Sounds cool. Let me know when writing assistance is required, writing is one thing I do a lot of.

Npcs who interact such as the exploding monsters and deathspawn etc is a great idea, but not really what I was thinking of monster wise. What I was thinking of was effectively  having a boss which is larger than one single enemy and thus functions as a group of targets who interact.
For example, imagine fighting a godzilla sized dinosaur. Rather than just having Godzilla as one target with different attacks such as fire breath, trample etc, you fight godzilla as five separate enemies, head, chest, claws, feet and tale. Each bit of godzilla (accept the chest), gets a turn, so the feet stomp you, the tale lashes you, the head breathes fire and the hands have crush attacks or defend thechest.
Depending upon which bits of Godzilla you focus on first, the other bits are effected differently.For example, destroying the tale wouldn't have any major affects, however destroying the feet also makes the attacks of the  other portions less accurate (sinse godzilla has fallen over).
If you destroy the head or chest first Godzilla dies entirely, however when attacking the head or chest there is a chance your attack hits the hands instead, ie, godzilla blocks the attack. So, if you have a very accurate attack you might want to go for the head, but that means enduring all the other attacks, or you might want to deal with the dinosaur one peace at a time.

In terms of game mechanics and coding, each portion of godzilla is effectively a separate enemy, no different to say the fight with the mummy priestess and the mummy guardians, accept that different portions effect each other, however through their interactions you leu effectively give the player the experience of fighting a much larger creature and one with independently acting and moving parts rather than just Godzilla being one single super tough enemy.
Hope this makes sense.

@raz - what i can suggest is trying to stack some wisdom including stat mod potions(since that lowers spell damage taken and helps you resist). Try killing the priestess first as well since sometimes she wont spawn right away.

@dark that does sound cool but somewhat tricky coding wise so i will have to think about how it could be done. you right tho with all the other features i could make something somewhat work like that.

@dark & soul - will do guys once I get to that point I will give you guys a heads up i appreciate it.

Update Log

Completed
+Taunt (this monster must be killed first before the others)
-Should make battles a bit more interesting and tactful.
-Taunt monsters will have their names red as well as a red shield below (much like poison or stun).
-If you try to attack a non taunt monster first you will get a dialog box letting you know you cant.
-Example Robot Drone might be protecting scientists you you'll have to kill the drone first

+Death Spawn (this monster has a chance to spawn another monster when it dies)
-Again youll have to keep an eye on what is respawning and kill accordingly
-Example might be some spider eggs in the sewers kill these and they have a chance to spawn spiders where they were.

+Reflect (when this monster takes damage it deals damage as well)
-This one is interesting because it can go both ways (NPC > Player or Player > NPC)
-This will also be a stat on items
-There will be spells to buff or debuff this feature
-Its a better idea to use stronger attacks fewer times rather than small attacks more times because each time you hit you will be taking damage.
-Example radioactive mutant might have 5 reflect damage when hitting him you will take that damage each time you hit him.

Current Work
+Monster prefixes (sewer rat might be the base monster but you can find an angry, elder, injured, elite etc which will alter its base stats)
+Randomizing monster find by regular walking (before I had set each monster encounter on the squares) now you will find them randomized by level range for the area
+Thinking about having base stats and just changing level to affect how strong the monster is so you could find a level 2,3 or 4 snake for example. Same base stats and loot but level will make them harder to fight.

Next Work
+Polishing up new additions code and design wise
+Starting character skills levels 1-10
+Starting level content 1-10
+Getting you guys some screenshots once that is all looking pretty.

@raz
Sorry the next game will be premium with no IAP at all but shortly after I will be releasing a free version with more features somewhat how Battle Arena was compared to A Quest To The Core.

Just wanted to toss you guys a little update:

I have completed most of the core coding and now am working on some of the actual game design.

I am starting on the classes and skills and this is what I have so far (mostly just brain storming).

Mercenary
Fury Smash - A passive skill that causes your third consecutive attack in a row to hit for double damage.
Adrenaline Rush - A buffing skill that raises strength and agility at the cost of wisdom.
Combat Strike - A physical attack with a small chance to stun.
Charge - A strong charging attack with backlash.

Cultist
Psychic Blast - A psychic based damaging spell.
Haunt - A debuffing skill that lowers enemy agility and raises fizzle chance.
Grim Chant - A buffing spell that raises intelligence and critical chance.

Bandit
Sneak - A buffing skill that grants an extra attack.
Wild Strike - A physical attack with a large random factor.
Blind - A debuffing skill that lowers enemy agility and raises fizzle chance.

Priestess
Pray - A buffing spell that raises HP and SP recovery.
Holy Flash - A holy based damage spell.
Renew - A minor healing spell.
Bless - A buffing spell that raises intelligence and wisdom.

