Worldseekers - GPS Deckbuilder

This game is easy and fun for the first 2-3 levels and then monsters are introduced that are far beyond your ability to defeat without purchasing expensive in-game items.

I’m not sure if this project is still active, I’m guessing it is since the in-app purchases are still a thing. The ideas here are great, and use the real-time geolocation feature that blew up a decade ago in new-ish and interesting ways. The battle system is quite similar to Slay the Spire, which isn’t a bad thing at all, and while I think the consumable cards feature needs some serious fine tuning, it’s a pretty good idea. The dialogue in the cutscenes is witty, and I like that engaging with story elements is almost entirely optional but is still rewarding. That being said, I’m pretty sure half of the assets in the game are AI generated, and the other half are stock assets. You can’t have AI involved in a product that has paid features, they should be used as placeholders and nothing more. The game is quite buggy and some of the combat mechanics are completely broken (for instance, the “chill” status effect causes enemies to instantly take their action instead of halting them like it says it’s supposed to do); this is normal for a relatively new project, but I came across a dungeon related event where vibe coding is referenced and it’s leading me to wonder if this was also coded with AI. Which, again, is fine I guess in the early stages of development, but y’all shouldn’t be asking for money for anything related to a product that’s almost entirely AI-generated.