Dungeon Solver
- May 18, 2020
- Crickkin
Get on Steam"Dungeon Solver" is a first-person puzzle game that challenges players to navigate through progressively difficult dungeons. With a variety of rooms and obstacles to overcome, players must use their problem-solving skills to unlock doors, move objects, and escape each level. The game features simple controls and a minimalist art style, making it accessible to players of all ages and skill levels.
Reviews
- The game features interesting mechanics and level design that can provide a challenge for puzzle enthusiasts.
- The graphics and art style are visually appealing, contributing to an enjoyable atmosphere.
- The game has a gradual difficulty progression, introducing new challenges and enemy types as players advance through the levels.
- The gameplay is excessively slow and tedious, requiring constant clicking to move characters and wait for enemy turns.
- There is a lack of basic quality of life features, such as an undo button or keyboard shortcuts, which makes the experience frustrating.
- The AI behavior is often clunky and random, leading to a reliance on waiting for enemies to make predictable moves rather than engaging combat.
- gameplay10 mentions
- 30 % positive mentions
- 70 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The gameplay of Dungeon Solver is characterized by inventive mechanics and engaging level design, though it suffers from a lack of quality-of-life features, such as a consistent skip turn button and insufficient feedback on actions. While the game offers a variety of mechanics that encourage strategic thinking, the requirement to move at least one hero each turn can significantly extend playtime, detracting from the overall experience. Despite these drawbacks, the unique challenges and visual appeal make it a worthwhile option for players looking to support indie developers.
“Dungeon Solver is a cheap puzzle game with interesting mechanics and levels.”
“Despite all this, I think the inventive mechanics and level design make it worth a try if you've got some spare change in your Steam wallet and want to show some love to small devs.”
“This game features nice graphics, distinct mechanics with each hero piece, and challenging levels to test your brain.”
“The complete lack of QoL features such as a consistent skip turn button or a redo option makes the difficulty more about sitting and waiting to move your character a single tile, rather than any challenge of the actual gameplay.”
“A few mechanics are added as you progress, but they are few and far between, with only two mobile enemies (knights and orcs) and two non-mobile enemies (mushrooms and ballistas).”
“One game mechanic, having to press skip on every single turn, makes a 2-hour game into a 16-hour game.”
- graphics5 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are widely praised for their beauty and clean art style, with many reviewers noting the gorgeous character designs and well-thought-out visuals that enhance the gameplay experience. The visuals are considered a standout feature, contributing positively to the game's overall appeal and level design.
“The graphics are beautiful, and the art of each character is gorgeous.”
“Beautiful graphics, nice difficulty progression, and well-thought-out level design.”
“It has an awesome and clean art style that makes it straightforward when you start doing all the puzzles.”
“I have played games that came out of the 7-day roguelike challenge that outclass this game in every single category, including visuals.”
- music5 mentions
- 80 % positive mentions
- 20 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game receives mixed reviews; while some find it relaxing and well-suited to the game's atmosphere, others find it repetitive and annoying. Overall, the soundtrack is noted for its pleasantness and minimalist presentation, contributing positively to the game's ambiance despite some players' frustrations.
“Very relaxing to hear the music of this game, it fits perfectly!”
“The game has a soundtrack and a very pleasant setting.”
“My rating -> 7/10 (nice music)!”
“The music also got on my nerves pretty fast, although maybe that's just me.”
- grinding3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be poorly designed and visually unappealing, leading to a tedious and frustrating experience that detracts from overall enjoyment.
“Poorly designed, visually drab, tedious to play, and deeply frustrating.”
“The whole game is too tedious for me to enjoy.”
“This becomes extremely tedious as you move through the game.”
