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Attnam / ivan

Iter Vehemens ad Necem - a continuation of the graphical roguelike by members of http://attnam.com
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difficulty modes #456

Closed AquariusPower closed 6 years ago

AquariusPower commented 6 years ago

https://github.com/Attnam/ivan/issues/429#issuecomment-406808096

Stihdjia commented 6 years ago

I'm not into it. IVAN is supposed to be brutally unfair.

Lots of people have made their own personal easier versions though.

red-kangaroo commented 6 years ago

I also wouldn't like difficulty modes. It cheapens the game experience and the satisfaction from success when you can just decide to play in easy mode.

Lum4r commented 6 years ago

It already has Wizard Mode. It's the nature of rougelikes to have two difficulties: Absurdly, Mercilessly Difficult and Cheating.

AquariusPower commented 6 years ago

I think balanced is doable (as oposed to impossible or annoying), challenging is a must, I think we didnt abbandon Ivan also cuz it is utterly challenging :>

The crafting system I created may make things easier, and that scares me... so I am trying to make it more difficult, taking time, fumble etc to create things, suggestions are welcome.

So, may be wizard mode suffices already :)

AquariusPower commented 6 years ago

@red-kangaroo

when you can just decide to play in easy mode

that is the most scary thing, when we have the option we may not hold ourselves b4 using it, and less challenging will make it less memorable too :>

red-kangaroo commented 6 years ago

@AquariusPower

So, may be wizard mode suffices already :)

Yeah.

andrewtweber commented 6 years ago

Doesn't hurt to discuss this every now and then, but it seems like most are agreed to not introduce difficulty modes.