Modern feel and polished experience — something that feels like a real game, not a tech demo
Made for adults: deep gameplay, challenge, real progression (any genre welcome — strategy, roguelike, RPG, racing, puzzle...)

I trust actual players over AI-generated lists, so: what open-source game on Android gave you the best experience, and why?

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[–] DeathByDenim@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Andor's Trail is a pretty good roguelike. It goes very deep. Actually, maybe a bit too deep, I have trouble keeping track of everything that is going on! But it is certainly entertaining.

[–] morto@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

I tried that one, but the grinding was enormous. Is the game like that, or did I do something wrong?

[–] cybervegan@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Going to give this a try.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Has excellent quirky humour, from being community built.

Also, make sure to equip some gear. Otherwise, zero combat skills.

[–] BruisedMoose@piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I just tried it. While I respect the art and the dialog was entertaining, I don't think it fits the "modern feel and polished experience" OP is looking for. I almost completely gave up on it until I found the d-pad option and it really requires 2 handed play.

[–] Hal@piefed.nz 2 points 2 hours ago

I agree a half finished game isn't what OP is looking for, and a lot of the gameplay (especially later) revolves around finding your way through what are effectively mazes.

I play it one handed though. It's turn based combat and when out of combat you just put your finger on the screen and it walks towards it? I didn't even know a d-pad option existed 😅

[–] DeathByDenim@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, fair, The controls are a bit clumsy. I would argue that the story is quite polished though. Having a story-driven game like this is rather rare for open-source games.