cool concept! at first i got confused about how the scoring works. but as you proceed with the game it becomes clearer. hope there is an on/off music or bgm button tho.
Wow, so much content in such a little package. There was some trial and error to figure out how the controls and battle system works. There's far more strategy in the battle system than I initially thought. Once I figured everything out, I really enjoyed playing. The graphics were a good choice for the genre... like old GameBoy or handheld LCD games where you train/fight/take care of something.
I did think of a few suggestions, but they're most polish-related (e.g. the spritefont spacing was a bit distracting). One thing I definitely would suggest is some kind of basic starter guide? It would probably help new players get up and running a bit easier.
It's probably my favorite of your LD games. Plenty of potential if you wanted to continue working on it. Also, I respect the fact that you choose interesting/uncommon genres of games to make in LD.
I really like the gameboy colour palette, and it's another interesting experience that'different from a lot of LD games. It feels like you thought about the systems and how they affected each other, I could tell that things weren't random, although it was just a little difficult to figure out exactly what was best to do. It was good when I got into it, there was a battle where both the sirkles had low HP but had run out of stamina, and it was quite tense just hitting wait until I had enough to finish off my opponent.
It does feel a lot like pokemon! The music is really cute too! I would download that. I killed all my Sirkled sadly, I cried. But you should still work on this game. Add more personality to the actions and give more stuff to do with intermatches perhaps trade them or customize.
The game is tiny, there's too much clicking involved (like, why do I have to re-select cure every time?), and it doesn't give enough feedback about what's going on in the ring. It's just really hard to get a handle on and I found that those things prevented me from enjoying the game much. I do like the graphics, though.
I loved it even thought is really far from being an unconventional weapon. Is quite similar to other games but the loop is so simple and addictive, I played for like an hour, ended up with 6 5 4 6 5 stats. I used the money you get for dying as an exploit though. Great job nonetheless. Would love to play it on my phone XD. Cheers
Impressive job creating such a complex Pokemon-style system in 48 hours. Nice graphical consistency.
If you work on it in the future, a few suggestions: 1. Music does not seem to loop smoothly in some case(s). 2. Part of the battle theme reminds me of a Pokemon low-HP jingle, which made me wonder if I was low HP, haha. 3. Prices all around seem quite expensive. Having to pay for healing between fights was probably the most annoying part of this, but even single-stat point upgrades seemed to cost hundreds.
If you tuned some of that stuff and added a game around it (perhaps not as huge and complex as Pokemon of course :P) it could be pretty cool!
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I did think of a few suggestions, but they're most polish-related (e.g. the spritefont spacing was a bit distracting). One thing I definitely would suggest is some kind of basic starter guide? It would probably help new players get up and running a bit easier.
It's probably my favorite of your LD games. Plenty of potential if you wanted to continue working on it. Also, I respect the fact that you choose interesting/uncommon genres of games to make in LD.
Anyway, good job!
Only thing I would say is that sometimes battle can take a looooong time if both you and the enemy end up resting, then attacking, then resting again!
Cheers
If you work on it in the future, a few suggestions:
1. Music does not seem to loop smoothly in some case(s).
2. Part of the battle theme reminds me of a Pokemon low-HP jingle, which made me wonder if I was low HP, haha.
3. Prices all around seem quite expensive. Having to pay for healing between fights was probably the most annoying part of this, but even single-stat point upgrades seemed to cost hundreds.
If you tuned some of that stuff and added a game around it (perhaps not as huge and complex as Pokemon of course :P) it could be pretty cool!