Cloud Meadow

Disclaimer, the game is in perpetual early access. $12k a month on their Patreon. The game maintains features of Dungeon/Turn based combat, plant farming, and monster breeding/harvesting. But its focus is on the combat more than anything else while everything else can be automated using your monsters. Game design: Pros: -Large variety of monster type, color, and unique traits. 12 monster types I think. -Animations for every mating combination. Several NPCs too. M/F M/M F/F I/F and I/M -Building resources are plentiful in the dungeons to make up for pretty much only doing combat in your spare time. -Monster genetics have positive and negative consequences and traits which leaves room for strategy. -You can have your monsters train other monsters to boost their level instead of manually bringing a few with you to fight in the dungeons over and over. -Automation. You can assign monsters to take care of farming for you, sell resources, train other monsters, and have Plankton produce one type of material at a time. -Merchants come to town in two day intervals. Every 7th day all merchants gather at once. My favorite day of the week. -You get resources for harvesting and breeding monste…

Farming is only tangentially related to the main gameplay loop. Very surface level mechanically and lacks variety, pretty standard, but ultimately rendered pointless by the dungeon crawling. Instead of functioning in tandem with the rest of the game it's actual implementation is more akin to set dressing. Every resource and progression gained from the farm can be gained more efficiently in the dungeon. Monster ranching and interaction: Press F to Pet, Press F to feed, enter menu select harvest. Breeding is equally surface level: start animation, end animation, return to menu. The animations are pretty to look at and very high quality, but get tiresome without interactivity, progression or variety. Systems like parentage and traits for offspring are adequate, but monsters really need systems like preferences, unique needs, moods or stats that progress their relationship with the player or change their behavior. The hub town and setting is a lifeless facade. A little bit of daily routines and animations are sorely needed: townsfolk moving from place to place, doing jobs, interacting with each other, engaging activities or minigames in the pubs and shops, atmospheric locales. Givin…

This game has potential, but unfortunately, the game hasn't had any meaningful updates. It's been in early access for quite a while, and I don't see that changing. IF the game ever gets finished, maybe I can change my review.

This game is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!

Honestly this is a party manger, farming sim, dungen diver, turnbased game witch is honsely done fearly well PLUSE it has just the right amount of spice where you still want to play after the event and still enjoy the game itself.

Came for the meme of having it in my library, stayed for the gameplay. I’ve put over 12 hours into this game and I’ve spent 99% of it exploring the vast dungeon levels and fighting enemies. It’s insanely detailed, and it feels like it never ends. The graphics for a pixelated game are fantastic, the NPCs have great development, and the overall story is interesting and exciting. Dunno what it is, but the game makes you want to keep progressing, keep learning more about the world that’s been created. It’s hard to close the game when you feel like you haven’t finished the gaming session, there’s so much to do! I’ve spent less time on the farm where the ‘action’ happens, as the game is great with or without it. Definitely recommend 👏🏼