Previewless week! PUBLIC Poll - September (Patreon)

With the Kickstarter to finish Lustfall once and for all nearly 20% funded already and many Update 9 commissions in the works, it's been a good kind of chaotic over here. This would normally be a PREVIEW WEEK, but since everything is still in progress, there's nothing to preview this time. That being said, I could use a short break from the posting, so it's not a huge deal. Next week we'll be back on track BUT FIRST, let's have another poll!

Reverse Power Fantasy Games

I saw a discussion the other week about a game that came out being described as a "Reverse Power Fantasy" and found the concept rather interesting.

From what I understand, it's a type of game (usually RPGs) that starts you off incredibly powerful, like, "one-shot-the-final-boss" levels of powerful. At the game goes on, the more mistakes you make or traps you fall into, the weaker you become. Like, you would permanently level down slowly, until you had to struggle to defeat even the weakest trash mobs.

I'm wondering how people feel about games like this. I can see the appeal from the fantasy side of things... but making compelling gameplay that works with the intent of becoming LESS powerful seems tricky to pull off. Has it been done well before? Is frustration the point?

Feel free to chime in here or on the discord.