Tilecraft

Game is small and cute. Great for short plays, easy to pick up after few days. Music is ok, relaxing. What bugs me is this 3 window in game UI, it's not easy to read and takes significant portion of screen.

This is a super fun game that reminds me of Dorfromantik and Islanders. Nice and casual while still adding some combat to spice things up. Definitely worth checking out!

The game is quite well put together and props to the dev for making it. I'm sure people who enjoy this sort of resource collection and combination gameplay will enjoy it, which is why I'm recommending it, but unfortunately the game is not for me. I want to note off the top that not only does the game have combat but that enemies can and will expand into your territory. That's not a bad thing necessarily but it was a pain point for my play experience so I think it should be noted up front. The way the items and options available to the player expand over time is quite nice, and there is a good deal of fun to be had in seeing how you can expand and optimize the use of the resources you have. The game is, however, held back in a modest way by the UI which doesn't quite keep up with the range of crafting recipes that become available to the player. You can add items to a to-do list but it's single use so you'll need to re-add frequently crafted items. There is also a lot of moving parts at any given time and most of them require your attention. Resources don't funnel into any sort of stockpile or inventory and instead are generated as floating items on the map. This may change later on but I found the perceived pressure to constantly shuffle items and workers around to be stressful. Combine that with the above fact that enemies can spawn near to tiles you have workers placed on each time a time period ticks over and things can get more chaotic than I was looking for with what looked to be a simple and more relaxed game. That all being said, again, that just means I didn't personally enjoy it and I can absolutely see how someone coming at the game with a slightly different mindset would have a good time. The game itself is very well made and put together, with interesting systems and, even from a brief look, a rather hefty set of items and options you can work with as you progress. If the combat pressure and need for upkeep and management sounds like something you'd enjoy or wouldn't be bothered by, I absolutely recommend the game.