Edifice of Fiends
Nice tiny tutorial how to do your fights & skills
Saving your progress is possible but at a certain cost :P
Each floor you progress through gives u shops & items to buy and improve your character
Interface kept simple but goes fast even playing with the keyboard
Gives you the possibility to change the keybindings
Game also is getting regular updates at the moment of writing
Some minor points:
First floors not have much of a scenery/setup change, took some floors to see a small chance, could use for sure some variations
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
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I saw this on sale for 80% off ($1) and decided to pick it up.
Can’t recommend it. This is a poor RPG maker game and there are better ones out there.
Let’s take a look at the listings on the store and go one-by-one, shall we?
“Every choice matters as you try to fight your way to the top of the Edifice of Fiends”
Your choices are… what do I buy, and what skills/attributes do I spec into. There are not any other meaningful choices (well, I guess you could waste your time picking up a pickaxe/felling axe so that you can possibly make gear that is basically as good as what you can buy in the store)
– Real player with 2.6 hrs in game
Blacken Slash
Blacken Slash fuses tactical turn-based combat and fast-paced hack, slash and loot gameplay – and takes only the best out of both genres to create a simple, but endlessly rewarding gameplay experience where you fight, loot and repeat until you die. Play on your own and perfect your gear across dozens of runs and see which difficulty you can master – or compete with other players in an online leaderboard where you start from scratch each week.
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Minimalist – easy to learn
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Difficult – hard to master
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Short levels – short play sessions
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An abundance of items
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Various playstyles and builds
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Challenging achievements
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Weekly online leaderboard
Dungeons of Voidria
Dream Quest, Desktop Dungeons, Slay the Spire - if you like those you’ll probably enjoy this game! I’m loving it so far.
As of this review there’s plenty of bugs but nothing that ruined the game. If that bothers you perhaps wait a bit.
– Real player with 25.0 hrs in game
Even in EA, it’s already fun. The mechanics of the skills and spells are an interesting mashup. I’m really looking forward to seeing where this game goes and am happy to support now.
– Real player with 10.1 hrs in game
The Hand of Merlin
Very good game, I would describe it as a fusion of game play elements from darkest dungeon with slay the spire, with some extra rpg elements added in. The artistic style is very unique and charming and so is the setting.
That’s my overall assessment of the game. I will go into more detail about areas I feel the game could be improved in the spoiler below.
! The enemy variety is pretty good, the best thing about it is that there is an enemy that can counter almost any character build forcing you to diversify your characters. The only game-breaking ability combo that I am aware of currently is rallying bash + dire haste + Watchful parry, which allows you to parry every turn with a warrior and be permanently immune to damage. However, because the abilities you get are randomized, this combination cannot be taken reliably every run.
– Real player with 65.7 hrs in game
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Review by Gaming Masterpieces - The greatest games of all time on Steam.
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The saga of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table exists in countless variations. Camelot, the Holy Grail, Excalibur, or the forbidden love for Guinevere are mostly fixed starters in the tale. A cosmic horror from another dimension that wants to devour the whole world with hideous creatures that could have originated in the twisted convolutions of H.P. Lovecraft’s brain, however, rather not. But that’s exactly what this is about. A roguelike with tactical, turn-based combat at its core, and a story that’s a mix of King Arthur and sci-fi horror. If you want a more classic story, look at Neocore’s King Arthur: Knight’s Tale, a quite good but still rather unfinished reinterpretation of the Legend of Arthur.
– Real player with 18.1 hrs in game
World of MiniMonsters
WORLD OF MINIMONSTER is a game of creature collection. You must beat 20 levels to reach the boss in the final showdown. (This can change each game).
To be able to beat the final boss, you should level up your MiniMonsters. What better way to do it than with potions?
POTIONS - Buy potions to make your MiniMonsters stronger or change its stats. But you will need gold to buy them, then…
LET’S GO ON ADVENTURES! - Each level has 3 different adventures, 2 easy and 1 not so easy. While you are overcoming adventures, you will get gold and new potions for your MiniMonsters. You will need to have specific MiniMonsters to reach the victory. So, you should manage your group of MiniMonsters as better you can.
Are you ready to FIGHT? - Beat 3 different MiniMonsters in each land to reach the next level, but be careful! Maybe the last one is a Gold Star Minimonster (like a little boss with a special skill).
How to FIGHT? - It’s very important to know that each type of MiniMonster has different strengths and weaknesses. Light gets a bonus when fighting against Nature. Nature gets a bonus when fighting Mechs. Mech get bonuses when fighting against Dark, and Dark get bonuses when fighting against Light. You will also be interested to know that each MiniMonster is linked to an element. So Water gets bonuses against Fire, Fire against Earth, Earth against Air, and Air against Water. These elemental blasts are very powerful but will consume energy.
BATTLEGROUND - Select your battleground to get more bonuses for your MiniMonster. Each battleground will help one type of MiniMonster. Thus, it is essential choose your battleground well.
GAMES’S FEATURES:
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68 MiniMonsters (64 playable)
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13 Different potions
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35 Adventures
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16 Battlegrounds
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9 different skills that change the fate of the battle
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Random music for the main panel and battles
Have you already chosen your favorite MiniMonster?.
Alcheverse: Shadow from Gladview
The map of the island of Gigax is generated from scratch every time and it’ll be hard for Lumpy to complete his journey! In the map you’ll find ingredients like the Tentacle or the Star Shard, fight packs of Corrupted Alcheverse that will attack you, meet strange individuals like the Merchant or King Paxton, who will offer you extravagant trades!
