Ropuka's Idle Island

While it is exactly what it says, an Idle game, I just couldn't really find it enjoyable. I only kept it up and running so I could 100% before I uninstalled and it took a whopping 380 hours. I was hoping for a little more engagement but if you just want a cute little buddy on your screen while you work then its for you.

It definitely is a desktop companion game because you are going to have to have it open a LOT to get any meaningful progress. By the way, this game generates a MASSIVE file in its folder for some reason. If you experience any HDD space problems, just check that.

Rusty's retirement is a lot more satisfying and fun. There's not much to interact with that isn't cosmetic or incrementally upgrading stats, so it feels more like a widget than a good idle game. I don't recommend this one if you prefer idle games to at least have some level of game to it.

lo-fi背景音乐和天气白噪音很好听，非常适合上班挂机，想起来的时候就去抽抽奖，换换装扮

you better appreciate the paper doll aesthetic because there are 0 sound effects. the ui scale selection is buggy and nonsense and theres little to nothing happening here in terms of progression or enjoyment. the ui is poorly designed and nonsensical, somethings get their own entire space, somethings are crammed together, some things are buried behind another thing for no reason, feels like AI design or at most the worst effort put forward to making a program. this game is girlbait, preying upon the cozy aesthetic with quite literally nothing else of value. it should be free and I guarantee you there's a way better idle game out there for free to waste your time in.

I love my little frog I hope he loves his little baby life

look, if i didn't have 10 hours into this i probably would've refunded. at 1st i absolutely loved the vibes of this, perfect for running idly while i play a visual novel or read a book, especially with the different weather soundscapes. but the progression is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ slow. 10 hours in and i've barely made a dent in any unlocks while i've had to look at a guide on how to max my build the best (which for an idle game that is a ridiculous sentence to say) and even with that... it's just so slow... i don't feel the progression or the sense of satisfaction of making a really cute island for my little guy. i just slog it with gambling for random furniture pieces and of course each piece has to have 5 different variants (with an achievement for collecting all of those...) and just. ugh. i don't know. it really bums me out when collecting tokens is so expensive and the stats to upgrade your little guy cost just goes up and up at a really fast rate vs what you make. i normally love trying to 100% games but i don't know if i can do this one... just feels like a game that wants to overstay its welcome with how many hours it expects and not giving you much in return. EDIT: i assumed the 5 different dots beneath a furniture item were different variants or colors... but no... they're just duplicates. and this is required to get 5 of each item for an achievement? seriously?