While some aspects of the game could use some better explanations or instructions like for example - what effect does the perception stat even have on the foraging - the game’s so simple that trial and error will suffice for figuring out much of the mechanics even if all is not entirely clear. The game itself is simple yet has a super fun gameplay loop free of any in-app purchases where you breed to get the traits you want using the principles of real genetics and then you send your nichlings out to gather food by themselves or help them in a cool strategic minigame where you control your entire party of nichlings to gather as much food as possible and make it to the end goal in as little turns as possible. There’s a surprising amount of locations to explore, but I feel a bit underwhelmed on how many genes there are and would love to see even more locations and genes added even if the genes are only cosmetic. Another feature I’d like to see is a notebook feature where we can mark our predictions and conclusions on whether we think a specific gene is dominant, recessive, or co-dominant so that we can compile this information ourselves during gameplay and can easily reference it again for our breeding projects. Highly recommended and worth the price! This game has given me hours of fun and it reminds me of an addictive free-to-play game in it’s appealing gameplay mechanics and ease to pick up and play but without all the horrible in-app purchases that will drain you dry. If you like or find appealing breeding, genetics, simple turn based strategy games or puzzles where you need to optimize, or management games, you’ll probably enjoy this game too!

Let me just start by saying I love nieche and it's creators. I spend a lot of time on their PC game which happens to also be named nieche, and even though I bought this game a little less than a week ago I have been playing it non-stop. As a new game, it's got some small nitpicky things that I find confusing, but over all I think it is doing very very well. Having said that, I have a couple requests that I feel would make the game just a lick more addicting than it already is: * Add a feature that helps influence genetics when breeding* Add an extra mission that takes longer and rewards more on each islandHere are some extra requests for already implemented features. * Make mutagens a little more common, or make a mutated feature more likely to pass down* Make a loop option for each mission so you can keep sending niechlings over and over again with out having to select them every time or Slow down the increase of needed attributes for each missionsDisclaimer: I'm not making this post to try and make the developers change the game to another design, I am simply putting out my personal opinions that I express while playing the game. In my specific situation these requests would only serve to strengthen my enjoyment of this game. -chieph

i have problems with petting my nichelings so much, especially when im selectively breeding them so much especially when finding new genes that theyll end up thrown out or retired before they could start benefiting me, that and i just have arthritis..so… yeah.You can also get abit soft locked if you level up an area too much that your nichelings cant even get food from it, like i managed to get level 20+ nichlings going on the first island, i have the frost island now but now i just have my forest island nichlings running through level 0 island area for food because its just more profitable than the high level biomes but, all that aside ive been opening the app and breeding more and all for days since i bought the app, and it had me revisit the pc version that is just far superior quite abit. Unrelated but im also a big fan of wandering village too lol, i hope if you guys made a mobile version for it aswell after finishing its development that itll be more true to the original if not just a nice direct port unlike this app, which is still nice atleast, and i hope it can get some tlc some day

I hate to be critical, because it’s clear the team behind this game worked hard on it. That being said, they shouldn’t market this as the mobile version of their computer game. It’s not the same game. The original has sandbox elements and focused more on the genetics and strategy of the game. This version is a pet simulator, in a market with a bunch of pet simulators. The bright side is they kept the genetics aspect of the game, but it’s really watered down. This feels like a kiddie version of the original game, and I don’t mean that to be disparaging, but everything from the art style to the cutesy focus on bonding really does feel like it’s for grand schoolers. I wouldn’t be as critical, except they force you to start with Adam and Eve. I don’t want Adam and Eve. I want a random pair of sandbox characters so the world feels unique instead of like a preset. What set the original apart was that it felt like it treated it’s audience like they were intelligent. This just feels like Nintendogz with decent explanations about how breeding works. Not the worst game ever, and probably fun for a first timer, but if you’re getting this because you like the original then please save your money.