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Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures.
For example, dragging a 'Villager' card on top of a 'Berry Bush' card will spawn 'Berry' cards which the villagers can eat to survive!
The Let's Try series is a way to preview / review games in order to get my first impressions through the first moments of gameplay.
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You can also sell cards to get coins which you can use to buy Card Packs. Packs contains multiple cards that you can use to expand your village. Every pack has a focus such as Cooking, Farming or Building.
At the end of every Moon you'll need to feed your villagers - make sure you have enough food, or your villagers will starve!
#Stacklands #Part1

[@Retromation]

NEW ISLAND UPDATE for Stacklands is out, watch the new series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKjdf4mpociWr5I

[@ashleyfurrow4414]

Huge! Love it!

[@BanyAdam.]

This really is sad. You'd expect at least 150~ replies on a pinned comment from the comment section of a 200k subscriber channel

[@greenbat731]

Well thanks Retromation from now on I will refer to the act of baby making as a "two person alchemical ritual to make one smaller person"

[@crapshoot]

I like to imagine it's literally just an alchemy ritual; no potential parent-child incest there, no siree! Also explains why the rabbits don't reproduce (rabbits don't know alchemy, duh!)

[@pappi8338]

That would explain the birds and the bees! How else would they get it on

[@cameronmele2989]

I wonder if the community loves this game enough - if SockPop will invest in expanding on the game. I love the concept and gameplay but I just wish there was a bit more to do in it

[@Retromation]

I hope so, this game is ripe for expansion. Or even just if they re-use the engine and pump out little spin-offs with different themes I wouldn't even be mad.

[@sokpopcollective]

@@Retromation we have some fun ideas for updates already 👀

[@BasKeurprins]

@@sokpopcollective That's great to hear! Just became Patreon because of this game, and learned about it through this channel.

[@alexisfy]

@@BasKeurprins Me too, became a patron. Loved it verymuch. Finally got to get the darn dog. and put an end to it. There needs to be a way to get rid of mystery objects, and something to do with bones. Bones have a misleading yet accurate description. Accurate not in game terms but in real life terms. Also, last update seems to kill the "Carrot meta" wich was amazing, to be honest. Also, there could be more recipies, or maybe, maybe some potions. That would be awesome. Also, maybe put the animals in the farm, for mentallity sake, like a barn or something, it could be something interesting to see if "the animals scape from the barn" and you need another role, maybe farmer. oh the possibilities

[@BrianSierakowski]

@@Retromation Missions would be great :).

[@denispistolinha8176]

holy god this remembers a lot Cultist Simulator, not the game itself but the style and the mechanics

[@frocco7125]

yeah, and i liked cultist simulator a lot!

[@minmean3016]

this game doesn’t have the catchy bgm the cultist had

[@kblackeagle2706]

I may not enjoy playing games like these, but heck do I love watching them. This is so cute, charming, and compelling and I can't wait to see more!

[@shaythefallenangel579]

This game looks fantastic. The style reminds me a lot of pit people. Especially the little villagers

[@trojan-not]

"That is literally Plank.... That's a good place to end it folks" sskksks DELIGHTFUL

[@lacunalunacy]

I bought this game after your review, and played it for twelve hours. Thank you so much for the recommendation.

[@kaijsf8407]

Just wanted to say congrats to you retro for this video as it’s become one of your highest viewed. This game is amazing and it seems the community loved it as well.

[@gildedsquid1153]

“two person alchemical ritual” bro im dying😂😂😂

[@Terminarch]

Devs are churning out QOL updates like crazy! It needed it. Much appreciated for bringing this to our attention Retro!

[@stephenshire1931]

"Two-person alchemic ritual" is now how I will be referring to things now

[@brandonzacher5263]

Retro don't forget to stack a villager on three rocks or the wood to craft brick and planks. The brick and plank's are a lot more cost efficient for selling. Regular wood/stone sells for 1 a pop. While the brick/plank sells for 5 and takes three resources. That's a 50 percent increase. It's like selling wood for two coins vs one

[@olivewooled1297]

Or, for wood, just make sticks. 2 coins for 1 wood.

