Tinker Shot

Tinker Shot is a turn-based roguelike that places experimentation at the center of its identity. Rather than limiting the player to a predictable collection of predefined attacks, it encourages you to construct abilities from different components and discover how those pieces interact. Developed by CodeRed and published by Rogue Duck Interactive LLC, the game combines dungeon exploration, tactical battles, deckbuilding concepts, and physics-based interactions into an experience where creating an unusual strategy can be just as entertaining as actually winning a fight. Its strongest feature is the ability-building system. During a run, players acquire components that can be combined to create increasingly elaborate skills. An individual piece might initially appear unimpressive, but pairing it with the right effects can transform it into something dramatically more useful. This makes experimentation an important part of progression. Instead of automatically choosing whatever provides the highest numerical improvement, you are encouraged to consider how new components could interact with an existing setup. Successful combinations can eventually produce wonderfully excessive attacks,…

This game is so much fun. I love the roguelike element and it requires just enough tactical thought to be engaging and mildly frustrating without feeling too hard or complicated. Seriously, check this one out. Totally worth it!

It's Crush the Castle in roguelike form. This concludes my 10/10 positive review.

For the price, this is one of the best deals around for fans of roguelikes. I'm not a big Angry Birds player, but I found this mashup to be entertaining and well worth the low cost. You could create some very overpowered-feeling builds by mixing and matching skills, attacks, and modifiers, and it's very satisfying to come up with out-of-the-box solutions to stage battles. Visuals are very basic, but they don't get in the way of the satisfying strategic gameplay. Recommended.

damn bro, this was not as fun as i thought'd be. Figured it'd be a more fun, refined version of those physics flash games, but it seems like it's just worse.

There's nothing really groundbreaking in here, but it's a fun game that combines established ideas from the big daddies like Balatro, StS and Angry Birds with some interesting ideas of its own. Also feels like it was crafted with love :) Definitely worth the price!