Start Date: Sunday, 21st of July, 19:00 Approximate Work Hours: 6.5

Balancing Enemies in a Multiplayer Roguelike Game

Game Brief:

• Max number of players: 4
• Number of Different Runs: 6
• Core combat and gameplay with deeper meta-progression.
• Rooms are randomly pulled from a pool, with encounters featuring monsters with basic and experienced variations.

Problem:

• Current method scales up HP, movement speed, and damage of monsters based on the number of players.
• Feedback indicates this feels monotonous and unfair.

The solutions I provide, will be designed to be easier to implement, with minimal dependency on existing enemy types.

Instead of complex role-based systems like Tank, DPS, and Support, which might not fit all enemies, I offer global behavioral solutions that can be applied broadly

Solution 1: Simple Adaptive Behavior

Description:

Implement adaptive AI behavior, which makes high health enemies move towards the player, while low health ones try to stay out of their effective range. This will add an interesting rotation to how the enemies behave, based on who has the advantage.

Multiplayer Aspect: This could be adjusted to have the enemies target players with the lowest health. Essentially, this change will make the enemies smarter, instead of increasing their flat stats.