STOVE

Mr. Quab caught 27 dinosaurs!
🦕 The dinosaur is laughing at Quab...
Next time, try faster!

Hello! This is Mojo Games.

This patch adds gear balance, bug fixes, and minor improvements!

[Balance-Equipment]

-Equipment [Lark]

Previous Effect: +1% critical damage when killing an enemy

After Effect: +0.4% critical damage when killing an enemy

-Equipment [Golden Bow]

Previous Effect: Gain (0-200) Dena on critical hit.

After Effect: Gain (0-80) Dena on critical hit.

-> I'm sorry for nerfing the Golden Bow, which is popular for its cool appearance and powerful effects. ㅜㅠ

I judged that the growth peak of both pieces of equipment was too high compared to other royal equipment.

We've made a high number of nerfs. We'll be more careful about equipment balance in the future.

I would like to apologize again to those who use the above equipment ㅜㅠ

[Improvements]

-Save speed settings

-You can zoom in on the minimap by pressing the TAB key while exploring.

-Changed the location of challenge and discovery alarms to the center

[Bug fixes]

-Fixed the phenomenon of moving to the next floor during a battle at the entrance to the next floor.

-Fixed a bug where existing equipment information remained on the HUD when starting a new game after ending the game.

-Fixed so that events and battles do not appear when interacting with a dimensional gate

We are currently preparing additional DLC heroes, free updates, etc.

Please look forward to future updates.

thank you!

Prince Hye-min caught 78 dinosaurs!
You have some good skills!
But aren't the real experts faster?

STOVE70717802 caught 102 dinosaurs!
Top Ranker Mode ON 👑
But you mustn't let your guard down!

Nowon-gu Kobi caught 100 dinosaurs!
Top Ranker Mode ON 👑
But you mustn't let your guard down!

Tingle caught 27 dinosaurs!
🦕 The dinosaur is laughing at Tingle...
Next time, try faster!

● Haste
Haste is the next game from Landfall, the developer of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator and Content Warning, and is a unique roguelike racing game that has you racing forward while cutting through the wind. Its unique, expansive worldview and the thrilling speed of gliding and running are thrilling. The game also introduces roguelike elements to the racing genre, such as choosing the next course by randomly forming forks or obtaining artifacts with various effects to make the game easier. As the game progresses, the space to run decreases, restrictions arise due to cracks approaching from behind, and obstacles appear to block the player's free running, gradually increasing the difficulty. In addition to the thrilling speed, it is a difficult and thrilling racing game that requires precise control and a little luck.

● Raid Auctus
Idle Dungeon is a casual idle game where you recruit party members of various classes one by one and fight monster raids. The black and white visuals and cleanly organized screen interface are quite hip, and the game play that requires a lot of hands is impressive, a little different from the game's title. You accumulate experience through repeated battles, and use the accumulated experience to learn skills and raise the level of the player and party members. When the total level of the party reaches a certain level, you can recruit new party members, and if the party is strong enough, you can challenge new raids and expand the area little by little. After that, you can acquire permanent upgrades instead of starting a new game through knowledge transfer, and greatly increase the growth speed of the party members. It shows a growth speed that is hard to handle, so it can be said that it is a game that definitely releases dopamine through rapid growth.

● Koira

This is a narrative adventure game where the player controls the main character and must explore the forest with the new puppy friend, Koira, while avoiding vicious hunters. (As a side note, the game's title, Koira, is said to mean 'dog' in Finnish.) The sensory visuals that highlight the sharp contrast of black and white, the gameplay where you explore and solve situations with your companion puppy, and the unique narrative that deals with themes of friendship with a puppy and communion with nature are impressive.

The puppy follows the main character throughout the game, and you must always work with the puppy to solve puzzles or resolve situations. Since the puppy is so energetic, it moves around so actively that it is crazy, sometimes ahead of the main character and sometimes behind him. This actually feels cute because it seems to reproduce the characteristics of a real pet. In addition, the process of using notes or chords to communicate with various creatures in the forest and open a path forward conveys a unique sense of mechanism and a clear message of communication with nature. In addition, the presence of a hunter chasing the main character and the puppy heightens the sense of crisis and raises the tension of the game. It is recommended as an adventure game that is easy to play with a fairy tale-like sensibility.

