The Adventure of NAYU

Disclaimer: I'm one of the developers of the game engine used to make this game (Godot Engine), which is how I discovered it. But I'm also an indie game lover and I'm reviewing it based on my gaming experience.

The Adventure of Nayu is a bite-sized idle game, which has about 30 mins of play time for the Story mode, and you can add another 30 min to try the Endless mode and the Bonus game and max out all achievements. So it's not a long game, but for the price of a coffee it's definitely a fun experience! I played it over my lunch break and I enjoyed it.

The artwork and animation are really well made and super cute, and give this game a lot of charm. I also enjoyed the (short but endearing) story - it's not super original and is a bit cheesy (involves cheese even!) but it's a perfect fit for this type of game. It's also quite witty at times, some of the cutscenes and twists definitely made me smile :)

The gameplay itself is quite simple, it's an idle clicker and the game will progress even if you don't do anything, but you can click to progress faster, and unlock skills to have the auto-clicker gameplay go even faster/stronger without your interaction. I'd have wished for some slightly more advanced mechanics to support the amazing universe created by the graphics, music and endearing characters, but it's still a gameplay that works fine and is interesting enough for the 30-60 min you'll spend in the game. I'd definitely buy a follow-up in that universe with more story and a more complex gameplay that requires some tactical thinking.

Usually this type of game could go easily dismissed but The Adventure of Nayu is such a cute, moe-moe pretty game that oozes author passion that its only fault is the ridiculously short length. Regardless, you will still get a few hours (maybe for the busy gamer it's even beneifical that it's not too long!) and overall it's really nice, chill out and with a fairy-tale book approach to its art.

We are talking of an auto-clicker type of game (so you don't directly control the characters) but unlike some of the titles of this genre that will try to devour your souls and time, Nayu offers a nice light hearted story and won't demand much out of you. Combined with a very nice soundtrack and accessible price, it's worth every penny, especially if you want to support the developer in future endeavours given how important these reviews are.

You can also play a shmup style minigame and unlock a few costumes for Nayu if you so fancy so despite the little length it still packs quite a lot.

Technical aspects don't matter as much, the game ran fine in most of the PCs I tried it and it's not very demanding so no need of some crazy video card either.

Not much else to say, seriously, just go ahead and give it a try!

Adorable little game, sadly very short but worth it for the price.
About an hour to get 100% achievements.
10/10