[@teepaul911]

It's always fun to find good simple looking rouguelites like this...Onwards to steam!!! 🚂

[@bertiedev6478]

My girlfriend walked in as retro was saying "I got this poop, i dont know what to do with." She asked me what i was watching i said a gameplay video on youtube, she replied with "Yeah, okay sure." and walked out....

[@teeny13021]

Personally whenever I start a game of this I try to get an apple and put it as far away from the villager as possible (As the game feeds the villager from the closest thing). I then try to get soil, because you can plant the apple for an apple tree, which in turn will give you 3 apples. Also I believe there's a recipe thats apple+berry for fruit salad.

[@TheAdypoker]

yeah, that was what was annoying me the most, I'm still at 8:30 of the video, but I kept wanting to scream at the screen for him to place the apple in the soil instead of the berry...

[@alabasteracolyte976]

1 milk and 1 berry makes a milkshake which is insanely valuable, but fine sell the only milk instead of 1 of 16 berries

[@arthurlodar6805]

okay im loving this game. survival games, cards. it combines my 2 favourite game genres

[@dead3y3_YT]

Really loving the game so far, looking forward to the updates. I've been speedrunning the game like you mentioned in your let's try, the mechanics of the game are actually really cool. Speeding up the game with tab makes cards pop out from packs faster, really improving the flow of pack opening. That being said, it also means days pass fast and running out of food is easy. Looking forward to your future videos on the game :)

[@Flare45]

Hope for a long series of this!

[@Your_Average_Tea_Enjoyer]

Thank the father the son and the holy spirit you made another video thanks mate i loved your let's try video.

[@Chris-mb3zh]

The Ed, Edd, and Eddy Easter egg for plank! 😆

[@truckingwithatablet4489]

I like watching this game I find it soothing. Yes I know it's weird but that's how it is.

[@lazy5684]

I know what you mean :) It's the sounds, the stacking of things and something i can't really put into words.

[@magsbunny858]

This is the best content ever

[@Siggy313]

Dude, rad. Glad to see this getting a bit more love.

[@cupidzsnakes6865]

this video was much clearer on the mechanics even though it quickly went over the same things from the beginning. also btw I love all the new series from games you try seriously loving this channel atm

[@Gaiafreak6969]

This has so much potential, keeping my eyes out for expansions/updates!

[@maydayparade1998]

Really hope you continue this one!

[@blackpenguin1695]

I'm in the top 3 of liking

[@bhijdasasdjhasdbjkdasbjkfasbjk]

easily worth the $5 for this, ive made it about 30 moons so far before i get piled on by monsters lol, really great game

[@ItsTripleAGaming]

This game is great, I know they said it'll get updates but I hope it gets the right kind of updates to make it successful especially on Steam

[@stevenatkins9859]

Carrots solve all food problems.. forever Also, 2 brick, 2 plank, soil

[@justyouknow2856]

i will definitly buy it tomorrow on steam! Can't wait.

[@Siggy313]

Hey Brain, new substitution rule: replace "warehouse" with "super-shed". Example usage: The employees of one Amazon super-shed in New York have unionized. Yes, this pleases me.

[@icemeisters]

so glad this has become a series

[@JosephFitts]

I bought this game after watching just 5 and a half minutes of this video and I LOVE it. I've already unlocked everything that's available so far. XD

[@etherflask6380]

I would imagine they could keep adding expansion or booster packs, maybe with various themes or something. Imagine the Emotion Pack, where it only has modifying cards, "sad" might slow down a meter, "ecstatic" makes meter move faster, "confused" makes a resource change from a fixed result to a range. So a single Confused Wood can turn into between 0-3 sticks or something along those lines. I havent watched past the 10 min mark, so this already could be in the game in some fashion as far as i know lol Lunch is now over tho :0

[@terrybradford3727]

Starting to binge this because of today's video.

[@apelike]

"two person alchemic ritual to create a new human"

[@kermitlephrog5569]

Loving this game and the content!

