yup, the actual fights are luck-based rather than skill-based. I like creating characters and watching them fight though. I think some more move variety would make them more entertaining. letting the player set up the ai somehow would give them more control. and adding more activities in between fights would make the game more stimulating. I'm looking into different things to add in the sequel to make it more enjoyable.

It is currently categorized under Simulation - Other. It's an AI Controlled Tournament Simulation game with character creation and leveling. Not everyone likes this kind of game. You don't have to play it if you don't want to. I made it because I enjoy games like this.

Also I didn't put an entry fee on the tournaments because I didn't think of it at the time. But from a fictional world perspective you aren't really playing as a participant in the tournaments. You are setting up the tournaments and watching the participants fight each other. You earn money each tournament no matter who wins or loses.

In Dukker Tournament 2 you will be playing as a participant though. I want to keep the battles ai controlled because it is something I like. Instead the gameplay will revolve around everything you do to manage your tournament career. Training, working if you can't afford the entry fee, earning money from tournaments, shopping, training new participants when you retire, etc.

Also if you are having trouble winning tournaments in Dukker Tournament 1 you could try few qualifying tournaments to register more fighters for the official tournaments and get them to fight each other until you unlock rank 1 tournaments. If you have rank 1 tournaments unlocked just do a few of those. It doesn't matter who wins you will earn money. You can spend the money to boost the attributes of the fighters you want to make win the tournaments. Boosting health randomly lowers defense between 0 and 1. Boosting defense randomly lowers attack between 0 and 1. Boosting attack randomly lowers health between 0 and 6. So boosting stats evenly will probably raise them more than decrease them.