Hi!
@Keeweed does your framework give you access to where VoiceOver focus goes? It would be great if, after every action taken, the VoiceOver cursor could be placed somewhere meaningful, such as the start of the story section for most scenarios, or the start of the choices section in the shop.
Thanks for paying so much attention to accessibility and for creating this gem of a game. It reminds me so much of the fun I had playing 80s DOS games. In fact, it plays very much like one of those.
All the best,
EG

Hi Keeweed,  Glad to hear about the exp. I think we're on the same page there. I knew the traps were coming. maybe it's just me being clumsy. I can get the four finger thing sometimes. If I took the otter box off my phone it might help. If others think the heading at the bottom is not good then I guess I'm ok with that. I'll try to get better with the gesture, but relabelling the button so it doesn't say "end main" would be good. I think some other's mentioned that.

About the assassin's new weapon. It would have to have a durability of at least 2 or it would break on the first go. Or is that what you're thinking. I don't know if 1 weapon would be worth sacking an inventory slot, but say it started with a durability of 1, so if you used it right away it would be toast, but you could fix it up with sharpening stones along the way, for the max 10 durability of all other weapons, of course you'd need 3 sharpening stones and that is unlikely, with the current drops, but this   might be more interesting.

Adding 2 more spells will affect probabilities of finding stuff. The game definitely doesn't allow you to find everything. I'm not sure at all how that would change the dynamic, but glad to hear your working on things.

I suspected the labelling was something like that. I also understand that changing it could mean a lot of coding. The game is already more accessible than most, so thanks for putting the time in, and remember to post the new up date to apple vis.

Hi Keeweed,

I think the 1 exp for fleeing should be only for rogue and maybe warrior at best, but would say give the 1 exp for fleeing to a rogue, take that away for warriors, and then assassins lose exp for one hit kills. I think that would be a good difficulty progression.

I would say that any dungeon is worth going into! although, I like that you'll be increasing the value of the end treasure, as I understand it. I would suggest doing this for the wraiths as well.

starting with your weapon at a durability of 1 would be good I think, you'd still need to find a stone somewhere and if you used this on one of the mini bosses then you might be costing yourself experience. I think if it were me playing with a one use item I'd either sell it for what the merchant is paying, or use it on the shady sorcerer.

Getting through the final castle usually costs all the durability I can manage. I find myself running from battles, just to save the damage to my weapons.

Hi Ben!

About the xp, I like the progression you draw there, but I'm afraid it would be a little too subtle for players to notice. I like the xp exception for the Warrior because it is explained clearly by his character. Also, fleeing is now more expensive in that you won't be able to block or dodge it, so receiving 1 xp for managing to do it is a good reward. As a side note, there's now also a consumable item that allows you to flee unhurt; the stink bomb.

Yes, the megadeath weapon can be found like other artifact weapons. Nice you find another ring during your quest, that's indeed quite rare! And congrats on beating the dragon in the second round. It was actually designed that way, to leave that option open, and in the new update I made it a little easier to do that, but it still requires some clever tricks.

And I like the achievements ideas! It's a cool way to add more replayability, but it will take a bit of time to make, I think.

I've been playtesting the new version for 2 days now and I think it's a good improvement. I expect to release it any day now. Will let you know of course

I, love, this game...
just sayin'
Thank you. This is now my favorite IOS game.
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@160 Actually, that would require less than 10 mushrooms, because the price rises with each mushroom eaten Stink Bombs can be found as loot and received from the knight.
@161 Thanks, that's awesome!
@162 It's all custom made with web tech, using Angular and TypeScript.

I'm happy to announce the update just went live! Please beware: finish your current game before updating. After updating you won't be able to continue your current game. This is super annoying, but I don't have a solution for it yet.

So, what's new?
-    New enemies, weapons, items, and spells
-    New dungeon events
-    Cursed and enchanted weapons
-    Tips event (thanks to Benf's guide which served as a great inspiration!)
-    Side-quests issued by the Witch-Queen
-    Many tweaks and smaller changes
-    UI and accessibility improvements

I hope this update will make you all enjoy the game a bit more, and as always, let me know if there's something you think can be improved

@ Keeweed,

Glad you've put the time in, can't wait to try it out. I have an exam in a couple of weeks, and can't spend too much time on the game right now, but I will soon.

To be clear I'm thinking the detox mushroom would have a life -11 value when you eat it so you would have eaten 10 mushrooms and taken a total of 55 points of mushroom damage before eating the detox, for a total of 66 points of mushroom damage before the reset is activated. So, it would be a difficult achievement to get "mushroom Master".

Just downloaded the game sooon! Looking forward to getting drizzunk and yelling at my phone lol. Thank you for your continued compassion for our predicament. Much love my dude, and keep killing it.

Hi Keeweed,

I know I said I would study and not play this game obsessively, to be the first person to knock out the sorcerer in one hit with a basilisk tube, and other wonderous things, but of course I have been experimenting with your new spells and items.

So, I noticed a couple of glitches I don’t think are intended. Firstly, when you go into the inventory to check the status of a cursed or enchanted weapon, the voiceover reads out a long equation instead of just saying “enchanted Defense +1” or “Cursed Defence -2”

Btw, love the new cursed and enchanted weapons.

Another glitch I noticed is when I took a goblin chief down to zero life with 2 spells cast as a mage he didn’t die, even though his life total was 0
The ring flashed and I had to choose to attack
I ate a mushroom and then he did die. I thik it’s just a game glitch, but worth fixing.

I also noticed that I can’t use bare hands if I have four weapons capable of doing damage. This is frustrating when I’m carrying enchanted weapons I don’t want to damage, and my attack would be enough to kill the monster.

