Tower of the Bound Fox is a very basic rogue-like, with some mostly cosmetic transformations and debilitating bondage statuses thrown in. The balance doesn't hold up as other reviewers have noted, you barely make enough gold to keep up your resources.

With some polishing and a lot of more content, it could have been one of the best games on this site, but that never happened and now 6 years later probably never will.

In its raw state it is still a fun time killer for a couple of hours, until you have seen all the sparse content that there is.

agreed from previous reviewer, either more money/potion  drops, or lower prices.

The game has potential and is fun in a classical final fantasy meets gaunlet kinda way. Its got a bit of a steep difficulty curve patially because it took me awhile to find the enemies. keep trying to kill a statue when I reaized the shaman was attacking me from several tiles over.

My biggest concerns are money, everything is really expensive for how little you seem to make. And playing a mage/magic focus early on doesn't seem smart. Mana runs out really fast & potions are too expensive to afford so your forced to melee, which might've been fine had I naught lowered my strength and dex to 3 to try pimping out magic.

Looking forward to see what else you do with this game.

Note to other users, there's a list of controls in the configuration menu. (Use arrow keys and ENTER to navigate the menu)

This game has a lot of potential, i've really enjyoed the scenes they have written so far, and the gameplay isn't too complex, but rather simple. That said the game feels quite difficult in it's current state. It's hard to sustain and the cost of goods seem hardly affordable. I've done a couple runs so far, and aside from the 100 you start with, I haven't managed to make another 100 before I find myself hitting that game over. 30% health pots are 50 each and the inn in 100. (afaik you can only get to the town by turning around at the start, or using the scroll in your inventory). 

Although I have been able to play enough to experience all of the implemented endings and only the gender of the player is used to determine slight varience between endings, (There's other parts of the players body that can be modified, but seem mostly as flavor). That said, i'd be delighted to both see new varients in scenes depending on a few more significant factors (as snake -> lose to snake, as an example), and I would also look forward to new enemy types. 

In terms of combat mechancis and items, I only request that there be more potion drops, or increase the gold amount received. (Or maybe make a difficulty with these options) Particularly if you're looking to expand the game into deeper floors. It feels rather difficult to get beyond the first few floors before running out of gold, potions, or town scrolls or maybe give another way of restoring the player's health or mana points. 

Nova25,

Are we playing the same game? And you made me think that the game messed up in the new version 0.2.1. I downloaded it again and nothing was wrong.

Resolution fuss is true, but you only do it once every download; Once the +2 strength perk was chosen, the -2 strength perk disappeared in the lucky draw; I lost a few enemies as soon as they were outside screen; Direct attack magic as well as arrows were blocked by walls; I killed enough goblin to see the 10/F boss with a ton of healing potion in my inventory.

You better check the game version you have. the last version I reviewed was 0.1.2 and the problem you mentioned did not exist even in that version.

Back to the review.

Version 0.2.1

I like the thief. I think that was introduced during version 1.7? Anyway I have downloaded every single new version. It is an interesting little game more addictive that I believed. Please keep up with the good work.

Version 0.1.2

It is a simple, yet enjoyable little time killer.

It is a lot better balanced comparing to 0.1.0. I got a somewhat constant restock of energy potions and I no longer ran out of everything on the first floor. Last time I ended at 3rd floor and this time I met my first end at 7th.

I suggest adding a status screen telling what sort of restriction the character is under. Say your character is blindfolded, gagged, cuffed, leg cuffed, latex masked, latex clawed, legs fused, lengthen hair, etc. The avatar is too small to see any change.

The traps are interesting and I purposefully step on every single one to see what happened. I like the writing, too. It looks like it can turn into another BMB, Arena or Trap Quest, with GUI. I know, the graphic in this game is far from a billion dollar investment, but if you can stand the text based Trap Quest, this one can only be better.

Looks promising.