Veiled Vents

[h3] In VENTBA we trust! [/h3] Veiled Vents is a unique hybrid Dungeon Crawler/Tower Management pseudo idler with minimalist pixel/ASCII graphics. In the game you act as the overseer of an "Ancient Megabuilding", simultaneously managing the structure while also controlling/commanding your adorable cat-girl companion VENTBA through dungeons full of treasure vaults and assorted hazards. Both parts of the game happen simultaneously side-by-side in the UI. The Tower Management part of the game is relatively simple. You're provided a stone monolith 7-tiles wide with an assortment of constructible rooms. Homes to grow your population, Gardens to grow food, Kitchens to prepare food, storage to - you guessed it - store your food, and Generators + Studios to generate passive resources. The entire monolith is connected to a ventilation system which can be a bit confusing at first but is surprisingly simple: Burn gas to charge up energy and increase temperature in your megabuilding, CHARGE to transfer the vents energy into your usable energy stock, replace the fuse for $ when it gets worn out, and throw that fan on when it gets too hot! This entire process can be automated from the beginnin…

I don't hate this game but I'm a little confused on what's going on or the theming. It needs a tutorial. There's apparently food and population? Although I don't see how to increase that. Why am I with an anime catgirl robot thing and who am I, there's clearly a story here but I don't understand it. I actually enjoyed the core concept of a dungeon crawler with resource management and leveling up talents/skills each time, the ASCII graphics mixed with the spreadsheet style were cool and made feel like I was commanding a robot and the sound design while simple was nice but I'm deeply confused what is going on or what my exact goal here is. (What is a signal cache) These things are never explained. I think this game really needs a tutorial but I don't hate the base concept. This dev should keep going.

crackhead gaming but nice and cheap and fun and can be expanded upon