Craft your Alcheverse by mixing different ingredients together and unlock all recipes. Each of these powerful creatures has 10 differents statistics that influence their performance in battle and an unique skill that gives each of them a characteristic play style! To get the most out of your team you’ll also need to use the Sinergies wisely. When two or more Alcheverse share a common ingredient you’ll gain a Synergy bonus that improves the creatures statistics!
Position your Alcheverse in the most strategic way and let them fight for you: automatic combat allows you to focus on the strategy rather than the reflexes. Unlock powerful Synergies to overcome the hardest fights! Beware, the game is challenging and it will take you time to learn all the best strategies and combos!
The town of Gladview is in danger! The greed of King Paxton led to the creation of the Corruption: a failed alchemy experiment that infects everything it touches! The Master alchemist Gullio was also Corrupted, and he’s the only one that can fix this mess! You are Lumpy, the alchemist apprentice that will make the journey to the Volcano of the island of Gigax to rescue Gullio. Will you be able to save the master and end the Corruption?
Curious Expedition
The Curious Expedition is yet another Kickstarter-spawned entry into the ever-growing field of Rogue-Likes, but with a refreshing new twist. This time around, the player takes on the role of a small party of 19th-Century explorers engaged in a gentleman’s wager - to travel the world on six concurrent expeditions, competing to see who can gain the most fame. It’s a fairly quick and lethal game, but that’s exactly what it’s meant to be - a good way to kill a few hours at a time, running expedition after expedition off to their doom.
– Real player with 150.3 hrs in game
The Short Pitch
TCE is one of the best games in its class, a Roguelike-inspired strategy/adventure game that will leave you wanting more. Easy enough to beat several times in one day if you’re dedicated, yet hard enough to make every victory feel like you clawed your way to it from the depths of hades.
If you’re looking at this game and you’re even half sure you want it, get it. If looking at it fills with you a warm and gooey sense of longing for the hours spent huddled around CRT monitors taking turns playing The Oregon Trail, buy it. Even if you’re a more modern gamer, but you’re a fan of FTL, Caves of Qud, the Binding of Isaac, or similar, buy it.
– Real player with 82.6 hrs in game
BASIC ROGUE
I’m in a Discord call with two buddies sharing strats and trying to figure out how to get further. Got my money’s worth in 15 minutes.
Edit after 5 hours:
Game remains incredibly fun, there are definitely some aspects that could use polish but the developer has been very open to feedback and is doing a nice job of updating the game with new features. 10/10 would recommend.
– Real player with 33.9 hrs in game
This game is shockingly fun. Of course, I raised Constitution as much as possible to get my armour to 100%, and I got my fighting up to legendary+3, so I didn’t have anything to worry about except for finding those leylines.
All in all: Well worth the $3 and the 10MB.
Also: You can pick up doors and put them back down! You can basically make a base if you wanna!
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Crown Uncrown: 1D Tactics
Win a run and your party gets Crowned, becoming the BOSSFIGHT for your next run while keeping all its items!
Crown Uncrown is an approachable turn-based tactics roguelike with minimal complexity and lots of unique items which interact in interesting ways.
Defeat enemies in a series of highly tactical and positional combat to seize the Crowns.
Each run is short and unique—perfect for sneaking in a run or two even when you’re busy!
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Adapt on the fly by tossing an item to an ally!
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(Sometimes it’s also useful to just lob a bomb toward your enemies.)
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Enemies are equipped randomly from the same item pool as you, and their loot is a great source for equipping your party.
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Beware though, enemies grow stronger too as you unlock more powerful items!
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Because the enemy AI adapts dynamically to its random items, it often makes surprising moves!
Features
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1-dimensional battlefields
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Cute 1-bit pixel art
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100+ unique items
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Unlimited undos if you’ve made a mistake
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No character classes or stats (Everything is item-based!)
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Alternate color palettes
FORWARD: Escape the Fold
FORWARD: Escape the Fold was created to be the perfect bitesized roguelike dungeon crawler. Choose your champion and face a relentless crawl through the card-based dungeons, collect items to power your abilities and defeat the gruesome monsters facing you. But keep going FORWARD!
FEATURES
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Unique Progression System: Make your way through the dungeons by choosing a path from 3 cards at every turn but choose wisely! One bad decision can lead you to the graveyard. Select the next card which will help you get one step closer to redemption!
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High Energy Roguelike: You will need to make decisions at every step of the way. Crawl one card at a time and combine objects found in chests, markets and at the end of each dungeon to bolster your character’s abilities. Beware of the cursed items and their devastating effects!
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Just One More Turn: In the Fold, you will never feel prepared. Designed for replayability, each ascent is original and will feel fresh and challenging even to the most experienced player. Use your instincts and knowledge of your champion to fight away the gruelling beasts that populate the underworld.
WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER IN THE FOLD
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9 Champions to unlock with unique powers and backstories. Learn more about this mysterious underworld and understand what brought these enigmatic champions there. Additionally, master their powers as they will alter radically your ascent and your playstyle.
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100+ fully detailed item-cards to discover.
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Leaderboards for the most powerful players. Easier said than done to be up there.
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Fast-paced gameplay enabled by the one-input gameplay. Keeps the game dynamic at all times.
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Gorgeous 2D pixel-art.
ABOUT TWO TINY DICE
Two Tiny Dice is the result of Christophe Coyard’s journey through indie development. He is the solo-developer of FORWARD: Escape the Fold and has previously worked on various small mobile games with the aim of developing his game design skills. Driven by passion, Christophe Coyard built this game from scratch for a 2019 GameJam and has since then worked hard to develop the ultimate bitesized roguelike game.
You can follow him on Twitter @twotinydice !