Alrighty! Day 2 is over and I spent some time collecting your feedback, both the aggregated data from the online form and from the various other places. Thanks again everyone who joined in! Here's an overview over the results on the bosses:
Now I've used that to take a closer look at the boss effects and decks and spent some time today filing off the rough edges. You'll hopefully find that the difficulty of the bosses will be a lot more even but please let me know if anything still stands out. This is a first pass and it would be incredibly lucky if I hit all the issues with that one. Also note that for expediency this version is being released pretty untested. Nothing should break (in fact things should run more smoothly) but should is a dangerous word. So if you find anything out of the ordinary, please let me know ASAP so I can fix it - or roll back, if need be. That said, here's the changelog excerpt for the boss balancing changes in v1.00.005:

Changelog

Reduced strength of passive enemy effects: ... Leper Tormented: Now only provides +1/+0 (was +1/+1) ... King lizard: Now only triggers once each turn ... Raj Guard Gloryseeker: Now only triggers once each turn ... Union Bulwark: Now only provides 3 armor per kill (was 4) Limited or reduced number of effect triggers: ... King Lizard ... Ruster Lifter ... Feral Javelin ... Leper Tormented ... Raj Guard Gloryseeker ... Union Bulwark Reduced deck synergy (on lower levels and difficulties): ... King Lizard (fewer poison units) ... Shiram Torchbearer (fewer direct leader damage cards) ... Ruster Lifter (fewer regen units and self damage cards) ... Feral Javelin (fewer poison units) ... Leper Tormented (fewer regen units) ... Raj Guard Gloryseeker (fewer strong fury units) ... Union Bulwark (fewer Armor synergy cards) Ruster Lifter fight guaranteed to be 5 rows wide, gives you more room to build up for a strong alpha strike A fun side-effect of the "once each turn" change to the Gloryseeker and the King Lizard is that it not only makes things easier (hopefully not too much), it suddenly makes these into effects you can play around. Which one of your units is expendable and attacks the lizard first? Which one of the enemy units is least powerful if he gets it back to his hand and gets killed first? Next steps, after this are: More boss balancing based on your feedback and taking a closer look at the AI. So that it no longer shoots its own obstacles or pulls units that are already in the front column. However if the AI starts playing better this will also raise the difficulty again, so it probably will be a bit of a back and forth between the two. But's that's a topic for another day. Anyway, that's it for today. Keep playing and keep sending me that feedback! And most importantly: Stay hydrated, - Martin

[ 2019-07-23 16:12:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Nowhere Prophet
Sharkbomb Studios

Developer

Sharkbomb Studios

Publisher

Q2 2018

Release

Strategy RPG Singleplayer

These features make Nowhere Prophet stand out

Card-based tactical combat system
Randomly generated maps and events
Two decks to build: Followers and Leader!
Unlock new content across multiple playthroughs
Stunning and confident art style
A fresh non-western post-apocalyptic world
Indian infused electronica soundtrack

A roguelike deck-building game

Nowhere Prophet is a single player card game with procedurally generated maps, a high difficulty and permadeath. At it's heart are two distinct parts of gameplay: Travel and combat.

TRAVEL
During travel you navigate across a procedurally generated map. Make sure your convoy has enough resources to travel as you pick your route. On your journey you will encounter strange places and even stranger people. You will be thrust into situations that put the fate of your followers in your hands.

If you're lucky enough to gain some rewards, maybe for helping someone - or robbing them, then you can invest those to improve your decks. Recruit more followers to have more and different units to put into battle. Equip your prophet or level up and learn new skills to have access to stronger action cards in combat.

COMBAT
You will have to overcome some enemies to keep your convoy and resources together. And sometimes you may even want to pick a fight for righteousness or just for loot. Once in battle the game changes to the turn-based card game mode.

Play convoy cards to put your followers onto the field and position them so you can overcome your enemy. Or play action cards to dramatically change the battlefield. But be careful: If you're wounded you will have to find a safe place to heal. And if one of your followers takes too many wounds, they are lost forever.

A science-fiction post-apocalypse

Nowhere Prophet is set on a far off planet called Soma. Your story begins many years after the Crash, a complete technological collapse. Civilization has broken down and the lack of resources made everyone turn either bandit or madman.

In this world inspired by Indian culture you lead a convoy of outcastes. These desperate men and woman following your vision of a better future. Under your guidance they travel with you through the wastelands. Your goal is the Crypt, a mystical place that promises untainted technology and safety.

If you can survive long enough to find it.

MINIMAL SETUPProcessor: 2 GHzMemory: 4096 MB RAMStorage: 1 GB available space
Memory: 4096 MB RAMStorage: 1 GB available space
Storage: 1 GB available space

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