Congratulations! This is quite an achievement. And congratulations again for being invited on to Roguelike radio. You have a nice voice (and a good microphone too; seriously, I can’t understand half the people they invite on that show :p)
I’ve played a lot of Alpha18 so far, almost 8 hours. I made a few observations
and I documented a method that can beat the game quickly, fairly reliably.
In general, the game seems to work well without crashes. I also agree with you when you mention in the video that exiting a combat area needs some rethinking, because it’s quite abusable the way that it is. The game is still quite straightforward to beat. Actually, I don’t think it’s changed much strategically since Alpha 17. It’s just been broken down into bite-sized chunks 🙂