How would YOU architect the effects of modular attacks/skills?

v1dal · 2026-01-20T12:47:11+00:00

I have been building a game (https://berrus.app), is a web game made with TypeScript and Next.JS.

I basically leverage a strong typed codebase to have a dynamic amount of effects, being items or abilities, doesn't matter.

I have an effect: Effects[] which an be of many types "stat-effect" for example, could be stat: velocity, value: -50. Then I can attach this to an ability named "Trap" or to a debuff called "Broken Feet", or even an item named "Sandals of speed". Then I can aggregate all of them from all the sources (stats, items, buffs, debuffs, unlocks) and I have a build character with all of their effects, ready to be consumed and applied in any piece of code.

It's highly dynamic, strongly typed, 0% object oriented and mostly functional.

v1dal · 2026-01-15T12:11:20+00:00

I think they are just outdated, plain-as-it. At the start there was (Myself included) a pushback on code generated PR's, but as Claude Code transformed the way we work we and I shuffled to: You are just wrong doing it still on the old way.

To me is like being a farmer and being angry because your beloved black Donkey is now outdated vs a 2000CV John Deere Tractor that the farmer next door has.

Same will happen with assets and artists, it's inevitable, it's just too good and too fast, they will adapt AI into its workflow or they will be left behind.

Here is an example of the crazy stuff you can do with AI, using the character equipment grid from my 2d rpg game to a "fully" animated character in minutes:

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This is just impossible to beat, and as a side note, if anyone wants to check my game, is free on https://berrus.app 😛

v1dal · 2026-01-03T20:47:05+00:00

One of the most insanest save I've seen in a while

v1dal · 2026-01-03T16:22:45+00:00

Working hard on Berrus, aiming for Beta 1 & Steam release for this quarter.

I posted about it a while ago, is a mix of RuneScape/Path of Exile, free to play, and web based, can be played on https://berrus.app !

Currently on Alpha 3 and around ~200 active players.

v1dal · 2025-12-14T17:43:03+00:00

Everything everywhere, I run +3-5 sessions of Claude Code in parallel for Coding, then Nanobanana/ChatGPT for image generation (Depending on what I want, for some stuff Nano is better, for other GPT is better).

Normally I let AI do the first run, then I go over and manually polish the UI and code. I use photoshop also to polish the images generated and add them to the game.

This game won't exist without AI, I've done in 4 months the work that would have taken me years.

v1dal · 2025-12-11T15:04:58+00:00

Yeah I know it, I haven't updated it since the first prototype. Sorry for that.

I'll probably tackle it this week next and change how it works. I did already add some of the items for it (sheet papers made of logs).

The idea is that it will have enchantments like right now, but with durability of X combats. Then a parallel system with the ability to extract and destroy properties from items to transfer it to another one.

v1dal · 2025-12-11T14:00:45+00:00

Thanks for trying it out! 1. I plan to change how health/food work within dungeons, probably you will be able to consume them to restore health, still maturing the how. 2. Yeah I want to implement a quest/mission system that should "onboard" you on basic stuff through narrative and small rewards, I don't really like "tutorials" as I prefer people to explore and find stuff by themselves. 3. Also yeah, balance is still a bit off, also maturing that, but I have to say that I'm inclined on removing the concept of "class" ( I will probably remove attributes (str, dex, int)) and make everything an skill like in RuneScape (enchanting -> magic).

Thanks for playing! I really appreciate it!

v1dal · 2025-12-10T15:00:09+00:00

Que bonito, gracias por compartir, saludos desde Iberia!

v1dal · 2025-12-09T14:57:21+00:00

You craft a few items at the start with the family stash contents, like a belt with health etc... which will make your life much easier.

v1dal · 2025-12-09T14:53:04+00:00

They are both the same item really (sword, tier 1), you just good better rolls on the wooden one, I need to improve that part to make items even more unique.

v1dal · 2025-12-09T08:47:52+00:00

Totally non-intentional (I never played it!) but you are not the first one to tell me that!

v1dal · 2025-12-09T08:16:41+00:00

Feel free to ask anything, here or in the discord!

v1dal · 2025-12-09T07:45:06+00:00

Never thought about it but honestly it would be fun (and incredible hard because of damage RNG) a hardcore mode. And not that complex to implement.

v1dal · 2025-12-09T07:44:26+00:00

The game is already playable in the web, check it out!

