Zoominoes

From the demo alone I knew this was gonna be my GOTY. It is quite simply the most instantly fun, accessible, easy to load up and addicting run game I've played in years. In a genre that is very over saturated Zoominoes still manages to shine and give a whole new experience to absolute bonker crazy and wacky combos. At the higher difficulties Zoominoes has tonnes of skill expression, feeling rediculously challenging yet still surmountable as you learn the intricacies and deeper machinations of the game. Quite simply the perfect enginebuilder and a must buy!

Aim for crazy combos with sky, land, and sea animals. Player needs to be strategic to reach the score and last 28 days. You can play in the center then each subsequent animal needs to match color or animal type to score points. In the shop, you can buy souvenirs or trinkets that are permanent buffs and snacks for buffs or changes on animals. If you run out of plays before reaching the goal score, you lose. Some animals can increase your plays, so all is not lost if you have a bad starting hand. [h1] Pros: [/h1] - Addictive to play. Scratches the 1 more game itch. - Multiple builds to try out such as gems, corner, etc. Also, there are 20 different Zookeepers with unique decks. - Beautiful portraits for each animal and zookeeper. - Has endless mode called "work overtime". [h2]Cons: [/h2] - Higher difficulties depend more on luck rather than skill. Getting the best shop items that fit your build is not easy unless you get lucky. [h3]Suggestions: [/h3] - Add leaderboard so you can compare your run with other players at same difficulty. - Give 1 undo per round on base difficulty. For harder difficulties, no undo. - Change redraw so you can pay a flat coin amount to reload your hand. Losing because you have no valid moves is not fun and can happen if you have black animals or board is mostly filled. [b] Conclusion: [/b] I played the demo and this was one of the my highly anticipated games. This game delivers on the fun and crazy combos just like other popular roguelikes such as Balatro. A mix of high score and dominoes that hits the spot. If you want to learn more, check out gameplay videos on YouTube. [quote=author][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32732116-IndieGems/] Follow IndieGems for more reviews like this one.

I originally spotted Zoominoes on my Personal Calendar and hastily decided that the game looked stupid and quickly forgot about it. Then Northernlion decided to play the game and upload one little video after which I ended up watching many Zoominoes videos from Retromation. This game has a few things going for it that make me enjoy, maybe more so than others would. As a huge animal and zoo lover, the theme scores a lot of points for me. It reminds me of Balatro with the gameplay and the primary objective. Whereas Balatro definitely has more items and combinations to experiment with, Zoominoes is no slouch. If you're looking for a really fun roguelike similar to Balatro then give Zoominoes a shot. You'll know if you vibe with Zoominoes well within Steam's refund window

This game isnt BAD. I wish I could give it a middling review but since thats not a thing on Steam it has to be not recommended. The game has a very interesting concept and isnt unfun to play, however the balance is a bit strange and as a result the game is mostly a dice roll RNG check. The number of useless choices is astronomical, and while its understandable that not every choice is a banger, what ends up happening is the game is diluted to the point where it's pure RNG whether you are offered anything that can help you or not. You might get a good relic for the character youre playing day 1 and not be able to afford it, then die before you can buy it because without it you cant make enough points. OR you might never see it at all despite getting all the other perfect parts. You might get offered 5 mythical animal choices in a row, but never see one that actually works with the "deck" you built. These are just a couple examples, there are plenty more. While I enjoyed the first probably 2-3 hours of the game, the other 5 once I figured out which animals were interesting boiled down to banging my head against the wall until I lucked into the right choices early enough to win, all in an attempt to unlock more characters that require the same RNG grind with little skill involved. This game became the definition of a "grind for the sake of grinding" gameplay style, which is really unfortunate for a game idea that had so much potential.

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After putting 50 hours into the demo, I can tell you that this is the most excited I’ve been for a release. I’ve been curious how much more the full game would have since the demo felt so complete but there’s more. So much more and I can’t wait to uncover all of it!

for some reason, this game is extremely good and replayable

If I could give this a Mixed rating I would, despite my personally negative experience with it. There are two kinds of games here and whether you'll like this or not depends on what you want out of your roguelike deckbuilders. If you play them casually, just like to see number go big on the lower difficulties and be happy with that. you'll probably really like this. If you like to go in depth, really learn everything about games like this and win runs on the highest difficulty (like I do), you will absolutely hate this grindy RNG mess. In short, the rarest animal pieces and items in the game are so, so, so much more exponentially stronger than the common ones that runs turn into just hoping you find the right ones (if you can find them at all once unlocks start polluting the reward pools), while also hoping you didn't roll a challenge event that bricks your whole build, while also desperately searching for ways to delete most of your starter deck pieces because they're so awful. It's just simply isn't fun, and I really think the game just missed so much of the little design nuances that make up the best games in the genre

Zoominoes is a great game! It is fun gameplay wise, but I especially enjoy the sound design and art! Each animal makes a cute little sound/call when you click them. I like the lemur the best because it goes WOO. :)