Cavernous II

Game is a mess. Auto restart only works on one setting (always) and it ignores some of the commands. Manual takes forever. The gameplay loop is boring.

can't mine iron or gold in zone 1 and can't get anymore mana with out gold please help

why won't it let me change my queues action. its so frustrating

jaxeos, did you find the clone machine? if you are stuck in zone 1 you might consider exploring more to get it, it should explain the kudzushroom's description.

the kudzushroom description confuses me, what does that mean?

Nevermind that previous comment, I am an idiot. An utter buffoon, if you will. I wasn't even interacting with the Mana-infused rock this entire time, lol.

If you are new: Everything up to your first clone is the "tutorial". The game will change once you get two bodies.

The game is a timeloop game. Each time you add a new mana rock, you gain a large amount of new time. You can turn gold into time. And, you can make one-off runs to turn gold into a new clone/body.

Once you get a clone, you have basically doubled what you can do. And, you can do things in two places. In zone one, there will be times when you want to make a bridge, and send both clones north; there will be times when you want to send one quickly south through the kudzoo to explore. And there is no "one true path". For zone 2, there will be times you want to bring one bridge; times you want to bring 2 bridges; times that three bridges are good enough, and times when you need all 4 possible bridges.

Remember, you must spend one bridge to leave zone 1 to zone 2. You only need to use ONE CLONE at the portal to leave; not only is it not required to get everyone there, it often will not be possible. At some point in zone 2, you will need/gain a third body.

Your bodies do not need to stay together! In fact, it will be much, much better if you split them up. If you are moving them one at a time, and updating the map with each movement, then the progress / time usage will be slightly off, and restarting the same loop will give you a very small but noticeable extra.

For initial progress, I recommend having one clone doing "industry" (smelting iron / making bridges / vaporizing gold), and one exploring. This is not going to be "the whole game". There is no "one true path". You will change what you do.

The game does have a memory of paths you have taken, as well as automatically milking your best past routes to mana rocks. So you can automate the "gain all available mana". Note that each time you get a new clone, your best paths will probably change. You will need to redo every rock for "best" results. New clones will duplicate the last clone -- so if you plan your route accordingly, you will automatically accept new clones easily.

I do think this has great potential, even though the tutorial isn't the most explicit. It is nice, especially since you have multiple ways of playing the game and you are rewarded for trying new stuff.

For all of the people thinking this game is just slow grinding, this game is actually a puzzle where you can finish up to zone 6 without ever using a single life/loop with the intent of farming stats.
You getting permanent stats is actually an afterthought that makes the game slightly faster over time and should be treated as such, it is not the objective.

litteral masterpiece trust me guys you are all stupid its so easy to get down and so fun when you do