Rogue Summoner

[h1]IN A WORD: [b]MAYBE[/b][/h1] [h1]IN A NUTSHELL:[/h1] [quote=] [b]WHAT TO EXPECT:[/b] Combination of planning and strategy. Limited tactical assets and resources. Dungeon crawler. Roguelike elements. Procedurally generated rooms. Hands-off, auto-chess style, turn-based combat. Limited polygon graphic-style. 9 dungeons. 40 summonable creatures, half-dozen potions and rune spells. Immersive soundtrack. Singleplayer only. [b]ACHIEVEMENTS:[/b] COMPREHENSIVE. CONTRIVED. [b]STATUS:[/b] COMPLETED. SOME BUGS. SLOW SUPPORT. [b]WHEN TO BUY:[/b] IF YOU ENJOY AUTO-CHESS PUZZLES. [/quote] [i]More info below....[/i] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2423403336 [h1]THE LOWDOWN:[/h1] Rogue Summoner is a fantasy-themed dungeon crawler with a combination of roguelite elements, predictive puzzle-solving gameplay and hands-off, turn-based combat. Its a game of strategy and planning played from a top-down perspective with increasing difficulties and perma-death. The aim is to navigate the summoner across a dungeon-style map of two or more levels of procedurally generated, interconnected rooms. To encounter and defeat a myriad of dynamically spawned creatures. Rooms are populated with hostile creatures, rock formations, reward crystals, and potion containing chests. Players assess the situation and plan accordingly, summoning creatures they have overcome to fight for them. Potions and spells can also be collected in an upgradable inventory that can hold a maximum of 10 creatures, 8 runes and 3 potions. The game uses WEGO. Once creatures are summoned the AI auto-controls how creatures on both sides conduct their movement and attacks. Players have no control once other the allocation of potions, casting rune spells or spawning more creatures. Planning factors include placement, movement range and direction, attack types, damage capabilities, immunity and more. A queue displays the action order of every creature to be made in the next turn. Players confident in their planning can use the Rush Bonus feature to automate the entire battle, maximising regained mana. Failure here leads to death and a restart. So this must be used with care. Rock formations imbue creatures within their vicinity with buffs or nerfs. Experience is gained by destroying creatures and winning battles. Gain enough to level-up and a skill point is awarded to increase six core stats: creature and potion inventory, max. mana pool, soul points for spellcasting, Rush Bonus regains and Rings of Life, that provide a second chance. Tactical Crystals if present can be destroyed or protected to provide additional rewards to the summoner's abilities. Killing mini-bosses drops keys providing shortcuts to deeper levels. These can be used immediately or kept for future playthroughs. Endless mode provides additional challenges such as mutated creatures and damage fields. A library of collectable notes provide some backstory. While a Bestiary of creature descriptions can be unlocked by killing the creature in game enough times. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2423385790 [h1]THE GOOD:[/h1] + Six standard and two endless dungeons. Plus a tutorial. + Gameplay provides a good balance of planning and strategy. + Sizeable bestiary of 40 summonable creatures. + Large selection of fantasy themed creatures. Including mini-bosses and bosses. + Varied creature behaviour, stats and abilities. I.e. Teleporters, tanks, chargers, immune, damage dealers. + Good soundtrack of instrumental music. + Six well conceived strategic abilities to upgrade. + Killing bosses for keys providing shortcuts to deeper areas of dungeons. [h1]THE BAD:[/h1] - Flawed design decisions. Stalemates can occur. The first creature can be missed. Both force a restart. - Frustrating permadeath with limited chances of replaying and no chance to back out from battles. - Limited saving. No periodic checkpoints. Essentially Ironman mode. - Dropped items disappear unless in chests. - Runes spells are too limited and repeat to often during a run. - Potions cannot be retrieved when used in planning. Even if given in mistake. [h1]AND THE REST:[/h1] * Hands-off, auto-combat restricts tactical play. Working as designed. * Some supplementary items and abilities that buff or nerf creatures in play. Just not enough. * Barely enough environmental effects that provide summoned creatures extra abilities. * Reward crystals provide much needed additional boosts to summoner capabilities. * Procedurally generated maps are varied but become repetitive. Eventually. * Average graphics. Do not visually impact gameplay. * Good range of easy, medium and difficult to get achievements. * Predictable no dynamic spawning of enemies during combat. Fight what you see. * No way to tell what potion in chests are. Cannot choose which potions to keep. * Stable. No crashes during playtime. +/- Incomplete creature descriptions. Bestiary entries must be unlocked. