Capper

Capper is a pretty simple game at heart, but the Story Mode itches that part of the brain that just wants to do something monotonous for a bit. Old School Runescape did the same thing, and people love it, because number go up. The Auto-flipper option's great for anyone who's dividing attention to multiple things, or has RSI. The bottle-cap designs add a lot to the world-building of the game, encouraging you to imagine what such a drink (or oil) would taste like. I've only just started the Challenge mode, but I can see some places where frustration can arise. Overall, it's a good start, though I think some quality of life changes could make it shine: - A lot of the Trinkets are color or category-based for trigger conditions, so having a way to see what categories a given bottle cap meets at a glance could help, especially for someone who's colorblind - A few of the trinkets are better if they can be re-arranged, though it doesn't look like you can place them in more spots than the number you've locked (i.e. you can't move a Trinket to the bottom left whenever, they must swap with another existing trinket). Being able to place them wherever you like without restriction would add to the strategy options. Overall, there's room for improvement, but there's a lot of potential here.

This is a fun little incremental game! The big draw for me is the art on the bottle caps themselves, there's parody ones, satire ones, and heartfelt wholesome pastiche ones. The dev clearly put in a lot of effort into those designs - I genuinely think they could be studied for a week or two in a branding, design, or marketing class, for how well they each communicate their specific "brand," and how to replicate what works about the designs. There's a story side and a quasi-endless challenge side, but the gameplay never changes - it's just press space bar until your thumb hurts. Or set up an auto-clicker if you prefer not to suffer for art ;) Like the store page says - lower your expectations, then lower them further. And you'll find an enjoyable, rhythmic, almost hypnotizing little casual game here - fully worth the price of entry in my opinion.

The game premise is simple, but it is surprisingly addicting. I love the artwork of all the bottlecaps. My need to collect all the different bottlecap designs has kept me playing for several hours. Also, there is a crazy storyline if you follow along the comments when playing Story Mode. Challenge Mode gives you an incentive to play out some strategies. Overall, this was a great game to play when you want something to distract you. Challenge mode is a bit stressful for me, but I can see how it adds a lot of replayability and the Trinkets add a whole different way to play the game. It definitely adds a new way to play the game so it doesn't get boring.

Three hours in. I tried. 3% rust chance and I get more rust caps than my 4.something% shinies. 71% chance to land on heads and it gets frustrating. Which I guess is the point. Needs some kind of automation, which perhaps I didn't get to, but I'll never know. Did help me kill 3 hours while working I guess.

Story mode is great, you can play it for free in the demo. Challenges are really really bad.

I'm a big fan of this game as someone who has played similar games - I'm looking forward to playing more over time. I really appreciate the understated bits of humor the developer has thrown in, and they regularly make me smile while playing. There are some small bits of tutorialization that could be improved on (though this may have changed since I last played, I suspect it may have) but overall it was an enjoyable, perhaps a little rhythmic and hypnotic, experience.

I like it when the numbers go up

Although writing this before taking on the challenge mode, I had a good time playing this game. The music was both tranquil and helped with keeping focus, I enjoyed seeing the trail of the cap flipping, and the variety of styles with the caps is definitely appreciated. The commentary on the side while going through the story mode was also charming though I understand why it stopped where it did. Looking forward to trying the challenge mode when I have time for it.