Demon with a Pickaxe

Enjoyed playing through this. Cute story that leaves you wondering which way it will turn. Game is fluid but gets a bit "rough" when you make too big of explosions. Would be nice to see the speed increase as a sprint option instead as well as a way to fly downward slightly without canceling out of flight. There is something satisfying involved with digging and breaking things. Looking forward to more.

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

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.

[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

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.