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by kazoomonger 1798 days ago
I like the interface in general. However, as someone that has played some text-based games but is not super familiar with the genre, I think this log captures my confusion:

    kill spider
    You stab a small spider for 6 damage!
    stab spider
    Unknown command: 'stab'. Type 'help' for help.
    kill spider
    You're already in combat!
    attack spider
    You're already in combat!
I can see a floating box that says that I'm in combat, but it doesn't help me figure out what to type, because the only option is "FLEE"

If I try to flee, I get a loading bar that then becomes full and then doesn't do anything. If I try to flee again, it says I'm charging an ability.

I'm honestly not sure how to proceed. help didn't give me any useful commands.

2 comments

Welp, that's definitely a bug! Flee is supposed to move you to an adjacent room on completion, which is, of course, exactly what it did until some time today. Working on a fix now!
Why wouldn't it allow the continuation of the fight? Either way, this is looking very good and interesting!
The last time this came up, it was an unhandled exception that basically killed the combat thread. Probably something similar this time. In any case, thanks! Hoping to get it back into a playable state shortly, haha.
Yeah, I found myself in the exact same position. Tried tapping and typing almost everything I could think of, got frustrated and quit. Not sure if its a bug, or just lack of useful tutorial information.
Sorry, looks like this is a bug with Flee that just popped up and it just stalls combat entirely. Trying to fix now.