Fabledom

Good short game, after finishing 1 run I don't have the urge to do another.

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Lately I've had a hankering for a city/kingdom builder. Ones that are more chill, relaxed, and fun than others...idk so many these days try to cater too hard to the active crowd, in my opinion. Where you're hyperactively fixated on fine tuning production and have 20 different graphs to look at, and 42 different management things to keep an eye on......or worse when they make you do all that, only to have it be a finite game session (e.g. Frostpunk...where you put all that work in and can't even enjoy the city you built, or one wrong political move can "end the game 12hrs from now" or make it insanely hard to regain control.... Noooo...I was looking for a zen garden with some light objectives. Have definitely found it in this one. What I like seeing in this one: - I like the originality behind it being a fable-based NPC set, with some story-telling. Adds a level of cozy to it. Which I've desperately needed in recent months while going through a bit of a wringer. - The simplicity of building. A lot of games these days have steered away from the grid system, where buildings lock to individual tile squares. This one kept it though, which I've thoroughly enjoyed. Having building snap into place without having to freehand hundreds of fence and property lines has been refreshing - I like the originality behind the random events that you get, and that they're realistic to actually beat early on, instead of the game just wailing on you until you level up. - The art style is a large part of the charm to me...too many city/kingdom builders are aiming for photorealism-this and that...meanwhile this one's cute and fun without being overbearing about it. As one of the game descriptions say somewhere, the word "charming" does come to mind. It's like...enough charm to make you feel relaxed and enjoy getting into it. What I'd love to see more of - Bring the narrator back more often as the game progresses. He's heavy in the beginning and is half the fun, but then as I progressed I noticed that he just flatout disappeared, except he'll randomly chime in here and there. - Larger maps -- to be clear they're not currently "too small to play" -- it's just that when considering how much farmland gets used, I ended up finding the edge of the map pretty quick once it finally came time to focus heavily on building my main town. - More frequent updates/input from devs. I'm all for a game that is polished enough to be sold after a dev has left...but will admit, while the game as it stands is definitely worth the price (especially now with the special) you can tell in the later game that there are a few nooks and crannies to polish, and then some content that just seems like it's still being worked on -- or I'll find posts/comments from the developers from months ago, but not many recent. Again this game is worth it as-is, and I don't feel like it's been "abandoned-abandoned"...but could use some life breathed back into it if my read is right in the first place about devs having taken a step back. I still play some evenings, and it is definitely worth the price as-is. I'll be putting many many more hours into this still. Fun and cute city builder game to help heal the soul.