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breaking down a cool roguelike demo I'm playing called Shogun Showdown
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the idea is that it's a turn-based side-scrolling swordbattle game with tiny maps and tiny math
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over each unit's head is their action queue
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each turn, you can do one of the following
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- Move one space in either direction
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- Turn around
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- Add an action to the action queue
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- Empty the queue and do every action in it
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This turn, both enemies are going to add an action to their action queue
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I have one action in my queue, and it's "deal 2 damage on both sides in melee"
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the guy behind me has 2 HP
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so, execute queue
so, execute queue
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then as the enemy moves in for melee, I turn around, equip a 2-damage arrow, and fire
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simple enough
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but battles have multiple waves
but battles have multiple waves
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with each set of enemies appearing immediately after the last enemi is slain
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each action also has a cooldown of how many turns you have to wait before you can equip it again
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almost took 2 damage from this guy, but I got my arrow out one turn faster
almost took 2 damage from this guy, but I got my arrow out one turn faster
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now it's 3 against 1, and my heavy-hitting actions are all on cooldown
now it's 3 against 1, and my heavy-hitting actions are all on cooldown
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so here we use two actions at once
so here we use two actions at once
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the guy on the left is going to dash forwards any distance and hit the first guy he runs into
the guy on the left is going to dash forwards any distance and hit the first guy he runs into
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but I have one more ability, on a 4-turn cooldown
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and it's to swap places with an adjacent enemy
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I swap places with him and he hits the other enemy instead of me
I swap places with him and he hits the other enemy instead of me
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連続犬
oh this is FASCINATING
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then I catch up, and I have a 3-damage spear, which pierces 2 tiles forward
then I catch up, and I have a 3-damage spear, which pierces 2 tiles forward
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so this wave is dealt with
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wave 4 has an archer, a spearman, and a swordsman... tricky bunch
wave 4 has an archer, a spearman, and a swordsman... tricky bunch
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first move is to swap right so that the spear guy is blocking the archer
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you can adjust the order of the actions in your queue at any time without taking a turn
you can adjust the order of the actions in your queue at any time without taking a turn
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so, double arrow, kill both at once without risking an attack from the archer
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and so on
and so on
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battle cleared with no damage taken
battle cleared with no damage taken
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then between fights you get to upgrade your actions with things like "+1 damage +1 cooldown" or "-1 cooldown"
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here's a kickass turn
here's a kickass turn
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there's a guy in front of me with 5 HP, about to strike, and an enemy 3 spaces behind him
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my queue is
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"Shoot nearest enemy ahead for 4 damage"
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"Travel forwards until you pass through an enemy, dealing 1 damage"
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"Pierce 2 spaces ahead for 3 damage"
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double kill
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this game fucks
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oh this sounds REAL cool
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there are boss fights
there are boss fights
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demo clear. wishlisting this hard
demo clear. wishlisting this hard
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comes out on the 27th
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the attack queue is so good for like
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that samurai clash feeling
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you queue up 3 moves and then there's a burst of action
pastel ranma
Oh yeah I played an earlier version of that like a year ago! It's so cool