It's that time again for a new episode of Chichuki Plays, the show where I go hands-on with upcoming games and show them off. Usually, it's about an hour or so but I don't want to spoil too much of the game for you. This time we're looking at John Gleep on Steam.
It feels like I have been playing plenty of roguelikes on Chichuki Plays recently but I have to say that I wasn't expecting one when I started John Gleep. I didn't know what to expect when I got the code for review purposes. Long story short, John Gleep, our alien friend, is in super debt to the mob and really doesn't have a clue how to get out of it. Then he comes up with an idea; why not open a casino? Then the question becomes where to get patrons from. Well, he is an alien Afterall so abduction comes to mind. But how will he make money in this endevour?
You start out your journey in the base of the casino with several options. You can modify the casino to make money. The casino is like a pachinko machine where you have different pegs in the machine. You'll be able to make money and purchase/upgrade new pegs for the machine. You get more ammunition in said machine when you abduct people from various planets. You'll also be able to get skills and upgrades for abductions like being able to beam people up faster or fly quicker. You'll have to be smart about things when you do abduct because you don't have unlimited beam energy. You have to beam and drive responsibly.
You'll also be able to use the gatcha machine in the lobby to get new pegs as well. you'll have to find tokens while out getting customers. You can also get upgrades by how good a trip you had to another planet. The better you do, the more upgrades you'll have to choose from. These will make things easier. At the same time, you'll need money to buy fuel cells to travel to new planets. You'll be able to tell how tough a time you'll have on planets before you pick which one to go to.
John Gleep is an interesting take on the roguelike genre. It totally caught me offguard and I really liked it.I'd like to thank the devs for a review code. Make sure you check out the ahnds-on video below!