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by GenericDev 24 days ago
I cannot believe how much time I spent playing this. In fact, I am still playing this! You have done such an amazing job with such a simple idea.

If I can, my only feedback is that the battle system is REALLY hard for me. If there were keyboard shortcuts to block I wouldn't complain, but having to mouse to block is too much. I ended optimizing by letting one on the left or right die and then praying I could block enough to kill the boss.

Really great work! Seriously love this stuff!

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Same. I think it's probably easier on a touch screen than with mouse, but I'm stuck on level 10 for now. Maybe it's intentionally frustrating. Need to finish this level to unlock the last number I think, but I guess I've I've sunk enough time into it and will let it rest there.
I struggled with the battle system, as well. Block was way too difficult with a mouse on desktop.

Keyboard buttons would be better or slightly more windup to the attacks to allow more reaction time.

But, I still found some tactics. Similar to OP, I'd send two sacrificial lambs up and focus entirely on a single decently-high (say, 70+) leveled-up number (minimum level 3). Let the other two numbers die, block on the focused number, heal as needed and hit that Divide as soon as possible. With 6 or 7 hearts I was able to finish levels 10 and 11 that way.