● Commander Quest

Commander Quest is a unique strategy simulation game that combines deck-building roguelike and unit battles. Each turn, you can deploy new allied units or provide various buff effects to existing allied units using cards within the cost range, and you can also set the location of the unit deployment yourself to form a certain unit camp. You must win repeated battles to obtain new cards or remove weak cards to grow your deck, and you must make the best deck and deal with situations through appropriate choices in various sudden events. In the process of playing the game repeatedly, new cards, relics, and commander skills are unlocked, so you can play the game in different ways each time you play it. This game stands out for its novel attempt to introduce elements of deck-building roguelike to a casual fall simulation based on unit deployment and automatic battles, and those looking for a deck-building roguelike game with a different feel will enjoy it.

● Gnomes

Gnomes is a tower defense style casual strategy game where you have to properly deploy your dwarf army to defend your base from the oncoming goblin hordes. The unique pixel graphics that remind you of classic games from decades ago and the incredibly low capacity of only 37.98MB are quite impressive. In addition, there are many strategic elements such as purchasing and deploying new dwarves every turn, planting crops to gain additional gold in the next turn, or acquiring artifacts with various effects to turn the game around to your advantage. You only need to pass 16 waves to clear the game, and the game stage is small and the goblins move quickly, so the game tempo is very fast, and there are various guilds and areas, so the content is also rich.

But the most impressive thing about this game is that you can freely move the dwarves and some of the pieces you've placed. The direction and path of the goblin horde change with each wave, so you can flexibly and efficiently respond by placing your dwarves and some of your pieces to change the path of the goblin horde. Thanks to this, you can respond by changing the placement here and there in the early stages when you don't have enough resources, dwarves, and pieces, and in the later stages when the majority of the goblin horde comes, you can place the dwarves, crops, and pieces you've secured so far like a wall, creating a natural and interesting game flow. This is a unique and fresh tower defense game that I recommend.

● All in Abyss: Judge the Fake

All In Abyss: Judge the Deceit is the next game from WSS Playground, the developer of Needy Girl Overdose. It is an adventure game with a unique feel that combines pretty girls, gambling, and mystery. The main character of the game, Asaha Senahara, a legendary gambler who is obsessed with gambling and displays her own madness and beliefs, must see through the tricks of four witches in a city called a special zone and win against them in poker battles. There are traces of influence from the Danganronpa series, such as the character design with a decent appearance but a hint of madness, the game play centered on seeing through the lies and deception of the opponents, and the execution scene of the four witches (or Asaha Senahara) that appears at the end of each episode.

Each episode progresses by going around each district of the city and having a poker battle with other characters to gather enough information about the four witches, deducing the four witches' tricks based on the collected clues, and then seeing through the witches' tricks in the poker battle. The poker battle with its unique multiplier system can easily end up as a 'training session meta', but it is fun to decide the winner in one shot by raising the multiplier as much as possible. In addition, in the poker battle with the witches, the fun is in controlling the flow of the poker battle by seeing through the tricks, and in using various skills at the right time to occupy the high ground. In addition, the four witches' reactions when the tricks are seen, and the stories of each of the four witches and the final slaughter scene provide sadistic/masochistic catharsis.

● Pilo and the Holobook

 Philo and the Holobook is a casual adventure game where you become Philo, an apprentice on a small planet, and use the Holobook to collect stickers of everything you see. You have to travel around four planets to collect stickers. Some stickers require you to meet different conditions to collect them, while others have short descriptions related to the game's settings, which adds to the fun. The story, which involves finding the source of a pollutant called tar and purifying it, also presents a message about environmental pollution. It is a bit disappointing that the convenience of scanning the Holobook and collecting stickers is a bit lacking, and the play time is short at about 2 to 3 hours, but the bright and cute visuals, comfortable atmosphere, and simple yet healthy gameplay where you just have to collect stickers without any major conflicts are appealing.

● Blue Prince
Blue Prince is a unique puzzle adventure game that introduces roguelike elements to the room escape puzzle game played from a first-person perspective. The player places rooms on a blueprint that appears every time a different type of room appears, moves according to the blueprint, and solves puzzles in each room to reach the final room, number 46. The types of rooms presented change every time the game is played, so the game's appearance changes every time, and due to the restrictions of the number of steps and keys, it is virtually impossible to reach room 46 in one go. Therefore, you have to play the game several times to figure out the types of puzzles and solutions installed in the various rooms in the game, and place the rooms appropriately on the blueprint to continue the game for as long as possible. In addition, the various types of puzzles, including puzzles that make full use of the characteristics of the English alphabet and words, and the story that you have to infer on your own based on the countless hints that appear, boast considerable immersion. This is an attempt to introduce roguelike elements to escape rooms, so it may be a bit too much for my taste, but it is a game that those who prefer puzzle adventure games where you figure things out on your own without much explanation or guidance will be very satisfied with.

