A traditional roguelike where the outcomes of attacking and defending are pre-determined and visible. Gameplay revolves around fighting slimes, adding to your sequence of combat outcomes, and using abilities to modify the order in which combat outcomes occur. It’s set in a neon sewer!

It’s my entry in the 2020 7 Day Roguelike game jam.

Play or download slime99 on its itch.io page.

View the source code on github.

It’s done! I spent today fleshing out the final boss fight, music, and lots and lots of playtesting and tweaking until the game felt challenging but winnable (and fun!).

I spent today play-testing and tweaking mechanics to make them more fun and balanced. Originally there were slimes which granted the player abilities when attacked. These slimes would flee the player at half speed, and you would need to chase them down while evading other slimes to get new attacks, defences and techs. This proved tedious, so I cut them. Now all enemies have a chance to drop items when killed. The green “goo” slimes drop better items, but they also spawn sludge when killed, so you have to step in sludge and take damage to pick up the item. There are also various items placed around the level, with better items being placed in sludge.

Today I focused on upgrades. There are certain enemies which grant attack, defense, and tech items when damaged. Upon completion of a level, this dialog appears letting you choose an ability (abilities let you manipulate the sequences of items).

Tomorrow I need to play the game a ton and tweak mechanics until it is fun. I have an idea for a final boss fight: A slime which divides when hit, into slimes with random combinations of properties!