See the Guides Index for an easy to browse, alphabetical index of all guides sorted alphabetically by game!
This is a chronological archive of all of my Guides and Walkthroughs, usually for niche/indie games it’s hard to find info for.
If you see something that’s missing or have a question to ask, feel free to reach out in the comments or over email! I read all comments and do my best to update any guide no matter how old any time there’s new information or improvements to be made.
These can be of the form of direct walkthroughs, general how-tos with relevant information, or more specific like trophy conditions, lists of unlisted secrets/cheats/unlocks, or just any info I wish I had known when I started playing.
This is a “mini guide” for Tap Tap Fish – AbyssRium, with only the Spring Event (2018) information, split out to be faster & easier to load on mobile devices. Feel free to add to your homescreen for easy access!
See the main guide for a more comprehensive set of information.
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Event ends April 30th
I livestreamed the event earlier, watch the archive if you want to see what it’s all about! The event’s costs are really unfair so I highly recommend an auto-tapper, see how to use an auto tapper here. The events aren’t fair, and here’s why in my opinion; it’s a systemic issue. As players we deserve better. I’d recommend messaging the devs on Facebook and telling them you want more community interaction. They need a Community Manager.
Makai Wars (魔界ウォーズ ) released on Android and iOS (in Japan only) in February and as a huge fan of Disgaea I started a guide to both get you started quickly despite the language barrier and also detail the more intricate details that are harder to understand without knowing Japanese.
Makai Wars is a simplified Strategy Roleplaying Game much like Disgaea (and half of NIS’ other games), and it’s Asagi’s very own game! For real this time! No really, stop laughing!
As always for my guides, feel free to ask questions or share info in the comments below or chat in the Discord server! The guide will be expanded over time as new info comes in.
Updates
Guide Updates
2018-04-23: Flonne and Odin episodes added
2018-04-20: Lots of updates to the character spreadsheet. Added Achievements section to the guide.
2018-04-14: Pram, Petta, and Zetta from Makai Kingdom (Phantom Kingdom in Japan) are coming to the game with an event/gacha on the 16th.
2018-04-10: Completed the skeleton of the Character Spreadsheet, with names and icons for all characters. The document is open so anyone can add skill translations and strategy notes! Started translating the in app purchase packs for Makai Wars. Found a better japanese wiki that’s more up to date than Gamy.
2018-04-09: Bit of important info I haven’t found a place to work into the guide yet: At Defense >1600 it seems one can start grinding for 6 star gear in SP9-1 quests.
2018-04-02: April fool’s was a success, rewards will be sent on the 6th. Expanded Equipment section, turns out Boots can have +Mov as an Enhancement!
2018-03-31: April Fool’s Day event! Just lasts 24 hours so be sure to play the levels. They’re very easy and all players are rewarded based on total points. Looks like we’ll easily hit the last milestone. Here’s the song.
2018-03-30: New event, see the section below for details! Gives one-time premium items. Also started a spreadsheet for character/etc translation since it’s a bit too much data entry for me to do all by myself. Feel free to add the passives/etc for characters you have to the sheet and I’ll work them into the guide soon!
2018-03-26: Made a Makai Wars channel in my discord server specifically for Makai Wars chatter. Ask for tips or just talk about the game with other players!
2018-03-23: Etna and Freya SP Quest Episodes were added to the game! More info on Episode Quests added to the SP Quest section.
2018-03-22: Added more clarity on what SP quests can give (they’re the only way to get six star/seven star equipment). Added info on resetting the CloverlabID cloud save’s password.
2018-03-20: Added General Strategy section to Gameplay
2018-03-19: New Prinny event and weekly XP vial SP quests were added to make leveling new characters a bit easier. Updated the Current Timed Events and Characters headings.
2018-03-16: Makai Wars updated and won’t run without the latest Makai Wars APK. The good news is it brings Valvatorez to the normal gachapon and comes with a new story chapter!
2018-03-08: Added more info on upgrading Formations, and a Game Updates section just below this one.
2018-03-07: Added Current Events section.
2018-03-06: Version 01.03.01: Fixes Timezone issue (players of any timezone will regain AP over time as usual, goodbye Japan time!). Added main screen icons for tutorial (bulletin board) and Items. Added “repeat” option along side the Auto Battle and 2x speed options, allowing players to repeat SP quests quickly for farming.
