Aiyana

84 hours in, having tons of fun! During those 84 hours i spent some time sending in bug reports and feedback, and to my surprise the dev responded personally to help out with any issues i ran into. The game is in a good state at this point for Early Access. Completely playable but for example you may run in to the odd ghostly cow, you see it but it is not really there. Over the past week alone i know the dev has been fixing a bunch of bugs and he's always working on the game. So if you pick this up (which you should do when it is on sale for sure), please report any findings as this game truly deserves it to keep going and become even better. The world is pretty, the music lovely. Talent system lets you decide what you want to improve first. Your choice, play as you want. So you want to farm, mine, craft or build your own ranch where you breed animals? Fight melee or cast spells? By doing things you get better at them, which is a fun and logical way to improve skills. I find the way you get better at things is at a good rate, not too easy not too grindy. The game could use some more content, but the dev wants a solid base before expanding it, which imo is how it should be, and i am more then happy to wait for that. Seeing as how the dev listens to the players there is your shot of having a say in what you think a game should have. Looking forward to see where this game goes, and i know i'll be here for the ride :) Update on my review since some time has passed. 365 hours in now and still loving it. I am very impressed with the developers dedication to Aiyana, and to see that he still works on this every single day is amazing. Make sure to leave feedback if you decide to play. This game deserves it.

The game is kinda fun, quite a bit janky though, there are some basic bugs that needs to be sorted out. mostly UI stuff or inventory stuff that i've noticed so far. for example, you can get locked out of the crafting tables etc, or move items and they disappear, in some cases you can craft stuff without actually using materials. Doors can't be walked through when opened, tested this with different doors. the game would be better with some cool fight music. more quests to do would be nice, but guessing that in the future there will be more stuff, the tutorial or whatever ends fairly quickly. decent graphics, The game has a lot of UI issues, issues with crafting and items disappearing. when my portal disappeared i felt kinda done, (it had not been placed and was on my second action bar or in inventory at the time) i can't get a new one, can't craft one since it's a reward from building the oracle level, no way to reclaim it. the achievement: "it's a lie" is actually very apt in this context since the portal actually disappeared and so can't be used with portals around the world xD i'm guessing this portal disappearance is either because of the common inventory bug or a different one due to moving the totem thingy, not sure. either way it's annoying that it can't be crafted after earning it. game's good, needs some love but all around fun to play. however it's littered with the most basic of inventory bugs, if you buy the game, don't expect to keep any of what you work for, because it can randomly disappear when moving stuff around in chests or your inventory/hotbar. just a bit lacking in content but that's expected for early access games. hopefully these issues will be fixed quickly. EDIT: the new update fixed some of the inventory issues and other bugs. the portal is still an issue since i still don't have one or a way to reclaim it, but otherwise at least the dev is focusing on bug fixing which is great! i had a crash after using the teleport which kinda sucks, game hard crashed after the recent update.

good game still needs a lot off work. likes to pause the character quite a bit for no apparent reason.

A very good voxel ea. I'd compare it to Vintage Story, but with less annoying enemy mechanics and much more streamlined crafting. I ran into a couple bugs, but nothing game breaking. A simple save and reload fixed them.

You can tell in every facet of the game that the developer is aware of what components make a game awesome! When you discover that this is one guy putting all this work in you will be stumped out how far along this game is even in early access. The consistency of updates and bug fixes, responding to the community within days to fix major and minor bugs alike, while also giving us new pieces is freaking amazing. The dev is onto something here. Mark my words Aiyana is here to stay.