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7DRLs / Re: Into the Darkness (7DRL 2015) SUCCESS!

« on: April 07, 2015, 07:18:59 PM »

After playing the game a lot more I'm happy to say that I've not been able to reproduce the strange event I (thought I?) experienced. I love the game even more now! From the end of level 1 and all the way through level 2 it felt like my life was hanging by a thread, but seemingly hopeless situation after seemingly hopeless situation was transformed into victories by creative insights into new card synergies. It's quite the design feat to give the player such resources for creative problem-solving as to make that many situations feel hopelessly insurmountable while they actually can be overcome by being persistent and creative.

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7DRLs / Re: Into the Darkness (7DRL 2015) SUCCESS!

« on: April 07, 2015, 10:38:56 AM »

I love the idea of this game, Tim! However, I cannot figure out the game's logic. This event left me scratching my head:

I was standing face to face with a Mercenary (not sure if I remember the name correctly). I had 6/10 HP, 1 attack and 1 defence. My enemy had 3/3 HP, 2 attack and 0 defence. I picked the cards "Tactics" (if your defence is greater than the enemy’s, add the difference to your attack) and "Death Blow" (if you take 50% or more of the enemy’s health, it dies). I thought: "Tactics" should raise my attack to 2, since my defence is greater by 1, and "Death Blow" should make an attack of power 2 kill the enemy, since its max HP is 3.

But what happens is that we both deal 1 damage to each other. Why is that? Is there something about the order of calculations or something I'm missing?