It was an interesting game that was fun and challenging initially, but once I had "figured it out," it turned into somewhat of a chore. Don't get me wrong, the gameplay was very addicting, but I didn't really get a sense of fulfillment from playing, more so just a means to pass time. My biggest gripe was that the game failed to explain quite a few mechanics and I just had to find out about them in passing or by looking them up. Which for some games is the fun part, but for this game it didn't really feel that way. The characters were cute and quirky, but the story was rather lackluster and not very compelling. I probably put a lot more time into the game than was warranted, just because I wanted to be a completionist and fully upgrade my village as well as fill out the encyclopedia. Beating the final boss took about ~14 hours, the remainder of my 30 hours in the game were spent either afk or farming materials to achieve my aforementioned goals.

Loop Hero is my go-to example when I'm talking about video games as holistic pieces of art. The story, mechanics, music, art direction, and atmosphere all work synchronously to support the thesis of the piece. Whereas other games can have good stories and good mechanics, like Fallout New Vegas, or good stories at odds with their mechanics, like Ni No Kuni, Loop Hero's story is its mechanics and its mechanics are its story. The gameplay loop is integral to the narrative and this makes every system fully engaging because they all have narrative heft. As an idle game it may not be as as engaging or replayable as the best of the best, but it's definitely the best idle game and one of the most artistic games I've ever played. The protagonist should have been nb though...

Nice pixel art work here, and it has some nice gimmicks with trying to figure out the synergies to build decks around. But there's far too much grinding necessary, and far too much repetition between games. And for a deck-building game there really didn't feel like enough variety in cards. Maybe I just didn't make it far enough into the game, but at least early on it doesn't feel like there's enough cards for there to be very many different strategies, and it takes a round or two to get enough resources to unlock a single new card.
The gameplay also feels a little awkwardly paced. With your character auto-battling and you just putting new cards down as they come in, it feels like you want to just leave the game idle, not giving it your full attention. But then with the speed cards come in, and the limited inventory size, you can't idle too much or you just won't get anywhere and end up losing. I think the issue is just that there's too much in the way of menial tasks to do with putting the same cards down over and over, without enough meaningful decision making in between.

It's an all good mix bag game experience. I really enjoy playing it.

A little bit of deck building, a hint of rogue like, a good amount of strategy and a drop of mystery. The story and the lore of the game hooked me as the gameplay and challenge as. I'm fond of the concept to be out of direct action and instigate it instead.

Although the general game design is plain like, the charming pixel art, the astonishing chiptune soundtrack and the humoristic dialogue highly raise the gameplay experience by providing a peculiar atmosphere. The game is rather well balanced but need you to be perseverant like all rogue like. There is also a good replayability if you consider different possibility of decks and the three playable characters.

Definetely the kind of indie game that I like : excellent concept, a lot of charm and well done executed.

NOTE: only played the demo

fun little idle game! i love the setting, it has an okay story, i like the gameplay concept, and it's engaging enough to keep me occupied while i listen to audiobooks/lectures - but it's never distracting that i can't pay attention

i couldn't see an option to have the game play with the window out of focus, though, which kinda brings it down a lot.

will be buying it for sure!