Zen World

not a bad game, and has potential. tho, it misses out on the two features it sells itself as (relaxing and strategic) for the same reason RNG. there is not foretelling what your next tile will be, as such it isnt very strategic. even tetris gives you a little heads up. pulling several useless tiles in a row quickly detracts from the zen aspect and leaves you just saying f-it and exiting the game. even the town markers your meeples decide to build at are random. like, no... i NEEDED you to build this town, but you went n built one at the most useless marker.i think it could be good, but at this point, id hold off.

Very fun to play. It's like Settlers of Catain, but more relaxing. Very simple to start but is has complexes that make it a mini strategy game.

Zen World is a fun chill puzzle game in the vein of Dorfromantik and Mini Metro / Motorways. At its core its a game where you expand the map with tiles, get boxes with upgrades and resources to expand more, and in the end you get a highscore. It feels like a very basic version of Civilization that's drizzled down to its most essential elements (that being said I haven't played a lot of Civilization. This is NOT a 4X game, this is a puzzle game). The developer has stated that in time there will be full controller support, more tile types, a mid-game save/load system, multiplayer (coop and versus), custom game mode with modifiers, better visual & effects and a lot more. All in all I feel there's already enough game and fun here for the price, and it will only get better with time and updates, that's a solid recommend from me.

There are a lot of problems I have personally found with this game that hold it back from being anything other than annoying to sit through. To start with, if you're playing in the zen mode with infinite tiles you will find that you do not get nearly enough camps to deal with how frequently barbarians spawn in. There's no way to prioritize which towns get built which makes it unnecessarily hard to achieve the goals on levels where you have to build towns in certain spots because you just don't have enough tools. In all, the resources you get are far too limited and if you could actually have infinite camps and other tools within the zen mode that would improve that game mode a lot, also, maybe add an undo button.

Currently feels very incomplete and has no real difficulty scale. Levels in the campaign go from the tutorial to hellishly hard immediately, and the [b]second non-tutorial level[/b] in the campaign requires nigh perfect RNG to even get CLOSE to finishing it.

Might only be in alpha, but it's still very playable. It's a quick little game, fun to pick up and then drop again for a quick 30min round. Engaging without addicting, and relaxing without being mindless. Only the RNG and some slightly confusing mechanics (how to bridges work exactly?) can make it frustrating. It reminds me a lot of Islanders in being a minimalist builder game, but with an extra layer of strategy. The basic premise is very similar to Dorfomatic, but this game is actually fun. It's also similar to mini-metro and mini-motorways in being a puzzle game where you have to cope with what the environment throws at you. As it's an alpha, I'll also throw out some recommendations: 1) Make bridges slightly longer distance, at the moment they're rather useless IMO. 2) Add a toggable grid to show where the edges of the hexes are. It's very hard to see if a patch of grass is the centre of a hex where I can actually build something or if its a useless edge (same thing when looking for an appropriate spot for a coastal town on a new landmass) 3) The ability to flood a region (opposite of land reclamation) would be fun and in theme. Or a canal that acts as the opposite of a bridge. 4) Rewards for reaching score thresholds should be bigger. At the moment they're less worthwhile than most boxes on the map. It's a shame, because it rewards spidery expansion over making a complete and pretty world. 5) The roads on the map and the ships moving around look really cool. I think it would be nice to make them more functional too. If you could build a market on a tile with roads, and get points for every town connected to that road network. Something similar on the sea could give points for every town in range of it. 6) There's a serious shortage of tools available compared to flags for new towns. Either make tools easier to find, or give the player the ability to "pause" flags so that tools can be conserved for when they're really needed. 7) Universal tiles are rather weak, because they're so random. Giving the player the choice for whether the centre of the tile should be grass, forest or sea would make them useful. At the moment they're just a very weak version of the reveal neighbours marker. 8) I'd be tempted to say that scouts should have reduced range on land an increased range on sea. Make more sense from a "realism" point of view, and would also be more balanced. Apologies for being a back-seat-designer, just my two cents!

I'm here to revise my previously negative review. In the past, I have severe issues with lag and this game caused my laptop to dangerously overheat. However, it's been a few months. Upon testing out the game again under the same circumstances, it performed significantly better. The game overall just runs much more smoothly. I'm happy that whatever the issue was, it's been fixed, and I can enjoy this game once again.

全般評価:非常に良い 日本語未実装のゲームです 2021年10月時点でまだ日本語は実装されていませんが、英語が苦手な方でも問題なくプレイ可能です。 簡潔で分かりやすいインタフェース。 アイコンで大概の機能は容易に認識できるので英語を読む必要がない。 ルールの把握について: シナリオモードで順次機能が説明されます。 英語ではありますが、シンプルなパズルゲームなので習うより慣れろのスタイルで片っ端から試行錯誤すれば容易に把握可能。 マルチプレイについて シングルプレイしかしていないので評価不可能。