Very fun little game. I can beat it pretty consistently now, and my only real criticism is that the difficulty curve is backwards - the early game is by far the most challenging part, as you have less information to go on, most monsters will kill you, and you only have one healing scroll (and 1 level up). Once you get through the first few moves, the game becomes pretty easy, and by the time you have 11 hearts, it's a simple case of mopping up whatever's left, with basically zero risk of dying.
btw: I kept noticing a funny sound effect, played seemingly at random, and couldn't work out what it was, so eventually I just looked through the source code, and now I know! ;) I wonder how many people have figured it out, or even noticed - probably not many...
I have also been wondering. My best theory has been a guess that could take my life down to 0 but doesn’t…but I have only noticed it in one out of every four or five games (I’m probably missing it as often as I catch it) so it’s hard to test any theory.
Please tell me what it is :D When I heard it first I thought it was random and it surprised me. Next time I heard it, I thought there must be a meaning for it, but I could never figure out what it was :D
I'll give you a clue: The sound effect in question is named "gnome_jumping.wav". Ever notice that the gnome is always one of the last monsters you uncover? There's a reason for that...
Heck yeah! Feeling very smart and cool for getting 303 knowing what i was doing. Love the little mechanics like the scrolls, walls and the leprechaun :)
What an absolutely fantastic puzzle game. I haven't had a game melt the hours away like this in years. Holy smokes. The only complaint I have is that I can't play it on my phone.
- Some monsters appear in certain patterns! There is one that's always in the corner of the grid. There is one that is always surrounded by 5 purple slimes.
- Walls are breakable and can help you level up.
- Once you defeat the L11 monster and get the scroll, you can defeat the L100 monsters!
I've spent HOURS on this and i can not win. It's so good. So hard though. I would love a deeper take on it, it definitely feels like a lot of the randomizations are not possible. But I also am awful at it so who knows. Maybe an easy mode for people like me would be nice.
Also a rewind button would be truly amazing. I'd totally pay for an upgraded version of this with more stuff and I've been passing it around to lotsa people and they all love it!
i wisely decided not to check what the mimic does and just left the spot with a 10 value unexplored.
killed the dragon with one heart left unpicked and no life which is close enough to ideal for me, some luck with finding the loot pinata or the walls that break in less hits then the coins they give could improve this by a bit but i got two early 3 coin walls and the pinata reasonably early so thats good enough.
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I got 303, super worth it
I beat the Game! 1/29/2025
Very fun little game. I can beat it pretty consistently now, and my only real criticism is that the difficulty curve is backwards - the early game is by far the most challenging part, as you have less information to go on, most monsters will kill you, and you only have one healing scroll (and 1 level up). Once you get through the first few moves, the game becomes pretty easy, and by the time you have 11 hearts, it's a simple case of mopping up whatever's left, with basically zero risk of dying.
btw: I kept noticing a funny sound effect, played seemingly at random, and couldn't work out what it was, so eventually I just looked through the source code, and now I know! ;) I wonder how many people have figured it out, or even noticed - probably not many...
I have also been wondering. My best theory has been a guess that could take my life down to 0 but doesn’t…but I have only noticed it in one out of every four or five games (I’m probably missing it as often as I catch it) so it’s hard to test any theory.
Please tell me what it is :D When I heard it first I thought it was random and it surprised me. Next time I heard it, I thought there must be a meaning for it, but I could never figure out what it was :D
I'll give you a clue: The sound effect in question is named "gnome_jumping.wav".
Ever notice that the gnome is always one of the last monsters you uncover? There's a reason for that...
That explains why I associate it with empty squares! Thanks!
Goddamn this game is phenomenal. I glued myself to the sofa for three hours until I won a game.
If you want a hand porting this over to iOS for the app store before someone clones it, hit me up
So close...
Awesome game, I'll try for 303 later.
Muy buen juego
Es un buen juego para pasar el tiempo.
Heck yeah! Feeling very smart and cool for getting 303 knowing what i was doing. Love the little mechanics like the scrolls, walls and the leprechaun :)
this is awesome! took a while to learn how to play, but there's a lot of potential!
