Funnel Runners

This game has a good core premise and is, for the most part, very playable. My friend and I started out intending to do a single round and ended up playing for 2 hours. It is still very rough around the edges with respect to the overall feel of the gameplay, but the good news is, the developers seem very active and motivated to improve the game. What works: The idea of scavenging supplies to escape from a massive tornado while smaller disasters dynamically change the landscape over time is a really good one, and fairly unique among games I've played. There is decent variation in exactly what steps you need to take to survive thanks to randomized repair needs and spawn locations for equipment. What could improve: The pacing and difficulty are a bit off with smaller groups. With just the two of us it took 5 attempts to succeed on training difficulty. This is most likely due to a lack of accounting for group size and scaling the challenge appropriately. Smaller groups need more time to search the same space, so that is the most obvious variable to scale. While there is a time and place for reflex-based QTEs, it doesn't belong in EVERY interaction. Different minigames based on the task you're performing would greatly improve the overall feel of the game. There aren't really any real, lore-based objectives to speak of. Adding some would improve the immersion and replayability by giving us a clue about WHY we are there, and giving us different, unique things to do every playthrough. Alternative routes for surviving the big storm at the end might also be a plus. After a certain point, even though the storm is not there yet, the QTE's become impossible, and you are just left to wait out mission failure. I'd argue there should be an alternate survival path players can attempt that remains viable even in the final seconds.