Demon with a Pickaxe

The game is pretty simple and occasionally stutters, especially when a lot of shards break at once. It is not especially critical here, but still worth mentioning. Do not expect any particularly deep or innovative mechanics from it. That said, I personally liked the game for its setting and story - it is funny and cute. Out of the dozens of incremental games I have seen over the past few months, this is one of the few that also tried to have a proper story, and I think that deserves praise. A pleasant little fable, if you want to relax for an evening and immerse yourself in a tale about a demon trapped in eternal confinement.

Starts off very slow, which motivates you to upgrade your pickaxe and walking speed. I enjoyed this short game after getting both endings.

This is a tough recommend. It's entertaining, but there's one mechanic that doesn't respect the players time. If they fixed that, I think it would be a much stronger recommendation. Walking back and forth to spend the ice, is annoying; move the spending option up as each new room opens, that issue is solved.

I lost huge part of my progress after turning off the game and going back to it. Teleport to the crystal would be useful.

[i]Yes, but...[/i] It's a little rough around the edges. My initial impressions were largely negative as the game does have some jank, which I'll get to. But by the end of my ~2 hour playthrough, I'm considering another playthrough for the last achievement. So overall, I have a positive impression, but my recommendation only holds if you're the type of person who can look past a few little issues. First, the things I liked! [list] [*] I was pleasantly surprised by the story as I progressed through it. It's well written and narrates a characterful story behind the various statues you're destroying and why you're in this predicament. I'm curious enough to see the rest of it that I might play through it again to get the other ending! [*] It feels a tiny bit incremental in that you start off painfully slow and weak and slowly upgrade over time. By the end, you feel like a god. Overall, the meat and potatoes of the gameplay (smashing stuff) felt pretty satisfying to me! [/list] Now for the criticisms, which make or break the game for some people I imagine: [list] [*] The character controls feel a bit clunky. Pickaxe and spell animations feel confusingly unresponsive, especially in the…

good game i like it