[@LolUGotBusted]

34:09 my chalk outline when I eat an entire onion

[@aidandamico3105]

Man weirdly just such a good game

[@arthurlodar6805]

i love how it says "Punch a tree"

[@matthewacton8665]

Reminds me of Cultist Simulator! Very interesting

[@saulbetancourt4153]

yesss!!! this game is so fun to watch when you’re the one playing!

[@iuridosanjos]

I enjoyed playing it. Sad that's a really short and quick game. Guess I've finished it in like 2-3 hours, but really enoyed it. One thing that was a pain: when enemies or even animals moved around and mess with all my cards positioning lol

[@infertilepiggy5667]

I like that the plank picture is actually plank

[@Rognik]

A fun little trick: you can stack black cards, like the berry bushes, and the villager will harvest them from top to bottom.

[@ZrandomthingsZ]

WOOHOO MINI SERIES ON THIS GAME

[@RobbManesVODs]

Great game, very much a cultist-simulator lite, wish there was more to do but for the price I can't complain. Thanks for covering it in a video!

[@StonedtotheBones13]

2 person alchemic ritual uh huh. Is that what they're calling it these days? 😂

[@Natsumi21095]

Very happy you're doing a mini series on this game. It is charming and an incremental-type game that I find more engaging than something like Increlution. I don't recall if you attempted this (and i haven't played this myself), but would stacking villagers on a task speed up the process? That could make something like digging in the quarry much quicker.

[@bluedude3313]

Now I’m not saying I was the top comment on the last video asking for a Miniseries, but I was the top comment on the last video asking about a miniseries, thanks Reto!!!!

[@rapideye101]

it's a really cool game. milk and a berry is really valuable early on if you have a cow, you can mass produce milk shakes worth 5 coin and 2 food.

[@perciliurechameleon1706]

“two-person alchemic ritual”

[@jasonsherman3708]

so glad he decided to do a series on this! I almost didn't see it though

[@jasonsherman3708]

...I should have liked, commented, subscribed, and hit the bell for notifications 😢

[@jeansoh18]

Hell yeah this game got a series

[@poly8863]

Excited for this series

[@sellitbetter]

I know that the episode only been out for an hour but I want already.

[@giri5]

If you like this game i highly recommend Cultist Simulator. The basic concept in Stacklands is taken from there. The story and exploration is deep in Cultist Simulator.

[@HorizonIncarnate]

This game is a vibe

[@foxy4yous743]

That warehouse was game changing

[@ped0philegaming528]

“Two person alchemical ritual to form a new person”

[@_MidnightSnow_]

5:25 I’ve only gotten to this part but so far I find you very entertaining, also I’m hopping you find out that apple x soil = apple tree and you then get apples from it but any who, ❤

[@sunethechamp8849]

this game looks amazing thank you so much for playing it makeing such a great video

[@vienie1245]

Definitely buying this! Such a unique and cool idea!

[@alexisfy]

Hi there! great fan of yours. Thanks to you I bought and completed this game. I rearly finish one. Thanks for your content! I'll put some tips ahead if you want to, but you can avoid them if you don't want any spoiler: . . . . You might want to sell as much as you can as fast as you can unless you have a plan for it. You can get a greater reward selling it that waiting for it to be important. You'd want to ensure food and eating first, this is why buying cards is important, Soil is quite relevant at the begining. Poop does nothing. Bones do one thing and you need to be active and proactive for that moment, but one will suffice. Focus on ensuring "resource making" cards Quarry for starters. After you've ensured plenty of food, you need to increase you maximum card capacity (please don't take this for granted) Money doesn't count, so just store it away. Later in the game you'd want to ensure more cooking resources (Campfires, etc) Since todays (04/07/2022) update, you'd rather stick to strong food cards but don't cook that much or anticipate that much food resources for cooking, remember your max card capacity. I could give you more but I think this might already be enough. Good luck!

[@uidsea]

and I love you Reto.

[@KageShukuun]

New series let's go

[@rosevexe]

I played a round of this game before watching this video, got destroyed by 2 bears and 2 giant rats on the dawn of moon 24.

