Show HN: Number Gacha, a gacha game distilled to its essence

Its so satisfying to play

This is actually a very well-polished game and I think you've definitely got that core gacha distillation down pat!

I love that you can solve math problems to unlock more rolls and that you can buy packs and then the "slicing" of the packs is very satisfying too.

Do people like "gacha"? I thought people played games for the game experience, story, etc, and the gacha is just the monetization mechanic. It's like making a big deal out of paying $20 bucks a month, or buying loads of DLCs for example.

If the battle has numeric controls for blocking and other actions (assigned to 1,2,3...) the game would be more fun to try and optimize.

Love this! I wanna make parody games of all the game genres I don't like now, just to tease.

This game is inspiring. And reinforces my previous view that gacha is a silly genre.

Yet somehow addictive. What a let down it was when I finally managed to unlock the best number, 69, and it was just another number like the rest of them, because what else would it be?

There are layers to this parody. Love it!

I’m on level 11 and I’m now convinced the number 7 does not exist

Reminds me of NumberWang from Mitchell and Webb’s skits.

https://youtu.be/0obMRztklqU?si=CA5NWDE6FVSSM5Ih

This is very well done. Where are the microtransactions? You could be rich beyond your wildest dreams, dear author, if only you let me buy gems.

Very fun! There seems to be an exception when using the 10-roll function that might need some attention.

    index-BwvgcC1c.js:62 Uncaught TypeError:
      C is not a function at zi (index-BwvgcC1c.js:62:150798)

Those lines of code are:

    for (var oe = [], ce = 0; ce < 10; ce++)
      oe.push(C());

This is so silly, but I’m really enjoying it lol. If you wanted to add some extra juice, haptic feedback on the rolls would be super cool!

It's not a gacha essence unless there are numbers with increasingly sexy designs.

Honestly the feedback loop of "do math to roll more" would make this an excellent game for kids IMO

I love the sound design, and the dithered look is also great. Feels more polished than many "real" games.

Fun! On iOS I can drag numbers into my battle team - it tries to refresh the page when I drag outside a very short range.

Edit - refresh fixed it?

Having never played gacha games but getting a good laugh out of this, is this really a thing people play? How different is the real gameplay?

3rd pvp round is 852 and seems quite difficult

Pulled a 100, A tier for PVE but still holding out for a 69 and a 42.

I hate how addicted immediately got addicted to this game

This is really clever and one of those projects that strikes the delicate balance of “I could’ve done this” and “actually no.” When I look more closely, the details (which I wouldn’t have nailed) sell it. The slow down as it lands on a number, the way it displays, etc.

It really does distill the whole experience down. It’s so reductive yet somehow it makes me want to keep playing. Honestly the more I think about it the more impressive it is.

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