Doomlings is a game about playing cards that make up the genome of an evolving species before the end of the world. Mother nature is not most gentle of parents however, so you naturally have the ability to affect and screw over competing species while building your apex Doomling.
If you put Space Invaders and Slay The Spire in a blender, the aftermath would look a whole lot like StarVaders. The thing is, I love deckbuilding games, but so many Slay the Spire clones land in my inbox every week that they have to really put a unique spin on the formula to impress me.
I’ve been very vocal about how much the homogenization of the game industry is a very bad thing. Yet, most unique games that are released get ignored and flop. I got into the playtest for Wild Gate, and I came away impressed, but with a pit in my stomach. I’m worried that yet another cool game will die because folks are too stuck in their own habits to give it the attention it deserves.
Giant Kings adds the ability to create factions led by a giant, however, it also expands the world in which you play quite a bit. Some of these additions are mechanical in the form of Fated Regions and Landmarks, while others are simple beautifications to the world generation.