FINALLY A POKÈMON AUTOBATTLER ROGUELIKE! | Let's Try Automon

[@automon9806]

Hi there, developer here! Thank you so much for featuring the game on your channel. It was very entertaining to watch and I'm glad you enjoyed it. You definitely had a huge impact on the game's visibility. If it pops off, it's all thanks to you!

[@automon9806]

@@derAtze The game is about 3 weeks away from release, so it's probably too late for major art changes, it will look like it does in the video (maybe some very minor changes, but that's about it). I appreciate the offer though and post-release updates are not out of the question so there might be a chance to enhance the art if the game gets some traction (and it's exceeding my expectations already!)

[@lonelywalmartmom]

I love the humour, only 2mins in

[@AShinyPiplupTTV]

Love the game! with the full drop how much is it going to be roughly?

[@jacobislucas]

It definitely got me to play the demo, and I’m enjoying it!

[@automon9806]

@@AShinyPiplupTTV Probably in the 8-10$ range

[@RadarLockey]

The animation is very reminiscent of newgrounds/flash. I'm loving the style. It's like if Pokémon really created mutated creatures.

[@MerculiarchSyn]

This looks like what a 10 year old would draw for their own game. It’s fantastic.

[@fictionmyth]

The "Release" on the trashcan makes me love this game. The tone and aesthetic is perfect.

[@Marcus-vo1tt]

Retromation Thanks for all the awesome "Let's try" and series So I just saw 2 action roguelike/lite which hasn't released yet but they look great especially the first 1 Cult of the Lamb Evil Wizard

[@StonedtotheBones13]

I like that when your not Pokemon dies, you die. Brutal. Also the music is a bop and the aesthetic is 👌

[@ajzekind]

Pokemon meets AutoBattler and Rick and Morty jokes. Love the awful humor on the gym walls. “PP up? (With a blue pill)”

[@rustyknight1572]

I like that you also have to decide between getting a party member or healing.

[@rustyknight1572]

Course, soon as I say that I see that you can also release them to heal for the same value.

[@joshuadrinkwater4254]

Yeah, though I do think that you shouldn’t be able to release the ‘mons for the same amount of hp, great game though!

[@joshuadrinkwater4254]

@@arkvoodleofthesacredcrotch6060 yeah, it’s like the cash option in tavern of gods, there’s literally no reason to take it

[@YusufSheth]

This game looks SO INSANELY sick. I can't wait. Thanks Reto.

[@derekweber3720]

Love your content my man! Can't tell you how many games I've bought cause of your "let's try" series

[@hctaz]

So here’s some tips I was able to discern with the spectator advantage (being able to watch the game and not have to focus on playing it) The general hovering over before a battle thumbs up neutral or down is taking into consideration your types and the enemies’ types. I know that sounds like “duh” but you said something like “isn’t fire good against ice?” It is, but it’s also not good against rock negating the bonus damage (the not effective and super effective cancel out and become neutral) but then your rock typing was actually putting you at a disadvantage because your rock type attacks were weaker. The second tip that goes together with the first one is that your mon will randomly choose one of their types to attack with each time they hit. So one fight you lost a mon despite having the theoretical advantage because he kept using one attack and not the other. That’s the disadvantage of having dual types; you can’t control what type they hit with. So you could have a rock/fire versus a grass. If he chooses fire it’s a knockout, but he could choose rock and it’s weak. If he chooses rock 7 times in a row, you could lose the battle due to pure RNG.

[@drkmgic]

I Love this. Art, presentation, everything

[@ABC218_]

The comedy seems to be on point here

[@germanrodriguez1842]

reto. Please. We NEED more of this game when it comes out

[@mitchjmac]

I am only 2 min in but I already love it. The trash bag sold me

[@semicolonp5899]

The thumbnail alone earned a like. This is great.

[@GoddamitJmie]

This might be the funniest fucking thing ive ever seen , i genuinly almost choked to death laughing at this 1000000/10

[@molniya2807]

I hate this yet love it so much! You continuously give me new games to try and for that I thank you, good sir.

[@williambarnes5023]

The "release" sound effect should absolutely have been the Minecraft eating sound effect.

[@NomoreMONTE]

The game is awesome can’t wait to see it during full release hopefully the dev makes a few changes to the healing system

[@witt2007]

I got Rick and Morty meets Pokemon vibes. Really dig it.

[@TheLocomono9]

This is an amazing shitpost game, the levels of oddness had me crying laughing

[@whiskyfox7943]

The graphic for this game is.... interesting

[@tyrellegallatin728]

There’s a Pokémon battler called “Pokémon Quest” def worth checking out btw

[@davekachel]

i wish this wouldnt try to be a crackhead parody

[@FinalFina]

This looks great! Just tried the demo and had a good time.

[@nowwithlime]

I feel like I'd fail a drug test after watching you play this game.

[@Fabulous_Facade]

Am I the only person that noticed the ad for the PP Up which happened to look like a something something?

[@HaloDJumper]

Definitely checking this one out later

[@badwolfgaming78]

This looks so much fun! I cannot wait to try it out

[@peterpersson9883]

"This is a nice demo" Immediately heartbroken that it's not a full release, it seems so cool

[@Retromation]

Soon!

