Gatherer

Dig the new game page! Any chance for an updated mac download?

Hey, was passing by to comment on update 3.0 (gave it a quick spin) and just saw 3.1 dropped. Exciting times - like the changes very much! Few of points to consider:
- Snake visually was bugged to me once (tile was all white) - was the only time I saw it
- I do like the idea of dangerous events being more common, which I see 3.1 has implemented
- The Geyser event is neat!
- Altar balance: Do they spawn more than 1 at a time? I think a key consideration to strategy is where the next altar is, especially if it's towards the left / VOID (vs. being on the right side). To make sure there are correct incentives score-wise for players to put themselves in danger to seek the altar, I think (a) the altars points should be much more significant than exploring points and (b) players should lose points AND be penalized by VOID closing in for letting altars be destroyed by the VOID or by other means (i.e. volcano, geyser). A UI note saying "the last altar was destroyed" would be nice. All these comments I  think would work best if only 1 altar spawns at a time, with another one spawning if player either uses the altar or it is  destroyed. And what this aims to do is make sure the endgame is about chasing altars dangerously, and not simply running from the VOID and slowly racking up points endlessly, with little challenge.

Anyways - sorry for the wall of text! Happy to hear what you think about the last point. I think it would really add to the 'balance' of high-scoring the game / making the "endgame" more interesting.

Congratulations again on the game and changes! Keeps getting better!

Great game! I think the idea and execution are very solid. Polish is incredible too. Some design suggestions + 1 bug report:

- I just got a game that went on for very long, and for this type of game, I believe you should strive for short and sweet sessions where losing is just around the corner (or else it gets repetitive and the player loses the will to think strategically due to fatigue). Being turn-based, this is especially true.

- I'm convinced ramping up the difficulty quicker will make the experience more enjoyable, increasing the feeling that every decision counts. This can be done is several ways (increasing 'bad events' spawn over time, ramping up speed of VOID quicker, adding more 'bad events', etc). To illustrate my point: the most fun I have in the game is when the VOID is near and I have to think carefully where to go next. When the VOID is far away and you are just chasing points, the game is the least enjoyable, in my experience. 

- If you feel increasing difficulty might reduce enjoyment for more casual players, might be worth adding a "hardcore" game mode or similar.

- EDIT: Forgot to add the request to save game - perhaps this would be less important if games were shorter (see points above).

- When switching upgrades, if you hover over the old ones (to be switched out), their text is bugged in several cases (but not always).

Finally, congratulations on making such a clever little game. Looking forward to updates in case you plan on supporting the game further. Cheers!

In my opinion I think the game should get harder the farther out you go, because for me the hardest part of the game is at the beginning which isn't what games usually do. My suggestion is that new biomes should start appearing as you get farther and they would have more difficulty. I really like the game and it definitely has potential.

Rider is broken - 2 patches of grass giving 5 points each, 0 time, can walk circles for hours for near infinite score

There's a bug where you can't leave the upgrade selection screen if you were already full, selected any upgrade but the last, and finally clicked on the last upgrade instead of replacing any other one.

Hi, are you planning on developing this into a commercial product?