ROWBYROW

So I think I leveled twice, and the second time was from beating the boss, so I don't know for certain that seeing the boss board instead of my own when I visited the shop, which had stayed 5x5 after the first levelup, was a glitch. But it is a thing that happened.

So after deliberately buffing the MercRat and inadvertently rendering it unable to Query (and thus me unable to learn it), then running out of non-attack options, I attacked him for one damage. He said "You've made a grave mistake!" and then the game crashed to the TIC console. I haven't managed to get screenshots or copy-paste working, so here's my best stab at a manual copy-over of what was on the console:

>[string "-- title:
ROWBYROW..."]:5745: attempt to index a
nil value (global 'cur_line')
stack traceback:
 [string "-- title:
ROWBYROW..."]:5745: in function 'TIC'
 [string "-- title:
ROWBYROW..."]:5773: in function 'TIC'
>

I was also trying to Query as many of the first dungeon enemies as I could, and I haven't managed Slime or Rival yet but I have managed Maneki.

Interesting game so far! Would be easier if you had an actual description of picross rules in the tutorial.

I finally found another bug (maybe)! If you flee the multi-opponent encounter at the end after knocking one of them out and then go back to the location again, the oppnent you took down is back.

Or maybe ALL of these encounters are entirely non-lethal, which would explain how the mushrooms can be all chatty after their defeats and how the two at the end can team up even after the player defeated them previously? Hmmm...

I can't believe how much time I've put into this game. The entertainment value per-line-of-code is off the charts!

I noticed some things which may or may not be intentional:

1. AntiPsn for 4 when Poisoned for 1 becomes heal-over-time for 3, but AntiPsn when not poisoned at all fizzles.
2. As long as one has two-square picross options, one can repeatedly use 'mine' to prevent them from doing anything. I used this on the ShyFairy to finish another picross to use later.

I like both these features but I thought I should mention them in case they don't fit your vision for the game.

Another crash. In first area fighting rival, had buff active, cast lightening, got:

>[string "-- title:  ROWBYROW..."]:499:
attempt to index a nil value (field
'?')
stack traceback:
 [string "-- title:  ROWBYROW..."]:499:
in function 'TIC'
>
I hope this report helps.

Hi, I’m really liking this game so far, but I ran into this crash while fighting Shaably (the Spore mushroom).

[string "-- title:  
ROWBYROW..."]:2863: bad argument #1 to 
'random' (interval is empty)
stack traceback:
    [C]: in function 'math.random'
    [string "-- title:  
ROWBYROW..."]:2863: in function 
'enemy_attack'
    [string "-- title:  
ROWBYROW..."]:3031: in field 'ai'
    [string "-- title:  ROWBYROW..."]:491: 
in function 'enemyturn'

Hello, I like the game a lot, I especially like how you provide so many abilities to play with. 

I think there needs to be more puzzles, by the end of the demo managing the board got less interesting as I had good general strategies for each layout.

It could also be interesting to experiment with multiple sizes of board (maybe 4x4-6x6, maybe even non-square boards), although you'd have to look at balance as that would make the consumables even more OP.

Also, entering the stairs in the upper right of the second area shouldn't immediately end your game, I was curious if there would be anything back there like with the other set of stairs and hadn't actually finished all the encounters yet.

Overall this is a great base and I'm really excited to see where this game goes!

I'll definitely be back for the updates!😀

Came from the description in: youtube.com/watch?v=eE05LjNNenQ

Fun! Interesting how the roaming guy in the second zone isn't the boss?

Is there a hidden path to the secret area in the first zone? Cool how stairs don't always end the game! Mimic is very useful!

The three mushrooms did their dialogue after my first battle with a sporer, but also after the battle right after that.

Should it happen every time?

I am relatively new to picross games, but I enjoyed it a lot! :D

Some ideas/opinions:

-You should probably add an options menu to let the player disable completely the wobbly/colored text.

-I couldn't use the buff because the game finished too soon XD Does it affect the smallCure too? By the description it seemed it woould only change the attack.

-This needs music. I'm glad you are planning to add it :)

Please continue with your good work! :D I would love buying this game on Steam (you could probably release it on early acces).

This is a really amazing concept! It took me a moment to figure out that you could mark squares as empty without it counting as a marked square, and that the nonograms continued between battles, but otherwise I loved it!

I do have some accessibility concerns though, the bouncing text was very difficult to read as I react poorly to quickly changing or flashing light. The "Thanks for playtesting" screen also was difficult for me because of my reactions to flashing lights.

This is kinda cool. One thing I'd recommend is toning down the wobbly-ness of the text, as it's kinda hard to read (I'm trying to imagine how my dyslexic friend would deal with it and wincing). And the flashing "game over" text is probably a seizure trigger. 

I definitely got confused about why nothing was happening when I clicked on the spell in the very beginning; took me a while to figure out that I had to select a target as well (even though there was only one target). I'd recommend adding a line into the description about that. I figured it out quickly enough but it felt a bit weird. Otherwise, this is a decent bit of fun.

Fun little game with a neat core idea.

To make buff more useful. Could it be allowed to choose column or row when you are only filling in one square? After I had used it, I only had one row left to fill, so I didn't benefit from it.

The x in multipliers are usually written after the number. I especially got confused by the x-3.0. It looks like it will be the number of squares minus three rather than multiplied by minus three.

made in TIC-80. Excellent. Great work

Pretty fun game, but this is coming from a diehard picross fan.

Do you plan on adding some back ground music?