Sugar Story

I know this was only £2, but it's full of bugs. Minor things like text overlapping, spelling errors on almost all sentences. Then there are movement bugs that allow you to move to places you shouldn't be able to go. When you pick up items, the square they were on cannot be move over. But the worst thing is the completely unbalanced gameplay. Random encounters only happen every 3-5 mins meaning you can't level up and money is scarce. Avoid.

This is a really fun nes / snes style rpg. retro yet modern :)

Sugar Story is a small-scale but earnest role-playing game that embraces classic genre traditions while filtering them through an offbeat premise and an unmistakably indie sensibility. Developed by Source Byte Sp. z o.o. with Nikodem Świder and published by Source Byte, the game initially presents itself as a whimsical, almost comedic adventure, yet gradually reveals a more conventional RPG structure built around party growth, escalating stakes, and a looming mythological threat. Its charm lies less in polish or spectacle and more in how it takes a deliberately humble starting point and allows it to spiral into something unexpectedly ambitious. The narrative begins in an almost absurdly mundane way: the protagonist’s family runs out of sugar, and it becomes your responsibility to go out and find more. This simple errand quickly becomes a narrative hook, drawing the player into a world that expands far beyond its domestic origins. What starts as a lighthearted task soon turns into a journey involving strange lands, dangerous enemies, and ultimately a confrontation with an ancient and malevolent god. This escalation is handled with a straight face, allowing the contrast between the …

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