Tinkertown Review (Shiznitts)
I bought this game on a really good sale, for a little over $5.
A lot of promise and potential in a cute little package
Simple to get into with what seems to be an interesting story to uncover
One problem...it's already in Alpha
In less than 2 hours of playing I ran into 3 bugs and 3 QoL needs
1: A Completed Quest can be tracked
2: An Uncompleted Quests can't be tracked
3: Slimes repeatedly dodged arrows
A: Crafting isn't linked to nearby containers
B: There's no quick way to move an item in your inventory to your hotbar, so you have to drag and drop it. (Conversely, you can double click an item in your inventory to put it in your hand for immediate use so at least there's that)
C: There seems to be no zoom in/out for the Map.
The good news is that bug reporting is as easy as it gets and bug fixes are still being made from what I can tell
Now after some contemplation, I've decided to leave this as a negative (not recommended) review despite really wanting to give this a positive review.
Why?
1: The bugs while overall minor and being addressed are still too major and numerous for this to be in Alpha, IMO
2: Headup Publishing has 74 different titles under their belt, with another 20+ DLCs, and while they're not directly responsible for developing the game; one could easily make the assumption this title will get swept under the vast rug that is their portfolio, and that Headup Publishing is just a B-tier game pusher with no intent on putting out quality content.
3: Headup Development might see this and the context included and either; use it as a way to spite the negative reviews and improve the game, or; they won't and therefore are deserving of the negative review.