u/WickedMaiwyn

Hey r/gamedesign ,
I'm looking for fun skills, spells, consumables to enhance fun factor of combat so it keeps getting more interesting longterm until the end.

I'm solo indie dev fetching for your cool experience and brainstorm ideas here.
In my freshly released incremental game I've got the core features, now it's time for a fun part.

So the question from a title stands:
What are the most fun skills in incremental RPGs? Passive, active or automation growth?

At this point I've got Prestige Ascention permaments buffs to:

- increase stats

- unlock new skills

- automate

- power up combat power

- increase resource gathering operations

We all know that simple stat increase +% dmg it's useful but it's boring, right?
Game is released early so I can develop it according to early players feedback.

Combat starts as idle auto-battler 1 vs 1 pve.

Very quickly there are skills to unlock:

A) Weak Spots

Randomly appears a Target to tap it for extra hit.
It changes gameplay from idle to idle + tapper.

B) Laughing Skull

A spell that speed up everything 200% for a period of time.
The main goal to finish my game is to beat 1000 Floors of 10 enemies with elites and mini-bosses, some random events on the way. Speed up seems fun as all goes puff away much faster.

C) Shortcut

Each 5 floors you get a checkpoint. You can start your next fights from that point instead of 1st level. It was a feature requested by a player and for incrementals it's kinda classic. Over time player gets really powerful so it's good to just skip the easy first levels unless you're into farming gold resource.

I won't go into gathering resources, crafting and eq upgrades in this post.

Do you remember from other idle, auto-battler or incremental games something that clicked for you?

So far I've got 30 unique Prestige Ascentions (with it's own upgrades too) for permanent buffs.

But this is a part that I think can get much better, so I'm fetching ideas before going into my cave to dev all new cool stuff.

I've got prepared for combat backpack inventory, spellbook, active/toggle skills slots.

So there are many ways I can go further.

My point is to start as auto-battler but then give players a way to evolve into gamestyle they prefer, find broken or overpowered. And ofc fun decks to make crazy things.

Sooo:

What would be cool new skills, abilities or consumables that you find attractive and fun?
What to avoid, don't do, was a bummer in your opinion?

Let's brainstorm it out!

Hey r/gameideas ,

I'm looking for fun skills, spells, consumables to enhance fun factor of combat so it keeps getting more interesting longterm until the end.

I'm solo dev and my recent project is an incremental rpg.
'Start with One Shot, Hit for Millions!' a crazy daschund knight zero to hero story.

I've got the core features, now it's time for a fun part.

So the question from a title stands:

What are your favourite skills in incremental RPGs? Skills, spells or consumables? Active, passive? Or whatever it takes to make those DMG numbers go insane?

At this point I've got Prestige Ascention permaments buffs to:

- increase stats

- unlock new skills

- automate

- power up combat power

- increase resource gathering operations

We all know that simple stat increase +% dmg it's useful but it's boring, right?
Game is released early so I can develop it according to early players feedback.

Combat starts as idle auto-battler 1 vs 1 pve.
Very quickly there are skills to unlock:

A) Weak Spots

Randomly appears a Target to tap it for extra hit. changes gameplay from idle to idle + active.

B) Laughing Skull

A spell that speed up everything 200% for a period of time.
The main goal to finish my game is to beat 1000 Floors of 10 enemies with elites and mini-bosses, some random events on the way. Speed up seems fun as all goes puff away much faster.

C) Shortcut

Each 5 floors you get a checkpoint. You can start your next fights from that point instead of 1st level. It was a feature requested by a player and for incrementals it's kinda classic. Over time player gets really powerful so it's good to just skip the easy first levels unless you're into farming gold resource.

I won't go into gathering resources, crafting and eq upgrades in this post.
They also has buffs and things to increase or automate but for now I explore ideas around combat to make it cooler.

Do you remember from other roguelites, roguelikes, rpgs, idlers, auto-battlers or incremental games something that clicked for you?

It's a mobile game so keep in mind it's scope that Path of Exiles style is kinda not within my range ;p but for sure I can do much more to give my game a best shot to be fun.

So far I've got 30 unique Prestige Ascentions (with it's own upgrades too) for permanent buffs. Some of them unlock things, some enhance, some are passive. Some unlock skills and abilities. It's a way to grow and to specialize you gameplay.

This is a part that I think can get much better, so I'm fetching ideas before going into my cave to dev all new cool stuff.

I've got prepared flow for combat:

- backpack inventory,

- spellbook,

- active/toggle skills slots.

So there are many ways I can go further.

My point is to start as auto-battler but then give players a way to evolve into gamestyle they prefer, find broken or overpowered. And ofc fun decks to make crazy things.

