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Hi guys,
Just wanted to share my little video about how i got 1500 wishlists in just 7 days after announcement!

Hello,
In my game the player will do a short run (like 1-2-3 minutes) with the character and after that there should be a reward in the form of loot and exp. I want the loot to feel exciting, so that the player is looking forward to the end of the run where they get the reward.

At first i just calculated the loot with a formula and gave it to the player after the short run. The more success they had during the run, the better the loot. They got a list (inventory type layout) with the items and they could go through and decide which to take. This was fine but i had the feeling that the loot was to detached from the run. While it was based on the success of the run, the player didnt really saw that...

So i have built a loot level inside the run. Through some actions the player collected points which raised the loot level. At the end the player got a reward per loot level. This felt better but it had the problem that it was very linear. Most runs the player had almost the same amount of loot points, therefor the same amount of loot at the end. When the player gets better, they will get further in a run and will get better loot. But then every run they got again the same amount for the next few runs. This also did not feel right.

The RNG moment was a bit missing. The moment where the player gets the loot and sometimes they get better loot and a lot of it. Sometimes just crap. Sometimes only materials, but good ones. And sometimes a loot full of legendaries. But i can not really make this fully random. This would feel bad if the player does not understand why they sometimes get this and sometimes something else.

And then i had the idea: I will stay with the points for different things during a run, but those points can be spend during a draft after the run. The player is presented with 3 options and can pick one. This option will change the reward and each option cost a different amount of points. So th player can draft for as long as they have points. After they have drafted, they get the reward they have drafted. The options they draft can be something like "+1 item level", "at least 1 item is rare", "+2 materials", and so on.

This idea is cool, but it takes way more time to draft the reward, then to check all the items. The player now is longer on the reward screen than in the run itself.

My game is about the rewards, sure.. but i dont know if this is the right direction.

Does anyone have some ideas about my solution or a different solution for the loot?

Hello exiles,
Its the first time that i started a character without a build because i want to make an own build. Even if its not the best in the end. Its been a blast so far but i have two questions regarding "Sturdy Allies" Node and weapon damage stacking.

1. What benefits do minions get from STR stacking? The Sturdy Allies Node looks interesting. I see that the get more Health. But does anyone have some advices how to scale this STR/Health into damage?

2. "The Cathas Balance" Spirit Walker Node does give minion damage based on Main Hand Weapon Damage. But what does increase this damage? Is it just the base damage? Or also "xxx% increased phsyical damage" and Adds xx to xx to phsyical damage"? What about elemental damage on the weapon? I assume that only things on the weapon matter and not things like "add xx to xx to attacks" on rings or other pieces.

Sorry if those questions are basic but its the first time i try to make an own build and therefor try to understand the things a bit better 😄

Hello,
I have a question about how to handle the descriptions of abilities for a modular ability system. And then also how to handle localization for it.

First of all: I use Unity and also Unity's Localization System.

So here is my problem:

I don't really know how to convert my data to a tooltip description that looks like this for example: "Firestorm creates 3 Fireballs. Each fireball deals 35 damage and has a 15% chance to burn the enemy".
My abilities are built in the inspector out of modular components.
I tried using smart strings but each description has a different number of variables and i dont really know how to map those modular data to to smart string.

There is also the problem, that some values, like the damage value, are constructed out of multiple things.
Damage has this formula: Damage = BaseDamage + Weapon Coefficient* Weapon Damage.
The weapon damage value is not inside the data. Its on the player equipment. The Base damage and coefficient are both on the data but are 2 values.

I struggle at the moment to find a good way and direction how to achieve this as clean and as professional as possible.

Hello devs,
First of all: I work in a unity.

I am working on a modular ability system and I am not quite sure sure how to architect some things.
Basically imagine that I will have abilities like Lightning Strike or Fireball. Those are kind of the sub abilities that will be called by other abilities. Then I have the main abilities like Thunderstorm. Thunderstorm will cast a Lightning Strike every 2 seconds. Or a Fireball Orbit Ability which will orbit a Fireball around the Player.

My problem now is that I want to have items with effects that will change those abilities. For Example an Item that will make the Fireball Orbit Ability to spawn 2 Fireballs instead of one. Or will increase the speed of the fireball. Another item could change the interval for the thunderstorm in which it casts lightning Strikes.

I want to make those modifiers and abilities modular.
I want to set them up in the inspector (I have Odin).
But I can’t figure out how modifiers can modify parameters for abilities when each ability has totally different parameters. A Thunderstorm has an Interval. The Orbit Ability has a Projectile Count and Speed. How to architect the system so that it stays modular? What patterns I can look into?

I mainly think that this is a problem with how to create the data.