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Surprisingly engaging, and the slider is great as a beginner mode to get the challenge before going true one-pixel mode

For such a small bit of gameplay, it's surprisingly engaging.  The little bit of doubt cast by possible lies or framing clues is just perfect.  Love it.  Perhaps wish the difficulty ramp was steeper, but it's totally possible I just had a lucky run so far. :)

It did not, but I'm not 100% sure how to access him.  Have done so accidentally.

Neat little experience! I did enjoy the mix-and-match.

I can't promise that.

This game is really well designed.  At first, the learning curve may be a bit steep - it's not always obvious what the best path forward is with your money and upgrading can be unintuitive at first - but there are a variety of viable strategies with their own strengths and weaknesses.  Do you want to focus on one strong ball?  Do you want them to get stronger through the round?  Is a burst of power early on your style?  

The fun comes in two phases - buying and designing your team well (and then placing them correctly to avoid grenade blowouts!), then watching the double washing machine engage your balls with the enemy's.  Whose balls will burst first?

If I have any critique, the least enjoyable part of the game is the occasional draw by timeout.  Normally draws are very exciting, in the sense that you celebrate a come-from-behind loss-saver or the pain of a situation where your team was probably better on paper but stats didn't line up as well as you had hoped.  But once in a while, each team will have one ball left, even a 2/1 vs. a 23/14, and they just never find each other.  I wish the arena could shrink or a health-decrease kicked in eventually to decide these timeouts more meaningfully.  It's a little unsatisfying from either side.

Still, overall, the pogs flow with this one.  I keep coming back day after day to put together a new team and explore a new strategy.  Big fan!