Info about Wall World: Official game description: Welcome to the Wall World, a mining rogue-lite with tower defense elements. Explore procedurally generated mines and discover fantastical biomes. Find resources and technologies for purchasing valuable upgrades. Fight off hordes of aggressive monsters using your mobile base. Roam the Wall freely day and night, in various weather conditions. Find traces of "the others" and boldly mine where no man has mined before. Mine ---- Burrow deep into the Wall in different places. Look for resources and technologies for upgrades, discover new biomes in the mines — but don't forget to return to your robospider in time for the next monster attack. Fight ----- Shoot and hack at the nightmarish creatures with a variety of weapons, from simple machine guns to homing missiles. Increase your chances of survival by breaking camp instantly and continuing the fight on the go. Upgrade ------- Modernize your exosuit with resources and technologies you find to move faster in mines and break through ever harder rocks. Upgrade your robospider's combat stats to deal with the increasingly dangerous enemies that await you on the endless Wall. Build ----- Build automatic turrets, repair stations and resource harvesters and upgrade buildings to maximize your chances of success. But first you'll have to find the blueprints in the depths of the Wall. Explore ------- Discover mysterious locations and fantastic biomes. See how the Wall World changes as you move deeper along it, day and night. Release date: 5 Apr, 2023 Categories: Roguelike, Tower Defense, Resource Management, Base Building, Exploration, Procedural Generation, Real-time Combat, Character Progression - Hardware Profile: No data Feature extractions: - Community Price: No data - Playtime Metrics: No data - Time-to-fun: No data - Player Archetypes: No data Below are summaries of things people say about the game per category. Each point is assigned a weight that represents how often it is mentioned across all reviews. What players like: - Rewarding progression and upgrades (weight 0.93): The game features a rewarding progression system, both within individual runs and through permanent upgrades. Players feel a sense of accomplishment as they unlock new abilities, tools, and content, making each run feel meaningful and encouraging replayability. This meta-progression system keeps players engaged and motivated to continue playing. - Fun, addictive, and enjoyable gameplay (weight 0.83): The game is consistently praised for being fun, enjoyable, and addictive. Many reviewers highlight the game's ability to provide hours of entertainment and its engaging gameplay loop. The game is also often described as relaxing, simple, and easy to pick up, making it suitable for casual play. - Appealing pixel art and graphics (weight 0.69): The game's graphics, particularly its pixel art style, are frequently praised for being visually appealing, detailed, and well-executed. Reviewers appreciate the game's aesthetics, noting the beautiful environments, smooth animations, and overall immersive atmosphere. The music and sound design also contribute positively to the game's overall presentation. - Engaging spider-mech upgrade system (weight 0.41): The game features a unique core mechanic centered around mining, exploration, and upgrading a spider-like robot. Players enjoy the process of gathering resources, improving their equipment, and customizing their spider to become a powerful force. The spider's design and animations are also frequently praised. - Better than/Worthy alternative to Dome Keeper (weight 0.24): The game is often compared to Dome Keeper, with many reviewers finding it to be an improvement or a worthy alternative. Reviewers note that this game offers more depth, variety, and a more engaging gameplay loop than Dome Keeper. The game is also praised for its lower price point and more accessible gameplay. - Excellent and substantial DLC content (weight 0.18): The DLC adds significant content to the game, including new enemies, weapons, and a challenging new area to explore. Reviewers praise the DLC for its increased difficulty, engaging combat, and satisfying progression system. The DLC is also considered to be a worthwhile purchase that enhances the overall gaming experience. - Varied upgrades and progression elements (weight 0.08): The game features a variety of upgrades and progression elements that enhance the gameplay experience. Players enjoy optimizing their builds, experimenting with different strategies, and becoming more powerful over time. The game's progression system is smooth and intuitive, effectively teaching players how to play. - Freedom, exploration, and discovery (weight 0.07): The game offers a sense of freedom and exploration, allowing players to discover new things and progress at their own pace. Reviewers appreciate the game's unique setting, engaging gameplay, and overall sense of discovery. The game is also praised for its ability to provide a relaxing and enjoyable experience. - Creative combination of gameplay elements (weight 0.06): The game creatively combines exploration, construction, and survival elements, offering a unique and engaging experience. Reviewers appreciate the game's innovative gameplay, random level generation, and overall sense of discovery. The game is also praised