SkoopHead (Demo 1)

This update has made the gathering portion of the game much less monotonous and has actually made it fun, I think the expansion (with respect to labyrinthine-ness) of the cavern might maintain the excitement of exploration, as well as buffing the enemies heavily.
The mixing of the teas is fine mechanically, there is a missing sense of sense to the ingredients and teas and the teas themselves are not independently rewarding (the buffs are underwhelming and short).

I think being able to get over the hurdle of the caverns (and saves) has made me see the potential of the game even more, but its flaws as well.

This game is very promising, and at first, when exploring, fun and exciting, but once you start spelunking is when the game starts becoming confusing and frustrating.
There isn't really a maintainable sense of direction, it's difficult to tell hazards from background, it's difficult to tell where each room's "door" is, the rooms are way too restrictive to the movement and the bugs don't really add anything to the gameplay.

I think it's generally kind of bad in a game like this to have only one way to make money (from what I could tell you can't sell teas or herbs anywhere), but it's especially bad if the only way to get money is to get confused and try to map out a cave system.
Which is compounded by not having a save system (from what I could tell), the ability to get stuck, and a good on its own, but terrible in repetition soundtrack.
I unfortunately gave up after finding all my progress was reset after getting stuck between a plank and the diamonds I was trying to bridge over.

This did give me a laugh though, don't name your crystals like this.


To be clear, I loved this game and found its style interesting, and I initially thought I was going to give a lot of high praise, but the spelunking was a halt to momentum and enjoyment.