Doloc Town is the kind of game I can easily lose an evening to. After playing countless farming sims, survival games, pixel-art adventures, and the occasional brutally stubborn indie title, I have a soft spot for games that combine relaxing progression with a little bit of chaos. Doloc Town manages to do exactly that with…
There are plenty of farming games where bad weather means nothing more than a slightly annoying forecast and a few crops that need extra attention. Doloc Town is not one of those games. After spending time with the 1.0 version, I quickly realized that the weather here isn’t background decoration. It is part of the…
If you’ve spent years chasing the same feeling that Stardew Valley, Terraria, and Starbound gave you, you’ve probably noticed something: the cozy farming genre has become painfully predictable. Every month another indie project appears, promising peaceful farming, friendly villagers, and endless exploration. Most of them play it safe. Then I launched Doloc Town 1.0. I’ll…
Doloc Town has finally reached the big 1.0 milestone, and after spending serious time watching how this game evolved through Early Access, I can say one thing with confidence: this is exactly the kind of weird, cozy, slightly grimy farming game that makes sense on a handheld. The full Doloc Town 1.0 release arrived on…
When I first started playing Doloc Town, I expected another relaxing farming simulator with a post-apocalyptic skin. A few hours later, I realized I had badly underestimated it. Yes, you grow crops, upgrade your home, and befriend the locals—but the game constantly reminds you that you’re trying to survive in a world that never fully…