for its unique 2D platform exploration setting in a mysterious future world. - Good and unique roguelike/lite (weight 0.06): The game is described as a good roguelike or roguelite, with innovative mechanics and engaging gameplay. Reviewers appreciate the game's unique take on the genre and its overall fun and addictive nature. The game is also praised for its short length, making it a good entry point for roguelite beginners. - Pleasant music and sound design (weight 0.05): The game features pleasant music and sound design that contributes positively to the overall experience. Reviewers appreciate the game's relaxing BGM and the effective use of contrasting music to create a sense of loneliness during exploration and tension during battles. The combat is also described as enjoyable and satisfying. Common complaints: - Repetitive, short, and lacks depth (weight 0.96): The game suffers from repetitive gameplay loops, a lack of engaging content, and a short main story. Many reviewers found themselves quickly bored, with little motivation to continue playing after completing the main objectives. The game also lacks a save feature, which can lead to progress loss and frustration. - Excessive grinding, RNG-dependent progression (weight 0.58): Progression is heavily gated by grinding for resources, blueprints, and keys, often relying on RNG. This makes the game feel tedious and frustrating, as player skill is less important than luck and time investment. Some reviewers felt forced to grind even after maxing out meta-progression. - Tedious and unrewarding mining (weight 0.56): Mining, a core gameplay mechanic, is often described as slow, tedious, and lacking in variety. Limited inventory space, frequent enemy interruptions, and the need to transport resources manually further exacerbate the issue. The game's time constraints also prevent leisurely mining and exploration. - Underdeveloped story, unsatisfying ending (weight 0.47): The game's story and lore are underdeveloped, leaving players feeling unsatisfied and without a clear understanding of the world and their objectives. The ending is often abrupt and anticlimactic, failing to provide closure or motivation for further play. The story feels incomplete, even with DLC. - Inconsistent difficulty, unbalanced bosses (weight 0.46): The game features difficulty spikes and balancing issues, particularly with bosses. Some bosses are considered too easy, while others are frustratingly difficult, sometimes resulting in one-hit kills. The game also includes scripted deaths and artificial difficulty increases. - Lacks polish, buggy, unfinished feel (weight 0.23): The game suffers from a lack of polish, with reviewers noting bugs, crashes, and performance issues. The game also lacks logical consistency and feels unfinished, with minimal content and a plot conveyed through only a few lines of text. The game feels like it is only 80% complete. - Poor weapon balance, uninspired combat (weight 0.16): Weapon balance is questionable, with some weapons being significantly less effective than others. The starting machine gun is often considered weak and ineffective, while other weapons are too niche or require specific upgrades to be viable. Combat can also feel repetitive and uninspired. - Poor movement, frustrating level design (weight 0.1): The Spider's initial slow movement makes it difficult to dodge enemy projectiles. The game also features indestructible blocks in later tunnels, creating frustrating navigation challenges that detract from the overall experience. The game's map design is poor, with confusing layouts and no clear directions. - Obtuse design, clunky controls (weight 0.09): The game suffers from obtuse design choices, a lack of clear guidance, and clunky controls. Many gameplay elements feel like a waste of time, and the game's mechanics are overly simplistic and frustrating in small details. The game feels unpolished overall. - Uninspired meta-progression system (weight 0.05): Meta upgrades are basic and boring, mostly consisting of static buffs. In-run upgrades and gem collecting feel worthless until the meta-game is upgraded. The game becomes trivial once meta progression is maxed out. The game's meta progression system forces grinding to complete the story mode, diminishing the fun. Gameplay feedback: - Mine, defend, upgrade spider-mech (weight 0.41): The core gameplay loop involves controlling a spider-like mech to mine resources from a vertical wall, defend against enemy waves, and upgrade equipment. Players explore mines, collect resources, and return to the mech to defend against increasingly difficult enemy attacks. The game combines mining, tower defense, and roguelite elements. - Permanent and temporary upgrades (weight 0.14): The game features a roguelike structure with both permanent and temporary upgrades. Permanent upgrades persist between runs, while temporary upgrades are lost upon death. This meta-progression system encourages repeated playthroughs to accumulate currency and unlock persistent enhancements. - Timed waves and boss fights (weight 0.14): The game features timed enemy waves and boss encounters, creating a sense of urgency. Players must manage their time effectively to gather resources, upgrade equipment, and defend against increasingly difficult attacks. The core gameplay loop involves surviving timed