GABYSOFT

Yep, I understand that Oubliette is actually a really old game back from PLATO and this iOS port is already softened a bit compared to the old versions. Which is to say, I would have never discovered this little gem without your great port, Mr. Gaby. (Sorry if I sound dispolite, I am not native speaker)


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Spice it up with recolors!

I think there can be a little bit more you can do to the visual without working too much; have you ever thought about recolored monsters for different levels?

Or recolored rooms.

I understand that currently monster appearances are based on their species and there's only one kind of dungeon look for now, but I was hoping at least some color difference with the walls will give players a sense of advancement as the dungeon begin to look stranger and stranger.

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Shop Expansion?

And the gold shop. It is too useless for now. Maybe we can buy some very weak magical items later on if we go deeper than a certain level or something?

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Notify about dungeon level purchase?

By the way, perhaps it'd be better if you let people know that they have to pay for dungeon level 2 and beyond? It might be too bad a disappointment if they get past all the first-level pain and found that you have to pay for level 2; added in how hardcore this game is and most casual player that are willing to try will probably just storm off. At least a couple of my friends did.

Thanks for bothering to read this.

Different dungeon colors would be a nice perk, definitely, as would random magic items popping up every so often in the store.

That said, I'd also consider that the Paladin and Ninja classes could possibly be tweaked a little:

Paladins could benefit from their healing touch being able to remove conditions like Paralyze, and possibly being able to use the ability more than once based on Leadership and level.

Ninjas would be nice if they could use Mage spells.. as it stands there doesn't seem to be a need for them since they don't seem to have any particular thing that makes them different.. having a thief and a samurai covers everything and then some. I still use ninjas, but I'm strange. :P

This is a real blast from the past for me :)
I'm still fairly new to the Droid and apps and such... I have to say, it amazes me that people complain about having to pay $2-3 for games, especially when so often, as with Oubliette, you can try portions of them for free!

Of course, the trouble with that is there is NO flee option!



What really needs to be done is to use a 3D engine to plot the dungeon, which would reduce the size of the graphics required greatly. That may happen at some point, but it seems to me that game play is far more important than the eye candy.