2018-03-06: Geo Symbol info added, and some misc fixes from the last couple days I forgot to mention.
2018-03-02: Restructuring, more Gameplay and Grinding info added. Added info about Gem set bonuses to new Equipment section
2018-03-01: Team Attack info added.
2018-02-28: Added links to new translations of the 4koma comics to the translations section. Game update: Usalia and Surt added to the Gachapon, and an Usalia SP quest was added.
2018-02-26: New Gameplay and Gachapon info added.
2018-02-23: The new update requires your device to be on JST to earn AP/use the gachapon. More info in the FAQ. Makai Wars updated with the episode quests for Laharl and Valkyrie, which will allow players to get Awakening Stones for those two characters. Added info on the different types of missions/SP Quests. Added link to a github project for fan translations.
2018-02-21: Method added for re-rolling the 2 post-tutorial gachapons for the obsessive types.
2018-02-20: Made a First Impressions Video of Makai Wars on Youtube. Added some major differences from Disgaea gameplay-wise. Translated Daily Quests. Character list (3 star only) and some more menu translations.
2018-02-19: Added Elements and other gameplay info
There’s a lot of stuff for the Makai Kingdom Event! A 15 day long “grind” event where you can get Zetta (Book), a free normal Gachapon pull a day (10 times), a new Background for the duration of the event, and a Banner Gachapon for Zetta (Overlord), Petta, and Pram.
Event SP Quest Rewards: 5x Dark Vial (M), 10 Zetta (Book) stones, 3 Evo Vials (M), 10 Zetta (Book) stones, 300 Rubies, 10 Zetta (Book) stones Last two SP Quest missions drop Zetta (Book) stones randomly, 4 for second to last.
The final level of the event is even harder than Usalia’s, so work hard! It’s best to grind the second to last (15 AP) stage for Stones instead due to the extreme difficulty of the last one.
? Event
There’s an event with Valvatorez and some Ragna Quest character, but don’t get too excited as it doesn’t give summon stones/tickets for either character. It just gives some “premium” items when certain levels are cleared the first time. So just play every level once to get all the rewards (repeats give nothing) and move on.
Rewards: 3 S Evo potions, 2 M Evo potions, 50 Rubies, 100 Rubies, 1 L Evo potion, 50 Rubies, 1 Passive Skill orb
Banner Gachapon
Remember 10 pulls have no benefits in Makai Wars, so there’s no need to “save up” 3,000 rubies before doing a banner/any gacha in the game.
Current banner: Almaz/Sapphire Ends: 4/16
The “banner” gachapon is a rotating option in the gachapon menu that has a raised rate for characters. The banner has the same cost and chance for getting 3* characters in general, it’s only value is to “focus” the odds on specific characters.
Generally there will be just 2 characters with boosted odds with a 22% chance that a 3* in that Gachapon will give either of the characters.
What The Heck Is Makai Wars?
Makai Wars is a long-running gag in the Disgaea/NIS community. Originally it was announced as a PSP game for E3 2004 and Asagi was to be the protagonist. It was a no-show. It was later re-announced as a PS3 game, which also never materialized.
Since then Asagi has shown up in a majority of NIS tactical games making cameo appearances, usually searching for her game, Makai Wars. She even got a full “Asagi Mode” side story in Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood (yes that’s a real title).
Finally, in the fateful year of our Overlord 2018, Makai Wars is a real thing and Asagi didn’t lie about it being her game; though it’s basically a Disgaea spinoff title featuring her. It’s a mini-SRPG playing like a simplified version of many of NIS’s other titles, specifically Disgaea.
Game Info
Title: 魔界ウォーズ (Makai Wars)
Platform: Android & iOS Language: Japanese
Release date: 2018-02-15 (Android)
Developer: Nippon Ichi Software and Clover Lab
Price: Free with IAP/Gachapon
Genre: SRPG Filesize: 520MB (installed and updated) Always Online: Yes, persistent internet connection required
Gambling element: Yes (standard character Gachapon a la FateGO etc) Battery Drain: High
If you’re just curious and not curious enough to download a Japanese app, you can see some standard gameplay of the game here:
Yume Nikki Dream Diary is here and perhaps not what we all expected, but as Yume Nikki fans many of us will still want to explore every secret there is to see, so I’m putting together a guide with all the important info, collectables, and theories. I’m also collecting the references to the original game.
