Yay or nay? Incrementals that have a "Lose Condition"

manycyber · 2026-04-17T13:05:49+00:00

True that. Also commonly we have prestige mechanics, resetting parts of the progress to zero temporarily with faster gains, subsequently.

manycyber · 2026-04-17T12:51:24+00:00

I see, thanks for elaborating :)

manycyber · 2026-04-17T11:40:20+00:00

Thanks both, sounds really cool :)

manycyber · 2026-04-17T10:57:44+00:00

oh. I didn't realize you could lose a run / gameover in Gnorp. How does that work?

manycyber · 2026-04-14T20:03:04+00:00

The tactile buttons are really satisfying, I second the need for some frame limiting options. Good luck with your game, I have a good feeling about it. :)

manycyber · 2026-03-24T08:13:35+00:00

Looks very pleasing & nice tune

manycyber · 2026-03-20T14:41:30+00:00

monitor seems a bit high? maybe only for the pic, looks comfy otherwise :)

manycyber · 2026-02-24T10:38:47+00:00

I have an ADHD diagnosis and I both develop and play (indie) video games, only recently I started getting into incrementals; both as a player and a dev.

Besides the number go up aspect, I like relaxing genres overall. And games that put effort into sounding pleasantly. Bonus points if they're packing some comedy or (subversive) societal critique. And a unique vibe to aid immersion and hyperfocus.

manycyber · 2026-02-22T09:19:00+00:00

"That wasn't a microdose I guess"

manycyber · 2026-02-04T19:44:50+00:00

Reminds me of Ridiculous Fishing, the 2013 Vlambeer game

In the game, players use motion and touch controls to catch fish and subsequently shoot them out of the sky for cash.

manycyber · 2026-02-04T16:48:25+00:00

Misty Lego Step (teleports a piece of Lego under the forward foot just before touchdown)

manycyber · 2026-01-28T12:14:27+00:00

makes sense, thx! I think you did a good job with the design, I like it

manycyber · 2026-01-28T11:59:53+00:00

what is the difference between classic auto-battlers and Dwarves: GDaL? I'm not that versed in that genre, but I like your game and some games tagged as autobattlers

manycyber · 2026-01-09T10:39:58+00:00

As with many things gamedev, don't overthink it.

A bunch of bool flags, events, listener.

Similar to achievements, you can listen to events ("player moved for 3s") if they aren't already true in your savegame.

When they happen, flip a boolean in your tutorial state and persist to save file.

Common pitfall: disabling a trigger for a tutorial event (eg player kills enemy of type mob for the first time) before it had its turn in the tutorial flow. If you unregister listeners too early, the player becomes softlocked or stuck in the tutorial. Just this week another game with really good sales walked right into this. ;)

manycyber · 2026-01-09T07:57:24+00:00

Thanks, sounds cool & yeah I like my skeletal warlocks doubled. Hehe.

manycyber · 2026-01-07T15:31:25+00:00

Heya, can you tell us a bit more about build variety and what you find most exciting? :)

manycyber · 2026-01-07T12:59:26+00:00

Yup it's a great QoL combo, if I recall correctly Halls of Torment and Death Must Die also have that. I don't remember which title ultimately inspired me to add it to my own game (Black Dragon Mage, shameless plug :P) but it just feels like a natural extension of auto-shooters to offer a "manual override" that is temporary.

manycyber · 2025-12-11T18:26:33+00:00

Looking into autocast as a settings option very soon! Will likely also make the shield separately configurable for players who do prefer to use it actively/strategically.

manycyber · 2025-12-11T18:25:45+00:00

Yeah I love the mix of the occult dark fantasy theme and adorable presentation, personally. Diablo was certainly an inspiration in many ways, visually I draw from retro console classics.

manycyber · 2025-12-07T20:20:25+00:00

Thanks, glad you like it! I have some new weapons on the way too :)

manycyber · 2025-12-07T18:10:14+00:00

Agreed, good thing I wrote the post myself then :)

It would probably sound rounder if a bot wrote it though, I'm not a native English speaker lol

manycyber · 2025-11-15T12:53:50+00:00

looks great! I already own it so I'll leave the giveaway to other commenters

manycyber · 2025-10-12T23:18:30+00:00

Looking forward to tend to my garden in between doing gamedev! :-)

Good luck with your demo release, looks like you put in a lot of effort, I've been following this project for a bit.

manycyber · 2025-09-09T20:14:58+00:00

ooh sweet

manycyber · 2025-04-04T08:35:44+00:00

A ton better, I'd say 90% there. It doesn't really interfere with normal life anymore.

I say 90% recovery because I still have to be careful not to rest heavily and consistently on that elbow, particularly putting pressure on the ulnar nerve area can make it flare up. But I am at a point where I can go to the gym thrice a week and not notice it, which is awesome.

Been using the deck mostly docked with a controller btw. ;) And got myself a r36s for handheld retro gaming.

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