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2423401972 [h1]ANALYSIS:[/h1] After thirty hours playing the game I came away with mixed feelings. Rogue Summoner is certainly enticing to play. The fusion of arena ambience, auto-chess combat and roguelite elements work well together. While the basic polygon art style of the Unity Engine may not be for everyone, it did not take away from my experience. The soundtrack is one of its best features adding to it's overall ambience. It reminded me of Conan the Barbarian and Gladiator soundtracks. The combination of patient well thought-out planning and fast-flowing encounters proved addictive, if contradictory. Procedurally generated dungeons and environments did a good job of framing encounters with the elements necessary to vary the tactical puzzle-like challenges of every battle. Add the variety of creatures and the nuances in their abilities and behaviours, and the combination of possibilities are enhanced. New creature introduction could be slow to well-paced providing ample opportunity to allow for the time needed to understand how the AI would act. Remembering this information proved critical for progression. A bummer if your memory leaks like mine. The hands-off nature of combat required getting used to. Initially the AI that drove behaviour appeared consistent. Never feeling in control of events seems part of the design, but alien to a strategy & tactics veteran like me. The AIs brute force approach was limited and flawed on occasion. Movement did not occur as it should have, vital when performing a Rush Bonus. Creatures would not engage an enemy or they'd move into a Death rock without reason. Instantly killing it. After 20h of play I discovered that it was possible to reach a stalemate without possessing the resources necessary to progress. Forcing a restart of the entire dungeon. A lack of checkpoint system to roll-back to, resulted in mistakes being brutally punished. So entire dungeons had to be restarted unless a specific upgrade was held. This is compounded by a lack of detailed and persistent information on creature tool-tips. Another design decision! Therefore players must be prepared to put in the time and effort until creature behaviours and capabilities are learnt completely. [h1]VERDICT:[/h1] The developer's passion for their game shines through. RS possesses a robust design offering something different to a regular tactical turn-based game. Let down by three issues encountered mid-game, if I had stopped playing after 5 hours this would be a recommendation. Its not far off. If the changes above are made, I would update this review. Even so there is enough 'meat on the bone' even in this state, for anyone who enjoys completing mini-games of check-mate chess with a fantasy makeover. 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This game has a thin line between impossible and difficult, and nowadays you can't find games like this too often. I play chess and plenty of other strategy game, and this one is top three of my favorite. It runs really well, and it revolves around really thinking about your placement. There are all kinds of creatures you can use to your advantage, and different stat boosts and "Runes" to help. It is very similar to chess and I can't get over how hard, but just possible it is. 5\5!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DcTyXtbKlBg A mix of different genres of roguelike, turn based combat and dungeon crawling with some chess like elements. You go from room to room where there are enemies placed in a grid which you must defeat in order to proceed. You also have some limited amount of mana which is used to place your pieces of monsters depending on their costs on the board and begin the combat within, as well as their being spells, potions and runes. The chess like element comes in with there being different pieces you can place as times goes on, each with their own range of ability and attacks. Each turn, you move your characters and attack whilst trying to have them not all die. So you need to strategically think about how you set up the area around the enemies to be optimal for combat, like at times you can use your smaller and weaker ones as pawns for sacrifice. Visually it looks ok, not extremely appealing but the gameplay is rather interesting. It can get quite hard as you progress but still fun, trying to beat the levels you may be struggling with.

