Rutrum

You can really tell the dev put all their love and sweat and soul into this game :) Very fun gem merging roguelike + incredible music and art = fun game! https://youtu.be/svzr4d7m0zw

Fun game. Whatever genre suica game was. There are a lot of fun mechanics and unlockables, and overall the game has a pleasant atmosphere and a good soundtrack. Your first run can be a bit daunting, but you get the hang of it after a run or two. Definitely worth trying.

A fun roguelike Suika game with great art and fun music. Great variety of item combinations between the shovels and handles. Very recommended for fans of roguelike games.

Its a good little rogue-like, it has balance issues and some visual bugs, but nothing game ending/ruining (i.e my character portrait would get messed up sometimes). The runs are fairly short and the loop is fairly different then the many other rogue-likes. It has some variance in the boards/crates you use and the characters ability + starting decks provide some variety. Regarding balance, some shovels (i.e artifacts/relics in other games) are way better than others, and the only times I lost were when the early shovels were bad (i.e couldn't get any strength increases). But that is part of rogue-likes and expected for the small (I believe 1 person) team.

I think it has potential to be really good, but as-is I couldn't get into it. In terms of positives, it has good variety in viable strategies it seems, and the aesthetic and sound design are nice. I'd recommend it as a chill sort of roguelike, but it has some issues that I feel really detract from my enjoyment of the strategy aspects of the game. First and foremost, the enemies are made of wet paper, and even with the base 10 strength trying to go for chests feels borderline impossible because any stray match you make along the way tends to one-shot at least one of the enemies if not the entire wave. This was only up to depth 3 though, but my impression is that higher depths just add more waves, which wouldn't really fix the root issue I had with it. It feels like chests may be intended as a catch-up mechanic if you are too weak to kill the enemies quickly (and therefore have time to unlock them), but after several runs I never once found myself in that position. As the Gaoler this was a particular issue where it felt like I basically had to get the item that made chests persist for the full turn to actually have any consistent chance of getting them. Another small gripe is that…

A promising hidden gem of a game, though somewhat lacking in polish and clarity. No less lustrous for it, of course, with surprising depth. How many more rock puns can I make?