What if Balatro & Scrabble Had a Roguelike Baby!? | Let's Try OMG Words

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Bringing roguelike mechanics to classic word games. Use relics to create powerful combos, play boons to craft your tiles and board, use your powers to defeat a host of tricky opponents.
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[@OMGGames-pm1nn]

Thanks for playing my game :)

[@iamjake99909]

Im hoping there's a mobile version Great job in the game!

[@OMGGames-pm1nn]

@@ShiramuUltraDelta I am aiming to have a new improved demo in the next nextfest, then release fairly soon after that

[@lucasenraraujo]

@OMGGames-pm1nn I would have assumed there would be ways to modify the letters in the sack themselves (add/remove letters or add special effects to some letters like Balatro does with its cards), otherwise I don't see much point in having the icon to check the letters you could draw there. Also not sure if it's a mechanic already, but I really enjoyed some scrabble variants that let you replace/place letters on top to make new words and create combos, so this would be my suggestion. (Also, different board formats or bosses enemies that destroy titles over time to make it harder like that cool scrabble "battleroyale") As for some interface feedback: - Not keen on the pixelated font when it's upscaled like the big pixelated "SHOP" and I think the price tags could be slightly closer to the items + smaller too?. - The alignment on "Next" button feels off like it has a unintentional space at the start (" Next"?); also you have most buttons in all caps [PLAY], [GIVE UP], so I would expect [REROLL] and [NEXT] to be capitalized as well. The shadows under the buttons feel a bit too much to the left (or maybe just scrap it altogether since it already has the bevel texture). - The relic tooltip box could have just a little bit more padding and maybe a different font altogether as it's hard to read specially center-aligned. (The "b" in badge almost reads as "lo", for instance) - I also feel like the hint "Must start on the start tile/___ is a valid word" could/should be put at the top of the board (maybe it slides up/offscreen once you have a valid word) and keep the bottom button simply as [PLAY] that gets greyed out/deactivated until you have a valid play. The red is also a bit jarring as it is too saturated (too close to #FF0000) - I would also reconsider the thrash/sack icon locations as it feels like the thrash is creating a lot of unused space at the left of the board. It would be simpler to just have both icons at the right and free up/reorganize the stuff at the right (relics/boons) at the right so that the board can still be centralized.

[@blindsquirrel4511]

I tried to play it but it is zoomed in to where I can't see the "play some tiles button. I'll try again in a week or two cause it looks really fun to me

[@OMGGames-pm1nn]

@@blindsquirrel4511 Sorry to hear your having problems, what setup Resolution etc? are you running?

[@CandyCadet2284]

Scralatro

[@alexkaplan1136]

Balabble

[@unknownanonymous5914]

Be honest people, are you more of a Scralatro or a Balabble kind of person?

[@ManlyPicnics]

Honestly, scrabble-likes is an untapped genre. I know you played another one that was interesting a while ago, but they're not as common as one might expect, for being an interesting basis.

[@helicoidcyme]

at 44:50 because of your relic, you got both extra turns from "newer" (once from the second E and once from the R), so there weren't any left to get from "raised"

[@ragerequiem6323]

I am terrible at Scrabble, but this is a really cool idea.

[@sultinhernandes8814]

omg i like words

[@xXEaGle176Xx]

I use them every day

[@gsas3012]

Thanks for showing this game, I beat all the demo already

[@sitaandini8584]

The tarot of this game changing into boon is making me remember hades 30:03 i see voodo which would’ve been a much better word 40:22 oars would’ve made it because of the one relic

[@Igorious92]

It looks like a nightmare for non-English speakers 😅 I'm really surprised that you can't customize your «deck» by adding/removing letters. Also, It's strange a little that after each stage all board buffs are cleared, and you need re-buy relics. PS.: I've learned the word «equinox» :P

[@megadeth116]

its like a roguelike where each dungoeon has a boss and levels to it. When you enter the different one everything is reset

[@OMGGames-pm1nn]

After I watched some streamers play the demo I realized the stages didn't really feel like I wanted them to do, so in the version I am working on for the October next fest its going back to a more classic roguelike structure where you play a whole run keeping your stuff.

[@starshieldnightpone5636]

​@@OMGGames-pm1nn or add more modes? This could be Challenge Mode, single run could be another mode, and maybe add Endless?

[@gsas3012]

You can customize your deck/tiles between runs, they just reset every run

[@DreamersDragon]

Uhm… idk what i was expecting when i saw the title, but this is surprisingly good

[@yulinda25412]

love trying out the new games,i fond so meany i love thanks to you

[@GhostInspired]

Please try Angelstruck... I can't beat this game on "warm up" difficulty lmao Would love your review aha xD

[@Retromation]

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[@GhostInspired]

oh my... 10 months ago! Where was I? ahaha But that is the demo. Thank you :p Really enjoying your content btw, been watching for many a year now.

[@EdenCeleste-]

Bowl letters are lowercase letters with enclosed loops

[@MagenLoyd]

Need this on switch lol

[@rickdaniel7341]

Scrabalatro

[@kholdanstaalstorm6881]

Xenomorph but not xenon?

[@AllYourConcerns]

Interesting concept but not my thing that's for sure 😂

[@kurtvsthealgorithm2400]

Can you play words along the sides of other words?

[@LifezAGame]

Darkest Dungeon 2

[@Lauralink100]

how is this game Roguelike?

[@MetalMockingjay]

Short runs with random shops and bosses

[@monstercraft359]

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