Dragon Shelter

This game feels really early access currently. There are some (sort of) game breaking bugs still present, Like the fisherman not giving you the fishing rod when he should, then repeating "Here's your rod" every time you speak with him. The only solution I've found is to just gather enough Fall festival currency and buy the other rod that way, but that takes about two in-game years. Or smaller bugs like your dragons getting stuck all the time when you take them with you, forcing you to backtrack to them again and get them unstuck. Or when they get hardstuck on somethingso you have to sleep and waste a day... I just stopped having them follow me outside the farm eventually. The bigger issue though is that besides the little bugs, there just isn't a lot to do here. The whole game revolves around giving every NPC a gift daily to get their affection meter up to the next level so they can give you their next progress quest, which is typically just to make them some food or get them an item. Every subsequent level just requires more items to get to the next level. Rinse and repeat. The NPCs themselves are as basic as can be. They always stand in the same spot every day and say the same …

I enjoy learning how resources and recipes fit together. Guessing what a tiny item icon means is considerably less fun. The journal's item tab and information on where things come from are welcome additions, although clearer quest wording would help too. It's good to see useful changes arriving after launch. The farming, cooking and dragon care already make a nice combination.

Some purchases still feel expensive compared with the work involved in filling orders. Growing the ingredients, preparing a meal and delivering it should feel rewarding, and the payoff doesn't always match the effort. That can make a pleasant routine feel like a grind.

A map with fast travel, item information in the journal, camera settings. Those are welcome additions to a game where you're constantly going somewhere or looking for something. Quest guidance could still be clearer, but the updates address actual inconveniences. The cozy farm and funny little helpers give me plenty of reasons to want this game to keep improving.

I've played a lot of (and helped create a few) online and offline games in my time, and I would say this one is quite clever in its own way. It is a cozy game at its heart, with beautiful graphics, excellent ambiance and decent gameplay _if_ farming sim meets pet system meets task/mini-quests is your cuppa tea. A lot of the negative feedback I see, is more about personal likes and dislikes...than actual game issues. I have come across a few bugs, but none of them are show stoppers - at least from my 20+ hours of gameplay so far. I find the mini quests are quite addictive and I'm always wanting to unlock the next "thing" before I sign off playing for the night. :) And while maybe not some ground-breaking new system or anything, I find the dragon pets/assistants quite clever and charming. There are a few things that i find a bit of negative : 1) player character movement is way too slow considering all the back and forth required to complete tasks/quests - even with the fast travel map. 2) The days are a tad too short and imo, imbalance the set tasks - you're either rushing to grow crops or rushing harvest resources,etc. As you progress in the game, imo, you should be able…

Key rebinding has been added. Thank you. Small conveniences matter in a game full of repeated everyday actions. It's nice that updates have covered controls, the interface and balance. A farm with dragon helpers is a strong starting point, and making it more comfortable to play helps that idea shine.