Quantum Derelict

This is definitely a fail forward game. There are few penalties for losing - you lose unspent coding (research) points, you can lose drones, systems become damaged, etc. But because you keep your upgrades recovering from loss gets easier and easier. The game becomes quicker as you So far I'm having a blast with this game. The start is a bit slow, but once you figure out what you're doing it picks up quite a bit. Some of the smaller items to mine are a bit tricky to find, but with practice I've gotten it down pretty good. Hoping to see more of where this goes and what the end game is going to look like! This is a rogue-lite so you're meant to die and restart several times. Over the deaths you maintain your drones and their coding (the tasks they can do and how well they perform them. This means that while you start with the ability to scan the debris looking for items you might only get a dozen out of a hundred objects scanned. When you can finally repair the scanners, you can get all...

What a disappointment, I saw this game during the Ohio game dev convention and it looked like an extremely interesting idea but I wasn't able to test it. I'm writing this in the hopes that maybe this will receive some more work so that it can be great. The gameplay loop: You go into a field of materials and scan them to see whats available, however your scan barely works at first and you have enough time to salvage everything so there is no real point. You have to manually click around tiny specks that you can barely see over the background sometimes in the hopes that you find the high value ores. This is extremely tedious when you have 50+ asteroids and 1 of them has a diamond you need in it. Upgrades: These provide a solution to the aforementioned problem by letting you get material specific searching however you only get this as one of the higher tier upgrades designed for after you get all of your repairs set up. The real problems: This is miserable as you have to wait 15 minu...

Quantum Derelict is an alright little game with a pretty intriguing story. It's very much a cool-downs / progress bar management kind of game. Not an idle game at all, you have to stay on top of the events or things are going to catch you off guard. Has a real rough start as you figure out the systems but the difficulty curve quickly inverts as you get permanent upgrades. Barely a Rogue-like, as each "death" is a stepping stone through the story and you won't be coming back after you beat it to try out different builds or anything like that. Still, I recommend it if you like dark sci-fi.

just starting out in it but like the story and some of the vents that has happened in it very calm at the moment good game to spend time without having to do too much to stress you out while staying interesting

This game is a relatively short one. Relatively simple, but it is a credit to the lovecraft genre of games. It's a great story and a proper lovecraft vibe and ending.

Honestly, I enjoyed this game. The loop is basically the same. You start off with minimal resources. You send you drones out to gather more resources, and improve your ship's capabilities. Improve your scanner, and you can reveal more resources per scan. Improve your quantum drive, and get more time in each area. So forth. You can also build more drones, and improve their capabilities. These drones stay with you, even when you eventually lose, making the next run easier. A timer counts down, and when it finishes your quantum drive jumps you into a new area if you are ready or not...which really is fine since each area is just randomized resources. Events can also happen, forcing you to jump to a new location to avoid an early game over. Eventually, you'll pick an area clean quickly and end up forcing your ship to jump early. Each jump gives you additional points you can use to improve your drones. Eventually, you'll be able to survive long enough to repair your communic...

Gameplay loop is tedious without time controls, and would benefit a lot from automation. The AI TTS voiceover detracts from the already iffy writing. Your first few runs will be long, boring death spirals. Everything this game would like to do is done better by Duskers. This developer might make good games in the future, but this is not one of them without some major changes.

great little hidden gem of a game.

Great game, it looks complex at 1st but it's quite simple actually. The story is very good if you are into cosmic horror / lovecraftian stuff. In a nutshell it's a mining/survival roguelite, well worth the price, lots of bang for the buck.

[h1] The story and atmosphere is to ... die for.. [/h1]