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That Lonesome Valley as cowboy coin crusher

Radiator Blog

You can place this game in a tradition of walkie-talkie games like Firewatch or Wheels of Aurelia. Here my walking mechanic borrows some sensibility from Death Stranding, where terrain can seriously slow down the player's speed, so a skilled player should micro-optimize their route a little and avoid water / hills / obstacles.

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Item Variants and Randomization in Roguelikes

Grid Sage Games

A single run also doesn’t take too long (1~2 hours), so players have a chance to quickly start finding items they’ve never seen before, or only rarely, even after becoming pretty familiar with the game. Other types of NPCs can modify or convert other types of items. A TGGW inventory/equipment list.

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The Lost Ark Has Found its Way

Deconstructor of Fun

Fortunately, the art design of the game performs well. The map models are rich and varied in terms of items, buildings, and terrain changes, which offsets outdated graphics performance. Despite the game’s powerful use of top-down view, the live cutscenes of Lost Ark are full of bugs. The grand scene).