I know how hard it is to make a game, and even harder to publish one, so my review will be a positive one, with some feedback.

First of all, I went until floor 4, in about 45-50 minutes, and died there. I did come back to camp twice in the run, to sell and buy gear. Reached level 4.

COMBAT
PROs:
-Timing your attack speed to cancel enemy attack throught stagger feels nice once you get it. Roll dodging back/ running back with a flick of the mouse to not loose speed to avoid attacks is fun to do and a cool mechanic.
-some enemy become enrage and cannot be staggered, which is always cool and favor a careful approach
-enemy variety is slowly displayed along the levels, to get use to it. Ranged enemies are violents (f*ck these poison goblins)
CONs:
-every weapon have the same basic moveset, wich is just swinging left to right. Club, sword, shovel, everything i tried had the same very basic pattern, with only damage changing. That in itself wasnt satisfying, and took out a lot of pleasure from the combat and the discovery of new weapons.
I know there is a second attack for some weapons, but it seemed underwelhming.
-Projectiles must be avoided, as there is apparently no invinsibility frame while rolling. That isnt a negative in itself, just something to know and play with. Not a fan of it, but it is a choice from the devs.
-not a fan of how the healing potions work (instant healing, and you can have a lot of them, make it feel like a diablo like at times)

EXPLORATION
PROs:
-the procedural generation is interesting and seems mostly well done.
CONs:
-Every level is a small labyrinth where you need to find a key to open the door to the next level. A choie from the devs,
just not really my cup of tea. I would have prefered to just be left exploring the level by myself to find interesting loot or XP instead of being forced to find a key in every level.
-There is (to my knowledge) only one very obvious type of 'secret' in every level to discover. Almost nothing you can interact with, except doors, chests and bodies. A bit underwhelming for a dungeon crawler.
-There is a lot to loot, but almost nothing interesting or exciting (a few gold coins, a broken sword, a skull head, etc...) Just once I looted a new weapon with better stats, but same pattern as everything else.
-Traps are just slowing down the exploration, and cannot be deactivated, so forget about the loot of the enemy you lured on it to die.

Character progression / Gear
PROs:
-simple system, easy to understand: weapons deal damage, armor block damage (magic or physical). Thats it.
CONs:
-way too simple for a dungeon crawler, without any depth.
-level up is just choosing between 3 upgrades (like 5% more crits, or 5 more pv, 2 more stamina regen, etc...). No competence, or significant improvement. Doesnt feel very impactful and leveling up isnt really rewarding.
-The lack of competences is very underwhelming, and it feels like our character isnt really customisable.


I'll be honest, I didn't really enjoy my time with the game, as I was expecting more out of a roguelite dungeon crawler. It currently feels like a prototype of what could become an enjoyable game if it was given more time to refine and deepen its systems.


I'll leave it at that, and wish all the best to the devs for the future!

Works on Steam Deck.
Cozy dungeon crawler with moderate difficulty so far. If you like slower games instead of rapid reflex ones, this is a great game.
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Huge improvement from the demo, really like what you made out of it. I think there is still some room for more content (different weapons, armor) and things you can do with the maze (more interactables, different types of doors) but hopefully we will get a few updates fixing that.