This is a fascinatingly minimalist project that really strips back the gacha genre to its bare essentials. I found myself surprisingly invested in trying to collect all numbers, which really highlights how powerful that core collection loop can be even without flashy graphics. The 'Roll' mechanic feels very snappy, and I appreciate the clean, distraction-free UI you've built here. It's a great interactive way to explore the psychology of probability and collection.
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#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Makes you wonder why they never added any rng into chess, ya know, to keep the player base "engaged" arguably this is why Chess960 was created
Dang, didn't realise that had been done. i did mean like you start with pawns and have to acquire the better pieces like rooks and bishops etc, or you can buy chess credits and spend them on two queens at once or sommething
Then that's just a video game might as well as play a video game why limit yourself to still confined to the rules of chess.
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#123this is great, did you use some kind of framework to make the same?
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#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dang, didn't realise that had been done. i did mean like you start with pawns and have to acquire the better pieces like rooks and bishops etc, or you can buy chess credits and spend them on two queens at once or sommething
Then that's just a video game might as well as play a video game why limit yourself to still confined to the rules of chess.
And that video game is called Gambonanza [1]
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#125this is great, did you use some kind of framework to make the same?
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#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do people like slot machines at casinos?
At least money falls out of a slot machine... This is just rolling a dice and seeing what number you get. Seriously, that's all it was for me... where are the battles people spoke about?
You'd be surprised. In the mobile app stores, there are slot machine simulator games that are licensed reproductions of popular physical slot machines but don't pay out any actual money. They play all the visuals and sound effects of a win that the physical machine would if the player spins a winning combination and award virtual currency for more spins. Despite this, they rake in absurd revenue from people spending real currency to play beyond the daily free allotment of spins.
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#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
Once you get past the first level you're never using the attack action
I don't get it, aren't you supposed to attack to get the enemy HP down? How else are you supposed to win?
You need to change the numbers you bring into battle to have at least one star
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#128Absolutely fantastic. Gave me a good chuckle as it very much captures the essence of gacha games!
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#129If the battle has numeric controls for blocking and other actions (assigned to 1,2,3...) the game would be more fun to try and optimize.
its an endgame shop perk, costs 150 clovers "Adds keybindings to block" ;)
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#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dang, didn't realise that had been done. i did mean like you start with pawns and have to acquire the better pieces like rooks and bishops etc, or you can buy chess credits and spend them on two queens at once or sommething
Then that's just a video game might as well as play a video game why limit yourself to still confined to the rules of chess.
You mean like add skins?