Our Ascent

It feels like a game that doesn't know what it wants to be. It draws inspiration from a lot, but fails to weave it together well. Is it an incremental/RPG? You can grind... but only as much as the developer feels is appropriate for any given zone. Your xp boost has a hardcap, and realistically there's only so much SP you can acquire in a zone based on options provided. Is it a roguelike? Gameplay is played in runs with (most) things resetting between them, taking the same routes over and over, yet there is effectively no randomization present beyond encounter rate and in-combat hit/crit/combo chance. Is it a real-time skill-based game? A decent portion of routes is you maneuvering your character around a bunch of arbitrary obstacles on the map, on a map that shifts around between characters, yet it is not actually challenging, just awkward, yet still necessary. Is it a puzzle game? Realistically the only way to progress in reasonable amounts of time is to plan routes and builds due to limited meta-progression, and to optimize as much as possible, but solving the puzzle does not inherently mean your route will succeed due to the aforementioned randomization, plus having to execu…

Fun little game but the AI art needs to go

Awesome game!!!! I absolutely love this game and cannot stop playing it <3333

Well made game! Great Inflation RPG vibes!

fun

Found this after seeing it on itch.io. What a great game! You start at level 1 with zero gold each time, and make your way through different paths marked with the levels of the enemies in them. Every level you get to distribute the stats you gain. Gold is used to buy gear which is a permanent unlock. You have another character that has different gear and stat emphasis as well. When both of you beat a boss, both characters get an extra point for talents. The game loop is simple yet satisfying. High recommend if you like this style of game.