Sooo:

What would be cool new skills, abilities or consumables that you find attractive and fun?What to avoid, don't do, was a bummer in your opinion?

Let's brainstorm it out!

Hey u/gamedev,
I'm solo indie dev fetching for your cool experience and brainstorm ideas here.
In my freshly released incremental game I've got the core features, now it's time for a fun part.

So the question from a title stands:
What are the most fun skills in incremental RPGs? Passive, active or automation growth?

At this point I've got Prestige Ascention permaments buffs to:
- increase stats
- unlock new skills
- automate
- power up combat power
- increase resource gathering operations

We all know that simple stat increase +% dmg it's useful but it's boring, right?
Game is released early so I can develop it according to early players feedback.

Combat starts as idle auto-battler 1 vs 1 pve.
Very quickly there are skills to unlock:

A) Weak Spots
Randomly appears a Target to tap it for extra hit.
It changes gameplay from idle to idle + tapper.

B) Laughing Skull
A spell that speed up everything 200% for a period of time.
The main goal to finish my game is to beat 1000 Floors of 10 enemies with elites and mini-bosses, some random events on the way.
Speed up seems fun as all goes puff away much faster.

C) Shortcut
Each 5 floors you get a checkpoint. You can start your next fights from that point instead of 1st level. It was a feature requested by a player and for incrementals it's kinda classic. Over time player gets really powerful so it's good to just skip the easy first levels unless you're into farming gold resource.

I won't go into gathering resources, crafting and eq upgrades in this post.
I'm looking for fun skills, spells, consumables to enhance fun factor of combat so it keeps getting more interesting longterm until the end.

Do you remember from other idle, auto-battler or incremental games something that clicked for you?
So far I've got 30 unique Prestige Ascentions (with it's own upgrades too) for permanent buffs.
But this is a part that I think can get much better, so I'm fetching ideas before going into my cave to dev all new cool stuff.

I've got prepared for combat backpack inventory, spellbook, active/toggle skills slots.
So there are many ways I can go further.

My point is to start as auto-battler but then give players a way to evolve into gamestyle they prefer, find broken or overpowered. And ofc fun decks to make crazy things.

Sooo:
What would be cool new skills, abilities or consumables that you find attractive and fun?
What to avoid, don't do, was a bummer in your opinion?
Let's brainstorm it out!

Hey r/gameideas,

I'm solo dev and my recent project is incremental rpg.
It's still in fresh, early stage, soft free release last week, so game can evolve in different paths.
I want to start Seasons soon so I'm fetching for brainstorm best way to do it.

The core dynamic is wrapped around Prestige System:

Play => Progress Floors => Get Prestige Points according to your further run.

You can exchange it with Ascention for permanent boosts but your progress, resources, upgrades get reset.

It's cool, gives that power grab that game starts slow, then you're much better, stronger, faster with more options, skills, spells and such to go on next run.

But...

I also do optional events like:

- 'Weekly Boss Hunt' with ranking leaderboard for top players
- 3% chance to get instead of combat an Golden Beaver to tap on time for gold

The question is:

A) Do you prefer for each Season to reset all players?
B) Do you prefer keeping all your progress and treat events as additional activity that you can take part into but keep the core progress solo

Giving things to players is always nice but reset, taking back is a risk that some people feel like waste of their time.

On the other hand, without reset early players get giant advantage.
Seasonal reset would bring some fresh start to everyone.

To me in case of game design reset gives cool features like:

- rotation of different Prestige Skill Tree,
- biom rotation,
- enemy pool rotation,

One week it's about defeating bosses, another making the biggest damage, another to gather resources asap etc. that needs a different build for specific goal if you care about winning.

Reset in incremental games is fine. It's a core of prestige. But it usually is based on player's tactical decision to do it or not and when for best growth.

Some middle ground is to keep Prestige Points, after reset just give them back so player can use them in new Season but in a way it saves time to not farm it all over again.

But with balance that new player within season can catch up if they are smart and dedicated.

What is your opinion?

Total recall and hard reset for new staff

or

keeping what's yours and treat events as optional activity?

What do you think?

Hey r/gamedev ,
I'm solo dev and my recent project is incremental rpg.
I want to start monthly Seasons soon so I'm fetching for feedback for best way to do it.

The core dynamic is wrapped around Prestige System:

Play => Progress Floors => Get Prestige Points according to your further run.
You can exchange it with Ascention for permanent boosts but your progress, resources, upgrades get reset.

It's cool, gives that power grab that game starts slow, then you're much better, stronger, faster with more options, skills, spells and such to go on next run.

