Hatchwell

$9.99

Release Date:: May 12, 2022
Developer:: Adrian Corpuz
Publisher:: Adrian Corpuz
Platforms:: Windows Mac Linux

Indie Adventure Action RPG Steam Achievements Full controller support Family Sharing Single-player Steam Cloud

About This Game

A top-down action RPG set in a day in a town called Hatchwell. Join the townspeople as they prepare for the Hatchwell Festival! A day celebrating the peace brought by a hero’s bravery a hundred years ago.

A busy day!
A series of disruptive events are making the residents uneasy. The mayor needs your help to investigate different parts of the town and figure out what's causing these events, which seem to worsen as the day goes by.

The journey!
Explore Hatchwell, solve puzzles, defeat deadly monsters and discover items that will help you progress and open new paths.

Treasure hunt!
Discover hidden paths and find treasure chests containing accessories with unique abilities that could help you on your adventure.

Customize your character.
Choose from 12 different pet companions.
Experience Hatchwell as it changes through the (in game) day.
Explore and solve puzzles from 7 parts of town
Find items that can help you with your adventure.
Collect optional accessories with unique abilities.
Discover more optional items that are not found in the main storyline.

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User Reviews

Overwhelmingly Negative

1 user reviews

Positive

User #606826 english

5 hrs at review

Not Recommended

Zeldalike with some good bits that are ultimately overshadowed by persistent UI/UX and flow of play problems. Good - Some creative ideas e.g. for bosses, puzzles, and usable items Bad - Very little exploration - Lots of missables/loseables. Missable quests (due to timing), missable upgrades/bonuses (from quests and minigames and planting seeds), expensive items that are lost without warning, e.g. the 200gp pet ball is lost if it lands in the wrong place when you throw it. - Despite the lack of exploration, there still manages to be a surprising amount of backtracking -- just within a given dungeon. The dungeon design isn't actually bad, there's just a lot of slow time wasting, especially when e.g. you happen to not take the door with the key in it right away, etc. - The game doesn't autosave. This is good given all the missables, but it's also bad, because we're all used to Zeldalikes autosaving, so it's hard to remember to do it manually all the time; and that means when...