the next page goes into detail about "tests". This paragraph relies highly on the 3 symbols, which still haven't been defined, aren't defined here, and result in a description of the core mechanic which is totally effing useless. I add a number of filled in circles that correspond to my hero's traits.... BUT WHAT ARE FILLED IN CIRCLES?!? and then i draw a number of.... of what? wtf are cross hatched circles and how do i draw just those?!
omg it got worse.
Next page was the glossary. Cool. a glossary up front.
Oh look. It uses 3 new visual symbols THAT ARE NOT DEFINED!!!
note that the last thing said it used "TWO different colors" and now we've got 3 different icons which i can only guess are supposed to be the TWO colors. Why are there THREE?!?!
Why does it say i draw cross-hatched circles from the bag in "Test" and then in "Success" it says i drew empty circles from the bag?!
WHY DO THE AUTHORS HATE PEOPLE?!
Wait. What?!?!
How to confuse new players:
Step 1. Choose completely unrelated symbols/ to represent a concept.
Step 2. Use inconsistent typography amongst those symbols. Upper and lower case in this case so that they're harder to recognize visually.
W. T. F. ?
For bonus points the core mechanic is completely unusable by the blind, & potentially unusable by colorblind folks. 🤦♀️
Promoting your stuff is cool, but we need to talk about "alert fatigue". My "inbox" at Drive Thru was absolutely full of announcements from 3 companies. Frankly, it's going to make me _less_ inclined to buy your stuff.
I'm happy to hear about your sales & new releases, but not like a post every day.
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