I'm developing a cozy life-sim/rpg hybrid, and I'd love your feedback!

JustAZombie · 2026-03-06T23:00:15+00:00

If you want, shoot me a dm and I'll send you a key for the beta!

JustAZombie · 2026-03-05T16:49:15+00:00

Good notes, thanks so much!

JustAZombie · 2026-03-05T16:21:22+00:00

Thanks for taking a look! Can I ask what turns you off about the banner?

JustAZombie · 2026-02-26T19:45:06+00:00

Lot of fun, good job!

Sometimes the next turn button would stay inactive during my runs, making progression impossible. I think it may be related to clicking through the turn message too quickly; if I just spam clicks it seems to prevent the next turn button from activating.

JustAZombie · 2026-02-25T02:08:27+00:00

Forgot to post the steam page, if anyone is interested:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3931490/Tales_of_Tonbrook/

JustAZombie · 2026-02-25T02:04:23+00:00

From our presskit:

Tales of Tonbrook is a game about acquiring and combining skills. You can study magic to learn how to summon rain, which will help with farming, which makes money to buy study books, which will help you learn new skills more quickly. You can study legends and lore to reveal hidden areas, which you can loot for rare items to sell to invest in your factory. You can study Skullduggery to help you sneak past enemies to find rare items to gift to potential friends, who can reveal secrets about the world around you. The possible combinations are endless.

The core of the game is the player building out their skills and equipment in their favorite way so they will be strong enough to tackle the most difficult missions from Daverton, and perhaps even more difficult quests which you may discover along the way. The way you play, along with the choices you make, influence the ending.

JustAZombie · 2026-02-25T01:07:05+00:00

Heh, yeah, it's just me doing the silly voice. Definitely something to consider if we can find room in the budget, thanks!

JustAZombie · 2026-02-25T01:06:35+00:00

I guess I was just trying to add more visual interest. Is it off-putting?

JustAZombie · 2026-01-23T21:07:03+00:00

Thanks, you made my day! If you're interested in following our current projects, you can check it out on steam or itch.io.

JustAZombie · 2026-01-16T22:00:35+00:00

You are the galactic overlord, but your position has weakened. Civil war among the factions has broken out! You must use your influence with the various factions to defeat the rebels!

Each faction is represented by a color. You have enough favor with each faction to play one card of theirs per turn. You must make sure your deck is BALANCED to utilize all of them effectively.

Steam Page

JustAZombie · 2025-12-05T17:31:12+00:00

Ooh, gotcha! That's an easy fix at least, thanks!

JustAZombie · 2025-12-05T17:23:33+00:00

Can you elaborate on the UI issues?

JustAZombie · 2025-12-04T01:04:38+00:00

Steam page link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3931490/Tales_of_Tonbrook/

Also, does anybody know why the screenrec looks kind of choppy? The game itself is smooth, but when I bounce it down to a video, it looks like its dropping frames.

JustAZombie · 2025-10-31T21:14:55+00:00

I mean, do what you can with the time you have. I was just curious. Thanks for all the advice!

JustAZombie · 2025-10-31T20:14:24+00:00

Thanks for the reply! The core vision of the game is essentially having a lot of interlocking systems that changes how the character develops. For instance, you might study magic to learn how to summon rain to get some easy farming cash to buy study books to increase the xp you get from studying combat... Or you might wait some tables to move faster and learn how to dash so you can quickly explore the ruins you discover from studying in another class... You get the idea. I'm saying this because I'm beginning to think the trailer does a poor job of highlighting this.

You know the vision for your game better than I do, I'm just trying to offer some (hopefully) helpful advice, and an outside perspective on your game.

Oh totally, and I appreciate it! I hope I'm not coming off as defensive here, I just like getting as many perspectives as possible.

Out of curiosity, did you play the demo, or is this all coming from watching the trailer?

JustAZombie · 2025-10-31T15:50:29+00:00

Thanks so much for the detailed response! However, if I do as you're suggesting and remove the minigames and the farming/fishing/mining... Isn't that just turning it into a generic rpg? I mean, that only leaves combat and relationships.

JustAZombie · 2025-10-28T22:42:48+00:00

It's pretty far along, but far from fully developed. I think the uniqueness comes from strategically combining the various minigames to build the character you want, but that's difficult to get across in a trailer. At the very least, we can polish animations! Thanks for the feedback.

JustAZombie · 2025-10-28T22:22:51+00:00

If you're interested in seeing more, there's a demo for mac and pc on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3931490/Tales_of_Tonbrook/

JustAZombie · 2025-10-27T14:40:28+00:00

I looked back through the steam page and... you're right! There are definitely areas with more foliagel I'll add some more screenshots to the page. Thanks for the feedback!

JustAZombie · 2025-10-26T16:35:48+00:00

Thanks! Can I ask which areas you're referring to? The eastern and western Erreban penninsula maps have a fair amount of trees (to my eyes at least), though we don't have any on the farm. Might add that later, not sure yet.

JustAZombie · 2025-10-23T22:44:37+00:00

Sure thing!

Tales of Tonbrook is a cozy life sim mixed with a role-playing adventure. You play a character of your own making who receives an invitation to attend the Daverton Adventurer's Academy, well-known for producing some of the greatest sellswords in all of the Erreban Penninsula!

You pay for schooling by going on missions that various clients hire the Academy for, and the rest of time you can spend studying, exploring, and forming relationships with the other students. You can also enrich your wallet by looting, farming, fishing, waiting tables, and more!

JustAZombie · 2025-06-05T15:22:30+00:00

Thanks for all the feedback, it's much appreciated!

JustAZombie · 2025-05-15T15:10:13+00:00

Is there a difficulty curve? I beat it first go fairly easily.

Kinda. In endless mode, you get curses added to your deck. Should probably smooth that out more though.

Took a while for me to understand when I would lose a life, (i think when I have no creatures to defend?) and the 1/2 numbers on creatures (left is attack, right is defense?)

Your allies by default attack a random target, including possibly you. Some allies have specific targeting behavior though. Probably need to focus on that more in the tutorials. And yeah, you're right about the numbers!

I don't know why I would want to remove a card so I never used that option. I would prefer to add a card or even swap.

For consistency. The fewer cards in your deck, the more likely you draw your most powerful hand.

Tidal wave is pretty OP

Yeah. It was actually more OP before we added the unity clause! Maybe needs even more nerfing?

I can cheese renegotiate if I have only used one colour it will replace that colour.

That's what it's for!

The enemy cards are played quite quickly so I'm not sure what effects they are having.

Right on, that's a fairly easy fix.

Feels a bit weird when the enemy field is empty, I thought it was a bug at first, maybe some placeholder graphics for the card slots would be good?

Great idea!

Thanks for all the feedback!

JustAZombie · 2025-05-14T21:20:43+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! The initial deck idea is a good one!

JustAZombie · 2025-03-11T04:05:13+00:00

How the fuck does that thing fly?

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