{"author_name":"Dietrich Epp","cat":"LD #35","comments":[],"epoch":1460875200,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"7068","p_author":"Dietrich Epp","p_authorkey":"7606","p_urlkey":"42502","p_title":"Progress report\u2026 and combat simulations","p_cat":"LD #35","p_event":"LD35","p_time":"1460875200","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"7606","us_name":"Dietrich Epp","us_username":"depp","event_start":"1460678400","event_key":"33","event_name":"LD35"},"text":"

To test game balance, I wrote a script to test combat between all possible shapes you can shift into. It’s basically an automatic 2v2 arena with the results summarized in a table. The first number in each cell tells you how often the monster to the left wins, and the second number tells you how often the monster at the top wins.<\/p>\n

So you can see that the “air” monster is quite victorious, only losing fights against the mage–and even then, it still wins 22% of the time. I’m going to have to nerf that monster a lot. Or maybe I’ll just stick it at the end. The bat is also a bit overpowered.<\/p>\n

“Unicorn” and “glip” don’t win, but they’re not really supposed to win by themselves.<\/p>\n

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