Mutant
Mimic - This skill becomes the last skill cast by your enemy.
Alloy Mutation - A mutation that turns your skin into a metal like alloy.
Toxic Touch - A physical attack with a high chance to apply radioactive poisoning.
Radioactive Glow - A buffing skill that raises reflect damage.

Ranger
Pet Mastery - A passive skill that improves pet abilities and allows you to tame secret pets.
Trueshot - A strong ranged attack.
Toxic Shot - A toxic arrow shot.

Ive also started a bit on level design and laying out how the starting area looks.

updates should be a bit more consistent since I will have design things to share.

hi
this game is text or audio?
thanks

Hey guys sorry about the delay dont worry ive been working hard and have most of the coding done. Now I am working on content and have the first of 6 zones nearing completion.

Here is a breakdown of what they will be like theme wise:

-Current Time- The end is near an evil force has already destroyed most of the lands and the effects of its evil can be seen everywhere.
Sewers Area
Rubble / Ruins Area
Cursed /Cultist Area

-Future Time- You will be following this evil into future end times where the dead have risen and the spirits are.
Frozen Wastelands Area
Zombie Area
Hell Fire Area

Yes This will have lots of sound effects. If you want to checkout something like it "Adventure To Fate : Battle Arena" is already on the app store and is a free download.

This looks cool. I will definitely have to check out battle arena, that's one on the list, and this game too once it's released.

Ok spent most of the day yesterday fixing bugs / glitches in the new confuse system as well as some leftover pet bugs. Introducing the new confuse system complicates everything by another factor code and game design wise so I figured it would take a bit to get back on track.

I also updated and added about 50 new item images as well as sharpened up all the effects images.

Now I'm testing the first 2 zones by class fixing the bugs and balance then moving to the next class / pet / profession combo.

Hoping to have everything tested and balanced by this weekend. I have some heavy Halloween drinking in my future so lots of hangover testing haha.

I'll be posting another quick class preview once I finish the testing for it tomorrow as well.

Hey guys I made few changes in game design. These are not huge changes but enough to make an impact on play. If you have an opinion on them let me know I am kind of on the fence and could use input.

-Changes-
You can now portal back to town from anywhere as long as you search the room first and it is safe. It will also now cost you a mystical, soul or infinite orb depending on level.

Instead of just destroying items you dont want you will now disenchant these into mystical, soul or infinite orbs depending on level. (you can use these for crafting or portaling).

-edit-
You will only be able to use the account vault once you have completed the game. Once you beat the game on 1 character you will unlock it for all your characters. This will allow you to freely trade crafts etc.

-Other Additions-
Updated skills to have 3 effect images that will animate rather than just 2

Updated pet find window to show the pet animated and bouncing around instead of just static.

Added passive skill icons for pets to the pet skillbook (you wont see these in battle just when looking over your pets).

Thanks!

Yea thats the idea I will have a room element that I can set so you cant warp out. I am planning on using this for boss rooms or like you said maybe anti magic type rooms as well.

Also it would be cool for the new game to have a critical finisher state.  Basically there can be an in game sound to show that your character is low on health. Let's say 40% health.  Once this happens the character can go into a critical finisher state.  In which you can choose one enemy to kill instantly.   When this happens the music could be something scary like the character will charge before planning his next move and then the killing blow.

@leon hey glad to hear you enjoyed the game I can never hear enough of it! As for the music that's for sure a work in progress. I'd like to stay with the 8bit theme but that doesn't mean it can't be a little more in depth this time around. I'd also like to have battle music but I didn't get around to it last time. I actually had been planning to work with a DJ duo from nyc on music but have not heard much from them so I will for sure keep you in mind. Things are progressing very fast and I might not be able to wait on them. My goal is to have this out for xmas.

As for that skill. I can see like a fighter class using this skill. I might save it for an expansion class but have for sure added it to my list of features.

@dark glad you are looking forward to it I've put a lot into it!

I'm thinking about renaming the game to Adventure To Fate : Quest To The Future. Matches the gameplay a bit better and it's important to have quest in my title.

I'm still a little torn but can always change before release no big deal. Maybe once people start testing and see a bit of the game I'll get a bit more input.

Anyways I am just polishing up a few more design things as well as some storyline details and then beta testing will be ready.

This first stage will be pretty raw but I could really use some help on balance since there are so many possibilities with the new classes, pets and profession crafts. A few good testers could really move things along since I'm currently spending most my time balancing.

Things are not totally optimized for accessibility but they are atleast on the same level as battle arena so you should be able to get by or atleast tell me what needs the most work.

I'll be submitting tonight but I'm not really sure what the TestFlight review times are at hopefully only a day or so?

If you are interested post here and I'll get you a pm with the details you need to get started. I'll be crediting your guys and I'm always open for input on new items monsters even pets if you want to leave your own touch on the game!