Quem ama o feio, bonito lhe parece, já dizia o ditado. Alguém ainda liga para ditados na era dos memes de quinze minutos de fama? Verdades são imortais e a verdade é: Rogue Summoner é provavelmente o jogo mais feio que você vai ver ou jogar em 2020. É um "projetinho" rascunhado em alguns meses por uma dupla de desenvolvedores confinados na quarentena, sem nada melhor pra fazer. Entretanto, essa é possivelmente a única coisa negativa que pode ser dita sobre o jogo. Outra verdade inegável é: Rogue Summoner é daqueles títulos que desafiam seu cérebro, que apresentam mais camadas do que sua superfície poderia dar a entender e uma daquelas experiências que você não consegue largar. A base do jogo é simples: você é um mago com o poder de invocar criaturas e elas lutam por você. Em diversas masmorras geradas proceduralmente, você não entra até que a área esteja livre de inimigos. Então, é necessário posicionar suas tropas na grade e antecipar movimentos, sem consumir mana demais nas invocações, para que a vitória seja obtida. Pense em um jogo de xadrez. Subverta a função de todas as peças e adicione pontos de vida, ataque e habilidades especiais. Sim, Rogue Summoner vai fundir sua cuca. É interessante perceber como o jogo evoluiu desde a versão de Acesso Antecipado que testei anteriormente. Os irmãos Zaidan (do jogo 3D Eliosi’s Hunt) não brincam em serviço e melhoraram o que já estava bem bacana. Em termos mecânicos, eles não mexeram em praticamente nada. Porém ajustaram justamente o que estava faltando: variedade. A versão final do jogo foi lançada no Steam e traz mais criaturas, mais elementos de cenário que podem afetar o resultado das batalhas, mais runas, mais poções… enfim, não há um aspecto do jogo que não tenha sido expandido. Nesse sentido, o Early Access funcionou como uma demo, um protótipo ao qual foram acrescentados novos módulos. Não me espantaria se os desenvolvedores da Gamecraft Studios não tivessem preparado sua estrutura para receber no futuro texturas mais trabalhadas ou modelos 3D mais rebuscados, abrindo caminho para um Rogue Summoner HD ou algo assim. Fica a dica. Ao contrário de jogos de turno tradicionais, você não tem o comando das ações de suas criaturas. Você só invoca mesmo. Isso significa que é realmente fundamental visualizar o futuro e buscar prever o resultado dos posicionamentos e certamente é isso que o aproxima tanto do xadrez. Uma vez convocados os monstros, eles irão seguir sua programação e caçar inimigos. Entretanto, os oponentes sempre começam o turno com suas próprias ações e isso tem um peso muito grande nas decisões a serem tomadas. Na hora de resolver os conflitos, o sistema lembra Magic the Gathering, que certamente foi outra influência no desenvolvimento de Rogue Summoner. O que é o card game senão um título que simula um poderoso mago que usa mana para colocar criaturas na mesa para lutar por ele? Então, neste RPG cada criatura tem um poder de ataque e níveis de vida. Se o adversário atingir seu monstro com um poder de ataque maior que sua vida atual, a criatura é destruída. Como o computador joga primeiro, é fundamental que ele não alcance sua criatura antes da hora. Então, entra em cena outro fator: movimentação. Cada criatura pode se mover por um número limitado de quadrados antes de poder atacar. E, assim como em Magic the Gathering, cada criatura tem uma habilidade especial que quebra essa ou aquela regra. Tem um grilo gigante capaz de se teleportar pelo mapa, por exemplo. Não há limites de movimento para ele. Se o computador sempre ataca primeiro, como deter a investida do grilo? Posicionando criaturas que sejam mais resistentes que o seu poder de ataque, por exemplo. Outra criatura fica mais forte a cada abate. Outra se sacrifica para incendiar uma área. São muitos tipos diferentes