waves while upgrading the mech. - Vertical exploration and resource tiers (weight 0.11): Players can explore both upwards and downwards, with different resources available in each direction. The game requires balancing resource acquisition, defense, and upgrades. The world is divided into distinct layers, each with unique resources and challenges. - Explore mines, gather resources/blueprints (weight 0.1): Players explore procedurally generated mines to gather resources, blueprints, and lore fragments. These resources are used to upgrade equipment and construct special buildings. The game balances mining, upgrading, and defending against enemies. - Roguelite elements and replayability (weight 0.07): The game incorporates roguelite elements, such as procedurally generated levels and challenges. These elements encourage replayability and provide a unique experience in each run. However, some reviewers note that the roguelike elements are minimal. - Unique wall world setting (weight 0.06): The game is set in a unique world where society lives attached to the walls of a large wall. The game features a catalog of ores, fitting the world-exploration theme. The game features a single Wall World to navigate instead of multiple worlds. - Collect keys to beat game (weight 0.05): The game involves collecting five keys to reach the top floor and fight the final boss. After defeating the boss and collecting all the keys, the game is considered complete. Collecting 5 keys and reaching the top activates a machine that banishes a dark entity, removing time limits and allowing free play. - Shooting-based combat and dodging (weight 0.03): Combat involves shooting projectiles while dodging enemy attacks. The movement mechanics of the mech and weapon rotation speed create interesting combat, balancing enemy avoidance and targeting. Combat offers a variety of weapons and enemies that encourage mobility and adaptability. - Similar to Dome Keeper (weight 0.03): The game is similar to Dome Keeper, but the dome is mobile. Movement mechanics have notable differences compared to Dome Keeper. The game features a mobile base for defense against hordes of monsters. - DLC adds difficulty/content (weight 0.02): The DLC has a significantly higher difficulty level. The DLC provides story supplementation and new upgrades. The DLC introduces new gameplay mechanics, specifically jumping. - Keyboard and mouse controls (weight 0.02): The game uses a combination of keyboard and mouse controls, which are generally precise, but can suffer from input lag during animations. The game is straightforward with some nuances in how to manage your resources. - Find blueprints and secrets (weight 0.02): Players can find cores to obtain blueprint, and weapons from abandoned machines in large spaces. Discovering hidden secrets within the wall, such as technology schematics, weapons, and upgrades, is a key element. Blueprints can be obtained with a certain probability from the 2nd area and above. - Upgrade spider after destruction (weight 0.02): After destroying a spider, the player can permanently upgrade their own spider in the workshop. The protagonist aims to upgrade a standard mining spider to a 'bird eater' with Megan's help by trading diamond dust. - Equipment-based, simple idea (weight 0.02): It's not a strategic game, but it makes you use your brain to make certain actions. The game is equipment-based, not skill-based. The core game idea is simple. Performance notes: - Inconsistent bug presence (weight 0.03): Some players report a smooth, bug-free experience, while others encounter various issues. This suggests that the presence and severity of bugs may vary depending on the player's system or gameplay style. - Technical limitations and workarounds (weight 0.03): The game has some technical limitations, such as a 60 FPS lock and resolution settings that may not function correctly. Some players have found workarounds for performance issues, such as disabling the Steam overlay. - Low hardware requirements (weight 0.03): The game has low PC hardware requirements and can run on older or less powerful computers. However, some players have reported performance issues even on mid-range PCs, suggesting that optimization may be inconsistent. - Inconsistent Steam Deck experience (weight 0.03): The game's performance and playability on the Steam Deck are inconsistent. Some users report a positive experience, while others have encountered bugs, overheating, and visual issues like small sprites. - Lag with many particles/resources (weight 0.02): The game experiences lag and frame drops when breaking many blocks simultaneously or when there are many resources on screen. This suggests that the game's performance can be affected by particle effects and the number of objects being rendered. - Specific, isolated bugs reported (weight 0.02): Several specific bugs were reported, including bosses appearing simultaneously, enemies getting stuck offscreen, persistent rocket noises, and enemy wave despawning issues. These are isolated incidents that may not affect all players. - Image distortion when jumping (weight 0.01): The game has a visual distortion bug when quickly moving between the top and bottom of the location. This is a minor graphical glitch that does not significantly impact gameplay. Recommendations: - Good value, especially on sale (weight 0.77): The game is frequently recommended, especially when on sale, due to its low price offering good value and many hours of entertainment. However, some reviewers suggest waiting for a sale to purchase, while others find it worth the full price. A few reviewers actively discourage purchasing the game, even at a discount. - Relaxing, casual, good time-killer (weight 0.36): Many reviewers recommend the game as a relaxing and casual experience, perfect for winding down or killing time. The game is simple and doesn't require much thought, making it suitable for short play sessions or as a second-screen activity. - Anticipation for more content (weight 0.1): Many reviewers express excitement for future content, including DLC and sequels, indicating a desire for more story and gameplay. Some specifically mention plot points that hint at a continuation of the story. - Compared to Dome Keeper (weight 0.04): Several reviewers compare the game to Dome Keeper, with opinions split on which game is better. Some recommend Dome Keeper instead, while others find this game to be a worthwhile alternative or even superior. - Specific gameplay and upgrade tips (weight 0.04): Reviewers offer specific gameplay tips, such as prioritizing certain upgrades (camouflage net, bombs, guided missile amplifier, depth scanner) and weapon choices (turret printer early game). These tips can help players optimize their gameplay and overcome challenges. - Needs balancing and improvements (weight 0.02): Some reviewers believe the game has potential but needs improvements to balancing, upgrades, and overall design. Some reviewers feel the game should not be a roguelike in its current state. - Highly recommended overall (weight 0.02): The game is highly recommended for providing entertainment over several evenings. The reviewer suggests doing yourself a favor and trusting their recommendation. - Try before you buy (weight 0.01): Some reviewers suggest watching gameplay videos or trying the game to see if it suits individual preferences. One reviewer finds the game interesting enough to play once a month. - Perfect for short sessions (weight 0.01): Perfect bite-sized gameplay is ideal for short sessions, similar to Cobalt Core. Recommends as a light roguelike game that can be completed within 5 playthroughs. - Requires patience to upgrade (weight 0.01): The game requires patience, as the spider/развалюха takes a while to upgrade to a satisfactory level. The game is a surmountable Roguelike, requiring patience to improve your spider. - Satisfying dot animation (weight 0.01): The game experience (and dot animation) was satisfying. The game is worth seeing for those who like dot animation. - Soundtrack is forgettable (weight 0.01): Soundtrack is good but forgettable. The game is best enjoyed with the music turned off. - Expansion only worth buying on sale (weight 0.01): The expansion is only worth purchasing on sale. Buy this on sale with the DLC. - Ignore the writing (weight 0.01): The game is best enjoyed ignoring the writing. The reviewer recommends that players uncover the truth of the game's world. - Desire for 3D RPG version (weight 0.01): The reviewer strongly desires a 3D RPG version of the game's world. The reviewer desires a more peaceful gameplay experience to better complement the relaxing music. - Look elsewhere for better value (weight 0.01): The reviewer found the experience enjoyable and considers it worth the discounted price of 12 RMB. The reviewer suggests looking elsewhere for better value. - Request an immediate refund (weight 0.01): The reviewer requests an immediate refund. The reviewer would rather have paid more for a better experience if issues were fixed. - Overall score is average (weight 0.01): Overall rating: 3 out of 5 nodes. Overall score: 6/10 Other player notes: - Simple, short, budget-friendly experience (weight 0.07): The game features a simple pixel art style and a basic story, which is enough to enjoy the gameplay. The game is short, easy to learn, and priced appropriately, but the audio is average. - DLC expands content, progression (weight 0.05): The game has DLC that expands the content and is required for achievements. The DLC's difficulty is balanced around having base game upgrades, and the reward system may encourage players to purchase it. - Intriguing wall-world setting (weight 0.05): The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world where humans live on a giant wall, mining resources and defending against monsters. The concept and setting are interesting and intriguing. - Gameplay saturation is lacking (weight 0.02): The reviewer had to force themselves to finish the game, fearing they would never return to it if they stopped. This indicates a lack of gameplay saturation during the playthrough. - Roguelike with limited story (weight 0.02): The game is a roguelike, meaning completing it on the first try is highly unlikely. There's not much of a story, which is common in roguelikes. - Hopes for sequel/endless mode (weight 0.02): Reviewers hope for a sequel or an endless mode to be added to the game. This indicates that the game has potential for further development and expansion. - Development stopped, no updates (weight 0.01): The game's development has stopped nearly a year ago, indicating a lack of ongoing support or updates. Emotions: No emotions}