CrafTAE

Really cool survival game! Easily worth the price. You start out with 1 villager, your village and 2 biomes. Everything else you have to build up from that, and defend against waves of monsters coming from a dungeon. A game takes I think 30-120 minutes, but it can vary more, depending on how fast you are. The different biomes give you different resources, while the different dungeons spawn different enemies. The monsters also drop different loot. It's really well done, the QoL is really good. There's a tutorial that you can skip, and there's also helpful contextual hints that you can turn off, so you're never lost, but you can also just discover the game for yourself. The in-game encyclopedia is also really good in this regard: it's totally optional, but it keeps track of recipes and what you discovered. "Limiting" player expansion is also done really well, in a way that makes you think about what to work on and what to delay for later. It's not a hard limit, technically there's nothing stopping you, and sometimes it's actually worth to expand faster, depending on your situation. The difficulty goes higher than I expected, although with experience I think everyone can complete even the hardest scenarios. Variety between dungeons/enemies is also really good. Besides setting the dungeon's level, we also get custom game options that can change the difficulty. Like the time between waves or how fast your villagers get hungry. These really change up the pacing of the game, and what you have time for. 110% content with this game, it does everything well within its scope.

My review in Portuguese and English! Não se engane! CrafTAE é um jogo de ESTRATÉGIA, e dos BONS!!! O objetivo é simples, defenda sua Vila dos ataques do Inimigo! Você deve sobreviver a todas as ondas de ataques (que podem ser 6 ou 12 dependendo do nível de jogo escolhido)! O jogo acontece através de cartas. Na mesa você começa com a carta da Vila, que você deve defender, do Aldeão, que executa tarefas e 2 cartas que representam biomas a serem explorados para conseguir cartas de recursos. Além dessas cartas, haverá a carta de Masmorra, de onde vêm os inimigos que devem ser derrotados. Explore os biomas, combine as cartas para criar estruturas, ferramentas e armas, crie animais, cultive alimentos, aumente sua população e treine guerreiros para defender sua Vila! Comércio, construção, exploração, combates além de vários eventos TOTALMENTE INESPERADOS te aguardam neste jogo cativante! Meu muito obrigado ao Desenvolvedor! Há muito tempo não jogava algo tão arrebatador! RECOMENDO FORTEMENTE que Vocês joguem! Se você é amante de jogos de estratégia ESSE É O SEU JOGO DE 2025!!! Don't be fooled! CrafTAE is a STRATEGY game, and one of the BEST!!! The objective is simple: defend your Village from Enemy attacks! You must survive all the waves of attacks (which can be 6 or 12 depending on the chosen game level)! The game is played through cards. On the table, you start with the Village card, which you must defend, the Villager card, who performs tasks, and 2 cards representing biomes to be explored to acquire resource cards. In addition to these, there is the Dungeon card, from which enemies come that must be defeated. Explore the biomes, combine cards to create structures, tools, and weapons, breed animals, cultivate food, grow your population, and train warriors to defend your Village! Trading, building, exploring, combat, and several TOTALLY UNEXPECTED events await you in this captivating game! My deepest thanks to the Developer! It has been a long time since I played something so thrilling! I STRONGLY RECOMMEND you play it! If you are a fan of strategy games, THIS IS YOUR GAME OF 2025!!!

That other game is more fun. This one makes you spend all of your time trying to figure out recipes while throwing things that end your run in a few minutes. The roguelike aspect is that of unlocking area cards which barely change anything between runs.

First, if you enjoy Stacklands then you'll love this game. I actually think it's better than Stacklands and the devs are continuously making it even better! There are so many things you can craft and the recipes are quite intuitive. One of the things in Stacklands I don't like is the hunger system. CrafTAE allows you to feed your people as you wish; it's a better system imo. I'm enjoying CrafTAE immensely and I highly recommend it to everyone. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5fw45iTJ_5D1ejwoeK9LFVEK_FfmYk4Z

Craftae é um jogo viciante, todas as vezes que faço uma run aprendo algo novo sobre uma nova forma de vencer, mesmo que isso não aconteça com frequência. Sinto Craftae como um Souls Like de gerir recusros, algumas vezes senti uma franca vantagem contra o jogo, o que não durou muito tempo pelas reviravoltas de inimigos e quantidade de slots de recursos permitidos sem punições. Um jogo desafiador inclusive em seu designe aparentemente lúdico e amigável, que não te prepara para os desafio in game. Estou verdadeiramente encantado com o que vi e joguei.

有敌人不能暂停加上村民不会自己吃东西的设定简直莫名其妙，人一多战斗不能暂停就得饿死一两个人，明明吃的多到溢出来，无尽模式每波次时间还更短，清完怪掉的垃圾战利品清不掉爆牌库，明明是个资源管理游戏加个不能暂停的设定恶心人

Acompanhando o desenvolvimento a um tempo e fico muito feliz de ver o lancamento. O jogo é mt bem feito, divertido, viciante e desafiador. Dá pra notar que foi feito por pessoas de muito talento e que possuem muito carinho pelo game. Ansioso pelos proximos projetos 😁😋

[h1]This is a $10-$15 Value Game, pick it up. Its one of those hidden Gems![/h1] [h3]If you like [u]Strategy[/u] and [u]Base Building[/u], this is for you![/h3] [h1]I [b]Love[/b] this game and here is why I think you will to:[/h1] [list] [*]The depth of this game is larger than initially expected at first glance. There are so many branching paths to take. [*]I love how the game is broken up into 30-60 min games/matches/challenge runs. It makes the game somewhat casual in nature to play. [*]The difficulty curve of the game feels manageable and like I actually have to put thought into what I am doing, and how I want to progress. There is the Macro Strategy of what Starting Biomes to pick to make it thought the dungeon. As well as strategies for dealing with the next wave to come. [*]The randomness at the beginning doesn't feel unbalanced, though I would like to see the %Chance of each of the drops. [*]I feel like even after completing the Collection some day, that this game has a lot of replay ability. [/list] [h3] If you want a realistic expectation of what you will encounter Read Bellow:[/h3] [b]Tiny Spoiler Warning[/b] [spoiler][list] [*]There are 2 lanes of progression, The Dungeons and the Starting Biomes [*]Some areas of progression are locked behind others. For example you will not get to use magic on your first run, only select Starting Biomes and merchants drop the resources to start magic. There are many thing like this this is just 1 example. [*]There are many ways to do the same task, for example you can gather food from farming or fishing, these are just 2 of many ways. [*]Reading though the Collection to get ideas of what to do next is a good idea when lost. Little is hidden to you on what you can build. As well as being able to click on things to see what is can make and what makes it, is supper helpful. [*]Something things that the Tutorial doesn't point out are: [list] [*]When you change from a villager to a specialist (warrior) it fully refills the stamina bar. [*]A character can equip a weapon. Shield, and Armor. Pick and choose what you have available to from the tech you have on hands. [/list] [*]When progressing, I have noticed the second stage of the dungion should be treated as a NG+ and the 3rd stage a NG++. There is an endless more that should be after the 3rd stage, though to be honest I have yet to beat a Tear 2 Dungeon. [/list][/spoiler]