The Treehouse Man Reviews

Interesting mix of turn-based RPG, and bullet hell, wrapped up in a bite-sized game (mind you, it's a pretty large bite). Definitely fun, plus the story is pretty good as well. If you can grab this one for fairly cheap, do it.

First of all, you can add 6 hours to my playtime since I played when my internet was out. This is an interesting little game with fantastic style and fun gameplay. It's a turn-based bullet hell with some theological musing as a background plot (and I guess there's some platforming but like, it's mostly just a game that has platforms) . The core gameplay loop is fun, there are a fairly wide range of enemy types across 4 levels, and they each have 2 attack patterns, so each encounter feels different. I feel like the developer explored the potential of its gameplay in really clever ways. There are enemies that throw you into the air, enemies that blow you back, and it just makes combat feel interesting. The physical enemy/ character designs are great, cannot say enough good things about that, and I love the artistic feel of this game. However, the game can be really slow. Like, 5-20 seconds of just waiting for your boat to get to the next combat encounter. Sometimes there are interactables, but when you have 4 battles in a run, it can really drag. There's music and the scenery to admire, but if that amount of waiting is going to drive you crazy, give this one a skip. All in all, an interesting experience I enjoyed my time with, but I probably won't go back to it if/when I get the final achievement (which is probably where like 3 hours of my playtime have been spent-it's hard).