Very fun and simple game.

There's a lot going on for stats in this game, the actual gameplay is very simple, almost idle game simple.

Pros:

Fun setting, fun layout engineer system, moderately fun monster system, interesting tower defense scheme, and interesting progression (research) system.

Cons:

AI is TOO simplistic, the layout management isn't designer friendly (you must connect rooms to other rooms and you can't simply store items so you can create an interesting dungeon), the money gain system seems VERY slow, for some reason you're not creating a living system at all to fill loot chests and trying to only let a few select adventurers through but actually trying to create, almost, an amusement park for adventurers? Monsters level up in linear fashion and there's not a lot of customization, monster spawners have no additional delay option or a way to upgrade them with souls to lower the minimum cooldown, monsters also only level using soul currency, not individually at all. Finally, the research is based on visitors, not on your actual performance or any kind of currency you can generate by doing a good job with your dungeon. A lot of these cons end up contributing to the idle clicker feeling at times.

A note that it only took me 2.5 hours to encounter a game crashing error.

Overall, the game has a LONG way to go to truly be unique and overcome the simplistic graphics limitations, especially as this game is one where being able to see more with advanced graphics could make for epic moments. It also really needs to find itself in terms of putting more of the advancement into player performance rather than just meet a general standard and keep letting time pass. However, the concept is pure gold and there's a ton of potential here and evidence that the devs at least grasp that potential. Only time can tell but the game is relatively cheap, this is only day 1 of early access (09/25/2024), and while there's a long road to find the potential and really make something special here, we've barely set foot on the road so we have a long time to build that road.

What I will say to the devs: Create a way to get money a little faster, not something you just get for free but something based on performance, second, put some love into the layout and design system, particularly the part that caters to mid-game redesigning. Things like a storage to place your items, a room layout for copy/paste option, a way to do like the sims and use low wall vision so you don't have to go full vertical to see what's going on in the various rooms, the ability to just put rooms out in the middle of nowhere or else into above suggested storage, etc...

I do in fact recommend this game. It fills a niche that isn't really cared for in the market right now and ultimately the game is fun. At the moment I wouldn't say it's worth the $15 price tag but you're also paying for the potential of the game and if the devs keep working on this it'll reach and possibly surpass that projected potential.