Dreaming Isles

The game was released in an unfinished state and has not been updated since release (which has been one year as of posting this review).

A fun game with interesting mechanics. The piracy aspect is enjoyable, but is slightly spoiled by the fact that there's a bug impacting your ability to engage in naval combat if you're using controllers instead of mouse+keyboard. Bought on sale for $3, and is a very nice game for that price. If I paid the full $15 tho, I would be mad about the bugs. <EDIT> Okay, I was willing to let a lot slide with this game, given the small studio size. However, THE DEV NEVER FINISHED THE STORYLINE. You CANNOT complete the game. Two of the towns will NEVER be accessible. The dev has abandoned the game, and I now regret even paying $3 for this. It could have been great, but the dev abandoned the game halfway through, and didn't even have the decency to call it early access. Shame. Shame. Shame.

I just got this game for 2.99 and have been playing it. I have to say its better then so many ive purchased and refunded and demos ive played. I dont understand why so many bad reviews. It looks like the dev tried to update and with so many bad reviews i cant blame them for just walking away. If you read this, just know there are people who would and will appreciate your hard work. Its unique and quirky and a good way. Thank you for the game, I am enjoying it more then some of my games.

Fantasic very similar to Stardew valley, didn't expect it have much of a story but was met with a nice surprise! I would give it an 7.9/10 but I have only played for 3.5 hours might fluxuate while I play :) I also love the princess bride refrence.

I loved what I played of this game. The graphics are beautiful, with each island being entirely unique. The combat was satisfying and learning how to do the naval combat was fun and something I haven't done in a game before. The farming was great-no watering and making the fertilizer was simple and went down the whole line of crops. Maybe having an NPC suggest creating lines of crops versus 3x3 crops might be helpful for this. The politics of pirates vs global trade was interesting without becoming too intense or boring. I loved the fishing card game and found myself stuck in the "one more round" loop. Crafting and cooking are easy. I wish the dev would have released the game as early assess and kept the harsher critics at bay. The base of this game is so promising and my biggest complaint is that I want more. Even knowing the game is stalled, I enjoyed the time I got out of it and would pay for it again.

I feel like a kid again exploring an old game I loved. Thank you so much for this.