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jp's SNKRX (PC)
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| [July 13, 2025 11:28:27 AM]
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A student recommended this game - it's a rogue-like snake shooter game. Which, on the face of it just sounds super interesting. And it is/was! ("was" because I finished playing it and I'm not sure I want to spend more time getting all the achievements or that sort of thing...
It's 25 levels or so, each consisting of waves of monsters you must avoid and each snake segment is a "character" with some abilities. There's a cool stacking mechanic - each character can have one or more classes and if you have multiple of the same class you get a bonus buff so it's worth specializing - but at the end f each level you can buy from the shop (from three options). When you beat the game you can unlock a higher difficulty AND a +1 on the maximum length of your snake. There's some more stuff going on, of course (different enemy types, different effects from the different characters) but there's a few design decisions I thought were neat/clever/smart...
a. Increasing the maximum snake length seems like a perfect balance with the increased length of the snake BUT it also feels like a real incentive to play at the higher difficulty because a longer snake means more chances of getting the buffs from different snake types which is an exciting thing to look forward to for each run.
b. You get money at the end of each level which you use to buy new characters (these can also get upgraded when you buy multiple of the same). The shop has a "reroll" - it was a smart decision to make the reroll cost money BUT it's pretty cheap - especially when you get to the higher levels (and earn more cash). It really helps you lean in to the intent to try to get a set of same character class to get the buffs. Also, curiously, the shop levels up too (automatically, but you can spend money to upgrade early if you want) - this changes the odds on the rarity of characters that will show up!
I've beat the game, but I'll leave the GameLog open in case I think of something else I want to write about.
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jp's SNKRX (PC)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Friday 13 June, 2025
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