Great game. Top ten favs. Also some feedback.

[chb2358]

Big fan of roguelikes (DCSS #1 and Rift Wizard #2). The complexity of tactics keeps me thinking for the best spell. Well done. The personal issue that I have with Rift Wizard is that the enemies start attacking me so quickly that it stresses me out. Here, I feel like there is enough breathing space for me to be defensive AND offensive (Repel is such a great spell!) Soundtrack is great. Animations are fun to watch. Well balanced difficulty. Top ten favorite games for sure. Thank you so much for making on game compatible for mac!!!

Some issues that I have been having:
- The "Blue Portals" are hard to see. They look black, on a dark background. I often find myself having to play "Where's Waldo" with them. Maybe they could be more >blue<?
- Difficulty see which target I have highlighted (if I even have it highlighted)
- Difficulty selecting a specific target if they are standing on top of each other. Example: had a mini boss standing on an explosive barrel. Cost me over 100 mana to target the barrel. Would highlight and target it with a simple arrow, and it would continuously hit the enemy instead.
- Curses (Bloat, etc.) are difficult without highlighting enemies. Would be less work for players if a cursed enemy had more of an indicator on their character. Lost a few runs because I didn't see that enemies had bloat. Something like a little bomb icon of at their feet?
- Finally made it to the DeathMasons. Lost the run due to multiple misfiring spells. I'll have something devastating loaded up, beginning with with either Target Cone or Target Arrow, the game will show me all the lines of destruction, but when I fire, it seems as if the spell hit a wall and fizzes. Lost three full turns on that level to this. Still managed to kill the Deathmasons and just had a bunch of Ghost Archers left. Had WMD spell loaded, clicked to fire, nothing happened, and then they shot me down. Is it possible for the UI to be more clear when a spell will or wont hit a target? I feel miss-led when all the lines and skulls are showing, but then something just don't quite make the connection. This results in a disappointing loss when the game is telling me that I will be successful. I think it mostly happens with “Targeting Arrow” and other arrow spells.
- First three levels have a bright white background instead of the dark style (and easier on the eyes) that the other levels have. Why the difference?
- Could just be my computer (mac) but when picking a mason class, the resolution is over-sized and does fit the screen. I have all the necessary information, but the both row of classes is cut off where the "highest score" is shown.
- Got soft locked out of the game. Exit Portal showed up on level 1+, round one. I took it because I could not beat round two, only to find that I am perpetually stuck in the game, without being able to cast spells. Had to abandon this run, losing my data on how well the run went because I technically didn't die.

Great game. Really looking forward to this big update.
Keep up the good work
Christopher

[Spellmasons]

Hi Christopher,
Thank you so much for this post, I'm so honored that you consider Spellmasons in your top 10!

Regarding difficulty seeing which target you have highlighted, have you tried changing the unit outlines in the Accessibility settings? You can set a custom outline thickness / color for units that you have targeted, this may alleviate the issue for you.

Misfiring spells: I just released a stability update that should improve the issue in multiplayer where sometimes spells got "undone" but this doesn't exactly sound like the issue you're experiencing. I will investigate target arrow specifically and see if I can find something that's wrong. It's definitely a bug if the prediction shows skulls but the enemy does not die. My apologies for this issue.

Bright background: There is an Accessibility checkbox to dim the bright background.

Resolution: There is a UI scale option in the "Video" settings that will resolve this

Lost run: Oof, sorry about that - that's not a fun experience. I haven't encountered this issue before. I'll log it and see if I can find what went wrong.

Thank you for your support! It means the world to me. Stay tuned for the content update on April 27th! It'll add some reaaaally cool new spells and a new boss among some other things :)