[@FringeBerlin]

Love this, would love a full series too ♥

[@4est980]

Just went out and got it. Beet it on my second attempt. Ps swarm is overpowered. I got mine to 4 stars. Wanted 5 but it ended far too soon.

[@pexoverso]

This game feels like Pokémon would be irl

[@Ascendingashes]

Omg they look so hideous i love it

[@LastLvlBoss]

16:45 So your saying theres a chance lol

[@charzardbolt]

I beat the demo 4 times in a row without failing. 1 with the leaf starter 2 with the lightning and 1 with the water. I find it way to easy right now.

[@Retromation]

the full game will be longer and more difficult

[@michaelcordeiro12]

Super interesting game. A dual type electric steel mon in this game would be defensively neutral or resistant to everything but fire. If there's a magnemite type mon in this game it seems like it would be really good.

[@FunchShun40k]

This could be my next favorite game

[@solanumtuberosa]

Id like to think the master ball equivalent would be a steel bin or something haha. Also grass poison is broken.

[@wyattbakken]

Man's come on and rest every now and then it'd definitely help with winning fights

[@luckystride8129]

water ice is a nice combo I have found

[@cfofa8502]

not that it's really needed but you can up the speed of the game on the bottom right ;)

[@bertolthopfing5377]

great game, more plz

[@D3AThCAl2DS]

lol 126 errors on the pc in the beginning where you pick your first mon

[@rustyknight1572]

Interesting!

[@shapeshiftingdodo]

the slap sound tho-

[@Llewellyon]

Nintendo would like to know your location.

[@lesealgod7415]

Ok, I'm buying this

[@abcdefgh5808]

Seems like an interesting game. I don't like the "intentional ugly" artstyle though.

[@RupertDwan]

I feel like this is one of those games where the core gameplay is exceptionally solid, but the execution on concept is lacking. This isn't to say the game is not good or well made, it is a demo after all, but the joke that it is based around (lol, what if Pokémon but jank) is fairly played out by now. This isn't necessarily a negative aspect, but I feel as though the developers are currently leaning too heavily into the joke when these mechanics could have been paired with a genuinely compelling contextual narrative (I think) to great effect. Right now, the currently lacking delivery comes across more like a flippant justification for a (likely very real) lack of resources than an honest attempt at parody. I won't stress any mechanical issues I viewed during Reto's playthrough in light of the current content gap, suffice it to say the game is currently very simple to "solve." This is a matter which will be naturally resolved as additional content and systems are introduced. Obviously, the UI could also use some cleaning and streamlining as well, but again, I stress that it is a demo. Where I attempt to justify my initial opinion is in regards to the overall "vision" of the game (as I feel this warrants the only truly valid critique one can apply to an admittedly fun demo). Automon, in its earliest moments, outright mocks the emotional attachment Pokémon attributes to its monster raising and battling system. It even goes so far as to continually reinforce this theme through its sense of comedy and aesthetics. As a diehard fan of monster raising games, I feel experienced enough as a consumer to label this a cardinal sin of the genre (especially when the game goes out of its way to ALSO lambast mechanics obsessed Pokémon min/max'ers in the same breath). I personally have found that this emotional connection is not just a core feature of monster raising games (just look at the popularity of Pokémon Nuzlockes for further proof), it's also an integral component to the Roguelike/lite genre as well. Dying on floor 1 with a lvl. 2 wizard will never hit as hard as dying against the final boss with Montgomery Archibald, the lvl. 17 Cryomancer who developed a fear of Gnolls after that one unfortunate incident on floor 8. What I'm trying to say is that the game's currently presented "vision" actively works against the power of emergent narrative, which I find is a flaw that sinks all too many mechanically promising titles. Whether it can (or should be) addressed remains to be seen, but I would hope that the devs at least look into some creative ways to make us players grow attached to our homely crew of "violent little bastards" in the future.

[@paragon7893]

Hey, reto!

[@gameman876]

Automon. That name is just shy of a copyright claim from agumon from digimon. Lol

[@Retromation]

That would be cosmically hilarious if _Digimon_ was the team that took legal action.

[@devinembree8858]

cool game!

[@jjhill001]

What you think? 2 weeks before the cease and desist come from Nintendo?

[@brandoncronan348]

The game that will rival legends arceus

[@matej_ptacek]

yes

[@drive_6665]

the PP up ad shows a blue pill xD

[@AXELmetroidFAN]

I want this on mobile

[@AShinyPiplupTTV]

Yo, you were using the depression bird wrong, it’s ability activates when it dies and you kept putting it as the last member of your team rip

[@AXELmetroidFAN]

It's good

[@ramacoppolaro1493]

This looks like a pokemon Sh**post but as an actually good game

[@TinCanToNA]

Leaf, not grass

[@Retromation]

ah yes, legally distinct

[@TinCanToNA]

“I just cringe when streamer makes minor mistakes“

[@abaddon2887]

The concept here is amazing, but I dislike the sort of...comedic feel of the game?

[@mitchellbaker4847]

It feels like a weaker version of astronarch.

[@terioth8373]

Jezus, the font is as terrible as the art. Can't look at it.

[@semicolonp5899]

The thumbnail alone earned a like. This is great.