Nobody Expects The Brick Build! - Backpack Hero

[@Aliensrock]

Is that a brick in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

[@briansun9261]

cool

[@piginasuit6323]

Pocket Sand!

[@notbubby7408]

@@piginasuit6323 wha- who throws sand???

[@lylekittle8528]

Yeah, they had a special 2 for 1

[@Dra3oon]

Uhh no homo tho

[@Avoacdo]

Will just say this just in case someone cares, if you press the M key while playing (or title screen), you unlock Mathew, which has 4 choices when you start a run (I’m pretty sure it unlocks by losing or beating a run, but this is the easiest way) 1: Get 2 Uncommon Items 2: +10 Max HP 3: A Random Bow + 2 Random Arrows (It says “Become an Archer”) (The bow and both arrows will also be uncommon or common rarity) 4: Get 1 Rare Item Edit: Text in brackets explaining more.

[@Gimmick_Standard]

I will say that in game it says “become archer” however once chosen you can still use your starting items and stuff if you want.

[@_Myrhl]

you only get 1 random arrow i think the the other arrow depends on what bow you have

[@d3v934]

I was just going to say that

[@greenscreengamer8008]

Bro I did this accidentally I thought it was normal 💀

[@Viscidsquare040]

Oh that’s how you unlock it? I thought you just got it by doing well on a previous run like the Neow stuff in Slay the Spire

[@Majestet_]

HUGE tip: you can put bloons under bricks (stack two bricks replace bottom one) so you can surround bloons with bricks witch is YESCOCK

[@Axel-wo6qu]

What's funny is he doesn't even try to put a balloon underneath another balloon.

[@Axel-wo6qu]

Also, you can do something similar by putting a balloon above a brick and swapping them

[@tears_of_asariel3198]

i was looking for this comment lol

[@alexanderhenson2929]

27:40, could have scratched with the remaining energy and used the lucky dagger. The scratch mechanic is rarely useful apart from times like these.

[@Patashu]

Actual use for scratching, big brain

[@emdivine]

@@Patashu Unless it's been changed, Scratch also doesn't break Pacifist's Ring. The ring breaks when a weapon is used, and Scratch isn't a weapon. I used this on a cauldron build with a few paci rings for lots of energy for brewing

[@Aliensrock]

It all makes sense now! That's incredible lol

[@Patashu]

@@emdivine Ah, you could also use scratch in a bombstone build if you don't want to blow up a weapon right now

[@pyfrost2410]

@@Aliensrock You can also end a turn with extra energy and accomplish the same effect (which is sometimes also necessary).

[@DrGandW]

So dude is just presumably holding his sack of bricks in front of him and the enemies are just breaking their weapons on it Also he’s strong as hell

[@L4Vo5]

if the kickstarter art is anything to go by, then the protagonist is actually a girl mouse

[@NuclearRaven13]

gives "hit the bricks, pal" a new meaning.

[@mranderson9553]

he just fights from inside a minecraft house

[@A_Weird_Angel]

@@mranderson9553 *Minecraft starts*

[@alexandermcclureidrinkoliv3663]

@@A_Weird_Angel Sweden starts*

[@areadenial2343]

You should revisit bricks sometime with a haste build (Archangel Armor, shields forged with +haste, etc) because it's ABSOLUTELY BUSTED with bricks. Every item in your inventory which adds block adds +haste amount of block, and since brick builds have a lot of separate items this adds up FAST. One of the best item combos for a haste build is Guarding Band and Tooth Necklace. Guarding Band adds haste when you take damage, and Tooth Necklace damages you each turn (and adds rage as a bonus!) Essentially you free haste each turn at the cost of 1 hp.

[@satibel]

archangel armor I think is the name, which adds 2 haste is insane. the problem is that you really need poison counter or you'll die fast.

[@FoxSlyme]

"free (haste) at the cost" Something's wrong here, I can feel it

[@gravitysword2002]

Tooth necklace gets blocked and activates after shields rendering the second combo useless

[@Blueybeak]

true, there is no point in a block build if you don’t get lots of haste

[@Axel-wo6qu]

@@Blueybeak not so, unless you want to get a few stages further in endless. He did beat this run regardless of haste.