Although I did notice you also don’t let us kill demons with bare hands anymore, like the wraith cheat in the old version. I did like the cheat, but understand the reason for the change. Also with the introduction of spirits that only temporarily fade the weapon I can accept the new rule of being forced to part with a weapon to kill a demon. Also, if the weapon dealing the damaging blow is destroyed I guess I wouldn’t want that happening to my bare hands.

I have found a buckler and camaflouge cloack, I noticed the elvin belt adds +1 speed in all encounters, but the cloack is now for defense only, Just wondering are there some sorta gloves or something for a speed boost that only applies to attacks?

I also like the poisin switch mushroom, instead of antidote, it seems very homeopathic – like cures like.

I noticed that you changed the warrior and assassin rings to work on Every fourth hit. The predictability does allow for some better strategizing, I like the change, but could see the value in the randomizer as well. This way does feel a little more strategic though.

I also noticed that you have a few dungeons that force you to go back the same way. That keeps it interesting for sure, and makes sense, sometimes there is just one way in and the same way back out.

It sure is a bugger when you have an allergic reaction though, and now you don’t even get a mushroom to compensate you for the life adjustment.

Wah! – and you took away the crown quest – double wah!

Actually, the crown/crystal quest change is the one change that I really didn’t like at all, I liked just about everything else, including the stink bombs and the way you changed fleeing. It’s not the way I would do it, but it works well.
and I love how the nosy gnome is looking in pockets now, but haven't been able to check the ability of the gnome to detect curses yet.

My problem with the new crystal quest in place of the crown quest is that the crystals are doing the exact same thing as the crown, so you haven’t really added anything here. Also, the old version gave you a dungeon to go through, complete with monsters and treasure, I would usually get 3-5 exp for each dungeon to get the 2 halfs of the crown. Also, the requirements are nuts. Ok, the elixir is not a bad one, but keeping 150 in treasury, or having life below 5 is really nuts. The treasure is one thing, but getting poisoned just to recover a crystal is weird, but I did deliberately get poisoned just to lower life to get the crystals, super weird.

Anyway, please bring back the crown quest, just the way it was, not to hard to find, and a bit of dungeon questing.
I have an idea to save your crystal quest idea, though.

I know you meet up with the traveller at a later point in the game and can ask about tips. I like this addition, but let’s make it more interesting. So when you encounter the traveller after the first mini boss encounter you could ask about 2 of four topics. The same way you can do now, but have the topics lead you to the side quests.

For instance, you could get crystals that would allow you to enchant a weapon. Or you could get some items. – I’m thinking now that you have some damage spells, maybe you could introduce 2 damage items. 1 – a holy hand grenade, deals 20 damage that cannot be dodged
And 2 – a sling shot – deals 15-20 damage that cannot be blocked.

You could make these artifact items that you can only get by first talking with the traveller, and based on what you ask, you would get different quests.

You could ask about elixirs, and have the traveller say something about having an elixir in your inventory to find a crystal shard. Or ask about treasure and have the traveller tell you to keep 150 treasure to find the holy hand grenade or ask about life and have the traveller tell you to keep your life uner 6 to find a sling shot.

Or you could do it the other way and ask about enchantments to find out about crystals and using the elixir to find it.

However you do this, I feel strongly that it would improve overall game play. It would actually be introducing new content, not just relabelling the old quest and calling it something new. – lol just ribbing, you have done a very good job all in all.

Another change I’m hoping for involves the wizard staff. I know I’ve been mentioning how the choice to use it to freeze the cost of spells needs to be a choice, but with the new changes I feel even stronger about it now. You are adding some complexity, and the combos are starting to get really powerful with concentration. I think that this speaks of greater strategizing on behalf of the players. Like the way the four charges on the rings feels more strategic, because of some more predictability in the game dynamics.

I’m still going for the first round end boss victory. I’m not sure if I will have a better chance of finding the basilisk tube with a warrior and timing the ring of brawn to double the attack with it on the final boss battle.

Or if working on getting enough magic to take it out as a mage will be the way to go. I’m thinking that 8 lava or lightning spells with a hat and pipe should do it, and the ring should allow me to knock it out before it has a chance to flee, but I haven’t been able to get the right drops to make this work, yet.

Thanks all for trying the new content and I'm happy you like it so far!

@Ben, thanks for the bug reports. I have found the problems and will fix it soon. The bare handed attack was always disabled when you carry 4 attack weapons; it's a little penalty for wearing so many weapons. You should still be able to kill demons with your bare hands, that hasn't changed. There's no such thing as speeding gloves, but I like the idea! You're right about the allergic reaction when returning to the mushrooms. I only released this too late, but yeah, there should be a way around it.
Finally, surprised to hear you don't like the tasks for the Magic Crystals. Of course, the crystal is just a rename of the crown, but other than that I'm kinda pleased with this new change. I think it adds another layer of complexity to the gameplay. Before, the caves were just another dungeon, of which there were (and still are) so many already. Now, you have this little side-quest that requires you to make strange new choices, like will you cure poison now, or carry on poisoned to enter the next cave; and, will you buy new things at the merchant, or save up the treasure for the next cave, etc. It's true you're missing some XP, but the fleeing and one-strike-kills changes should compensate this.

Thanks for explaining, Ben. I think more sidequests, and generally more paths, would be cool, but at the same time I'm not sure if the game's linear setup allows for much of that. I'm more and more considering to save those kind of ideas for another game, which would have more freedom, so going on quests would feel more natural.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback, and those bugs you reported are fixed and should be released soon.