Are you still working on this?\
On Android you gotta zoom out to 75%
What an absolutely fantastic puzzle game. I haven't had a game melt the hours away like this in years. Holy smokes. The only complaint I have is that I can't play it on my phone.
Took a while but I finally got 303 yay! 🥰
HOWWW????? My max is 275 and I cannot beat it for the life of me, how????
Mine is 190, what are you talking about lol
click on the wall tiles
they're hiding some coins
Some tips:
- Some monsters appear in certain patterns! There is one that's always in the corner of the grid. There is one that is always surrounded by 5 purple slimes.
- Walls are breakable and can help you level up.
- Once you defeat the L11 monster and get the scroll, you can defeat the L100 monsters!
AMAZING game!!!
Took a few tries but I finally got 303.
I've spent HOURS on this and i can not win. It's so good. So hard though. I would love a deeper take on it, it definitely feels like a lot of the randomizations are not possible. But I also am awful at it so who knows. Maybe an easy mode for people like me would be nice.
Also a rewind button would be truly amazing. I'd totally pay for an upgraded version of this with more stuff and I've been passing it around to lotsa people and they all love it!
OH MY GOD I FINALLY WON AFTER FOUR HOURS!!!
Brilliant game!, great job!
Outstanding game, really requires a mix of luck and understanding what the different monsters do through trial and error. Very addicting!
I am liking this game, but I cannot figure out why some squares display a question mark. Is one of the monsters causing this?
Yes.
Check the monsternomicon. It should catch your eye there.
If this does not help, check the other comments here.
Yes, one with an HP of 5. Listed as ? remaining in monster list. Is at the center of the ? tiles.
Look at the game over screen, its the beholder
I think that I cleared a minotaur but the game did not subtract its value from my HP. Is this a bug or behaviour to be observed?
Loved this neat little game! Big ups to everyone involved! You all crushed it!
nice.
took a couple runs to win.
i wisely decided not to check what the mimic does and just left the spot with a 10 value unexplored.
killed the dragon with one heart left unpicked and no life which is close enough to ideal for me, some luck with finding the loot pinata or the walls that break in less hits then the coins they give could improve this by a bit but i got two early 3 coin walls and the pinata reasonably early so thats good enough.
What a great little game though my score on first win was a paltry 186!
AlfoFish I did it!
I finished the game with one heal and six hearts left.
Cool game! I'd love to see other difficulty levels and/or some continuation too!
Very fun! 10/10 game, I'm awful at it though!
Went back and got the 303, good game!!!!
Bug: I get a the game window just goes black when I click "Run game" on Firefox. Works fine on Chrome.Works now that I rebooted my PCGreat game otherwise! Love the little things to notice while dead. Clearly wishing for more!
I'm on Firefox and having no issues. Might be an extension you're using?
I rebooted my PC yesterday night because Firefox displayed PDFs as just black. So probably the same problem. Now the game works on it. Weird!
nice
Really fun!
Top tier game design. And the music is inexplicably good.
Love the Jorge button detail. Hope that it gets animated when he's in trousers.
Okay so, the highest value (excluding mines of course) is sixty seven for big slime next to lich
Lich (11) + 2 big slimes (16) + 3 minotaurs (21) + mimic (10) + snake (6) = 67
Dragon (15) + 3 minotaurs (21) + 3 snakes (18) + mimic (10) = 64
3 big slime (24) + 3 minotaurs (21) + mimic (10) + snake (6) = 61
3 minotaurs (21) + mimic (10) + 4 snakes (24) = 55
My first win was a perfect win!
Great game
Fantastic game! Really enjoyed this a lot.
Yeeeeeeh! Finally!
Very entertaining! My girlfriend and I defeated it a couple of times. Now we are waiting for a 2.0.0. release!
loved the game, finally got 303
What a beautiful game, congratulations mr sr guy gal, you are awesome!
is 303 the maximum score??
I think so. However, I have cleared the board a couple times with a score of 302.
Alright