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For this week's #Demo Play Thursday i played the #NintendoSwitch version of Nif Nif.

Via the Mobile Friday series, I have tried several roguelike deck builder card games. I'm always interested to see what unique spin they're going to have on that style of game and how they're going to introduce it to the player. Will they go hard into the Roguelike aspect and not even offer a tutorial or will they focus on story and world building. When i saw Nif Nif on the #eShop, i was intrigued by it's style and that it seemed to focus on animals. i wondered if this game was aiming at a much younger audience.

Quite quickly it's revealed that the goal of this roguelike deck builder is to clean and to stay clean. the foes you face on screen are dirty and seem to want to get our character dirty, too, so it's up the us, the player, to pick the best cards to deal with it. this concept is introduced smartly in the tutorial and it uses videos to show how to play the game. But much like the mobile games of this type, the tutorial in Nif Nif stops early and forgets to get across key concepts of the game and what on screen icons do. as it's a demo i felt OK experimenting myself.

I don't think Nif Nif is aimed at a young audience. it's still a Roguelike game and as such it still has a level of difficulty. the first area we play in doesn't feel like it's been designed to be a low level beginners area. personally, i feel this is a missed opportunity. the game already starts with a great tutorial, it could've continued into concepts and suggestions throughout this first area before letting things get more difficult from the next area onwards. This demo only has the first area and i couldn't beat it on my first try, in-fact i beat it on my third. But like all good roguelikes, you can see that i learned from each run and did the next one better.

I enjoyed my time with the demo for Nif Nif and would easily recommend it for those curious about the game. it was designed with the developers autistic son in mind, so if someone in your family is Neuro divergent it could be something to try too.

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