I've played tons of roguelike deckbuilders, and this one truly seems special. It leverages some unique risk/reward mechanics as you work to tame enemy creatures while sacrificing your own in order to pull off wins.

Shout out to the art style, bestiary & lore entries as well. It's rare that games in this genre can captivate you with the actual universe being built but I love the direction here.

It's challenging, fun, and has engaging mechanics...can't ask for much more when it comes to a roguelike.

Combat involves 3 on 3 fights in each lane. Turn order is determined by speed (green number). If speed is tied, both moves take place even if a creature dies.

If enemy is at 1 health and you have the preferred food, you can tame it. The key to the game is taming creatures to use for later battles.

After completing a battle, you are offered food, items, and a reward. There are 2 choices of creatures and rewards, so player needs to be plan ahead. The player needs to complete 8 battles to reach the boss and your team is healed fully before the boss.

- The taming aspect is interesting with 3 different types of food- meat, fish, and fruit. Most creatures prefer only 1 food and will have decreased taming chance if you use a non-preferred food.
- The hand drawn artwork has nice details with shiny effects. During battle phase, it shows a detailed image of the creature.
- In easy mode, player can use undo feature each battle if you made a mistake or want to change monster lane or moves used.
- For players that want a strategic challenge, this game rewards players that are able to make the best use of their resources- creatures, syringes, and items.

- Progression takes too much effort to unlock 1 new creature making the game feel grindy. Takes 2-3 full runs to unlock 1 creature after reaching level 5.
- Player is at a distinct disadvantage if you don't know what moves the boss has before facing it. The main way to get this info is by watching a YouTube Video or reading a guide to see their moves.
- After 2-3 fights, the enemies get much stronger and the player is forced to sacrifice creatures just to tame 1-2 in the next battle. If you don't play your turns optimally, you are out of creatures by the time you fight the boss.

- Show debuffs on top of the card instead of bottom left corner of creature. I am used to seeing negative effects on top of card/character in most card games.
- Add abilities or moves that disable heal moves for a turn. Healing creatures are too strong and require more resources to tame them.
- Add a shop before the boss to allow player to trade food/items for other items. After eight battles, you are stuck with several food items that can only be used to heal 2, which is not much compared to the health of enemies.

Conclusion:
Balance is the main issue of the game and is extremely grindy to unlock better creatures. If you can overlook the frustration with the difficulty, the game offers a interesting twist on the monster catching formula.
The roadmap specified they will adjust the difficulty so the devs are making changes based on community feedback.

I am recommending the game with the hope that they can make the difficulty more manageable and require less experience for unlocking new creatures. If you enjoy the difficulty from souls-like games and strategic elements from card games, check out the game or play the demo.

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Jogo bem interessante, uma pena não ter localização para Português.
Fiz um vídeo de uma gameplay para quem quiser conferir, está aqui:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttSzU84t0iQ