[@_Zdex007]

Here's 2 tips: 1. you can have a floating under a heavy item. 2.Bricks+archangel chestplate + haste items is extremely powerful.

[@ihatelosing9508]

what does archangel chestplate do? is it the one that gives dodge?

[@defiantnight2668]

@@ihatelosing9508 It gives haste

[@infiniteplanes5775]

How do you get the heavy item on top the floating item?

[@ihatelosing9508]

@@infiniteplanes5775 i think it has something to do with the double space heavy item

[@ihatelosing9508]

like have 1 spot on top right/left with nothing under, then put the double block I guess

[@lil_savage446]

Figured out from experimentation that finding a way to place a heavy object on top of a floating object keeps them both suspended in 'mid-air'. I did this by placing (x) heavy objects on top of each other where x is how high u want the object to be, and replacing the block directly below the highest one with the floating object. Hopefully its intended and not a bug that will be patched in the next update.

[@lunascapes]

Almost certainly intended. Otherwise, it would make no sense for bricks to be common and balloons to be rare.

[@trytu_4166]

You can do that with a single brick. Just place it in the same collumn as baloon, then place brick over baloon (or baloon over brick) to replace it and baloon aligns itself below the brick. If you want to change it's height, repeat the process few times. Every time I do that, baloon makes it's way one block higher.

[@geosama1317]

this guy went from popping bloons to collecting bloons

[@Vizaru]

reject monke, return to bloon

[@gawain855]

So, fun fact: haste affects structures. I have a build going that's absolutely broken. I have a structure, and a shield that gives me +1 haste when I use it. I can get to 999 armor after ~12 turns (if I use the shield 3 times every turn). 999 armor is the also the max, you just can't go above it. (you CAN go above 999 attack on a weapon though).

[@UnknownZYX_4085]

YEAH I BREAK RUNS WITH 999 ARMOR 999 HP 999 SPIKE 999 REGEN 999 HASTE (RUNS LAST HOURS)

[@AaronCJP]

Kickstarter is gonna end in 33 hours, if you like the game, donate and you can get a steam key for the game after the Kickstarter ends, it'll have the latest build at all times because the itch version will eventually stop getting updates. I highly recommend it for anyone who is interested in the game because we don't know when it'll actually be purchasable on steam. There's so much content that'll be coming to this game :D

[@lunascapes]

Note to readers: “eventually” means “literally right now”. This is the last free build; all future builds are Kickstarter-exclusive. If you want to play with stuff like the planned magic rework, donate now.

[@JimJamTheAdmin]

@@lunascapes oh, sick. Now I'm locked out by happenstance. Dope.

[@a10bam420]

I feel there is wasted potential with all the loot. like ckeeky little fusions. put a balloon under another balloon, it floats up and turns into a single square double balloon that increases the properties of it and maybe adds a new effect

[@NuclearRaven13]

so like a pseudo crafting?

[@satibel]

that sounds amazing maybe an item that merges 50% of the effects of items might be interesting.

[@george36615984]

@@satibel I feel like if merging was a thing, it should be tied to either a forge or shop instead, because saving space is OP and having an item that does that would show the difference between "merge" runs and "no merge" runs

[@Boxmastery]

would it turn into a MOAB?

[@D_Quinn]

27:57 shouldve taken the haste ring, haste stacks INCREDIBLY well with structures, my haste-brick build had 28 base block, but 90+ after one turn cos of the amount of haste I could build

[@whyiwakeup6460]

I hope that once you’ve done a lot of the current builds, you do some hybrids, it’d be real cool.

[@Axel-wo6qu]

Every game he plays, he shows a greater understanding of how the game works.

[@nati0598]

Yes, but he uses 3 lucky rings and then wonders why are bricks getting rarer.

[@TraeKryzer]

Ha! What do you have in your bag? A pile a bricks? Oh wait really?

[@SuperDZ555]

14:38 "It doesn't matter, because seasoning exists." -Aliensrock, 2022

[@TheWeirdo1337]

great quote

[@matthewspeck5467]

Just started watching the video, but in case you didn’t know, you can rest a heavy object on top of a floaty one. So you can put a brick on top of a balloon.

[@Hexcede]

This might just be my favorite series yet. It's just so fun and addicting, and there's so much potential to the game, so many fun possibilities. I love it!

