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[TheChaoticGood]

ok i'll download it and tell you want I think.

[TeeGee]

Here comes the new Pyra!



With vengeance!

[crusty]

I played it.  And I'm liking it a lot.  This game is really really good.

That being said, I do have some beef with the lack of stat transparency - it's hard to make decisions in battle because I don't know the formulas that determine damage (and if I did I wouldn't want to sit there and calculate them).

So, this may sound crazy, but firstly I would argue for the removal of armor (and magic resist? idk if you have that).  In my opinion it needlessly complicates the decision making process.  If a unit's attacks always deal the same amount of damage, then there is no guesswork when attacking -- unit tankiness would just scale on total health (yes the monk's attack would need to be changed but I think it's a small price to pay - you could make him do percent health damage or something).

Secondly, I think you should show the amount of healing/damage that an attack will do when mousing over the target.

Thirdly, I think you should have a bar along the bottom showing the turn order for the next 10 units.

Lastly, I think you should give better context when mousing over buffs (or mousing over ally units to buff them).  I don't know what charge(3) and charge(4) means.  The player (well me anyway) only cares about the raw damage.  So if I'm mousing over my mage to use his charge skill, the mouseover context should tell me exactly how much damage his next attack will do if I charge.  That way I can make the decision about whether to attack now or charge another turn.  Same thing with his buff - if I'm mousing over an ally with the mage buff I want to know by exactly how much it will increase the damage of his next attack.  I realize that these changes would be contingent upon first removing mitigation from the damage calculations.

(also while we're on the topic of the mage's charge skill, why does it start at 3 and then go up to 4?)

Anyways, these are my humble opinions, they may not be right for other players but they are changes that I would like.  Only posting because I really really like the game.  I would still play even if kept the same way.

[TeeGee]

Thanks!

I'm honestly not sure what to do regarding mechanic transparency and providing exact numbers for damage and the likes. I mean, you're not the first person to request it, but most games don't do that. I have no idea what's the exact damage formula for Dark Souls, Diablo or Final Fantasy (or any jRPG for that matter), but I don't find it problematic there. In fact, for me it adds some element of skill, as you have to get good at estimating outcomes. If it's a problem in Bonfire, then maybe something is confusing in its overall design?

So really, thanks for feedback! I can't make any promises, but I'll definitely give this more thought and I'm glad to hear you like the game. 

[crusty]

No problem, I look forward to more development!

[loudo]

Very good special effects! I'm jalous 

[TeeGee]

The artwork revamp is also a nice opportunity to introduce a little more diversity into our hero cast.

[SrGrafo]

The artwork revamp is also a nice opportunity to introduce a little more diversity into our hero cast.

looks nice, I like when in the art, the borders of the images are colored 

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The crew at the camp:



Plus some news.

[Bluebutton]

Great artwork and great news about the demo. I look forward to playing it.

[TeeGee]

Working on a new dungeon backdrop:

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Pondering which map style to pick.



Context: it's a quest menu background, so it doesn't have to be super-defined.

[ｂ∀ ｋｋｕｓａ]

i like A it has more depth and is clean to the eyes.

[TeeGee]

Took morning off to play around with blood effects a little.



Bloodborne made me do it! 

[TeeGee]

Some more fun with blood and decals.



I mean, I wish games were less violent and all... BUT THIS IS JUST SO MUCH FUN! 

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Adding special character-specific item attacks:

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Things fun to code: fantasy name generators!

[TeeGee]

Working on a less casual-game-like GUI and can't make decide which one's better. Opinions?



(And yes -- this is an ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL decision!)

[ஒழுக்கின்மை (Paul Eres)]

graphics seem to have improved a bit since i last played it. send me a new version if you want more testing btw!

[ANtY]

definitely a., I think that hp and stamina bar backgrounds are critically important