Orb of Aeternum

Really enjoyed this fun little game, and I love the music too!

A satisfying little Dungeon Keeping game. It fits the aesthetic it's going for very nicely, and while it's not overly complex, it accomplishes the style and the goal of plain, simple fun very nicely. I'd argue that this game pulls off one of the best retro aesthetics I've seen - the most recent genuinely old, semi-clunky game I played was Warcraft 1, and this game nails the quirks from that era (sudden exits, cartridge/disc-like features and resets, etc.) Honestly, if you showed me this game and told me it came out in 1995, I'd believe you - I can't say that about most "retro-styled" indie games. Now, it's not without it's issues - chief among them being performance. If you let the game run too long, or have too many minions, it'll lag like there's no tomorrow. But, if you manage to keep the run short and sweet, there shouldn't be too many issues. The gameplay loop isn't for everyone, and it can be challenging or frustrating at times, but I enjoyed it. A fun game to play in a short burst, to be sure. Excellent work from the developer, definitely interested to see what he makes next!

Awesome little dungeon keeper like game, surprisingly challenging to boot!

Very fun little dungeon-keeper style game. Absolutely love the simple but charming art. Gameplay loop is very satisfying, and offers a pretty solid challenge. Simple but action packed. Really looking forward to playing this more!

It's definitely pushing Pico-8 to it's limits! A lot of fun for some short little bursts of game play and makes me wish we had more "Dungeon Keeper-like" games available!

Simple but addictive. There are some quirks to get used to such as the workers not always finding their way to food which means you need a bit of micromanaging to carry them over to the right spot, but after the initial annoyance I found that this actually motivated me to build better organized dungeons. Oh and also I occasionally had some screen shake that seemed to linger a bit long, so I wasn't sure if that was an intended thing or if it was lagging or what. It looks like there are just two minions at first, but you unlock more as you explore and find scrolls which unlock all sorts of things. I kept wanting to hit space to pause which does nothing at the moment, but I would quite like it if that was implemented in the future. As the dungeon grows it starts becoming hard to keep track of everything going on, so a pause time function would be useful. Would be nice to also have some indication of off screen hungry workers. Maybe something that jumps you to their location like Warcraft did with peons.

As a big fan of strategy games, this one does not disappoint at all. I am hooked because it is so open to many different strategies and techniques to joyfully trial-and-error my way through. Every failure causes me to eagerly assess my mistakes and come up with a new approach to try out immediately. The balance of difficulty and speed of the gameplay wipes away any feeling of grind. I am just as happy to start over from the beginning as I am managing a large fortress full of upgrades.

Fun little retro, reverse dungeon crawler! Love the pico art and music. Gets pretty unwieldy once you start mining outside the main screen. The Trog AI needs some work. Sometimes one will stop mining for no reason and wait for another Trog to walk all the way across the map to mine a square and then it will wake up again. Wish the mining was a little more automated in general. IMO it'd be more fun to have the focus be on setting traps and creating monsters to battle the onslaught of humans. I would also like to request a hot key to recenter the view on the Orb!

A great game, a little dungeon keeper. Really cool to play but be ready to get frustrated by some implementation problem. The program must be reviewed, I have perf problem in the game with 16Go RAM, and sometimes the game crashes. Anyway the game is really cool for few bucks.

very fun tribute to DK