[@TheHarleyEvans]

you can actually "arch" over with multi-space structures, so with the 2x1 brick wall you could have one side suspended in the air if the other side still follows the correct 'heavy' ruleset. this also allows you to place the balloons underneath the bricks which then will cancel each other out and allow you a floating section in the middle of your pack

[@tacticalninja7096]

I could be wrong but I believe you can put light items under heavy items and vice versa, as long as one of them is already there. So at 26:32 you might’ve been able to put the brickwall hanging off of the 2 bricks on the left and trapped a balloon between all the bricks

[@taechuK]

And then he turned himself into a brick wall, funniest shit I've ever seen

[@ThomasWinget]

I appreciate that you called out the fact that you can stack the bricks going upward, but didn't take advantage of stacking the balloons downward... (also ty to the many commenters who mentioned suspending a heavy item on top of a floating item; TIL)

[@vulmar1]

idk of you will see this commend but you don't want letter below the target weapon, you want 1 space above where the letter will go. you can see when it will/won't buff with the dotted lines and your first activation with the letter below doesn't buff and you miss the last buff when it can't move up anymore

[@alasdairsinclair916]

Playing Slay the Spire means I have a monkey neuron activation moment whenever I see windmill. "OhH? EneRGy ReLIc!"

[@MUCK-the-monster-addict]

I love bricks "CRUNCH"

[@adamzero_]

Press M before starting a run to get matthew, he gives you a perk, from a few items to a boost in starting health.

[@quackncheese]

By the way, floating items can hold up heavy objects! You can do it by having the floating and heavy item in the same column and swap them by dragging one over the other!

[@karmagrey69420]

Talk about Bricking in a run! This was a pleasure to watch and I can't wait for more!

[@eeveegon]

A brick build sounds interesting, I’ve seen the bricks around and never really payed any mind since alone they’re pretty useless, it’ll be cool to see a useful way to include them

[@tylercunanan8255]

tbh. you have to commit to the brick build as like a wall, you need more than 1 brick. or a mana vault. ontop of a good weapon with it

[@junconglin]

Honestly they're more haste than same item stacking

[@Jawsomest]

Its kind of hard to make brick builds due to needing large amounts of the same item, plus alot of structures, then a weapon that works well with them, Maybe earth blade since bricks can hold it up.

[@tylercunanan8255]

@@Jawsomest float items and anchored could also hold it up. you cant anchor a heavy item to stay up sadly. i tried

[@Jawsomest]

@@tylercunanan8255 I swear there was was some arrow called "lightning arrow", that heavy items could ride ontop of to create a platform.

[@JamesTDG]

can't wait for that shiny rock run

[@ceeb830]

This build got me bricked up

[@junglerat7247]

13:57 "Hope you guys are all bricked up as I am." Does he know what he's saying? Not his usual humor lmao.

[@gunner9455]

You can put the bricks on top of the balloons and they will stay still and not sink past each other

[@antfarmer2227]

Another day, another vid! Always great getting a new video in the inbox.

[@orsonellsworth7282]

You can create a pocket with bricks as long as you place a wall horizontally hanging off of another brick. That way you can trap a balloon and have it touch three structures at once. It doesn't have to float to the top of the backpack.

[@grigcristi7860]

I d personally recommend fighting the fleeing opponents first as you get xp based on the enemies you kill, not on what general fights you engage in.

[@JimJamTheAdmin]

Those guys are so annoying, but engaging with that mechanic early on also teaches you about how to manage curses, since Honey is such a weak curse.

[@BasedHumanistical]

Just started playing this game love it so much.

[@atmosstreams]

“I can carry that for you.” “Go ahead!” “Oka- what the hell is in this thing, bricks?” *snaps* “Yes!”

[@impulse_lag7264]

Rip vampire survivors

[@richardsartin3262]

The yellow stone that affects the object below it. It can be turned and it affects whatever it’s pointing at. So it doesn’t actualh have to go above the object

[@Bolt_Chaser]

Local dungeon mouse meticulously building a house at the start of every turn of combat

[@murphthasmurf5923]

Pog you used the consumable/letter strat I commented on the last letter build! Personally my favorite build in this game so far is a spikes build. You basically only have the helmet of spikes and one boss relic that makes shields add spikes, but you can stack the whole top of your inventory with the helmets and build up tons of spikes each turn, only focusing on blocking. Weak to poison though.

