Dynopunk: Welcome to Synth-City

I didn't expect to be as pulled into this as much as I have been. It's a simple, cartoonish graphic novel with some choices to make in how you navigate certain characters; and by extension, how they come to regard you. You perform simple puzzles in order advance the story that doesn't require too much investment. The story is simple and fun, which is to say it's primarily about following your dreams, but also having much needed reality checks along the way. You'll see people reviewing this from the stance of "Yeah but this other game exists!" and those are about as helpful as wearing marigolds in an iron smelting factory. In isolation, this game is just a simple, fun, sometimes funny story told through the eyes of a short armed T-Rex doing his best!

Dynopunk: Welcome to Synth City is a really charming little game that caught me off guard with how much personality it has. I play as Chris, a T Rex who runs a small electronics repair shop in a futuristic city where dinosaurs evolved instead of going extinct. The whole setting is ridiculous in a good way, but underneath the jokes there is a surprisingly personal story about Chris trying to build a time machine and find true love. I like that the game does not take its strange premise too seriously while still giving me characters and situations that I actually want to follow. The repair work is the main gameplay mechanic, and I think it works well as a simple activity. Customers bring me broken gadgets and I have to work out what is wrong with them before taking the device apart and replacing the damaged parts. It is not an especially complicated repair simulator, but I enjoy the process because it gives me something to do between the story sections. I also have to be careful with the repairs because doing the job properly affects the money I earn. There is even room for me to mess with some customers if I want to, which gives the otherwise straightforward work a little more pers…

The story works really well, and it's fun to see all the different little things you can do to tech with how your customers can react. I'm definitely going to be buying the full version this month!

really fun chill game and Tryx Dyssella and Sye all have such Cute designs!!!

Dynopunk: Welcome to Synth-City makes an average sim management game. Listen to the sounds. Construct and fix the time machine. I dislike the graphic work though.

This definitely convinced me to add the full game to my wishlist. It was interesting and fun in ways that exceeded my expectations.