(the) Gnorp Apologue

For the first couple of hours, this game can be very addicting. But eventually it gets more and more irritating and difficult to progress. You need strategy and certain upgrades need to be bought. One mistake could ruin your run and you'll have to prestige without any extra benefits and try again. There are some guides out there that help you, but without them, you'll spend hours upon hours trying to figure out how to get to the next tier.

Qué juego droga, loco.

Es un clicker de mierda y es todo lo que todos los demás clickers querrían ser.

Me duelen hasta las manos. Qué locura. I got Gnorped.

I had lots of fun with this game. Was very addicting. This was my first entry into the Idle genre and the game left a good impression. Makes me want to try something else that is similar to this.

my favorite idle game. really fun to look at and upgrade and number go up. the "best" strategy is not obvious-- there are lots of different approaches and emergent techniques as all the different upgrades and choices accumulate.
this is the pinnacle of watching lots of tiny rocks and guys and numbers

First few hours are great, but the poor balance and annoyances build up the closer you are to the end

• Many upgrades are coupled with a downside that are either annoying or brick your run, and you can only get rid of it by reseting
  
• The reset animation is pretty cool but also very long and unskippable, which gets old pretty fast
  
[*] The build diversity is wide but shallow. Many things can combo and do work together, but only a few builds played to perfection can actually achieve victory

One of the most uniquely interesting idle games ever created. Yet unlike most other gem idle games, it's not just sitting on release state, it's still getting updates, and feedback is being taken into consideration, which would be worth a positive review alone, yet the gameplay surpasses any positive remarks about the developers, as it's supremely fun, and visually engaging.

Gnorp is Love. Gnorp is Life. Life without Gnorp is not a Life, it is mearly an Existance.







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This game is so charming and such a fun incremental!

Liked the first 2 hours a lot but afterwards it became obvious there was nothing else to see and the game feels like it railroads you into a very specific pattern in order to progress. Oh, you made too much of something to speed up the early game a bit? Tough nuts. Hours hours 2-4 my overwhelmingly positive option started to falter, and hours 6-10 it turned to negative.

Super fun, satisfying, and way deeper than I initially expected! Gnorps are adorable. Highly recommend to give it a try!

Surprisingly a great idle game. I played it mostly on my 2nd monitor and liked the simplicity of the design. There is a slight challenge towards the end, but I enjoyed watching the numbers grow. My favorite part was the art and animations; they were very cute and enjoyable to watch.

The first time you get screens full of X-Y rockets hitting that rock is glorious.
Only a little bit of idling required for this idle game.

i actually forgot to make a review of this game back when i completed it, but its best to be later than never. gnorp apologue is probably one of the best idlers in terms of the gimmick, being simply damaging a rock. you can upgrade to get "gnorplings" hit the rock in various ways and soon after, applying various effects. further on, talents can be used to do things even greater, resulting in an assembly of those rascals beating up the rock till it spews out a mountain of shards - a nice show to see. the early game can be easily cheesed through using an auto-clicker and there is obvious inequalities from each upgrade, however, i still feel like this is still a good idler to get for the fun of it. other than the changes i mentioned, this is still pretty awesome. thanks devs

I played this game alongside other incremental games (like nodebuster, digseum and a few others) and this is the one that stood out to me the most. At the start it looks like your average idle-clicker game but just after a few minutes I realised that this is just the surface. Because in contrast to an average idle game every upgrade you bought felt pretty unique and the prestige upgrades felt meaningful. Additionally I liked the way that despite there obviously being 'easier' and 'better' ways to play the game. You can yourself really determine the way you want to play with your talents. 9/10

(the) Gnorp Apologue is a distinctive entry in the incremental game genre, offering players the opportunity to guide small beings called gnorps toward accumulating wealth. The game stands out with its minimalist visuals that evoke a retro pixel-like appeal, complemented by a soothing soundtrack that enhances the overall experience.