[@tiesschoeman9752]

you can stack heavy things on top of floating things and they cancel eachother out! it should help next time you stumble opon a brick build

[@disinterBaz]

2:53 you can put the brick on top the balloon. or put the balloon under the brick. light and heavy items stop each other

[@mershmelo2011]

You can use the scratch ability to deal 3 dmg base to be able to get enemys into the range of the luck dagger.

[@thesatelliteslickers907]

here we have aliensrock doing his best sundowner impression

[@Lycanthromancer1]

That's some big brick energy, right there.

[@alasdairsinclair916]

Nobody expects the Spanish Brickuisition!

[@krismoose124]

what you can also do is stack one brick on the top of the other and then put the balloon at the bottom to replace the first brick therefore stopping the ballon from going to the top

[@candle6183]

"I never keep a ring for very long" Aliensrock is no simp

[@princeoftara7091]

A brick. The epidemy of exciting things. - Tyler

[@candybluebird]

In a haste build of mine I found there was a max defense of 99, I think currently the best strategy is to devote your space to one shot-ing and dodging as to not lose health because eventually even that 99 might not cut it

[@JorgetePanete]

No bricks, No brawls, And probably no bratthole since this guy feeds on regeneration

[@Voxus2142]

This is the only game where you actually WANT to brick.

[@Yobick_Small]

Tyler: i might go archer, or magic... OMG A BRICK

[@invertedmind8937]

in my experience the bricks are actually pretty good depending on what other items you have, because you don’t have any of the constraints that armor has

[@societalmenace7952]

If you have something heavy stacked ontop of another item you can swap the bottom item with a balloon and it won't go up

[@sahaiariaka4544]

Aliensrock:maybe I'll get something cool from the glitched potion like a brick

[@jango8472]

Getting haste pairs extremely well with structure builds. Since haste applies to each item separately

[@sudenluola2241]

21:05 confirms it, not that the jump cuts weren't obvious enough. alien savescums by closing the game and opening it back up, loading from the last save several times a video without disclosing that he does so. His previous items change into something else, as his save was before the last fight and he had different items to choose from after. Basically, you aren't seeing "godlike runs", as much as you are seeing someone reload saves when something unfortunate happens, he loses the run, or he just wants to cycle through loot items after loading several times to get what he wants.

[@Aliensrock]

The jump cuts are for your entertainment purposes only. Look at the experience change in the top left - all that happened was that I cut out a boring fight. The only new items were random consumables picked up at the end of that fight. You're going to look at a stupid block potion and think that I would reload the game to get THAT?!? Get real.

[@dragonshadow8877]

You can use the balloons under the bricks, especially if you have two, you can catch the balloon with a brick

[@galacticheroman]

Guess you could say that if this mouse runs from a fight, he'd _"hit the bricks."_

[@codysmith2820]

Always amazing content, obsessed over this game!

[@BuntyCalls]

brick, balloon, letter build = dumb fun, put the letter that the bricks next to weapon. Bricks automatically push the letter up when they drop to bottom

[@mynaemsophie]

NOBODY expects the brick build... AND NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

[@XionSteel]

the added block mainly comes from the duct tape, ould have been better to thow that in between the bricks and balloons since it applies effects being applied to it, to everything around it and there is no limit on how many effects you can apply to it.

[@olivergobrrr2935]

Welcome to the Brick Gang, Tyler.

[@curlyfries9496]

This got me bricked up

[@CompletelyRandomNick]

I had the amazing full bricks + archangel armor run... But then i died to a couple of fire geckos just roasting me alive in my hasty brick oven

[@VivBrodock]