disponíveis. E quando eu digo disponíveis eu quero dizer que as criaturas derrotadas podem se incorporar ao arsenal do invocador. Você atravessa Rogue Summoner usando os mesmos inimigos que você enfrenta, o que permite combinar estratégias. Infelizmente, o jogo não entrega de imediato o que cada uma dessas criaturas é capaz de fazer. Existe um Bestiário que pode ser consultado, mas ele só revela seus segredos depois que você derrotar dez inimigos iguais. Porém, depois de dez vitórias, é claro que você já deduziu seus poderes e vantagens por conta própria. Se o invocador não tem mais agência depois que seu time é posicionado, ainda assim ele pode interferir, seja oferecendo poções para seus comandados, seja através de runas mágicas que causam reações no ambiente. É necessário pesar cada uma dessas interferências porque os recursos, assim como a mana, são limitados. Rogue Summoner é um constante exercício de decisão e atenção a detalhes. É possível ter controle total do avanço dos turnos, o que é uma ótima forma de ver para onde a batalha está indo e eventualmente interceder ou até mesmo colocar outros monstros em campo. Porém, o jogo estimula o mago vida louca e oferece um botão de avançar todos os turnos de uma vez só. Se você está muito confiante na sua estratégia e acredita que antecipou tudo que pode acontecer, você aperta o botão. Se tudo der certo, sua recompensa é aumentar consideravelmente a recuperação de mana. Uma vez que sem mana o invocador não avança mais e é fim de jogo para ele, é uma oferta tentadora. Como se Rogue Summoner já não fosse complexo o suficiente, há cristais e pedras mágicas em algumas salas que podem beneficiar ou prejudicar aliados e inimigos em seu campo de ação. Às vezes, ludibriar o oponente para essas áreas pode ser a melhor estratégia. Em outras vezes, o inimigo já está plantado próximo a um desse itens que impulsionam seus atributos. É nesse momento que a aleatoriedade se faz presente na jogabilidade. Por outro lado, não há sorte ou azar que pesem tanto na vitória mais do que a massa cinzenta do jogador e, até onde vi, não há cenário invencível por questões randômicas. Apesar de Rogue Summoner trazer pequenos contos dos passados dos invocadores nessa realidade, seus fragmentos continuam espalhados demais e reunir todos exige paciência e sorte. Os irmãos Zaidan adicionaram um mini-mapa ao jogo que é até desnecessário, uma vez que é impossível se perder em cada nível. Ainda assim, com meu processador cerebral já funcionando no limite, acabei me vendo utilizando bastante o recurso para visualizar caminhos que poderia ter tomado. O "projetinho" de quarentena se revela um título bastante sólido, com mecânicas muito mais complexas do que supõe nossa vã filosofia e um convite ao vício. Mesmo com outros títulos disputando por atenção em minha Área de Trabalho, eu me vi retornando a Rogue Summoner para "mais uma partidinha", mais uma masmorra, e nem perceber o tempo passando. Como dizia outro ditado, não se julga um livro pela capa. Publicado originalmente em: [url=https://www.gamerview.com.br/reviews/rogue-summoner]https://www.gamerview.com.br/reviews/rogue-summoner[/url]

This a very interesting and original game. At first I thought I would suck on it because I am horrible at chess (and this is in part an auto-chess) but the way it is presented and being able to see how your opponent will act if you put your monster/piece on different tiles makes it more fair. Also the variety of monster makes it more fun than the limited chess pieces. Some things I would change: Letting you know what kind of potion is inside a chest when you already have the potion spaces full (so, you can decide if destroy it or not) and also let you know how your own monster is gonna move the first time you place it. Anyways, very fun game.

