Fidget Spinner RPG

Developer implements MULTIPLE updates a day. Listens to feedback, works hard and genuinely cares about the game. The RPG element of this game is honestly amazing - it's not some short/♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ either. It's legit solid RPG! Game has a ton of potential.

Thinking about the craze that was 'Fidget Spinners', those ball-bearing multi-lobed toys that caught the attention of millions way back several years ago for it's seemingly captivating ability of spinning on end for minutes at a time, such a basic concept for a toy that was addictive for both young children and mature adults alike, so much so that seeing it banned in schools and work places alike was a fairly common sight to be had!

...Of course though, as all fads are prone to doing, this playful 'trend' had all but died out just a couple of months after it's initial skyrocket in sales from May to July of 2017, whereby it quickly dwindled in popularity and faded out of the minds of most average joes that went back to their daily lives, having 'experienced' the next big thing as it were.

Having said all that though, Fidget Spinner RPG takes a slightly different 'timeline' where these little simple contraptions took on a whole new meaning of the word 'trend' as this game seemingly takes place in a world where just about everyone knows and uses a fidget spinner for themselves, whereby the goal of this game is quite a fun one in that you are to spin your fidget spinner as fast as it can physically go!

No doubt the developer of this game had a lot of fun with the concept here as it starts off pretty simple, poking the idle and practically normal spinner with some 'Weak Spins' as you are expected to hit bigger numbers when you get more powerful versions of the spin technique, all whilst resting and having it's own stronger variants to it as well...

...However this all changes when you get to around 16,000 RPM (Revolutions Per Minute) when the yellow fidget spinner starts emitting a thin and barely noticeable trail of white-ish smoke, with this gradually getting more intense and darker until around 75,000 RPM where it is going so fast that the centre actually starts to set on fire, which said flames becomes larger and fiercer until going into 350,000+ RPM where sparks start flying from the fidget spinner itself!

Indeed, it only becomes more crazy from there as the game introduces more wacky and surreal visual effects as the RPM goes past 1 million and onwards!

Though to focus on the actual gameplay itself here, Fidget Spinner RPG certainly does hold up well enough where the 'RPG' part of it is concerned, seeing how the main goal of this unique title is to make your little yellow fidget spinner go as physically fast as possible, although how you go about that is largely determined by this game's 10 skills, each having it's own talent tree that has various perks that one can level up to either directly aid them in boosting the RPM side of things (be it by boosting the strength to spins or reducing the stamina cost of said spins) or by more indirect methods (adding proficiency bonuses to craftable items or reducing the time taken for construction machines to gather/process resources) to ensure that you become more powerful at spinning as you further progress into the game!

Seeing as there are ten skills in total, with most locked behind a specific level of Competency to ensure that you have enough time to explore each new mechanic introduced before another one is thrown into the mixture to further expand upon the gameplay of Fidget Spinner RPG as doing it this way ensures that it is not going so slow as to give way to boredom but also not going at too fast a pace as to leave you too little time to become accustomed to each mechanic as it is being introduced to you.

Also it is worth noting that, despite this taking focus as being an 'RPG' game of sorts, it is fair to say that this indie gradually becomes more of an 'idle' title in that such skills as Engineering and Construction put more focus on the 'autonomy' side of things, by which I mean the former allows the use of 'Macros' (commands used by hotkeys to execute a planned queue of commands) whilst the latter focuses on the building of machines that, when done with a carefully-planned array of selected machines all linked together, can gradually be worked on until you can eventually fully automate just about the entire gameplay cycle, where a lot of progress can be made with very little active gameplay later on!

Despite all of the fun gameplay mechanics that makes Fidget Spinner RPG a satisfying experience all around though, I do have some nitpicks with the game here, the main one arguably being how this game's prestige system is handled as, although prestiging does offer it's own unique talent tree that each have powerful skills but the points for which can only be unlocked by prestiging, (the amount of XP gained being based on how high your RPM was before prestiging) the other parts of it is lackluster as the heirlooms are either very niche in effect or quickly balloon out of reasonable pricing for the more general and useful items (each run will have all unused gold before prestiging transferred to a separate bank exclusively for these heirlooms) whilst the augments either serve as temporary bonuses to make prestiging again a little faster or 'challenges', (this being that bit I mentioned earlier about 'realism') such as losing 10% of RPM every 10 seconds in exchange for significant XP boosts at every RPM milestone starting at 10 RPM alongside others, to further diversify the gameplay for those looking for something different often don't feel rewarding enough to pursue at least once, perhaps adding objectives in Fidget Spinner RPG's journal coupled with small perks for achieving said goal at least once would make it worthwhile to explore?

Other small issues include the gameplay performance slowing down greatly in some later sections of the game (I personally found the sections around 300 to 900 billion RPM to be especially taxing on my PC's graphics processers!) and a lack of guides relating to more in-depth mechanics relating to the proficiency of items and each specific stat alongside other complex mechanics, however nothing truly problematic as to not recommend this fun indie game to others potentially interested!

Overall though, I would definitely give this game a shot for those looking to relive the fidget spinner fad if it become more than just a brief trend as well as pushing beyond what is realistic in having only the fastest and most wildest fidget spinner of them all with various RPG-lite mechanics and an ever-increasing sense of speed and reality slowly breaking apart in the chase for a satisfying fidget spinner spinning experience!

TLDR Version:

• A great adaption of the fidget spinner fad turned into an engaging RPG-lite experience (+)
• Unique visual effects that start off simple and grounded but become more surreal and out-of-this-world as your spinner goes faster and faster (+)
• Many mechanics that are introduced in gameplay at a reasonable pace and is done seamlessly to encourage natural exploration as the game slowly becomes more complex (+)
• Progress is easily made even without much understanding of some of Fidget Spinner's RPGs more intricate systems but is satisfying once fully mastered and the fidget spinner's RPM skyrockets as a result (+)
• The game gradually transitions from an RPG-lite into a more idle experience, which allows those who may become bored with repetitive gameplay to transition to more automated gameplay once they learn the relevant systems involved (+)

• Fidget Spinner RPG suffers from performance issues late into the game with some seriously graphically-intensive visual effects used for the fidget spinner that could prove annoying for some (-)
• The prestige system is lacking in replayability due to lack of incentive for taking specific Augment challenges or heirlooms being too niche in effect or too expensive for more useful items (-)
• No tutorial past the first 10 minutes of gameplay, which can prove frustrating for those wanting to learn the more complex parts of this indie title without looking at external sources outside the game (-)

No joke, you may be thinking that this would be bad with the general idea, but the game is actually really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ good. As far as rpgs go it has it all, skill tress, several skills that get better with time, money, vendors, armor and equipment, potions, it has a lot. The game isn't that long though, I finished with everything in about 3 hours, but getting there was really fun, and for the price I'd recommend if you like clicker games. It is not an idle game, it does have the capabilities to be one, but you simply progress too fast to need to idle. The game feels really polished as well, one thing I did notice however was that you can generate enough money and have enough money that the game gets funky, like vendors will literally give you gold just to take their items. Give it a go if you got 2 bucks, you'll have a good couple hours, hopefully more with updates in the future, as there isn't that much content overall.