This is still a Work in Progress for the moment so feel free to comment to ask any questions or share info! I’ve provided links to some key terms in the Yume Nikki Wiki, feel free to get lost in the wiki as well, it’s quite enjoyable. I’m trying to link all the references to the original game, as they’re a rather significant amount of the enjoyment to be had in the game, so point out any I’ve missed as well!
For purpose of clarity, the full name Yume Nikki Dream Diary will be used when referring to this game, and Yume Nikki alone will be used to refer to the original game by Kikiyama.
2018-03-09: Expanded walkthrough, The Wilderness info completed and added The Nexus info. The only major stuff missing is a complete list of Concept Art locations (arg)
2018-03-07: Added an interesting theory from Reddit to the Theories section.
2018-03-02: A number of bug patches have been applied to the game lately, including the infamous jumping issues when the framerate is low. Minor guide corrections.
2018-02-28: Added much more Walkthrough info and listed the general location of each Effect.
2018-02-27: Explained (spoiler)’s music puzzle in the secret ending. Added The Mall to the walkthrough.
As a heads-up in case you haven’t purchased the game yet (or haven’t started it), Yume Nikki is something closer to a “reimagining” of the original than typical remake or sequel.
Many are disappointed by what they find (as, well, was I) so it’s best to be aware of what you’re going in for. That said, if you’re a big enough fan of Yume Nikki, you’ll probably dive right in and play it like I did so I figured I would make a guide to help those who have already committed to it.
This is a “mini-guide” for Tap Tap Fish – AbyssRium, with only the Valentine’s Day Event (2018) information, split out to be faster & easier to load on mobile devices. Feel free to Add To Homescreen for easy access! See the complete guide for a more comprehensive set of information or to post a comment, or visit the Addendum below for other relevant posts.
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If you have complaints about this event, email wanglei1@cmcm.com, the Cheetah Mobile PR person responsible for abyssrium
A Valentine’s Warning
So this event is basically the shark-jumping moment for AbyssRium. This event is exploitative beyond anything AbyssRium fans have seen before. This seems to be the point where Cheetah Mobile has completely consumed the original dev team’s intent and wants to milk us for every single penny by destroying the core game unless you pay.
I posted a comprehensive list outlining 19 problems with this event on reddit. I am not in the mood to repeat it here, but suffice it to say, the devs think you are both an idiot and gullible. Song of the Moon was disabled for candy gaining, wait times and an illegal (in Japan and China anyway) gachapon were introduced, they wanted to delete all of our stored candies at the end of the event too. And that’s just half of it at most. It’s all garbo.
Has Youtube marked your seemingly squeaky-clean video as “Not suitable for most advertisers“? What’s that even mean? Well, here’s how to appeal your Demonetized YouTube videos and how to best avoid getting them flagged in the first place.
If you’re here, you’re probably already aware, but YouTube recently started flagging certain videos as “Not Suitable For Most Advertisers”. This process is entirely automatic and is a process run on all YouTube videos automatically akin to Content ID. Here I’ll share the best information I’ve found on how this process works and how to work with it.
Note that YouTube’s process for this is highly variable and opaque; I meant to publish this weeks ago but only recently am I confident that the methods outlined here actually seem to work. Expect variation in your specific circumstances.
Tap Into YouTube is a series of articles from the perspective of a gaming YouTuber, covering both the use of YouTube and how to effectively work with YouTubers to promote your game.
What Does “Not Suitable For Most Advertisers” Mean?
When you get the yellow dollar sign symbol a video is “demonetized” or in youtube’s vernacular “Not Suitable For Most Advertisers”. Despite some conspiracy theories this does not mean YouTube is “skimming” your ad money; when demonetizing videos no ads are shown, meaning YouTube gets no ad money either. YouTube gets no inherent benefit from a demonetized video.
Despite the “limited or no” advertising, as far as I can tell no or effectively no advertisers actually put videos on “unsuitable” videos. You should consider a flagged video effectively demonetized entirely. It’s possible this will change in the future if advertisers choose to opt in to this class of video.
Find Demonetized Videos
If you had a backlog of videos before the “Not suitable for most advertisers” stuff started, you might have videos demonetized without knowing. There is a search filter you can use to find them immediately; this is where you’ll want to start your quest to re-monetize as many as you can.
