Reincarnated as a Dark Lord Before Taking Over the World with Power 999999999

Really cool game and idea. Version for phones also would be cool to have.

I had a really good time with this - I may well break my usual rule that incrementals are a cash-free hobby for me. Chapter one is a pretty good tutorial, and chapter two develops the mechanical themes in a good direction. I like how seamlessly you move from flailing about clicking random buttons that obviously aren't getting you anywhere to meticulously planning a hand-crafted route to exactly where you need to go. I was at first confused about how you could possibly reach the harder of the two endings on chapter 2, but that just made working it out that much sweeter.

I will say on a negative note, I'm not sure the prestige mechanic is adding very much to the fun elements of the gameplay loop. I think not showing which actions unlock new actions until the second run through a chapter is good, but I think time warp should maybe be the default for actions you've done before (or, if not x10, maybe x2?). And the extra mana and power can really warp chapter 1, but by chapter 2 it's already almost useless. I honestly think this game would work okay without a prestige currency/mechanic, but if you really want to keep it in maybe it would work better for the prestige currency to unlock certain action branches? Like, maybe in chapter 1 you can't study the stone until your second run through or something? Just a suggestion.

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I quite like this. It's an incremental/idle game with a story (being reincarnated as a dark lord) which I don't usually find so this was a treat! 

I liked that there were multiple paths and that you could visually see things you've done in the past and their rewards/costs. Seeing the past actions laid out like that, it really gave me the feeling that I was remembering past lives, versus how usually in these types of games the player has to remember each detail to figure out what they're planning to do- which can become annoying when you're on run 832 and can't remember where you get a sword for the boss or whatevs. 

I don't think I quite understand the shadow clones. I had thought they'd be doing tasks alongside me, but that doesn't seem to be the case? I mostly left them alone since I'm not a plan-by-ordered-list kind of person.

I do wish that repeated actions took less time as you did them per run. Like, re-growing limbs. As in, run 1 it'd take 4 seconds, and run 12 it'd take 3 seconds or something. That's mostly a personal preference, though.

I also am amused by the way that the demon lord looks, like an evil Midoriya. I'm not sure if that'll be changed later, but for now it feels like a fun joke.

Frankly pretty awful from a purely gameplay focused stance. Is it kind of new and interesting and novel? Sure. But that design also locks the player out of and punishes them for trying to experiment, despite that being the intent. The biggest culprit of this by far is how completely and irredeemably useless the prestige system is. Speeding up time? And all it does is increase game speed? No bonus to the speed at which actions are completed? So you mean I get to skip to the part where I lose ten times faster with even less possibility of being able to make conscious decisions. Get more experience points? Sure, bonus points are nice, but they can only be spent on speeding up time and getting more bonus points. Excuse you? Having tight margins is nothing new, not a bad thing either. But when the entire feedback loop is broken it needs to be replaced entirely. Even with the few scraps of conveniences the player is offered,  you'll still waste hours and have nothing to show for it.

Worst of all, the main "feature" advertised for prestige accomplishes literally nothing. You will still spend the exact same amount of time you normally do scrolling around the map and clicking things. It still demands the exact same amount of player focus and thought power. It still requires the same amount of strategic thinking. You still cannot take your eyes off the game. It doesn't select the next task any faster than a human could. And worst of all it's prone to jamming up; if you miscalculate or just have a momentary lapse in attention, you can expect to find it stalled out on some random task a fraction of the way through the run. You MUST babysit the automation.
This game cannot be left to its own devices while you do something else. This is not an idle game, and barely counts as an incremental.

I did not enjoy the gameplay i felt like i was basically doing the same run over and over with little reward, the bonuses from reincarnation did not help me progress much, also the audio is glitchy and the game lags a bunch

I played this probably a few months ago when there was only chapter 1. I was showing my friend around itch and the title was hilarious so we tried it, not thinking much of it... and to our mutual surprise, enjoyed it heaps and got hooked for some hours figuring out the right strategies XD Now I'm scrolling around games again, just to see this has a chapter 2 available! Well well well...

found this though discord lol

Good game, but it annoys me that when using the cast time warp it doesn't speed up the rate you get xp. so while the game goes faster, it doesn't help with experience and chapter memories.

Also the fact you can't finish the Apreciate your looks action, to me makes it so it feels unfinished.

Finally the fact you can't defeat the s rank hero in any way feels wrong.

I completed the two available chapters (100% on both with at least 1400 memories) and really enjoyed the game. Having to narrow down your path each reincarnation was game mechanic I personally enjoyed! I was dying to know what was ????? i needed on the second chapter and thought it would have been something linked to the branch of the phone call (trying to avoid spoilers).