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It pains me to say this, but I would not recommend this game, at least in its current form. While I really like the core mechanic of auto-resolving battles that play out in a predictable way, and the developers clearly care a lot about their game, I think Rogue Summoner commits the cardinal sin of video gaming: it is just kind of boring. Before I get into my issues with the game though, I want to point out that I haven't played THAT much of the game and some problems might resolve themselves later. But from the footage I have seen, this doesn't necessarily appear to be the case. So, here are my issues with the Rogue Summoner: [list] [*][b] The game does not work as a roguelite. [/b] There are not mechanics that make roguelites enjoyable, just the idea of perma-death. One of the core ideas of the roguelike and roguelite genre is that every run is unique and teeming with possibilities. This is not the case here, unfortunately. The enemies you face are mostly the same. The monster you get are mostly the same. The powers you obtain are mostly the same. As a result, you feel nothing but annoyance at the fact that you have to start over again. This point also leads directly to the next one [*][b] There is nothing to spice things up. [/b] There are no items with cool modifiers. There is nothing that fundamentally changes how you approach/play the game. All of the runes (I found) can be summarized as "deal damage in a square and maybe apply one of the few minor status effects". There are about five different potions and all of them either buff up a specific stat of a monster, give them a damage-block, or give you mana - that's it. [*][b] There are little to no synergies. [/b] You would think that having a broad range of monsters to use would in and of itself lead to a lot of interesting, game changing situations. This is not what I found though - the monsters don't really synergize. Most of the reason I found to use different monsters is to optimize the amount of mana spent on each encounter (use monsters that are as weak as possible). [*][b] The high risk play is not that rewarding. [/b] One really interesting idea is that of the "rush all turns"-button, where the entire fight is resolved immediately and you gain extra mana for not resolving the fight turn-by-turn. The problem here is that the reward for taking such a high risk is simply to gain more mana - the resource you use to summon monsters. I think this is fundamentally toxic, depending on how the game is balanced: if you gain enough mana from the fights without this mechanic it is utterly pointless. If you don't, you are essentially forced to engage with it and take huge risks constantly. At least that's the theory - I practice, there is another problem that nullifies this issue: [*][b] Most fights are boring and easy. [/b] After you have figured out how to deal with a particular enemy, most rooms become extremely boring to deal with. It's usually a case of placing down one unit per enemy in such a way that each just barely deals with said opponent. This way, I could auto-resolve most fights without any real strategy and end up being at maximum mana the entire time. [*][b] Small(er) annoyances.[/b] Apart from the fairly fundamental issues I have laid out above, there are some really frustrating quality of life things. The biggest one is the fact that you move around with you summoner between fights. Why?? There are no mechanics, like traps, that would make moving around a sensible idea. The only thing it does to the game is waste time. Other than that, the tutorial is extremely hand-holdy and doesn't let you deviate at all if you already know how the game works, the UI is a little clunky, and there are no rebindable keys. [/list] Sorry for this very negative review. The idea of making auto-resolving fights play out predictably and having to plan accordingly is interesting, I think. And so are many of the different monster behavior designs.