The gameplay revolves around strategic decision-making, where players must efficiently manage resources and upgrades to maximize the gnorps' earnings. This approach adds depth to the traditional idle-clicker formula, requiring active engagement and thoughtful planning. As noted in a review, "(the) Gnorp Apologue is a unique idle-clicker game that has minimalist visuals that create a retro pixel-like appeal."

However, some players have expressed a desire for additional content to extend the game's longevity. The developer has acknowledged this feedback and announced plans for future expansions. Notably, the upcoming "Gnorps in Space" expansion aims to introduce new experiences within the game, promising to enrich the existing content and provide fresh challenges for players.

In summary, (the) Gnorp Apologue offers an engaging and charming experience for fans of incremental games. While the current content provides substantial enjoyment, the anticipation of forthcoming expansions like "Gnorps in Space" suggests that players can look forward to even more depth and replayability in the future.

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For an idler this game is quick but it does slow down towards the end. Especially if you're not using the right upgrades. The game really wants you to use the right upgrades to win. I struggled a little trying to make a strategy work that just wasn't going to work.

I'd rate this about a 6/10. The upgrades were a bit subdued and big numbers never really happened. I slightly enjoyed my time with the game but I think the gameplay is forgettable. The visuals are not forgettable and I'm impressed with how much the dev was able to do with so ilttle.

It's inspiring how good and addicting the game-play loop is...
10/10 gnorp

(the) Gnorp Apologue is a fantastic incremental game about chipping away at a mysterious stone with the help of a small army of 'Gnorps': a tiny, yet persistent and formidable species. It has such a charming aesthetic, and a lovely soundtrack to go along with it.

Unlike many other incremental games, this one is 'semi-idle'. In order to beat the game, it will require your attention and a little bit of strategy. There are many upgrades you can experiment with to discover various synergies. It's all about finding the right ones to get you over the game's final "damage check".

Overall, I'd give this game 4.5/5 stars, only because it left me wanting more. If you like incremental games, you'll love this one.

It was fun. It's not too long.
Prestige give you talent points you can spend into specific perks that add interactions between the different harvesters/haulers, making some stuff worthless compared to other depending on what perk you grab.
This help making the game interesting on each restart.

With a little of min/maxing, it's not hard to complete the game under a few hours. There is no need to let the game run overnight or stuff like this.

Fun little idleish game watching all the shards and missiles and little gdudes slammin themselves into rocks is fun. Gnifty.

Beat it, spent a good 35 hours finding out what works/what doesn't. For 5,69 this is more than a steal, it's a deal.

The best idle clicker game I've ever played. Unique mechanics, fun art style, and the progression system is satisfying as you get stronger and discover specific builds and optimizations to find the best way to teach a rock a lesson about stealing shards. 10/10, will play again.

Great game, nice to have running through different runs while watching you tube of movie, great idler.

Solid and cute incremental game, more active than an idle game though. Grinding for all the achievements was a little tedious for getting the required talents, though that might be improved through the updates.

If you want a chill goofy game to play because you got nothing to do and just want to relax then I would highly recommend this game. The main thing I enjoyed about this game was finding the best way to deal the most amount damage in the most satisfying way possible. However game does have a couple problems, the main ones being if you want the most amount of damage to try and progress the game then certain perks and units are completely useless. That's to be expected of course not every upgrade can be good, but having there being only a couple good upgrades makes it to where you can only rely on one strat to try and beat the game. I would of loved it if the hikers, head butters, or the gunners felt as satisfying as the missiles, but they don't resulting in me never using them. Despite this I would still highly recommend this game if you just want a relaxing fun experience while watching YouTube or a show on the second monitor.

Fun and cute idle game without the insane grind a ton of them have.

100%'d the game in 25 hours, it gets a little tricky in the midgame but if you use some brainpower and learn how to synergize some of the talents in the game you can progress super quickly. very nice game i'll give it an 8/10 because it was a little short for my liking and started losing interest about 3 hours in because everything slowed down, but after the hump it was a very entertaining game

This has been so much fun. I love idle games like this.

