The Dungeon Vendor

I went in with high hopes of this being a pretty fun little indie game. I thought the price seemed a little high, but I figured if it was a really fun game, it would be worth it. Sadly, after playing half an hour, I'm left feeling underwhelmed and basically like I'm playing some mindless clicker game that just isn't that well thought out. The game, in my opinion, just isn't that much fun.. and certainly way over-priced at $15 USD. I think the first "Shoppe Keep" game from 2016 is just a lot more fun and gives you a lot more control over so many more aspects of your gameplay.. and that game is only $5 USD. This game shows effort, and it has a neat concept, but the details of the gameplay and what makes it "fun" to play just feel missing here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCT1h9eNWgo My First Impressions Score: 4 out of 10, but I'm subtracting a point for what i feel is a bad value. 3 out of 10 is my score. NOT RECOMMENDED... Until the developer makes some changes that make the actual game mechanics more fun to play.

There's not much more than 10 minutes of gameplay here. I played a little more to see if it ever changed up but it didn't seem to. The entire gameplay loop has two phases: (1) picking from a couple items to craft a weapon (which items you choose is not too important, you just pick the ones that set the meter to full); and (2) playing a quick game of "concentration" (flip two cards at a time, try to find a match). Then a very short and repetitive cutscene plays, and you return to the first phase. There's not really any complexity or skills to master. There are a lot of things that seem like choices, but really have on effect on gameplay.

This game is not fun. Graphics are good and I like the art style. However, the game play is overly repetitive and I don't see any interest past the 3 first locations on the map. The weapons crafting mechanic deserves much more love from the developers for a crafting and selling game. Currently, this is a memory game + gauge where you need to hit the top. 3 or the cards in the memory game have no effect whatsoever. Even a match 3 like candy crush style of puzzle with a timer would be a better crafting mechanism than what is in this game. The game has potential if the developers just update the crafting to make it more interesting, challenging and innovative. It is just not there yet.

Fun little game. I enjoy the loop and the minigames enough. Lacks depth for the price. Relaxing way to pass time. Seems to have good polish.

I liked it. Basic Weapon Creator with some fun heroes that have goals. Make weapon with names for them, they try to succeed with your weapon, they bring back stuff to make more weapons, repeat. Nothing more, but scratches the fun itch for when you just want to kill an hour here and there... Could use some love to make it more interesting and I would like to see it go somewhere better, keeping my eye on it to see where it goes as it is a nice start to a potential great game...

Really nice small game. The game loop is fun, the mechanics are simple, but the game is enjoyable. Edit: 2€ on steam, definitly worth.