Dungeoning: Epic Idle RPG 12+

Not bad, could be great

Honestly this game is pretty decent - lots of content, fun mechanics (once you figure them out), and an enjoyable incremental progression system. It also doesn’t beat you over the head with micro transactions, and it doesn’t seem P2W. There’s just a few issues that really make it frustrating right now:

1. The equipment experience is atrocious - no other way to put it. You can’t easily compare items in inventory with what is being worn. You have to drag and drop items to equip, rather than just double click or even having an equip button on the item details screen. It’s just not user friendly at all - biggest complaint right here.

2. Don’t be afraid to gate content behind progression! Right now after the tutorial you open every section to the player, and frankly it’s too much - just overwhelming. Lock some screens behind progression milestones and it gives the player more reason to play, and slowly introduces new experiences to them.

3. The info screens are helpful, but I’d recommend a slightly longer tutorial. Three or four steps just isn’t enough. If you do #2 above, you can also just introduce each new feature when it’s unlocked, rather than all at the beginning.

All that being said, it has a lot of potential and doesn’t seem like a cash grab! I’d love to see it succeed and will gladly change my rating with a few tweaks. Good luck and good job so far :)

A surprisingly deep game.

I don’t normally write reviews. But I will tell you what did it for me. Though this may be just a pixel game, they paid so much attention to detail that they actually made the gold dragon sparkle. It’s a fun lighthearted game that looks great and still isn’t afraid to make fun of itself. I wasn’t expecting the amount of complexity and depth in this kind of game though. I don’t mean the story or quests, those are pretty mundane. I mean the leveling and upgrade system. You can play at whatever pace you want, and the progression is smooth. The only downside that I can see is that with so much customization actually makes the game pretty complicated to navigate. But I could just be an idiot. Either way, I’m really enjoying this game. Play it, help these people out. I would love to see what these developers could do with a higher budget. 👍

Developer Response ,

This is one of the most thoughtful reviews I’ve seen, thanks so much. We put a ton of effort into the upgrades (and items and enemies and references and... you get the point!) so I’m glad it was noticed. Stay tuned, cuz we’re excited about what’s to come!

Great Game, but still needs work

I had 3 level 3 heroes, have been playing about an hour. Attempted a dungeon with my weakest hero active. Active hero died mid dungeon, but other 2 characters finished dungeon, and it broke the game. Couldn't switch to another hero because the game thought the heroes were still trying to complete the dungeon. I also couldn't respawn or train active hero without paying 100 gold coins (which can be earned, but I didn't have enough and since my hero was dead I couldn't earn more).

I love the concept, and I'd love to invest. But game breaking bugs are no bueno. Until this gets a little more polished, I'm done. Still, the work up to this point, and the concept, is 4 star worthy in my book.