Overall 10/10 game I think it can be considered a really niche playstyle to some. Wishlisted! 

Really love this game. For someone feels the game has poor framerate (both audio and video), It is working much fancy on Steam Demo version.

Completed a game and here is current completion score: 33% chapter 1 completion, 60% on chapter 2 and chapter 3 is unavailable for the demo.

Pros:

1. Personally really liked the puzzle aspect, comes across as a more hardcore version of riddle school but once you realise how pieces fit together, you can go beat the chapter. The whole puzzle vibe actually feels like you are a dark lord strategising the best actions for world dominance.
2. Really like how time is less of a speedrun countdown but more of a "trade time spent on this task in exchange for enemy countdown to be lowered". It makes planning so much easier and fair.
3. Music is nice.
4. The hidden enemy encounter called "They found you" is actually well made terror. Guessing it is supposed to be an unkillable boss but seeing 77777 health, a minute countdown and not to mention the name itself all make it suddenly terrifying despite needing 10000+ power to encounter it. Besides you get an achievement for finding that secret. (not sure if this is the same on the steam demo version)

Now for the cons:

1. The lack of hints/bad hints is a downside. Sometimes you have no way of knowing how to complete something e.g. the kingdom with ???? as the requirement is mildly annoying. At least have a tutorial linked in the description so anyone can try and 100% the game without mindless grinding, time wasting, trial and error.
2. Another thing is (don't know if intentional or it is a glitch) once you press an option, you can't click out for the reincarnation memory shop since options are 0.5 seconds and insta-buy as much stock as possible so often times you have to choose between xp or time skips. 
3. The cancelation punishment where if you misclick something the time decreases but if you midway click something else then enemy time still goes down but your original thing you were buying has its time reset.

Won't be coming back for chapter 3.

There needs to be a difficulty slider for people who don't want to have to do the chapters 20 times just to be able to discover all the options before they can start even formulating a strategy to get through them efficiently. As it is, the game is far too punishing.

Evolved in chapter 2 is pretty weak ngl.  You only start with 20 extra power, but miss out on a whole at least thirty seconds. And I'd still like to know what the worthless attributes like venom are intended to do besides deceive the player.

got all 3 endings in chapter 1 since i play on browser i cant play chapter 2 yet.. but theres things like confidence and fear that i dont know the purpose of.. i managed to get like 60 confidence, anyways, lol. some other keywords too. so despite that, i feel like theres some extra stuff im missing out on. the prestige system seems unnecessary. winning once should just unlock a speed mode that lets you go faster since waiting is completely arbitrary and just consumes time in your irl life. overall an excellent concept of a game but i feel like its more of a puzzle than an incremental or idle game. definitely scratches my puzzle solving itch. great job.

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lacking audio, or is there any?

if you have the time, it would be good to add sfx and ambient music to the game.

to give better feedback when player do something and feeling of the game

afaik, there is alot of free sfx or other sound online

AHH this game is cool! I thought it is an idle game but it is actually a very intense(?) game. I read the comment about getting minions and finally passed level 1.
Same here I feel essence is not that useful... And I think maybe, it would be nice to have auto do stuff get a lower price, since I think if you can queue the actions instead of keep cliking them, would make the game totally different and maybe more fun and replayable.
but overall I love it! looking forward to play more chapters!

Loved the game! Excited for future versions! I would love for it to remember the queue of actions instead of you having to redo them each prestige. My biggest gripe! Otherwise, acquiring essence takes much too long. 

This is not a bug per se, but you can seemingly zoom out infinitely. I was looking to see if a secret area was out there while zoomed out, I spent about half a minute just zooming out to see how far it would go, then had to spend another half to zoom back in. Probably should put a zoom out limit on that, unless you're going to add something out there, which I think would be nice for a sneaky ending. Maybe an  "escape the loop" ending that's way out there somewhere?

i enjoyed it so far. it needs a bit of balance here and there. like with magic and mana.

i would have liked to continue playing to fulfill all goals. and i wonder what might happen if i had enough time to appreciate my looks to complete satisfaction.

A great game so far, I had a lot of fun figuring out what can I gain using different routes, whether to sacrifice a run in order to just gather as much information as possible or go for max power! Waiting for more chapters 

It's a strong game, but death left me frustrated, rather than wanting to try again. Especially considering everything in the game is exactly the same.

I would either eliminate death as a phenomenon or randomize the journey. I'm sure not everyone will be ready to play Groundhog Day.

Why don't the stats do anything? it feels like going for movement doesn't make a difference at all, like yeah, i got 3 more power to start. What the hell does that do to help me?