Here are the latest update notes imported from the spreadsheet.
10/30/2023 Imported patch notes
10/30/2023 Update
– Added Tiny Survivors, Vradark’s Revenge, GunDeck[100], Bore Blasters, Circle the Wagons
– Ranked Bore Blasters, Elemental Survivors based on dev submitted scorecards
– Created Scoring in Progress Section so it’s clear what ones I’m making notes on that aren’t really decided yet.
– Tweaked subreddit styling to have all tags be the same less intrusive color as it was making the sub look a little too spammy and hard to read
– Based on dev questions and feedback started a step by step scoring guide with examples. It’s a big job so will probably take several days of work.
– Finished the layout for the self scoring guide and each term definition. Completed examples for the first 8 categories (Genre)
10/29/2023 Imported patch notes
10/29/2023 Update
– Scaled Hive Jump Survivors, Swarmcade, Survivor Mercs based on dev submitted scorecard
– Added metadata for Pesticide Not Required, Elewar: Fused Survivors, BloodDome99, Feisty Fauna, Roboom, BloodDome Classic, Hero Survival
– Added Bing in Wonderland, DoughNuts, Police Heroes, Solbane, Crystalis Descendant, Paper Nebula, Binding of Elements
– Added “top down or isometric” tags to previously ranked games that it applies to
– Added new.survivorslikes.com subdomain as a shortcut to new posts on the sub (and a couple other mod only subdomains to help make things easier). Tweaked r/survivorslikes sidebar wiki links.
10/28/2023 Imported patch notes
10/28/2023 Update
– Added Hyperhell, Roguebot, Saucers, Cosmos Kitten, Hunchback’s Dungeon, Kill The Crows to Free/Demo releases
– Added SANDRIPPER, 9 Lives To Defend to upcoming games
– Scaled Nebula, Fantasy Survivors based on dev submitted scorecards
– Adjusted Pesticide Not Required, Midnight at the Disco dev submitted feature scores based on follow up interviews
– Tweaked Binding of Isaac to bring in line with later scored similarly controlled games.
10/27/2023 Imported patch notes
10/27/2023 Update
– Scaled Feisty Fauna, Midnight at the Disco, Pesticide Not Required, PhaigeX: Hyperspace Survivors, based on dev submitted feature scorecards
– Updated FatalZone and removed Outbreak (Early Access release!)
– Added Necromorphosis (Free Demo!)
– Registered survivorslikes.com for an easy to type link to the spreadsheet and set up reddit.survivorslikes.com to redirect to the subreddit.
– Created shortlink subdomains scorecard.survivorslikes.com, key.survivorslikes.com, updates.survivorslikes.com, todo.survivorslikes.com, thanks.survivorslikes.com, heatmap.survivorslikes.com and terriblescales.survivorslikes.com
– Added shortlinks to subreddit sidebar
– Created web form version of dev scorecard and shortlink for it at scorecard-form.survivorslikes.com
– Updated scorecard to include link to web form
– Fixed the intro text math, a 60 category scale scored in tenths from -1 to 1 is a 1260 point scale, because basic math. The first recorded “zero” appeared in Mesopotamia around 3 B.C and we bravely continue the tradition of considering 0 a number.
– Rewrote subreddit intro/faq post, reposted due to title typo (d’oh!)
10/26/2023 Imported patch notes
10/26/2023 Update
– Moved Nimrods to Upcoming with Demo section
– Added Steam Tag Research Tab
– Added Key & Definitions Tab
– Renamed Notes & Terms to Spreadsheet Explainer
– Added “Suggested Tags” category
– Filled out genre tags for all ranked games
– Added spreadsheet tabs as “wiki” to subreddit header links
– Added Ruiga Pirates, Uber Destruction, Relinked, Gem Defender: Soyjak Survivors, Algor PEW PEW, Doughbee, Gore Storm, 2 Minutes 16 Seconds, Conquer Humanity, Drift Survivor, Hope’s Final Defense, Project Romboid, Cosmic Carnage, Broodstar, Symmodance
– Fix links to google sheets on reddit by linking to published pages instead
– Wrote out 7000 freaking words defining over 100 terms and scale categories on the new definitions tab
– Edited and removed duplicate definition sections from Explainer tab
– Added “help us score this game!” links to unscored games
10/25/2023 Imported patch notes
10/25/2023 Update
– Scaled by dev submitted scorecard info for BloodDome Classic (good vintage arcade-style fun so far!) and started tweaking a bit to bring it in line with how we score other games based on play.
– Scaled by BloodDome99,Elewar: Fused Survivors based on dev scorecards
– Tweaked Nova Drift based on community discord feedback
– Added (mostly from the upcoming Bullet Heaven sale): Psychofinger (FPS survivors-like), AutoHeroes, Rogue Soulstone, Cybersonic Strike to upcoming games, Shape Shifter: Formations // Overdrive, Adrenaline Rampage, Antipaint, Append, Arcadium – Space Odyssey, Arcane Depths, Asterogues, City of Beats, Attack of the Karens, Beach Invasion 1944, Beat Hazard 2, Beat Hazard 3, Bullet Bunny, Bullet Runner, Chickado, Chekenoidz, Cthulhu Must Die, Danger Scavenger, Shotgun King, Ecstatic, Antecrypt, The Turgenev Study, Explottens, Fruits of Fury, Furcifer’s Fungeon, GROSS, GUN RUN, Heroes & Redemption, Hive Jump Survivors, Hordecore, IDIOTIC, Impact, Impaler, Jetboard Joust, Keep Those Bugs Away From the Bomb, Kill A Million Rats, Kinetic Storm, Laser Tanks, MOODS, Metavaxx, Midnight at the Disco, Missiles Away, Mullet Hell, Need for Cheese, No Reloading: Survival Trials, Ooze Odyssey, Pandora, Pesticide Not Required, QubiQuest: Castle Craft, Rogue Jungle, Saikyo Robots, Shoot 1UP, Staycation Paradise, Souknight Survivor, Stellar Watch, The Arena Pit, Castle of Alchemists, Swerve, Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD, Tree of Ashes, Undead West, Venox: The Alien Survivors, VergeWorld, Vilde, Vinebound: Bloom & Boom, What the HELL, Xanadu Land
– Added some games from the bullet heaven fest to the possible to-do list, since they were pretty far off
– Added Game Description / Dev Notes/Statements column
– Changed vertical text in scale columns to horizotal based on discord feedback
– Replaced background image on r/survivorslikes with better quality version from Rogue Genesia dev