[Feedback] The Cursed Ascent (now with poll!)

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What new feature would you like the most? (*Explanation in first post. Feel free to comment below!)

harder difficulty option: harder tasks
14
10%
harder difficulty option: e.g. less max health or stronger Vixens
5
3%
easier difficulty option: easier tasks or regen after battle
10
7%
Boss Mode* (fight a hard new Vixen)
30
21%
Artifact shop* (change entire Ascent)
10
7%
Challenge (option before a fight: gain gold but make the Vixen stronger)
10
7%
New task: Tease*
14
10%
Cheat Mode*
17
12%
Player-created Vixens*
10
7%
User-created Vixens*
23
16%
 
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Re: [Feedback] The Cursed Ascent

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RemiHiyama wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:26 pmFor some people it encourages playing very cautiously and defensively. (To the extent that you can in a given situation.) Which, yes, draws things out, but it also increases monotony.
I'll take a look at it. There is a game mechanic that acts a bit like confuse, but maybe has fewer drawbacks for gameplay.
RemiHiyama wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:26 pmI've done some more testing, and Immune doesn't seem to work on attacks either. Status effect damage seems to be prevented correctly.
Nice! Another bug found and patched.
RemiHiyama wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:26 pmWhen purchasing the Switchblade, the message says 1 piercing damage, even though the stats (and actually using it) show 2 damage.
Yeah, I forgot to update the smiths explanation after changing the balance on this item. Fixed it now.
RemiHiyama wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:26 pmIf you have a limit break ready and are hit with reduce limit, is that supposed to completely wipe you out? I expected to end up at, say, 60 after being hit with a 40 strength reduce, but that wasn't what happened.
I couldn't find this error in my code. If you are at 100 Limit and get hit by Destroy Limit40, you should have 60 Limit afterwards. Please keep an eye on this and tell me again, if you can confirm. Thanks!
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Question regarding classes.
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Just unlocked the WaterDancer.

Are there any plans to expand the list of tasks for the actions with this archetype to include, for example, palming or anal?
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KosherKrackers wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:39 pm Just unlocked the WaterDancer.

Are there any plans to expand the list of tasks for the actions with this archetype to include, for example, palming or anal?
Heavy spoiler:
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Well there is one more Rogue for you to unlock, right? Question is, how...
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Hey, this is an awesome tease - one of the most ambitious ones we've seen yet! I'm really enjoying it.

I did come across a run ending bug though:
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I've also fallen victim like a previous poster to Silence combined with Taunt from a Curse. This meant I couldn't do anything during my turn. I was able to use an item for my first action but had no more for my second action and was forced to end the ascent.
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The Curse in question is Envy.
Could Rest be made available at all times and unaffected by Taunt or Silence? Or maybe change/remove said Curse?

I now know not to choose that Curse to avoid this, but there will be others who fall into the same trap. I also don't want to have to avoid a part of the game just to dodge a potential game ender.
I also noticed that two of the Vixens seem to be the same:
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The Bearer of Gifts (I think that's her name) has the same flavor/personality text as the military one (I can't remember her name).
I'm not sure if they are the same gameplay wise. I encountered the military Vixen on my first run only and can't remember the specifics.
Overall though, this is amazing, and I will likely play again and again and again, so thank you for your hard work so far!
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I was wondering, is it possible to play this offline somehow or download it? :-)
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intermolecularpyro wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:53 am I've also fallen victim like a previous poster to Silence combined with Taunt from a Curse. This meant I couldn't do anything during my turn. I was able to use an item for my first action but had no more for my second action and was forced to end the ascent.
You should be able to use Attack though, right? You weren't feared as well, were you? Nevertheless, as a precaution, I made Rest available if the player is both taunted and silenced.
intermolecularpyro wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:53 am I also noticed that two of the Vixens seem to be the same
You guys are really good at catching bugs! Thanks for reporting, it's fixed now.
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Is anyone able to shed light on what is reset when you begin a new ascent?
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Curious about curses, items, skills, and training. I finished the game, earned three keys, and am now about to begin a new ascent but I'm not thrilled with the curses I chose and I'm wondering if I should do a reset instead. Also, does a reset by way of "not waking up" differ from a reset by way of the settings menu?
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Hey, beginning a new ascent resets everything excepts keys and what you unlocked with them.
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Not waking up is the same as pressing F5 or starting a new ascent for that matter.
So feel free to start a new ascent with a different curse. Your unlocks are all save and the only way to loose them is via the "about" menu.
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It would be nice to have a way to make a custom name persist until changed, instead of having to reenter it every time.
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itslate wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:04 am
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intermolecularpyro wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:53 am I've also fallen victim like a previous poster to Silence combined with Taunt from a Curse. This meant I couldn't do anything during my turn. I was able to use an item for my first action but had no more for my second action and was forced to end the ascent.
You should be able to use Attack though, right? You weren't feared as well, were you? Nevertheless, as a precaution, I made Rest available if the player is both taunted and silenced.
Yeah I must also have been Feared. Thank you!
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Bug I have got.
Every new game now starts me with bound and poisioned10. With make pretty much each starting battle make you die or lose 30 health.

Ps: nevermind, I logged out and logged back on which fixed it.
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Re: [Feedback] The Cursed Ascent (now with poll!)

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Hey guys, I've been thinking about incorporating additional features and added a poll to get an idea of what you guys would like to see. So please participate!
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An issue I'm facing...
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Ok I don't know if I'm doing anything wrong but every time I start the game is messed up.
Sometimes makes me continue from X realm, sometimes saves my keys and items, sometimes just wipes everything away.
Sometimes I start with X amount of keys or whatever...
I always login before start playing, I also tried to log out - login again but there apparently isn't a way to keep progress saved.

Using Opera on Win10. Let me know if I'm doing anything wrong! Thanks!
I really like the game tho! I was thinking to make something similar on RPG Maker but never found the time to get done with it.
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Vicissitudo wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:24 pmSometimes makes me continue from X realm, sometimes saves my keys and items, sometimes just wipes everything away.
Sometimes I start with X amount of keys or whatever...
I always login before start playing, I also tried to log out - login again but there apparently isn't a way to keep progress saved.
Hmm, that sucks. The game is saved after every battle and location. You could just test this out a bit more. In realm 1, buy a potion after the first battle. Then wait for the "game saved" nofitication, close the browser and load the game, checking for the potion.
Keys really shouldn't disappear, ever, though. This is really strange.
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Re: [Feedback] The Cursed Ascent (now with poll!)

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Had a pretty odd bug today. I had just bought the curse of death and was on my first run to fight the witch. Got to the top, beat the witch handily and then it just went to back to the ascent screen and battle and I had to fight the witch again. This kept happening and I thought I might just need to beat them a couple of times. Got to realm 11 before I gave up and clicked end accent. It looked like it then did what was meant to be the victory text before giving me the default loss text.

Was that what was meant to happen? I thought you were meant to unlocked something for beating the witch or is it just an extra challenge?
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