● Lushfoil Photography Sim
Rushfoil Photography Sim is an adventure simulation game where you have to travel to various places that could exist in the real world, take pictures, and discover mysterious totems. The high-quality visuals that are close to real life, the soft and sweet soundtrack, and the high degree of freedom in the game play where you can freely move around, enjoy the scenery, and take pictures using various camera functions are attractive. In particular, the game design that includes various functions that would be found in an actual DSLR camera, so you can use them to find the desired composition, take your own beautiful pictures, and save them, really stimulates the psychology of camera and photo enthusiasts. In addition, there are enough elements of exploration, such as taking pictures at specific spots or finding hidden totems to achieve goals. This game is recommended for those who want to have an indirect experience of traveling to natural scenery without any conflict or crisis.

● Us from another star (Bokura: Planet)

We of Another Star is a casual adventure game that tells the story of two crew members who join forces to escape from a crash-landed planet. Two players control two crew members each and proceed with the game, and each player must share the information displayed on their screen with the other player. Since each player has information that can be helpful to the other player, it is difficult to solve the game without close communication, but on the other hand, it is possible to play absurdly that is far from cooperation or collaboration, such as interfering with the other player's actions or knocking the other player off a cliff through the 'push' action. In addition to escaping from the crash-landed planet, the two crew members have different real goals, and this holds a crucial clue not only in the game's story but also in solving the game. It is a strangely-feeling two-player cooperative game where the two players must cooperate while hiding their own ulterior motives.

● World of Goo 2

 World of Goo 2 is the sequel to World of Goo, which was first released in 2008, 17 years later. It is a puzzle adventure game where you have to solve puzzles by appropriately utilizing 'goo', a strange life form with slime-like properties similar to liquid. You have to place dozens of goos to build buildings and bridges and form terrain to make the black liquid flow safely to the designated location. The game play is impressive as it has unique properties but somehow faithful to the laws of physics, requiring you to use your brain to connect the goos and find the optimal efficiency. In addition, the game's appearance is enriched by the presence of 60 stages with various goals and dozens of variant goos. It can be said to be a game that appeals to fun with its unique cute worldview and soundtrack, game design that is strangely faithful to the laws of physics, and puzzles that require meticulous brain work.

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I was a gamer who had never played a game in the genre called 'pre-teen'.

But as a member of the Stove Crew, I wanted to try a genre of game I had never experienced before!

I chose the visual novel genre.

that

Run

place

Haha, voila, it was a feminine scent~ The day will come when I get a 2D boyfriend

I will include observations as a "female-oriented visual novel", but I will also thoroughly examine what value it has as a "game" overall!

Let's go!

This total score is the extremely subjective total score of 'Kim Se-min'.

I have analyzed the reasons for the total scores below, so please read them carefully. =͟͟͞͞(๑•̀д•́๑)

Playtime!

Scarlet Cross is a multi-ending visual novel.

There is a certain flow to the story, but your feelings for a certain character deepen(?) or you make a wrong choice.

You can see the character's special ending or bad ending.

I simply thought that dating simulations were a genre that people played because they liked handsome or pretty characters on a 2D screen.

This is better than I thought

Beyond just 'romance', I was impressed by the fact that each character had a living narrative.

The characters felt like "one entity" that developed relationships with the player, each with their own charming personality, rather than being mere consumable items for the player to choose from.

And you know what?

This game is so

It's full dubbing. (Except for the main characters)

As someone who likes voice actors, this was good... (the lineup is also legendary)

Game Synopsis and Characters -

In the medieval times, where demons are rampant, the protagonist is leading an ordinary life as an apprentice exorcist (aka exorcist).

Then one day, the main character is attacked by a demon with a different appearance than usual demons.

The protagonist, who was thought to be dead, suddenly gains unexpected powers.

He joins the ace squad "0th Squadron" , which is made up of characters with their own stories.

It was an unexpected power, but it was also a curse, and it was not my fate to live with the curse inside me.

Spend extraordinary days with the 0th Squad members, slaying demons and searching for a way to lift the curse.

(There's a more detailed story after that, but it's a spoiler, so you'll have to play it yourself!)

Main heroine

Declan Houset "The one who struggles at the end of a dead end"

Declan is a cold-blooded man with a cool and realistic personality.

I was impressed by how he often maintained his composure and quickly solved problems in any dangerous situation.

But the main character has a warmer... gap moe than anyone else.

I am a true "chocolate, dessert" maniac.

Mandy "A tortured soul at a crossroads"

Mandy was a character that suited my taste quite well.

