DrainSim

I had a blast, looking forward to seeing more levels.

すべてのステージをクリアしました。 水の動きがかなりリアルで、グラフィックもちょうどいい塩梅だと感じました。これ以上リアルにしてもゲームが重くなるだけだと思うので、十分きれいで遊びやすかったです。 どうすれば早くクリアできるかを考えるのが楽しく、ステージごとに必要な機材や攻略方法が変わるのも面白かったです。力押しだけではクリアできないので、最後まで飽きずに楽しめました。

This game has a demo don't waste your time reading my review, go play it. The core gameplay is fun The clearing and redirecting of the intense water simulations is the main event of course and DrainSim delivers. Satisfying and zen. I won't be too much harder on a game that loudly advertises being in production still. My gripes are largely nitpicks with one big one The theme of these complaints ultimately points at a need for more polish. Getting the big one out of the way Why does the reset button ALSO reset water barriers!!?? "Reset All Tools" button is very rarely worth pressing if it undoes that much work. At this point if I lose a tool, I just scuff the job. Not worth fighting the water barrier replacement. - I like the construction level - I think that this first pass at the mud mechanic is solid foundation for a rich pillar of gameplay here. - placing the output hoses for pumps could make more sense. Sometimes it seems like it's just falling out of the end of the tube and other times it seems like it's streaming out. All of this is a recipe for frustration when you're trying to put a hose down a drain. I think if you could snap to drains, like snapping works elsewhere, it would eliminate too much gameplay challenge. However I think that the interactions between hoses and drains needs polish and a pass for visual clarity. As it stands I spend more time than I care to, micro managing hoses in drains. I should have to think about it some but I just need some more clarity or visual feedback on what the internal logic is. - I think this game is desperately in need of a better crosshair/cursor system. The current UI just flashing the interaction button often leads to visual obstruction when you have enough interactable objects near each other. I'd love a fixed center dot option. I think it would drastically reduce the amount of times I interact with something I'm not even looking at cause it thought I meant the pump behind my legs and not the one in the center of my fov. - I don't understand why the hose routes are so predetermined. I'll try to run a hose that *should* be long enough but it won't draw a straight line, it's doubled back on itself and the snapping is forcing the hose onto an inefficient path. I am not a programmer, perhaps this is unrealistic for an indie dev but I don't understand why it's not just a bubble around the pump and you can place the hose output as a fixed point on any surface in the bubble, then it just draws a straight line between the pump and the fixed point where you placed? The hose refusing certain angles ends up feeling inconsistent and lead to many many frustrating moments - I think if the levels continue to become more complex and vertical like the construction site, we need a mobility item or something. Something that speeds up the mantle animation (glacial rn) or makes you move faster on your feet. The game is fun but not if it becomes a slog to move around in. My suggestion is just ladders you could place. Maybe a free standing A frame style one as the basic tier and an extension ladder as a premium ladder? Allowing players to move vertically without procing the mantle animation (seriously it's painfully slow) 3 or 4 times on my way up would be cool. I really do love the game. I'm looking forward to future updates!