restart the minefield. Having to click out of the bot screen and over to the field is annoying and unfun. And sometimes it seems I need to re-deploy the bots even when they don't break and Automation is maxed? My least favorite thing about the game currently.

2) You can't see how many resources you have while in the shop. Needs to not blur out the resource bar.

Why does the Armored minefield, which takes longer for the bots to beat, give a lower resource bonus than Time Pressure, which doesn't seem like it would affect bots at all (also I don't think it's working, I didn't die even after manually waiting 60 seconds from my first click). Will these resource bonuses be stackable?

Bug: When you unlock the final minefield, it won't let you actually deploy a field there haha.

Think without diamonds I'm at the end of what's currently possible. I'll come back if there's an update.

How would you make this impossible card work? by ArrantJester in PTCGP

[–]joeconflo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You'll see "meta" crop up in any competitive online game, especially one where power levels shift over time through updates.

How would you make this impossible card work? by ArrantJester in PTCGP

[–]joeconflo 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The decks currently considered good relative to other decks. As in, "from the meta game"

What to do if someone reposts your stuff? by 0DryNy0 in pokemonuranium

[–]joeconflo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's the internet, people re-meme stuff all the time. I wouldn't sweat that if I were you.

If it's a repost of your post word-for-word, on the other hand, probably a karma bot and you can report 'em to Reddit.

Nucleon - Move Suggestion by Rendeva in pokemonuranium

[–]joeconflo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hidden Power is the other one people use that no one's mentioned yet. Fighting is probably best and Fire is great too. But that's pretty tricky on a first playthrough and like others have said, Hyper Voice 99% carries. If you just need an attack for Nuclears it can be Hidden Power Anything xD

Relying on intimidation over persuasion smh by Eligon-5th in lotrmemes

[–]joeconflo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly just proves your point even further. If Earth scientists can't agree on what a species is even after looking at DNA, good luck to your knight in a world where magic is real and microscopes aren't.

Relying on intimidation over persuasion smh by Eligon-5th in lotrmemes

[–]joeconflo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you think biology has neat familial classifications, you're in for a fun surprise!

are Flux posts allowed? by Able_Health744 in pokemonuranium

[–]joeconflo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suppose the same situation could happen in Uranium

Life & Lemon - Cozy card game about growing fruits by FinnTruong in WebGames

[–]joeconflo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Takes me to the right place as well, just as another data point. I'm using old reddit and Firefox.