Wasteland Orchard 4+

Been a fan of this developer’s games for a while now, and was super excited to see an idle game by them. Art style, music, gameplay, aesthetic and more all have entertaining vibes in this game!

Only real concern other than change brought by personal choice is a save bug. I’ve been burned by this before by a different idle game in the past.
— After starting a new cycle, I set things up and left the game to come back later, like normal, but upon return, the game didn’t remember my startup. Specifically, it *did* remember overall progression (golden seeds total) but it forgot my new playthrough. Evidence : old man reappeared and gave starting gift, *new* golden seeds were unallocated again, the map was completely different, and no trees were planted yet.

If that’s the only form of save worries we’ll have, then that’s not the end of the world. I just want to make sure no other save problems happen! I otherwise look forward to playing a lot more and continuing with the great game before us!

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.