Sparklite

May be the best 2$ purchase I ever made. Awesome pixel art, fun gameplay, and a really fun gameplay loop with Zelda inspirations. This is a quality game, with heart and a wonderful vibe

This is an absolute steal for the price, I got this on sale for $3.50 AUD. If you are a fan of old school Zelda and pixel art graphics, this one is definitely for you!

old school game, me likey

i would give this a kind-of recommend. the art and soundtrack are very pleasant, and the gameplay loop is pretty fun, exploring 5 randomly generated areas and unlocking upgrades along the way. but it just feels like the game could do so much more with what it has. - you can unlock new weapons and tools, but there isn't much use for them outside the dungeon where you first discovered them. - you can unlock upgrades, but they're pretty simple (reduce damage taken, increase total health, increase damage etc), so your playstyle pretty much stays the same throughout the whole game. - the layout of each area is randomly generated, but the placement of where they are in the map stays the same, so area 1 is always in the center of the map, area 2 is always to the south, area 3 is always to the west etc -- they were fun to discover at first, but on subsequent runs it made exploration feel less exciting. also, the areas are all connected to one central area but not to each other, so you have to go all the way back to the center if you want to explore another area. since there's no fast travel and no upgrades to mobility, i found exploring to feel very slow. - i liked the boss fights (exc…

A solid indie pixel art zelda-style action/adventure and roguelite. The game blends the top down action of something like Zelda with random runs and persistent upgrades and vibrant art. When you start a run, you start in the central 'Vinelands' hub biome from which you can access the other four biomes that you have unlocked from it. Each biome has a boss which has to be killed to unlock the ability to access the next biome. On death, you lose temporary consumables found during the run but return with all the meta-resources you've gained during the run which you can use to upgrade NPC and buy/upgrade 'patches' which you can slot into an inventory square to give stat buffs. Combat is fairly simple. You have a short range dash and a wrench for fast melee attacks and a hammer strike by holding down attack. You will unlock blueprints which will allow you to do one-time crafts of passive and active gadgets. Active gadgets use energy to use which you can regain by fighting enemies but, honestly, I found them either meh or impractical personally and use wrench mostly. The world shifts the general layout whenever you die, the biomes are in the same general location each time through a…

If I could, I’d give it a mixed review; the game’s concept and pixel art are really cute, but the game is very grindy, and you rely on upgrades you happen to get. Defense upgrades make the game feel very easy, but for the final boss second phase, you're going to need several damage upgrades.