Tidy Up the Royal Armory

(reviewed in the middle of playing the third level) (I also never played with monsters on so I cannot review that aspect of it) Firstly two major points. MASSIVE props to the developer for not just asking for bug reports on the forums but actually responding and patching as quick as they can. So many devs go quiet after a release and let the bug reports pile up and it's a huge thing to see a developer actively going "Oh damn, I'll go fix that quickly" and then having a patch out within hours, great work! Secondly, despite No Skill runs being how I prefer to play many games I do appreciate there not being an achievement for it here, as you feel semi forced into playing it that way first for the achievement and that can definitely feel draining when you begin doing larger levels. When the Tidy Up genre started booming I saw this and bookmarked it immediately because I'm a nut for medieval weapons and fantasy genre stuff. And this really does deliver! Each room feels like you're in some part of a dwarven hold, sorting trophies in some armoury. It's a great feeling, though I do wish there was more variety. The little tutorial space had this fun mezzanine section that you had to navigate up and down and it's a bit dissapointing to have the other levels so far all be just big rooms. I would adore like a two-levelled area with the weapons on the ground floor and the shelves on a walkway surrounding the edges on the second floor or something. I also love the inclusion of the dog. Tidy Up games can often feel lonely as you move around these empty spaces, and having a dog there as movement and noise really helps mitigate that aspect. My only real complaint is that I never really had a point of organically using the dog unless something went wrong. Having both Highlight and Auto-Gather on cooldown and looking for that last piece, or having it stuck in the floor or a wall was really the only time I used the dogs ability actively, and that's mitigated by the mid game when you have both those abilities maxed out so the highlight lasts for ages. I'm willing to concede this is absolutely a me problem and not a problem with the game though, as I zone out hardcore when playing these kinds of games and just do the basic gameplay loop. Honestly the only realy problem I have with Marshmallow is that the level ups for him seem to be per level as opposed to global, and I doubt I'm ever going to use him enough to see max level abilities on any one level except maybe the big 4K one. On the subject of Auto-Gather, I do appreciate that you didn't go the usual route of having it become incredibly overpowered with a short cooldown. You get to do it once, and then in the time it has a cooldown you get like two to three Highlight abilities in when they're both max level, allowing you to always keep moving with very little idle downtime. Just Highlight Gather Place Highlight Gather Place Highlight Gather Place Auto-Gather Place on repeat, it's very zen as you fall into the rhythm of it. And with there being plenty of skill points given out you max both the Highlight and Auto-Gather abilites pretty fast allowing you to rapidly get into that flow state that the Tidy Up genre thrives on. I really only have three problems with the game worth mentioning. First is please let us hold down buttons to do things. Both rapidly placing or throwing items gets annoying for me since I have a loud keyboard and it'd be nice to just hold a button down. Secondly is that I would love to see the God Weapon perks listed somewhere. I often do them when in a flow state so miss reading what is actually said in the popup. Having them listed in their own tab in the Tab menu or at the bottom of the spell list would be a huge help for those of us who are either slow readers or just unobservant. Thirdly is that while the diversity of items is great to see (especially in the shields, though LORD having them all named "shield" was annoying until I began memorising what patterns