Or even better yet, they give us the complete game without needing to buy anything else... and there can be a DONATE TO US IAP button where you guys can give til your heart's content. The best of both worlds and we still have a complete game.
I actually think asking for donations outright is grounds for rejection from the App Store. That said, you can always sell something frivolous like a fancy hat for $5 . We'll see how things go after release, some kind of expansion is totally possible. I'm kinda curious what people end up asking for more of - more story-driven stuff, or just more combat (classes, items, enemies). Right now the game is more combat heavy for sure with 150 skills, 12 classes, around 200 pieces of equipment and twice as many enemies and bosses as Battleheart. It's where most of my energy went.
^ Reading that makes me drool a little bit Without playing it yet, I'd assume I'd want more customization options for my character appearance wise whether it's weapons or armor. Then the 2nd thing I'd want most usually is added story or side missions. Mika did you decide to implement color icons to indicate item rarity like we asked for way back? I do hope so! If not that's not a big deal but I love that type of collecting in all my action RPG games.
Thanks for the update and congratulations. This has been my most anticipated mobile game since I first heard about it. Really glad you went with the premium model too!
I'd lean towards more combat options with classes, enemies, and skills. After you beat a story once, it loses its appeal, but adding in more combat options will help the game stay fresh even after you've beaten it, since you can go back and play through the game with the new skills etc. But anything you do will be great. Just take my money already!
development time Hi Mika Mobile, How long has this been in development? The polish looks outstanding. Can't wait to get our hands on it. Congrats!
A couple questions -are there some items that are better and have a more rare drop chance? -is the loot drop completely random? -do items have some special abilities, like reduce cool down of ability "A"? -Is game+mode are the mobs a bit tougher? More HP or stronger attacks? Can't wait to play. I know I'll find the answer to some of those when it goes live, but if they aren't in the game currently then take them as suggestions or ideas #
I'm unsure if it is grounds for denile, because I remember some game called like legends of equip pants or something that was free and the only iap was donations... That being said, I would not want to risk being Denide.
I would say to add funny/fancy/easter egg (like a zombievile, 2D Battleheart, or OMGP) helmets with little to no stats for iAP Just for some folks can show off and support the product more. It would be a neat implementation IMO. I know you were being sarcastic but it would be nice lol
Around 2 and a half years. That's not solid development though, there were some multi-week stretches where I got very little done, such as when we moved from Washington back to California. There are various tiers of gear quality, and what drops is based on the danger level of the area you're in, and yes, its basically totally random. If you have a bad run of luck though, you can always sell the stuff you don't like and buy replacements in town. It's possible for a rare chance at getting an item a tier higher than you're supposed to, and at the end of the game there are special items that are rare drops from the final areas (or acquired from getting really far in the arena). You'll know them by their fancy icons. We don't have any items that change specific abilities, but there are a lot of stats to play around with based on your play style. Pretty much everything from the original Battleheart (power, armor, life stealing, cool down speed) plus items that are hybrids of multiple stats. Your armor can also have these stats now too. New game plus doesn't have to be harder, though if you choose there is a difficulty slider for amping up the health and damage of foes. Generally speaking though, its just a way to replay the game from the beginning while retaining your old skills, so you can mix and match things that would normally be impossible without grinding to insanely high levels.
Hi Mika, so how can you tell the rarities of the item? I guess you alluded to that when you said "fancy icons." Just curious what that was.
I would definitely buy purely aesthetic equipment as a form of 'donation' Even better if they were skins, and you could equip them over your normal gear. Make em a dollar a pop and you'll have collections building in no time
Congrats on the submit. The original was always a top-ten on the platform for me. Though this looks markedly different, from what I can see, gonna love it. One of the best things about the original were the character designs, really dig the fact that the design roots really carried over to the new 3-D models so well. ( IMHO anyway heh ).