However, I’ve noticed that in some rare cases videos (unlisted ones in my case) did not show in that search filter, and recently re-monetized videos may still show in that view until monetization is turned off then back on for that video.
The infamous Yellow Dollar Sign icon is the telltale sign you’ve been Demonetized
Lutie RPG Clicker is an extremely cute but rather byzantine RPG Clicker game with very high quality art. It’s a bit hard to keep track of which Guardians have which skills in the game itself, so I decided to make a guide starting with a searchable table of Guardians so you know which ones have the Skills you’d like to upgrade.
As always with my guides, feel free to post in the comments if you have any questions or info to give. I’ll expand this guide if I get more important information of if lots of people want more. I’m a fair ways into Lutie RPG Clicker myself (stage 1,000) so ask anything you like.
Lutie RPG Clicker is the story of an angel in the middle of a great war after Ragnarok. The story is unlocked as you progress the game, though the latest bits of the story are still only in Korean. It plays a fair deal like Politicats and Star Tap, a bit more complicated twist on the usual prestige-focused Idle Game template.
Game Info
Title: Lutie RPG Clicker
Platform: Android, iOS
Release date: November 2016
Developer: BlueSkyGames
Price: Free with IAP and optional Ads
Genre: RPG Idle/Clicker
Length: Long (Months)
Gambling element: Yes (Minor-Moderate invasiveness random elements)
This is a “mini guide” for Tap Tap Fish – AbyssRium, with only the New Year’s Gift Event (2018) information, split out to be faster & easier to load on mobile devices. Feel free to add to your homescreen for easy access!
See the main guide for a more comprehensive set of information.
If you enjoy my guides, please consider contributing to my Patreon to help me make even more, higher-quality guides & articles! With enough funds I can reduce or even remove ads as well!
Almost A Hero is an RPG style Clicker/Idle game that’s a lot heavier on the RPG than most idle games. You lead a team of up to 5 (almost) heroes who have major flaws but interesting gameplay mechanics as you try to raise them from an unruly crowd of useless idiots to the real heroes every game needs.
I’ve had a ton of fun with this one so I wanted to start a guide even though Almost A Hero is quite complex, so it’s definitely a work in progress! If you have any questions or info to share please post them in the comments. There will be major updates to this guide in the coming days/weeks, see the Updates section to keep track of significant changes.
You can help me prioritize my updates by letting me know which sections/info you want to see first!
Game Info
Platform: Android, iOS
Developer: Bee Square Games
Price: Free with IAP and optional Ads
Genre: RPG Idle/Clicker
Length: Long (Months)
Gambling element: Yes (Gachapon with free/ad supported pull option. Moderate invasiveness.)
Dig Station is a short but fun Idle/Clicker game that has a proper ending (unlike most) and almost no push for advertising and no IAP. It’s also got a lovely, grim atmosphere and fittingly gritty pixel art. You’ll likely be done with it in a few days at the very most, but it’s a fun break.
Note this guide is for App Version 8, there are many resources out there for older versions of the game.
In Dig Station you take the role of a small drilling drone sent to an alien planet. Falling deep into the ocean, you must drill up all the Resources you can to augment your production capacity and go on Adventures™!
Here you’ll find a brief walkthrough of the main mechanics and how to make the most of what the game gives you. As always, feel free to comment with any questions!
Game Info
Platform: Android
Developer: C6H6
Price: Free with optional ads
Genre: Idle/Clicker
Length: Short (hours to days)
Dark Witch Story: COMBAT is the Collectable Card Game/RPG bonus game that comes with Brave Dungeon’s Switch release. It’s a supplemental and not as balanced or deep as Brave Dungeon so it should be played after the main game, you’ll get the most out of it if you’re familiar with the regular Dark Witch enemies anyway.
I didn’t see any other guides at all and Dark Witch Story can be a little confusing so I thought I’d make a guide for it as well, since I already covered Brave Dungeon and The Legend of Dark Witch 2. As always feel free to comment to ask questions, offer corrections, or just discuss the game.
Game Info
Platform: Nintendo Switch Digital
Series: The Legend of Dark Witch
Price: $9 (bundled with Brave Dungeon)
Genre: Trading Card RPG
Game Modes: Singleplayer, Vs CPU, 2 Player Vs
