The world is heavily inspired by modes of transport; highways, rivers and railroads specifically, with plenty of fun stops along the road. Case in point, the casino starship found in THE ATOMIC ALL-IN.

Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who and One Piece all helped inspire the worldbuilding.

Harder difficulty doesn't help at all; it just makes enemies do more damage.

I'm going to try resetting the characters' stats so everyone does less damage. Hopefully this will draw battles out a bit longer.

I like how every character has their own unique sub-system, but most of their gameplay styles seem to take 3-4 turns to make full use of. Most non-boss encounters seem to end in 2.

The POTENTIAL of battles is nearly limitless, but they typically devolve to damage, parry, damage, etc.

The only way AI could be redeemed is if the whole industry, as it currently exists, is ripped out and tossed away. Remove the big money/techno fascists, scrap the plagiarism-tainted models, improve efficiency and put legal guardrails in.

Realistically it's never going to happen, though.

Kinzey is a treasure. We demand more Kinzey!