Elemental Monk by Biterkid

Elemental Monk is a roguelike puzzle game with Pokémon-like elemental rules.
You're a monk trying to find balance by reaching the 41th floor of the dungeon.
Controls, instructions and the source can be seem at the game's page. The code is right under the game frame.
| Other (web) | https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=31160 |
| Other (document) | |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/elemental-monk |
Ratings
| Overall | 428th | 3.25⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 357th | 3.25⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 497th | 3.05⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 596th | 2.975⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 378th | 3.175⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 233th | 3.158⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 535th | 1.917⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 530th | 2.639⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 23🗳️ | 2🗨️ |
Thanks for the feedback [:
@Poorwill Thanks I really appreciate your kind words
I did find the elemental system a bit confusing though, especially fire beating water and thunder beating fire.
Overall though a very nice and simple game.
I had a hard time thinking about the better element order, like:
water > fire > rock > thunder > water
I feel weird about fire beating rock as well :s
Maybe I need to come up with other elements lol
Overall a great game.
I would have hoped some easier start or a tutorial of some sort. Still, a good and charming game!
My biggest gripe is that the randomness seemed unfair at times. Getting rooms with only 2 or 3 guys made for easy escapes and elements-hording. Getting a few 4-guy rooms in a row basically seemed like an instant-death, unless I'm missing something. My high score was only 18 lol
Overall, very thought provoking and cool though!
Sometimes I get the same feeling when I got to face 4 enemies, but also some of these times it's just a matter of choosing the better side to move. For instance, getting yourself to kill an enemy even when you have many of it's elements just for the sake of survival.
But now that you said it, I feel like trying to balance the spawn based on the amount of elements the player have.
Thanks a lot for your feedback!
Thanks for playing and for the feedback [:
I enjoyed the simple graphics and music/sfx. Nice one!
Nice graphics, all in all a cool entry.
Thank you so much for playing my game and for the feedback!