If you carefully read my first review, "Hwanse Chwiho Jeon Plus", you may have noticed that I'm a huge fan of hot-blooded and cheerful characters.

I thought Mandy was just a hot-blooded character, but as I watched, I found out that she had a painful past.. My heart was torn apart.

It was impressive how he treated the main character with a passionate affection that he didn't usually show, but as they became closer, he showed his true feelings and became more serious.

Contrary to his rough speech and behavior, he has a surprisingly great talent for cooking.

Elliot "He who dwells in timeless time"

Elliot was a character that could only be conquered by seeing both the main endings of "Decklen" and "Mandy".

As you can see from the illustration, it exudes a considerable sense of mystery.

Something... at the end of mystery

Something... if you dig deeper

What!! I was secretly hoping that there would be a shocking twist, but maybe I'm just not perceptive. Hmm... I think it was more disappointing than I thought because there was no dopamine that solved the mystery. Who knows? If there's anyone who can try to conquer it and figure out Elliot's hidden true meaning, please play it and let me know. ㅎㅎ

Characters that cannot be conquered as heroines

Colin

In every game, there's a bit of a tutorial or NPC that helps you get used to the game, right?

Like X-Riel from UnX-Tail

Like X-Tenara from X-Bear Watch

Anyway, our Colin too! He plays that kind of role.

Although it does not break the fourth wall, it allows the player to naturally blend in as the main character in the world of the game called Scarlet Cross.

I felt like I was being led very naturally. It's harder than you think to give that feeling.

But I was impressed by the kindness with which he helped me understand the world view so naturally.

Chester

The clown of the 0th unit that the main character and other characters belong to(..)

I'm sorry to Chester, so I'll change the word clown to licorice.

If Colin was a character who helped immerse the player into the world,

Chester just felt like a sidekick? A character for my "main character", not a character for the player.

(To be honest, he wasn't that impressive of a character)

And I, Kwak Du-pal (Strong Me.)

You can set the main character's name yourself.

I thought it was a great feature that helped add another level of immersion

Of course, that's not my real name.

The default name was "Camilla".

I wanted my main character to be strong, so I named him Seboi. Haha

Control keys!

Choice System -

An indispensable feature for pre-teens.

It's a selection feature.

Depending on your choices, you may gain favor with the character.

The ending branch may also change.

If you're unlucky, you might even see the bad ending.

Effect that increases Mandy's favorability by choosing a specific option (blue Mandy's unique sentence)

You can see right away that there are a lot of branches!?

It was fun to save for each choice and see multiple endings!

I think this is the greatest advantage of being premature.

Ability to hide dialogue windows to focus on cutscenes -

Q. Can't I see these high-quality illustrations in full??!!?!?!

A. Click on the X in the red circle here!

Ta-da~ Complete viewing of the full illustration~

Happy arms surrounded by handsome young men.. I hope you are happy.

Save Load System -

(Several cutscenes that seem to show a really heartwarming daily life with Mandy)

To see multiple quarters stably

I saved every time a choice came up.

You can save and load anytime, anywhere,

There are a whopping 12 x 9 = 108 save files available...

The convenience from a player's perspective is truly amazing.

Gallery -

Here are the cutscenes that the player saw.

Declan / Mandy / Elliot / Normal Cutscene

It's organized in order. I didn't really notice the cutscenes while playing the game, but after seeing them all gathered together like this, I realized there really are a lot of them.
It's very full now, so I mosaiced it to prevent spoilers!

Other features -

From left to right, the tabs are Music, Movie, and Option.

1. Music > Songs you listen to while playing the game will be recorded.

2. Movie > Movie cut scenes seen during the game are recorded. (I think there are only two)

3. Option > This is a tab where you can adjust small functions (such as speed or volume) during the game.

This total score is my extremely subjective total score, 'Kim Se-min'.

Personally, as someone who likes dynamic games with high player participation, I like visual novels that follow a set story like reading a novel.

I guess it's still unfamiliar to me.

Even though there are different endings depending on the choices you make, the basic structure of the story doesn't change... I felt it was a shame that the only thing I could directly participate in was the choices.

But other than that

Character and world view, individuality, illustrations, convenience. I think it has everything a visual novel can have.

A heart-pounding exorcism operation with the exorcist youth (?)

Would you like to leave with me, Kwak Du-pal?

^^ Even though it's a mosaic... Click on the picture to go to the game homepage ^^

It was my first time enjoying visual novels, so it felt unfamiliar

It was my first time playing it, but I think I really got into it and enjoyed it!

Thank you for reading the long text hehe

This was Kim Se-min. I'll see you again in the next Jjikmeok review!