Desktop Defender

Game is exactly what it says on the tin. A cute little desktop incremental game that is super easy to pick up and get started. I'd recommend this game to anyone who wants a very low-input incremental game to run alongside whatever else you are doing/playing. Some constructive feedback for the developer: The game overall feels very linear. Many idle games have peaks and valleys where progress slows down and speeds up, forcing you to hunker down and grind for the next milestone before you feel strong again for your next push. This game feels a bit more like a slow consistent increase, which is not necessarily bad. Many of the stats felt like they didn't do enough to really matter. Often my optimal build felt like "just stack as much damage as you can" rather than playing around with other stats such as projectile speed/max hp/fire rate etc. I think this is an area where the alternate weapons can really shine by catering to different builds a bit more. The forge is basically a non-feature for as far as I can tell. Maybe I am just a slow learner, but since the time I unlocked it (somewhere around 50-70h in), I then was only able to find 3 total combinations to forge into greater items, and no indication on which others would work together. It felt like this was the next big unlock after playing through the "main" grind of the game before rebirths, and then ultimately didn't turn out to do very much. Finally, the game feels like it drags on a bit long for the amount there is to do. Obviously it is an idle game at heart, but the gameplay loop starts to feel a little dry even before you manage to get through all of the weapons and upgrades (and at the end starts to scale VERY quickly also. I think I went through the last 100 out of 215 levels in less than an hour). I think this is likely a combination of needing a little more variety, and improving on the previously mentioned systems. Overall, the game delivers exactly what it promises to and is a nice addition to the desktop incremental space at a price that makes it definitely worth trying out.