Hey everyone,

I’m working on a roguelike/tower defense hybrid game, and I’m having a bit of trouble balancing enemy difficulty scaling. I want each run to feel progressively harder, but I’m struggling to find the right balance between making enemies more challenging without making the game feel unfair or too repetitive.

Right now, I’m using a combination of increasing enemy health, damage, and spawn rates, but it sometimes feels like the difficulty spikes too sharply, especially during certain waves. I want players to feel like they can overcome tough challenges, but still be tested as they progress.

Has anyone else run into this issue when designing enemy scaling in their roguelike or tower defense games? How do you balance difficulty in a way that keeps the gameplay engaging without frustrating players?

I’d appreciate any insights or advice you could share! Thanks in advance!

Awhile ago I saw a trailer for an upcoming game that I can only describe as a spiritual successor to Ghost Master but haven't been able to find it again. Anybody know what I'm talking about?

It was this 8-bit or 16-bit indie game (i don't remember) that was like a obvius parody of the legend of zelda, in this game you were a parody of Link that was called like "Lonk" or something, and for some reason you start an adventure, the thing is that the humor of the game was so unserios, like when you die you start from the begining being a desendant of your previus character that would got a dumb name like "Lank" and that would happend any time you die, please help me finding the name of the game

... And now I'm kind of depressed. How do you guys deal with the post project lull?