The Scale

The Monstergirl Scale

For determining if a game is like Vampire Survivors

-1 to 1 in 60 categories

Genre

1. Rogue-Lite 2. Auto-Shooter / Auto-Battler 3. Real Time 4. Top-Down or Isometric 5. Direct Control of Single Avatar Camera Usually Centered on Player 6. Arcade Style (Little Plot) 7. Bullet Heaven A Many Player Shots 8. Bullet Heaven B Few Enemy Shots / Damage on Touch Focus

Simple Movement Focused Controls

9. One Handed Play (With Controller) 10. Move Only 11. No Dash / Dodge 12. No Trigger 13. No Special Move Button 14. No Aiming 15. No On Attack / On Aim Movement Penalty

Survival Game Modes

16. Timed Survival / Boss Mode 17. Endless Mode 18. Unannounced & Organic Waves 19. High Enemy Count / "Horde"

Power Progression

20. Level on XP Gain Run Event 21. Streamlined Level Choices 22. Currency Based Meta Unlocks 23. Goal Based / Find Based Meta Unlocks

Depth of Buildcrafting

24. Build Crafting 25. Impactful Level / Item Options 26. Weapon Combination / Evolution 27. Interesting Weapon, Item & Ability Synergy 28. Invincible / Broken Builds Possible

Map / Level Features

29. Explorable Map 30. BIG Maps 31. XP / Currency on Ground 32. Health on Ground 33. Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 34. Treasure Chests / Loot Events 35. Vendors on Map / Run

Depth and Breadth of Content

36. Enemy Variety 37. Elites & Bosses 38. Many and /or Interesting Characters 39. Many Challenges 40. Multiple Stages 41. Difficulty Modifiers 42. Bestiary / Lore 43. Achievements 44. Secrets

Aesthetics

45. Retro / Pixel Art Style 46. Damage Numbers 47. Lo-Fi Charm 48. Bumpin' Music 49. Unique / Fun Names / Writing 50. Subtle Humor

Gameplay Vibe Check

51. Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 52. Over The Top 53. "One More Run" / Short Runs 54. Difficulty Ramp 55. Fun Ramp 56. Low Price 57. Technical Check / Functional Polish 58. Controls Check 59. Fun Check 60. Feels like VS

How to Tally

-1 to 1 in 60 Categories
Scoring in 10ths
(example: -.4 or .8)

1: Feature Fully Present
0: Feature Missing
-1: Critical Difference

Tip:

Rely Heavily on Vibes!

Report as number out of 60,
Or Convert into 10 Point Score.

The scale "assumes you're
ranking a very "similar game.
In theory a final score can be negative.

See Definitions for a full explanation of every category on the similarity and review scales. See scoring guide for detailed examples.

Comparison Scale Examples:

Vampire Survivors

10.0 | 60

Halls of Torment

9.0 | 53.9

Chess Survivors

8.0 | 48.0

20 Minutes Till Dawn

6.8 | 40.8

Risk of Rain

5.1 | 30.7

Hades

4.4 | 26.3

Returnal

3.2 | 19.4

Rogue

1.0 | 6.1

Elden Ring

-1.9 | -11.3

Call of Duty 2

-3.8 | -22.9

Fun at Home!

Score games yourself with The Scorecard!

Argue about it on the playground!

Patch Notes Archive

Home » Updates » Patch Notes Feed » Cast Out Colony » Cast Out Colony Demo Updates! (12-16-23)

Patch notes are imported from steam. There may be errors. This mostly exists so I can stay on top of them to update the features in our tags and scoring categories (which I do manually), but since many of you liked the idea of staying up to date with all the games in one place I'm working on making this data automated (right now I manually hit it every couple days) with better info and linking in with the game views.

There will be more data and proper atribution here (original author, steam link, original post date, etc) real soon, I promise. This is just like a technical test to see if they're coming in ok at all.

Cast Out Colony » Cast Out Colony Demo Updates! (12-16-23)

Hey there everyone!
We have updated our demo with NEW content! Please see the patch notes below.

Demo 1.1 Patch Notes:

Colony Progression

We’ve added more to the colony aspect of the game. (It is called Cast Out Colony, for a reason!) Yay, meta-progression!

1. Expansion
When you first start your colony, only a small percentage will be able to be built on. However, with the use of flower coins, you may expand your colony, amount of traps, and amount of villagers. This way, we hope not to overwhelm any first timers in building too much too early. Now there is a nice steady progression in your colony, and you’ll have to be more mindful of your colony management.

2. Colony Bonus
Going hand in hand with the prior bullet point, we noticed through gameplay videos of playtesters and the first batch of YouTube videos playing the 1.0 demo (Yes, we watch them ALL). Most players opted to keep skipping to night, and did not find any benefit in building a colony. While this may be true in the early phases of the game, structures play a crucial part in a colony as the game progresses. To help with unlocking these structures faster and encourage building your colony, we have implemented a Colony Bonus that will give you a percentage of extra Flower Coins at the end of a run.

3. Enemies Movement Speed
Something that we noticed quite early into development was that when there was too much built on the map, it became more of a hindrance to the player. We have now implemented a mechanic that slows down the enemies depending on how much you have built in your colony.

Building Changes

A few of the Structures have been modified to help in the meta-progression.

Bank – We have added a spot in the bank’s menu where players can now exchange coins on their person (…or bug?) and exchange them for Flower Coins. This exchange rate does change every day, so be sure to check back in on it to try to get that coveted 1:1!

Gym – The gym originally gave the player the opportunity to level up their character for a set amount of coins. This was a temporary boost for your character on that run. Now you can get a PERMA BUFF for all of your characters across all runs at the gym using Flower Coins.

Some Other Things…

Flower Coin Passive Skill
We have added a passive skill that can be unlocked (Hint: Use Roxy) to give an extra boost to the amount of Flower Coins given after a run.

We are continuing to give the player more options of props to build in their colony, and have added more! Check your shop to see if it is in stock!

We noticed sometimes players won’t see a skill defeating a boss, and thus, not seeing the treasure chest. We added an offscreen indicator to those chests and to acorn trees, as well.

Various UI changes.