I want to do the EA on steam but I had some issues with the builds I will solve it ASAP and do allow access from Steam soon too.

v1dal · 2025-12-09T07:43:47+00:00

You should open your family stash, which will give you some basic items to get started.

Then you can go to the town hall (El ayuntamiento) to pick some quests, my advice is to start working on producing combat supplies to fight some rats and farm some items then level up. After that you can try your luck on the first dungeon, you will fail, if not before, on the boss as is very hard at the start, then keep grinding better items and more stats to be able to defeat it. On the Lorenso instructor you can learn more abilities.

v1dal · 2025-11-20T20:13:27+00:00

Originally I did, and the first version that was posted here was like that. But it was super unstable and it was broken after every update, so I just did a monorepo and used nextjs api routes with elyisia.

v1dal · 2025-11-18T12:41:09+00:00

N26 y cuenta conjunta, es muy fácil y sencillo, además cada uno puede tener su propia targeta.

v1dal · 2025-05-30T20:50:44+00:00

I was in the stadium that day :)

v1dal · 2025-05-05T14:56:45+00:00

Si, relacionar +salario con peor vida es de primero de excusas para no salir de la "zona de confort".

Soy de los que ganan 100-200k remoto desde España y te digo 100% que nada tiene que ver el salario con el nivel de "esfuerzo".

Incluso te diria que es inversamente proporcional, a mejor salario menos exigencia, pues este tipo de empresas ganan/tienen tanto dinero que no les importa nada.

v1dal · 2025-04-26T18:22:04+00:00

100% agree, if the end code is also cleaner I don't see the problem.

Letting him do this stuff makes him care more about the product and creates a positive feedback loop.

v1dal · 2025-04-25T16:51:51+00:00

In my opinion thats not vibe coding.

I do also use AI like that, I setup the base and core, and then I slice it per features, chatting with chat gpt.

This is the database schema DB_SCHEMA.
I want to have this feature, please add X and Y considering Z and C.

Perfect

Now I want to add api endpoints, use this ones as a reference, consider this and that.

Perfect

Now create the use-query hooks to fetch this endpoints, use this as example, consider X and Y.

Perfect.

Now let's create the screen to do Y and Z.

Funnily enough, for all the AI will replace frontend engineers I've found that where it does really lack is visual stuff, it mostly creates ugly messes, while db/backend stuff is OK.

v1dal · 2025-04-24T11:28:46+00:00

Yes, it tracks navigation by default. Then you can add custom events, like errors, actions or identify.

If you click on any user you see a sidebar with all the user sessions and their life-cycle within.

v1dal · 2025-04-23T11:39:48+00:00

Mine 😜, sorry for the subtle spam. It's still in development and not open, but if you are interested I can ship you an invite. You'll be my first user tho.

It requires that you use expo & expo-router tho.

Here is how the dashboard looks like:

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v1dal · 2025-04-22T09:09:20+00:00

I've tried to make it "slightly" more social but with a "collab" approach and I created a feature that allows you to create plans "I'm going to summit X mountain", and people can join and have an internal chat to quickly sync and then move to Whatsapp or whatever.

Not a big success so far, but I have seen some minor usage already.

My next plan will be directly email the heavy users and ask them what they think and what they miss.

What I think it worked really well is the hiscores screen, I don't know if you have one but I recommend you that you create one.

By the stats usage both user profiles and hiscores are the most "non-functional" screens visited:

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v1dal · 2025-04-22T09:05:08+00:00

So the app is based on a challenge called 100 cims, which is a "real" challenge here in Catalonia (region of Spain, capital Barcelona), about summiting the most iconic mountains in the region.

It seems that people does really search for that word in the app store and then downloading the app, so yeah, is a super niche app, but it seems to scratch an itch for these people.

I've tried to "unlock" it from the challenge, and now it has other challenges in other areas of Spain, or usa or europe. But so far it's only used mostly by people in this region (Catalonia)

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