Wasteland Orchard

but this game is awesome. I always think about leaving reviews for games I like, but I never actually care enough to do it. But this game scratched an itch I didn’t even know I had. I felt like such an idiot during the first run, and then I started my second run with my permanent upgrades, and I was hooked. Seriously, congrats to the dev for making a solid gameplay loop without obnoxious ads or forcing people to shell out for microtransactions. And I’m going to make a better effort in the future to leave reviews for the games and devs that deserve it.

This game is honestly amazing and is really fun to hyper fixate into. Each time you do a new run there the entire map os randomized causing me to never really get too bored of the game. Despite it being an idle game, you can allocate your in game points to actively speed up time via potions, orrrr treat the game as an actual idle game and wait for resources to come in. For this game being so new, it has extremely good bones. There are no forced adds, the background music is well made, the gameplay (for an idle game) is extremely enjoyable and well randomized. From my personal playing experience, I only wish for two things. The frequency in which the time potion enters the shop. I feel like gamers who enjoy faster paced gameplay would frequently use the potion and spend more time in the game. The second input would be a way to quickly switch between all of your trees. I spend more time on the map or the shop rather than checking out and watching the trees I’ve planted grow.

fun concept but poorly balanced. the biggest issue being the golden seed upgrades. spending them on resistances for the trees takes away the challenge of the game. makes the first few runs feel very hard and the later runs feel too easy. The other golden seed upgrades are also overpowered. The meta progression should be subtle. time potions are too easy to come by once you get into the habit of buying them every time you see them or making them. I think time warp should either be unlimited or time potions should be much more rare. this could be a great game with some balance tweaks. there are roguelike elements but there’s almost no meaningful variation between each play through.