Maces and Dices
NitramiuZ · 2023 · Strategy, Roguelike, Turn-Based Combat, Dungeon Crawler, PvE
PC
5 user reviews100% · 5
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About Maces and Dices
Roll the dice and plan what battle to pick first in this turned based roguelike. When dice are your means of both moving and attacking, you better have a good set of them. Battle through procedurally generated dungeons where every move is important. Stop the monsters that are trying to slaughter your dice!
The dice have been re-rolled; it is a new turn. Plan ahead and see what is optimal in the situation or play fast and hope for the best. Keep enemies at a safe distance or kill them off before they get to you. When the turn is over, it will be too late to run.
There is no standard health bar in this game. When an enemy attacks, your dice take damage and break, in the order that you placed them. Make sure the most important dice breaks last, since there is little hope of victory if the enemy broke your ability to move.
The game has only started when the first boss is beat. Reveal the new dungeons with a completely new set of dice and enemies, each dungeon promoting different playstyles. The enemies themselves are unique and have different movement and attacking patterns. By learning the abilities of enemies, you will be able to plan with precision.
Throughout the levels you will not only find new dice to pick up, but there are also upgrades to be assigned. The upgrades are applied per dice, so better pick carefully. Upgrades expand on the dice’s usability, sometimes even letting you play in a way that was not possible without the upgrade.
Turn based dungeon crawler
The dice have been re-rolled; it is a new turn. Plan ahead and see what is optimal in the situation or play fast and hope for the best. Keep enemies at a safe distance or kill them off before they get to you. When the turn is over, it will be too late to run.
Unique health system
There is no standard health bar in this game. When an enemy attacks, your dice take damage and break, in the order that you placed them. Make sure the most important dice breaks last, since there is little hope of victory if the enemy broke your ability to move.Three dungeon types with a total of 15 unique dice
The game has only started when the first boss is beat. Reveal the new dungeons with a completely new set of dice and enemies, each dungeon promoting different playstyles. The enemies themselves are unique and have different movement and attacking patterns. By learning the abilities of enemies, you will be able to plan with precision.
Upgradable arsenal
Throughout the levels you will not only find new dice to pick up, but there are also upgrades to be assigned. The upgrades are applied per dice, so better pick carefully. Upgrades expand on the dice’s usability, sometimes even letting you play in a way that was not possible without the upgrade.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
definitely interesting3 found this helpful
GOTY 2023 10/10 would get angry at dice again3 found this helpful
This review goes in greater detail, but in general: I really like the game! Does contain mild spoilers. The game is a turn based, strategy game where you discover new moves, enemies and upgrades as you progress. The game comes with three levels. The first level focuses on the classic fantasy dungeon trope with bows and swords. The second focuses on a more explosive environment and has some interesting mechanics regarding moving yourself, enemies and objects. The third adds some new floor tiles and some unique attack mechanics and enemies. Dice define your movement, your attacks, your health - everything! A dice gets damaged by the first hit and broken by the second hit. Some rare attacks deal more than one hit. You pick up different dice as you go. Dice again be upgraded by picking up an "+" to better fulfil their purpose. The game doesn't explain much regarding tactics and enemies. Only the dice are explained. I.e. you need to constantly figure out how to approach the situation in the best way possible. I enjoyed world 1 and 3 the most. I had some issues with world 2, because what appears to be the main attacking method - bombs - feel too random due to enemy movement and the e…2 found this helpful
Really cool game! I found out about the game through the game jam version and was excited to find out that there's a steam release too! (The text below here is now obsolete because the developer fixed it yayy ^^) I would like to report a bug though; there is a game-crashing bug that happens when you place two storms on top of each other and then you step on them. When this happens, the game freezes for a while before closing. The two simplest solutions to this issue which I can think of are to either make it so you can't place a storm on top of a pre-existing one; or you could make it so placing a storm on top of another will delete the original storm with the new storm in it's place. Otherwise I think this is an amazing game with a very unique idea, really excited to see what other projects you come up with! ^^1 found this helpful
A lot has happened since the competition! I havent figured out how to counter all enemies, nor use all dice yet, but Im really enjoying level 3 +Its beautiful!1 found this helpful
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