[@Mooniowo]

video made me buy the game as i am a sucker for both survival and deckbuilder card games :D concept looked to interesting to pass

[@ManoredRed]

The presentation of this game reminds me of Cultist Simulator a lot.

[@wertigowicked8466]

It would be lovely if there was a separate board for base stuff that you could move stuff to it gets incredibly crowded later

[@ZabreDarklight]

Cultist simulator is what it reminded me of! so I went and brought it before I watched more than the first 2 minutes of this video!!!!

[@jackvonderlehr2411]

I think the line is baby come back😂

[@maybeJace]

This would be a crazy cool pvp game

[@steve_cat5504]

This is my first video watching You, and first of all you seem pretty fun. And second of all I'm like 3 minutes in and I already like this game. (Yooo 123 comments) I literally just got this game...

[@rendomstranger8698]

It really is a great game. That being said, it also isn't that difficult if you pause whenever you want to organize things. Also helps that you can do everything except sell cards while the game is paused in the Steam version. I managed to beat the game on my first run without even knowing the win condition. I just stopped my second run to prepare dinner where I have more resource production than I know what to do with. No joke, I'm selling bricks because I'm producing too many of them. Helps when you double up on lumber yards and quarries. The only reason I haven't tripled up on them is because I can't be bothered to feed more villagers. At least not until I can passively feed all my current villagers.

[@conallprince6471]

I want orange captions!

[@onesummer293]

i like how the plank is the one from Ed Edd n Eddy

[@hans935]

oh this is actually interesting

[@samreader2860]

Anyone notice PLANK ! from ed edd n eddy is the face of the planks and evan has that chip in the top 😂

[@XisyeraOfficial]

Oh my god you've treated us today, Reto..! Backpack Hero, AND Stacklands?????

[@mutonfuton]

This video swayed me into buying the game, looks up my alley

[@thanatosor]

Consider a viilage is a function, and the rest of elments are arguments. Booom ! Here you have the function output after X duration.

[@tobycat5799]

I've been playing auto balls all day thanks to your other video. Love it!! Wish transition from battle to shop was faster.. or.. slightly prettier graphics.. but mechanics of it are superb

[@komikomi777]

TRUE

[@komikomi777]

zes

[@cr1t1cs92]

"2 human alchemist ritual to create a human. "

[@greengrassgaming2530]

Cool

[@zedaromano8479]

Reminds me of that one episode of adventure time

[@hojmatros5102]

I don't know why I'm still subscribed. Too expensive to watch with all these games I "need" to buy. I'm not made of money!

[@MrZerodaim]

Just wanted to say thanks for putting the steam link in the description even if it isn't out there yet. This game piqued my interest, but I'm not a fan of downloading games manually & individually. When I checked the itchio page I couldn't see anything about steam so I was going to skip it, but now I see it's going to steam tomorrow I'll be sure to give it a try.

[@alexisfy]

if you suscribe to their patron, you could get it right away. Patron is 3 bucks only and you can unsuscribe right after that so it's cheaper than steam. If you get the patron suscription you get updates tho.

[@veggiet2009]

This feels like almost like a tower defense game, except it's cards, and you're not defending, you're just trying to manage your own growth

[@nikolap5983]

Interesting!

[@devilofether6185]

I was thinking about this exact kind of game, but I don't have the game making experience, or the design chops to pull it off. I am willing to bet $1000 it was directly inspired by cultist simulator

[@Arkey707]

Cultist simulator type beat but not mysterious very much I dig it

[@fixeddotdice]

Bought the game after seeing the previous vid, so much fun :)

[@troygarcia6674]

I love this game. I bought it after your let's try. Little tip, though I'm not done with the video, is if you're barely over the card limit you don't have to sell at the end of the moon because your villagers will eat the berry cards Oh nvm he mentions it very next moon lol

[@MrJking012]

HA! "Plank" its literally a reference to Ed Edd and Eddy....

[@rhymeswithmoose228]

I love the ambience of this game, very soothing

[@Blackfamas]

YEEEES!!! Thank u