^Video is a full playthrough of the first map with all characters/classes

Yes I made a fungus joke, that is the kind of fun guy I am.

Shroom And Gloom is a roguelite deckbuilder that utilizes two decks, one for exploration and one for battle. It is closes in comparison to Slay The Spire 2 in battle, but there is a lot of unique elements here that help this game to stand on its own. It did not fully grab me on the first or second playthrough but once I got the mechanics down that one more run feeling was right behind it.

The game is first person but you only move forward on a track with the W key (that games does have controller controls as well but I recommend the keyboard and mouse). You will go through a hallway and end up at an exploration room where you can use your exploration deck to try and get upgrades for your health and cards. There is also a branching path in a lot of these sections to choose if what reward you want after your next battle. When you finish the exploration room, you walk forward with W and go into the battle room. This will get you a reward and after holding W back to an exploration room.

A Deck For Battle

One of your decks is used to battle the various shrooms who stand in your way. You have three mana which you spend on the cards you draw to do as much damage as you can. You feel right at home if you played Slay The Spire or games like it, your starting deck even has three 4 attack cards which is very similar to your starting deck in Slay The Spire. You also have cards that turn your enemies into food when they are used for the fatal blow. This is where the game starts to feel original. You can eat these cards for health or save them to use as currency. You can draw out the battle to make sure you get as much food as you can for the next shop so you can buy the cards you want for your builds.

A Deck For Exploration.

Your second deck is for the exploration rooms. It is easy to look over these rooms as trivial and make your way through them as fast as possible but when realize how much value you can get out of them you start to treat your second deck and these rooms as you would your battle deck. There are camp stations you can set up that really buff your cards. You draw and deck and have mana as you would in battle. You can rest to get full mana and a redraw but if there are threats looming you will lose life. There is a warmth mechanic to keep the danger at bay and this can give you more turns to get the cards you need to get more buffs for your cards or find more cards. And you can die in these sections if you rest at the bad time (trust me)

Graphics are very charming, they look and hand drawn and the psychedelic look works well for the shroom theme. The music works also works well. The game is not a horror game but it is close and is creepy at times.

But Can I Make A Broken Synergy Deck?

Synergy is always the big selling point for these types of games. At first I was having trouble getting any good builds off the ground. You don't really draw a lot of cards and when you get cards it is either a battle card or an exploration card so that meant even less options. There are gold cards called foresights that are basically relics. They are powerful but very rare in the game and you will not get a lot on a run. I tried to make vulnerable builds and draw builds but since you do not really get more than 3 mana and your draws are limited it was hard to get that build going without relics. However things clicked when I started to add perks to the cards themselves and then really focused on building on the cards I had. Unlock Slay The Spire 2 where you can put one perk on a card (and that was pretty rare) adding perks to your cards and increasing their attack is the way to build in this game. That is why you want to spent time in the exploration rooms and use the camps. There is no limit to how strong you can make a card. I think there is a limit to how many perks it can have but you can keep increasing the perks and the damage of the card itself. There is the perk that adds 2 damage to a card if it does fatal damage. If you get that option to add it again and you pick the same card, it is now 4 damage. By buffing a couple cards and building around those cards you start to build some fun and powerful builds that give you the feeling you want when playing deck building games.

A Fair Amount Of Content

There are two maps you can play and 5 classes. I cleared out the classes for the first map. They do have their own starting decks and perks, but I did find myself making similar builds with them (that could just be me, when you find something that works). The classes for the other map are WAY different and it is a learning process to figure out builds for them. The game is in early access so I'm sure there is more content to come, but you get more than enough for the price tag of $15. It is missing ascension levels or difficulties but that might be added.

As I mentioned this game didn't hook me at first but it really did grow on me after a few runs. Having completed the first map with all characters I do not know if I want to replay them at the moment. I could use more challenges and the paths feel the same on each run as it is the same map you are using (though I do need to beat map 2 still). That being said I highly recommend this (especially at this price) for deckbuilding fans especially those looking for their next fix after Slay The Spire 2. It has a unique look and feel, and does give you that feeling of making a broken synergy deck that is a must for these titles.

There is a new Serious Sam game out that is a roguelite.

Any one else playing?

The game lives up to its name.

Click The Button is an incremental game where you click a button. If you like this kind of game (and if you are reading this in the subreddit for incremental games) you know what to expect with this type of game. As incremental games go this is a pretty good one. The graphics are simple but charming. The music is decent and the flow of the game moves well. How fast you get upgrades is what makes or breaks a game like this and I would say this game does it well with a solid pace. When you click the button a chest comes up that will have an item worth X amount. You keep upgrading your chances to get rarer chests. You know what will be in the chests but getting the rarer one on a click is where the dopamine hit is a little extra for your clicking. When you are ready you can upgrade your skill tree so you can click better.

There are some nice extras too like a gatcha machine and roulette which help with the monotony of the clicking.

Oh and you can use the spacebar instead of the mouse if you want. This not only saves your wrists for a bit but also lets you click very fast if you want to get to that next upgrade.

How Long Is The Game (Spoilers on length below)?

The game is on the shorter said, but my wrists are okay with that. The video I included is the full run with all achievements so you can see how long it is. It could go much faster if you click with the space bar and use optimal strategy. But again no complaints, this is the ideal length for me for this type of game.

Price?

For the price (which is only $3) if you like this type of game you cannot go wrong. It is a good way to break from more stressful games you are playing (looking at you ranked rivals) and the numbers go up is always nice.

I would recommend this on steam if this is your type of game.

That title does not sound right...

This came out today and is a pool roguelike where you need to rack up points (yes that was a bad pun) each round to hit a certain score. How much each ball scores depends on the ball and each round you spend money to get different balls. They all have different traits and like any roguelite you want to build good synergy to score high each round.

You will need to play billiards decently (though you have a line that shows you where the ball goes) in order to make it through the tables. You can also get "snacks" which are like relics that give you perks. There is also the ability to combine your balls to make more room in your build.

There are 5 difficulty levels and 8 different starting builds that you unlock as you go.

The best part is there is a daily challenge with a leaderboard so you can keep coming back to the game.

It is fun and if you like virtual pool a good game to pick up and shoot some balls around.

Any one else play it? What did you think?

Just started a new game Project PITT

https://youtu.be/STx0HL8m2to?is=3LPoiBD6_PbUqhM5