Day 5: Balancing thoughts and the coming week
So I'm currently looking at the overall balancing to bring it back in line. CHOSEN still seems to be mostly fine, though could be a tad easier, while the change to the AI is felt more strongly in BURDENED and DOOMED, which makes me think that both of these need to be brought down a bit as well. I'd love to hear some feedback about your experience on whether you agree or disagree with me. That would help me a lot to zone in on an ideal curve.
In the meantime, I am thinking about which levers to use to change things:
Enemy decks are probably a better are to address but they are a bit finicky and hard to balance because there's so many things coming together, sometimes in unexpected ways. Enemy status effects are simpler (fewer moving parts) but the changes are less gradual. One fewer trigger can sometimes make a challenging fight trivial.
So that said, my current thoughts are to make the enemy decks a bit less mean in Chosen and Burdened so that the decks start to synergize at higher levels. This would also help with making map 1 a bit less of a make or break moment. Also some tweaks to the status effects and then pulling down HP for the elites and bosses just a tad (on Burdened and Doomed). And lastly to make the AI in the early maps a little stupider again - not as much as it was but just a tad less optimized. I am also considering changing the length of the maps and how the enemy levels are spread out across them a bit. Currently the game ramps up quickly in Map 1, so maybe that should be a bit more gradual. In any case, expect an updated PREVIEW build Monday or Tuesday next week. With all that said, please keep the feedback coming! Specifically:
[ 2019-07-26 14:35:21 CET ] [ Original post ]
So I hope that by now a few of you found some time to play the PREVIEW build with the improved AI. As you may have noticed, this makes the game a bunch tougher.
The new normal
So I'm currently looking at the overall balancing to bring it back in line. CHOSEN still seems to be mostly fine, though could be a tad easier, while the change to the AI is felt more strongly in BURDENED and DOOMED, which makes me think that both of these need to be brought down a bit as well. I'd love to hear some feedback about your experience on whether you agree or disagree with me. That would help me a lot to zone in on an ideal curve.
Knobs to tweak
In the meantime, I am thinking about which levers to use to change things:
- Player Health (At start, increase per level)
- Enemy Health
- Enemy Decks
- Enemy Status effects (which, at what level, how strong)
- AI cleverness
- Fight Rewards (Resources, Followers & Items)
- Event Rewards (Resources, Followers & Items)
- Length of maps
Enemy decks are probably a better are to address but they are a bit finicky and hard to balance because there's so many things coming together, sometimes in unexpected ways. Enemy status effects are simpler (fewer moving parts) but the changes are less gradual. One fewer trigger can sometimes make a challenging fight trivial.
My plan for balance
So that said, my current thoughts are to make the enemy decks a bit less mean in Chosen and Burdened so that the decks start to synergize at higher levels. This would also help with making map 1 a bit less of a make or break moment. Also some tweaks to the status effects and then pulling down HP for the elites and bosses just a tad (on Burdened and Doomed). And lastly to make the AI in the early maps a little stupider again - not as much as it was but just a tad less optimized. I am also considering changing the length of the maps and how the enemy levels are spread out across them a bit. Currently the game ramps up quickly in Map 1, so maybe that should be a bit more gradual. In any case, expect an updated PREVIEW build Monday or Tuesday next week. With all that said, please keep the feedback coming! Specifically:
- How does the current PREVIEW difficulty feel to you?
- What do you think about my plan for rebalancing?
Nowhere Prophet
Sharkbomb Studios
Sharkbomb Studios
Q2 2018
Strategy RPG Singleplayer
Game News Posts 48
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support
Mostly Positive
(684 reviews)
http://www.nowhereprophet.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/681730
The Game includes VR Support
Nowhere Prophet Linux [594.61 M]
Nowhere Prophet Original Soundtrack + The Art and Design of Nowhere Prophet Book
Nowhere Prophet is a roguelike deck-building game set in a post-apocalyptic future.
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Take on the role of a powerful leader and mystic. Empowered with the gifts of technopathy, the ability to sense and affect eletrical currents.
You are the last hope to a band of outcastes and refugees. Lead them across the randomly generated wastelands. Pick fights with greedy slavers and crazy machines using the turn-based card combat. But always spend your resources carefully. Can you survive long enough to reach the mysterious Crypt?
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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.
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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.
Take on the role of a powerful leader and mystic. Empowered with the gifts of technopathy, the ability to sense and affect eletrical currents.
You are the last hope to a band of outcastes and refugees. Lead them across the randomly generated wastelands. Pick fights with greedy slavers and crazy machines using the turn-based card combat. But always spend your resources carefully. Can you survive long enough to reach the mysterious Crypt?
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.
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