Maze of Ambition

Started out not expecting much, quickly grew to appreciate enemy variety, challenging card building with increasing difficulty, detail to distinct card visuals and even chibi progression, a story that does get involved with gameplay though fights. Engaging progression premise with lots of replayability in future (though most runs were needed for me to figure out which defensive cards fit better a drawing engine deck against later enemies).
 
I cannot stress enough the simplicity of most of the card descriptions and how fluid the card gameplay is. (some keywords like reflexes for example not very clear if it adds block before or after enemy attack until you try it.) 
 
Wouldn't mind couple more gameplay features (that don't disrupt fluidity of gameplay) but just expanding in the direction from what's already in place seems guaranteed to be fun.

Gave it a try and it was pretty fun.  Very much reminds me of the Buxom mod for Slay the Spire which is a really fun mod.  Expanding it out to other forms of growth is a good concept so I think you've got a solid project idea.  My current question would be have you considered making the growth mechanics happen during combat instead of reaching a level and then the growth happens?  The buxom mode had the growth happen during gameplay and personally I like that approach more but understand that may be a hard thing to implement, especially for muscle growth.

Also while I think the chibi's are cute is there any consideration of making the player character non-chibi?  For the enemies I think it's fine but for the main characters I feel being chibi will make it hard to truly make them grow in their respective ways.

Good work so far though, everything seems programmed well and you have a sound concept going.

For some reason, there seems to be something wrong with Follow-Up's determination of gaining magic, and in some cases it doesn't give me 1 magic. Also, when you're clicking on the top right corner while you're on one of the second level, sometimes the girl's mapping won't be refreshed and it's still the same monster as before.

I have to say, it's quite frustrating that the game doesn't have in-game saves during battles. While I understand that most roguelite games lack mid-game saves, it's a pity that this game requires constant combat with little downtime to appreciate the protagonist's illustrations. I think it would be a great addition to include a town scene where players can interact with the protagonist during non-gameplay time, applying different effects based on the protagonist's level. On the other hand, I'm not sure if it's because I'm playing the free version, but the lack of progression outside of battles, coupled with the relatively long duration of each game session (especially considering the protagonist is a solo character with limited tactical variability), makes the early stages of the game feel incredibly repetitive. For instance, for a prolonged period, your deck building remains rudimentary, essentially revolving around choosing between defense and offense.

Really nice game, any thoughts about a gts character?

321 bytes seams odd is this a virus?