Rogue Summoner is a fun combination of dungeon crawling, roguelike action, and turn-based strategy. You summon monsters, use magic spells, and navigate dank dungeons in this fun and challenging game. There's great background music and lots of treasure to find. For my full feelings, please see my video: https://youtu.be/-AUdtEs887Y Thank you

[h1][b] 自動生成されていく10x6マスのダンジョンに挑め[/b][/h1] [After the Japanese review, there is also an English translation of the Deepl translation] [h1][b] これが本当のオートチェスなのでは[/b][/h1] 各フロアにランダムに配置された敵モンスターやオブジェクト、仕掛けに対して、直接戦闘力が皆無なサモナーは召喚とスペル、ポーションで対抗する まずモンスターを選択して召喚しよう、リソースであるマナを消費して、その上限まで召喚できる。マスに配置しようとすると、敵の移動経路と被害が表示される、召喚されたモンスターは必ず後攻になるため、配置や向きをよく検討しよう。 　つぎにスペルの設定だ、ソウルポイントを利用することで単体から範囲攻撃まで可能だが、消費が大きく発動が遅いため乱用はできない、味方を囮にして確実に当てよう。 　最後にポーションだ、様々な効果を持つポーションを利用して、モンスターの能力を上昇させることができる。例えばあえてモンスターを複数の敵の攻撃範囲に配置してからポーションでHPを増強すれば、堅固な囮になり、スペルで一網打尽にできる 　全ての準備が終わったらターンを進めよう、モンスターの移動及び攻撃が自動進行し、全てのモンスターの行動とスペルの発動が終わればターン終了となる。再び前述の流れを繰り返して、マナが尽きる前に敵を全滅させダンジョンを攻略しよう。 [h1][b] ローグライクの要素[/b][/h1] 　サモナーは戦闘でスキルポイントを得て、マナやスペルポイントの最大値増加やRushでのボーナス効率増加、モンスターやポーションの所持枠増加、ゲームオーバーを防ぐ生命の指輪へと交換することができる。スキルポイントは戦闘をすればするほど増えるため、効率の良い戦闘が必要になる。 　マナは戦闘後に一定量だけ回復するため、収支を考えない力押しだけではマナの回復が間に合わなくなる。初回の配置のみでターン毎の操作を放棄する代わりにマナボーナスを得るRushや、ボーナスオブジェクトの防衛・破壊などマナボーナスを得るためのやり繰りが必要。 　味方モンスターも最初は1種だけだが、敵モンスターを倒すことができれば、所持上限まで自陣に加えることができる。しかし、強力なユニットは同時に高コストユニットでもあり、マナの最大値と収支を考えての選択が必要になる。 　取得できるモンスターは、移動後に攻撃力が上がるが脆いスライムや、移動制限を無視して転移するが脆い悪魔、前方からの攻撃を一回防ぐが脆いアンデットの盾兵など、運用に一癖あるモンスターが序盤から揃っている。 　まだ取得していないが周囲4マスを焼き尽くすドラゴンや、行動終了後に4方向を無制限範囲で味方を回復する悪魔などが出てくるので先が楽しみである。(大味にならないかの不安もある) 　所持枠に限りがあるためどのモンスターを運用かでまた頭を悩ますだろう。 [h1][b] 総評[/b][/h1] いまはモンスターの性質を把握しつつ、新たな戦術ができないかなど手探りで一番楽しいときであり、2時間の壁は簡単に突破できると思われる。 1フロアごとの戦闘はそこまで時間がかからないので、ちょっとした空き時間でできるスマホ等の携帯できる環境でもプレイしたい。 　 改善点を上げるなら 1.ターン終了後の行動経過を高速化・スキップするオプションがほしい。 2.エリア効果を発生するオブジェクトのデザインは水晶等だけなのか、もしそうならば他にも種類がほしい。 意外に遊べるゲームに出会えたという喜びのもと書き上げた。 　 余談 　このゲーム性にドグウ戦記-覇王-というDCの屈指のマゾゲーを思い出した 敵よりも圧倒的に弱いユニットをコスト上限まで配置して、放置すると天変地異が起きるマップ上のリソース管理を管理しつつ、戦闘力が勝っても運が悪ければ反撃で即死する大量の雑魚を倒し、マップごとに一回しかできないかなりランダム要素の大きい強化でシナリオを攻略するゲームだ。強化するユニットを間違えると積むぞ… それらの余計なマゾ要素をほぼそぎ落としてローグライクにしたものがこれかな [h1][b] Challenge the auto-generated 10x6 dungeon[/b][/h1] [h1][b] Isn't this the real autochess[/b][/h1] With no direct combat power against enemy monsters, objects, and tricks randomly placed on each floor, Summoner uses summons, spells, and potions to counter the enemy monsters, objects, and tricks. First of all, select a monster and summon it, you can spend mana, which is a resource, to summon it up to its limit. When you try to place a monster in a cell, the enemy's movement path and damage will be displayed, the summoned monster will always second attack , so consider the placement and direction of the monster. 　Next is the setting of spell. You can use soul points to attack from single to AOE, but you can't abuse it because it consumes a lot and its activation is slow, so make sure to use your allies as bait to hit it. 　Lastly, potions, you can use potions with various effects to increase the monster's ability. For example, if you place your monsters in the attack range of multiple enemies and then use potions to increase their HP, you can use them as a solid bait and use spells to round them up! 　When all preparations are done, proceed the turn, the turn ends when all monsters move and attack automatically, and all monsters' actions and spells are done. Repeat the aforementioned process again to annihilate the enemies and capture the dungeon before your mana runs out. [h1][b] Elements of Rogue[/b][/h1] 　The Summoner gains skill points in combat, which can be exchanged for maximum mana and soul points, increased bonus efficiency in Rush, more slots for monsters and potions, and a life ring that prevents game over. Skill points increase if make more kills in combat, so you'll need to be more efficient in combat. 　