But...

I also do optional events like:
- 'Weekly Boss Hunt' with ranking leaderboard for top players
- 3% chance to get instead of combat an Golden Beaver to tap on time for gold

The question is:
A) Do you prefer for each Season to reset all players?
B) Do you prefer keeping all your progress and treat events as additional activity that you can take part into but keep the core progress solo

Giving things to players is always nice but reset, taking back is a risk that some people feel like waste of their time.
On the other hand, without reset early players get giant advantage.
Seasonal reset would bring some fresh start to everyone.

To me in case of game design reset gives cool features like:
rotation of different Prestige Skill Tree,
biom rotation,
enemy pool rotation,
one week it's about defeating bosses, another making the biggest damage, another to gather resources asap etc. that needs a different build for specific goal if you care about winning.

Reset in incremental games is fine. It's a core of prestige. But it usually is based on player's tactical decision to do it or not and when for best growth.

Some middle ground is to keep Prestige Points, after reset just give them back so player can use them in new Season but in a way it saves time to not farm it all over again.
But with balance that new player within season can catch up if they are smart and dedicated.

What is your opinion?
Total recall and hard reset for new staff
or
keeping what's yours and treat events as optional activity?

Hey r/gameideas,

I'm a solo indie developer currently working on an incremental pixel-art roguelite RPG, and while designing progression systems I ended up going down a weird rabbit hole.

The question that keeps coming back to me is:

Are Prestige Systems basically the "happy twin" of roguelites? Or maybe even a reverse roguelite?

Hear me out.

In a traditional roguelite, failure is part of the core gameplay loop. You die, lose your run, gain some kind of meta progression, and start over stronger, smarter, or with new options available. The reset isn't a punishment exactly it's the engine that drives progression.

Prestige systems in incremental games feel surprisingly similar to me.

You spend hours building progress, reach a certain point, then willingly press a button that resets most of your progress. In exchange you gain permanent bonuses, new mechanics, multipliers, or entirely new layers of progression. You're basically choosing to end your current run because you know the next one will be more powerful.

The biggest difference I see is psychological.

Roguelites usually reset you because you failed.

Prestige systems reset you because you decided it was optimal.

One feels like "I lost."

The other feels like "I'm ascending."

But mechanically, both systems ask players to repeatedly travel through similar content while accumulating long-term power.

The more I think about it, the more they seem related.

Roguelites usually focus on short, intense runs where the fun comes from adapting to randomness, experimenting with builds, and improving player skill.

Incremental games and prestige systems often focus on watching numbers explode, unlocking permanent growth, and gradually transforming the entire pacing of the game. The first hour feels slow, but 20 hours later you're progressing thousands of times faster than before.

Maybe that's why I love both genres.

One is about becoming a better player.

The other is about becoming an unstoppable character.

Or maybe that's oversimplifying it.

What I'm currently wondering is whether the two can be combined even further.

Can a roguelite have a deep incremental prestige layer without losing what makes roguelites fun?

Can an incremental game use roguelite-style runs, random events, build choices, and risk/reward decisions while still delivering that satisfying "numbers go up" feeling?

Has any game already nailed that combination in your opinion?

And as a completely unrelated question that definitely isn't inspired by something I'm adding to my own game...

If you were fighting through waves of evil monsters and suddenly had a 3% chance to encounter a Golden Beaver instead...

Would you stop everything to pet the Golden Beaver for a pile of gold?

Or would you ignore him and stay focused on saving the world?

Curious to hear your thoughts.

Hey r/gamedev, I'm solo-dev working on a pixel incremental rpg.

What is the strangest, unexpected Event from games you remember?

Can be funny, can be suprising, share your story 😉

Do you like easter eggs and rare events or it breaks immersion to you?

For example:

- Lootbox that attacks you as mimic.
- Cow level in Diablo
- Some wink wink from devs for example hidden Link from Zelda in a story of another game
- boss you were prepared to fight to the end went sleeping
- Golden Goblin that appears with a rare loot to chance him asap
- Farcry field burning with Skrillex music

Things like that. A little happy accidents.

In my game you fight series of evil enemies across biomes but
there is 3% chance that instead of combat you have to asap
pet a Golden Beaver on time gaining stream of gold.

Game is about fighting and ascending prestige powers but those other moments like discovering a story or random change of gameplay seems to me as a good way to break linear fight, loot, upgrade loops. So you can focus more or at least have a little laugh on the way.

What is your opinion? Do you like that random events or you'd rather focus on your goals and quests to progress?

... and ofc What is the strangest, memorable event you remember?

Let's talk it out!