I think I've identified my issue with this game I'll always have my baseline judgement for a rogue-lite be Slay the Spire. Slay the Spire has two elements to it's design that I think make it great, 1 encounters that have excellent character and remain consistent across many playthroughs, like I can describe for you multiple non-elite encounters across every act, and they'll never be exactly the same but I can tell you *generally* what will happen in them. That's part of getting good at the game, knowing how to build decks that beat these encounters, now this often means that decks tend to be very similar (especially as you go up in ascension) but I think this is a feature not a bug, it makes the odd claw deck or shiv deck all the more memorable when they do work. And right now this game is getting there, but it's lack of variety and the fact that unless something gains spikes it's all basically just attacks or blocks, like curses aren't a real downside, it makes things less memorable while having a smaller pool of enemies, so only really the act three boss is one that sticks out in my brain. The second feature I love of slay, is that you're never really locked into one thing, sure over time things will go a specific way but on act 3 as iron clad you could always get deadbranch and then the fairly generic corruption+block build you build you were doing gets crazy. Or silent can get shuriken+kunai and all of a sudden shivs are a faster source of scaling damage then poison, and they scale your block too. But builds in this game feel so rigid, because it's foolish to take some safety picks for if the build begins to change. Especially with whetstones, you've upgraded that weapon, now you're going to abandon it, are you a fool? So until this game grows past what I see as those two problems it's like a 6/10 as roguelites go, (which is still like an 7.5/10 compared to mast games but hey I'm biased an I'll admit it)

[@luipaardprint]

I feel like I've seen somewhere the column of the letter can be filled with items and still be used because it'll move through them swapping places.

[@austinstockton9221]

New definition of “bricked up”

[@Narinjas]

Remember , you have scratch attack for 3 damage on the top left , that way you can bring the enemy in dagger kill range.

[@kennethpierce3881]

He does realize there's more structures than just brick

[@zaxtonhong3958]

No one expects the reddish brickquisition

[@lilyjade6456]

ive been playing this so much when im bored, im looking forward to its full release

[@Sean-vf7bd]

4:25 tyler calling the balloon as bloon lol

[@KajtekBeary]

Paraphrasing meme from Shadiversity channel: This episode was a really big brick energy one

[@Velocity1357]

You should really kill the muskrats and other fleeing enemies, you don’t gain XP if you don’t kill. makes your backpack scale a lot slower in the long run 👍

[@Patashu]

The only thing xp does is make your backpack bigger, right? So it's not a HUGE deal

[@junconglin]

@@Patashu extra space is extra space

[@Velocity1357]

@@Patashu extra space is kinda a huge deal when the whole game is about backpack management aka that said space

[@Patashu]

@@Velocity1357 I guess what I meant was that this particular run took off fine and ended up with one tile short of max level, absolutely no sweat at any point. But in the general case you're right, you don't know you're going to have a good run lol

[@Velocity1357]

@@Patashu very true sometimes, that space could be very valuable at a earlier spot but in this case very little to no difference xD 👍

[@disinterBaz]

24:55 you can stack balloons downward the same way bricks can be stacked up

[@-SWAG-MESSIAH]

@Aliensrock would you ever make content on the binding of Isaac? You have been playing a lot of rogue like strategy build craft games lately so just thought I would suggest it

[@MoonNight_]

This game is so cool pls we need more

[@phalamy9180]

The power of the supreme brick

[@mr.m.t.j.m6003]

Dear god…now that is a beefy mouse

[@kacpersuliga1969]

Well, he is surely bricked up now...

[@madnessplayer]

I been loving these videos cant wait to see the next one!

[@royalejappie9222]

This would be an awesome Nintendo DS game! With the 2 screens this would work perfectly!!!

[@samuellafleur7027]

I was bricked up the whole video.

[@doctorduck4844]

My favorite way to end my day

[@kylemcclellan3827]

This video got me bricked rn

[@McWirst]

"You're up against the wall, and I AM THE FUCKING WALL" - Dozer from payday 2

[@ospididious]

Kills me to watch people let those cowards go. Wasted XP. Alas, you still make it work.

[@gabef9538]

I'd like to see a stack of ransom notes item that augments bricks with the consumable weapon characteristics.

[@burtreynoldz6308]

Everyone expects the brick build

[@ashtonboutwell6154]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

[@logond277]

If you switch the places of a brick and a ballon in the same column the bricks heavy will counter the balloons float a you will get the structure synergy

[@george36615984]

26:47 I feel like going for a brick-axe build would've been better than letter + spear, plus you could sell gems in case you find something in the shop.

[@adumbfurry7036]

TIP: When you use a bow, it does not use the arrow.

[@dylanj.domachowski5369]

Tyler's all bricked up.

[@junconglin]

Brick builds get half their defense from haste