Reception devlog · Feature

Reception by the numbers

October 19, 2026 · BellHop Studios

Eleven weeks of building Reception, counted.

The world

• The first dungeon was 100 by 100 tiles, and parties still move on a one-second tick.
• Heroes started with 25 natures, and sight came in boxes of 3, 4 or 5 tiles.
• The first test dungeon had 3 exits. Walls were generated at 30% density with a guaranteed path.
• 40 roaming monsters in the first shared dungeon, then 120 per map. Groups merge up to 4 and promote through 4 tiers: Common, Elite, Champion and Boss.
• Back-and-forth steps fell from 0.136 to 0.004 per step when shortest-path movement arrived.

Heroes and fights

• 6 stats: HP, ATK, DEF, MAG, RES and LUK.
• Ability slots by rarity: Common 1, Rare 2, SR 3, SSR 4.
• 59 skills and abilities got working effects in a single day, 2 August.
• Ranks go up to +10, bought with duplicate shards. Big hits wait 2 or 3 turns.
• Gear Score = 0.1 HP + 1 ATK + 1.5 DEF + 1.2 MAG + 1.5 RES + 0.5 LUK.

Gacha and economy

• Hire a Hero rates: 55 / 30 / 12 / 3 (Common, Rare, SR, SSR), with 10 free pulls to start.
• Drop rarities: 60 / 25 / 12 / 3.
• Items combine up to +20 and salvage into 4 metals: copper, iron, gold and mithril.
• Fatigue by rarity: 30, 25, 20 and 15, with a full rest in 8 hours.
• Dungeon tiers: Tier 2 adds a room and 30% more monster Gear Score, and Tier 3 another 30%.

For the story behind the numbers, start with How Reception was built.