Mana recovers by a certain amount after a battle, so if you only push hard enough without thinking about breaking even, you won't be able to recover mana in time. Rush, which gives you a mana bonus instead of abandoning mana operations each turn after the first placement, and defending and destroying bonus objects are necessary to get the mana bonus. 　There is also only one type of ally monster at first, but if you can defeat the enemy monster, you can add it to your team up to your possession limit. However, powerful units are also high-cost units at the same time, so you'll need to make your choice based on maximum mana value and balance. 　The monsters that can be acquired are a variety of monsters that are quirky to operate early on, such as a slime that increases attack power after moving but is fragile, a demon that ignores movement restrictions but transitions, and an undetectable shield soldier that prevents a single forward attack but is fragile. 　I haven't acquired it yet, but I'm looking forward to seeing what's ahead, as there's a dragon that burns down four squares around it, and a demon that heals allies in four directions with unlimited range after the action is over. (little worried that the game balance might be broken.) 　You'll be struggling again with which monsters to run because of the limited number of slots you have. [h1][b] General Comment[/b][/h1] Now is the most fun time to figure out the nature of the monsters, while also groping for new tactics, etc., and the two-hour barrier is likely to be easily surpassed. Since the battles per floor don't take that long, I hope to play the game in a portable environment such as a smartphone, which I can do in my free time. 　 If you want to raise an improvement 1. I would like to see an option to speed up or skip the course of action after the end of a turn. 2.Is the design of objects that generate area effects limited to crystals and the like, and if so, I'd like to see more types of objects. I wrote this game with the joy of finding a game that is surprisingly playable. 　 [b]Digression[/b] 　This gameplay reminded me of one of DC's most masochistic games called Dogu Senki - HAOH -. Place units that are vastly weaker than the enemy up to the cost limit and manage resource management on the map, which will result in natural disasters if left unattended, while defeating a large number of mooks that will kill you instantly in a counterattack if you're unlucky even if you win the battle, a fairly random element of reinforcement that can only be done once per map. and capture the scenario. Maybe if we could get rid of those extra masochistic elements and make it rogue-like, we could have this game.

I've got to admit that I was interested in this game from the start, so might be a little bit biased. I enjoy the simple graphic stylings of "For the King", love the predictable moves of "Into the Breach" (that allow me, invariably, a first strike!) and am a sucker for roguelikes (since the early CP/M days). I have not gotten too far into the game, having only completed the tutorial dungeon and the first "real" one, but am already having a great time beating my head on the third dungeon. I enjoy the beastiary/collectible aspects as well. If I fail, I know I only have myself to blame. A very solid first effort. Thanks to Gamecraft Studios for the opportunity to try it out. I'll be putting out a full video review on my channel (will be linked here) next Saturday with fuller first impressions. Would recommend to any person who enjoys "For the King", "Into the Breach" or rogue-lites.