Universal Space Bounties Inc. (By Dancing Cat Development)

Thanks for the feedback

I want the game to be challenging that is why from tier 2 bounty missions onward associates enemies take 2 turns and fugitive enemies take 3 turns (then 4 turns for tier 3, 4 and 5 bounty missions).

Tier 1 bounty missions allow the player to settle into the game and get used to the dynamics of the game so when they start the tier 2 bounty missions they have leveled up tough battle hardened bounty hunters

Enemies will still have increased damage and health as bounty mission difficulty increases.

Grenades are not always successful (unless it is a frag grenade) so this adds a level of uncertainty which makes the game more fun and at least gives the bounty hunters a chance against enemy grenades.

This may seem unfair but enemies do not have the luxury of using medical equipment (although they do have grenades) so this gives bounty hunters a very big advantage.

People have been completing the game on normal and have started playing the brutal game difficulty and nobody has yet complained that the game is to easy or to hard on normal difficulty so I am happy with the game balancing for the moment.

 

Enemies tend to throw grenades and attack. They do not always just attack for all of their turns.

Enemy damage will not be constant against the bounty hunters as bounty hunters can avoid attacks (even more easily with defense mode) and block attacks (if they have a melee weapon).

Also, it really depends what level your bounty hunters are (more health) and how much you have upgraded their weapons.

Remember you can buy the teleporter equipment so you can "test the water" on a bounty mission and your bounty hunter team can teleport back to base if the bounty mission becomes to difficult to succeed.

 

Regarding your 2 star review on the Canadian app store :


1. "Unfair enemy advantages (they can act x2 or x3 times a turn EACH while your characters cannot)"


As I explained before this is a design choice to make the game more challenging as the enemies cannot use medical equipment.


2. "no order of initiative"


This is something that will be added to a upcoming version where you can select the action ordering of bounty hunters during combat.


2. "no trading healing items"


This has been added to version 1.8 which is currently going though apple approval. This should be approved by this Friday or next Monday.


4. "no tactical positioning" "no formations"


This is being added to the game at the moment so bounty hunters have front, middle and back grid positions and each position has its tactical advantages and disadvantages.


This feature will be available in version 1.9 which will be submitted once version 1.8 is approved.


4. "enemy can defend AND attack which makes no sense"


As enemies (on tier 2 difficulty on-wards) can use 2 turns it makes perfect sense. They can use 1 turn to attack and then one turn to go into defense mode.


5. "limited amount of weapons, some of which are useless."


None of the weapons are useless. They all apply damage and some have special capabilities (like rocket launchers can stun enemies). Melee weapons apply less damage then projectile weapons but they have the advantage of being able to block and reflect enemy attacks.


Can you let me know which weapons you feel are useless?


I am sorry you did not like the game and felt it was too hard but remember every game has its own design and ideas and there are no set rules of how games should be designed so that is whats makes games such great fun.

You could of at least waited for the upcoming game updates before giving your app store review but of course that is up to you.

Maybe the upcoming versions will change your mind a little about the game

 

Regarding your questions :

1 - No, this is all percentage chance based.

2 - Heavy weapons (rocket launcher and flamethrower) cannot be blocked. I have updated the help screens to mention this.

3 - No, all light and medium projectile weapons have the same chance of getting head shots. There is no difference between the pulse and laser weapons at the moment except the name, weapon image and projectile image.

 

Thanks for the feedback


The min damage range increase is not a constant 2 for melee weapons or 3 for projectile weapons. It depends on the what upgrade level the weapon is.


So when you upgrade your weapons and then upgrade the bounty hunter strength and intelligence attributes you will notice the attack min value will increase by different amounts depending on what upgrade level the weapon is.


I will update the flamethrower so this weapon has a chance of causing the gas effect (lowers enemy damage from melee and projectile attacks).


Melee weapons are not a disadvantage for the bounty hunters. They essentially add a "second chance" of allowing the bounty hunter to not be damaged (by blocking / reflecting) if they were unable to avoid the attack.


Bounty hunters when gassed can still use projectile weapons. If the bounty hunter has a EMP effect on them they cannot use projectile weapons so this is another advantage to the melee weapons.


Allowing the bounty hunters to buy and upgrade new weapons is in my plan of updates.


Yes, enemies using 2 turns or more (for fugitives) always use the defense mode action on the last turn if they use it at all. They may just decide to just attack for all their turns (with weapons or grenades).

The game does keep track of enemies using defense mode so they will not use it more then twice in a row so this gives bounty hunters a better chance of damaging enemies.

 

Actually, looking at the game code enemies can use the defensive mode action for any of their turns as this makes no difference to the player as when the enemy has used all its turns the defensive mode will be active regardless of what turn the enemy choose this action.

There was a bug which is fixed now where sometimes enemies could enter defense mode more then twice in a row.

Enemies never attack when stunned. They can still use grenades though the same way as bounty hunters who are stunned can still use grenades.

You may be getting confused with enemies who are flashed. Flashed enemies can still attack but their ability to attack and avoid attacks is reduced.

 

Version 1.8 is going through Apple approval and should be approved by next Monday or Tuesday with the following updates :

* Added 'Berserker' mode action to combat. This mode increases attacking damage by 30% but characters are unable to avoid or block enemy attacks.
* Bounty hunters can now pass equipment to one another during combat.
* Updated brutal difficulty so tier one associate enemies do not use grenades.
* Added a new sound effect when using defense mode action.
* Added more information to the space location help screens.
* Updated the level-up screen information about character attributes.
* Character health bars now flash if red.

Then I will submit version 1.9 which has the following updates :

* Bounty hunters can now use a turn to change grid position. Each position has tactical advantages and disadvantages.
* The heavy projectile weapon flamethrower now has a chance to add gas effect to enemies.
* Fixed a bug where a high tier enemy could sometimes use the defense action mode more then twice in a row.
* Added more weapon information to the base help screens.

You know you can upgrade some equipment like grenades? When upgrading frag grenades for example the damage range is increased.

The base cost of the upgraded equipment always stays the same and equipment upgrades are permanent (shared across all current instances and any future purchases).

Spending $2000 for a frag grenade is cheap if the frag grenade is max level 20 and does a lot of damage. Also frag grenades never miss

 

Frag grenades are useful at any time but yeah when a enemy is defending is a good time to use frag grenades.

Enhancements will not increase attributes past the max level of 60.