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 » Scarlet Tower » Bug Fixes

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.

Scarlet Tower » Bug Fixes

Hey Guys!

Let’s go through the information about update v0.9.4!

News
  1. Crosshair Overlay (New Control Feature): Instead of toggling between crosshair types, pressing the right joystick in a direction activates manual crosshair, while releasing it activates automatic crosshair.
  2. New chest drop animation, with more info displayed.
  3. Buffs/Debuffs are now displayed on the In-Game HUD.
  4. Added an icon representing each Hero’s Weapon Damage type on Character Selection screen.
  5. World Eater boss Health bar is now standardized (Same place as Vorax and Vorgron).
  6. A Tutorial explaining how Masteries work is now displayed during Loading screen.
  7. Familiar’s info are now displayed in the In-Game Tooltip.

Changes
  1. Maximum rank of talents reduced to 5
  2. Blood Drop now has a 3s CD to activate
  3. Shatter Bones now deals 40% less damage
  4. Enemies in the Scarlet Tower had their damage, health, and speed reduced by 20%, 15%, 25%.
  5. Brewmaster has been improved by 125%
  6. Chemical Flux has been improved by 40%
  7. Magical Reflection has been improved by 100%
  8. Antichrist Blood is now part of the “Priests” family
  9. Faith points now provide: +1% attack speed, +1% luck
  10. Occultism points now provide: +1% spell acceleration (CDR), +1% greed
  11. Perseverance points now provide: +2 move speed, +3% gathering range
  12. Darkness Knife had its damage increased by 80% at rank 4

Bug Fixes
  1. Vendor’s buying cost is no longer out of place on the UI.
  2. Gamepad’s Manual Level UP button is no longer the same as Show Map button.
  3. Chest Discard FX is a little less cloudy.
  4. Priest’s attack range is now fixed.
  5. Fixed a bug in which the Rune Upgrade FX were not displayed correctly.
  6. Runes are no longer interactable while enchanting.
  7. Player’s current Talents selections are now saved properly.
  8. Talent Tiers are now saved properly.
  9. NPC’s will no longer get stuck on Trees.
  10. Banish is now working properly.
  11. In-Game tooltips are no longer displayed over the Game Over UI.
  12. Fixed Frostfire description.
  13. Elementalist NPC ice hitbox fixed.
  14. Frostfire description
  15. Elementalist’s Ice is now correctly targeted by players
  16. Corrected icons for Vengeful Wrath effects (Templar’s Mastery).
  17. Corrected descriptions for Alchemical Mirror Charges (Alchemist’s Mastery).
  18. Proper subtype applied to Deep Orb (Elementalists).
  19. Blacksmith ability “Torn Tendons” no longer appears duplicated on Level-Up.
  20. Loyalty Points (Faith, Perseverance, Occultism) now provide attribute bonuses correctly.
  21. Loyalty Points descriptions have been changed for better understanding.
  22. Removed situations where Dark Servants (Necromancers’ Mastery) spawned upon completing the map’s NPC mission.
  23. Pilgrimage Staff and the Archangel Staff now they apply Smite correctly.

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See you in the next update!

Thank you so much!
Pyxeralia