All big compliments, a lot of the tooltips are well written and clear. I would say though, for some of the late game powerups, the tooltips aren't always 100% clear on if they cancels out other effects, such as changing arrow shooting conditions, so I don't always know if it will be beneficial or detrimental. Otherwise fantastic and humorous tooltips.

An idle game that youy can complete in 30h is a good thing for me, not too short, not too long.
The concept is quite interesting and funny, just looking at those gnorp is worth the price.

Buy it if you like quircky, funny idle game.

great game, harder than expected. it was fun to complete. It is a very interesting spin on incremental games. Great job!

Very fun game with many valid perks / specs / combos to try

Great fun. It's sort of like Cookie Clicker in spirit but has an end goal instead of going on forever, so if you enjoy incremental-type games but avoid them because you're afraid of not being able to put them down, you'll probably like this game!

(the) Gnorp Apologue is a charming incremental game featuring quirky creatures called gnorps. Their goal is to collect as many shards from a rock as possible. With a variety of upgrades and a talent tree, the game offers a more strategic twist compared to other incremental games. The art style is adorable, making the experience even more enjoyable. I highly recommend (the) Gnorp Apologue!

Neutral review: Good ideas but convoluted and longer than needed

It's not very nice when games stop to work after updates. And so is this review.

A very simple game, yet extremely addictive and fun. I love the cute and simplistic style of the game, and it's addictive game play loop. I couldn't help but just gnorp all over the place.

Well made little clicker game, not too good to run while working/studying tho because its too distracting

This is a great little incremental game. While it's great as a second monitor experience, it doesn't play like a typical "idle" game where you wait forever and just check back to make numbers go up. There's always interesting decisions to make. Trying to find a good build for the next run is a fun experimentation game.

The game is a great price, and a fun experience. And it has an ending! A worthy addition to your library.

Great game with lots of "Aha" moments when you discover synergies between different mechanics and experiment with different builds.

Don't be discouraged thinking this is an idle game. While you **can** play it as an idle game, I found it more rewarding to play actively, try out different strategies and "prestive" often.

Fun clicker, it could use a little tuning to make other options viable builds, but overall it's a fun experience

Done: 100% the game,
Was not an enjoyable time.
Don't recommend even when it is on sale.
Thought it was going to be something mindless like cookie clicker but getting those stupid
prestige points took forever.
I'm bad at the game, I know. Just not a game for me.

If you enjoy idle and incremental games but don't have enough patience to run them for hundreds of hours, Gnorb Apologue offers a very condensed version of that where you can get to the ending in a day or two of pretty active playing. I never ran it in the background for more than 30 minutes, and it felt like a great pacing. But I think there also might be different approaches, and I saw some people on forums mentioning playing it with much longer periods of idling, which is also fine IMO and shows the strength of the game managing to allow different playstyles that make sense.

There's definitely a great range of strategies and synergies with different builds, most probably you will be trying completely different approaches, discovering and learning stuff about your gnorps and buildings is super fun.

I should also mention that the writing in Gnorp Apologue is superb - almost all of the item descriptions feature little jokes that aren't annoying! The game manages to be witty and funny in a clever way without trying too hard, and that is amazing. Great job devs!

i love it. the lil dudes are so freakin cute and the talents are by and large interesting. the graphics are simple but charming - all the dudes and even buildings have character despite their simplicity. i love watching the animation of the garden!!!

i'm excited for the upcoming changes to drones and all the rest. they all seem like solid updates! go myco!

the bombers are the coolest don't @ me

amazing. just sad it ended. definitely feels like some units fall waaaaay off, even with perks. i wish that wasn't the case so there could be more options to mess around with.

Really fun, very addictive for the first few hours. After that, you do need to think things through and it becomes quite challenging to finish. Definitely worth your time and money if you like these kinds of games.

A positive from me, but barely. The graphics are cute and the upgrades are fun, but the game is short and I was too often not clear what to do next.

Do you like incremental/"idle" (not actually idle) games? Do you like theory crafting? Do you like optimizing your strategy? Do you like "resource" management? Then you need to play (the) Gnorp Apologue.

Like others have said, this is a "idle" game that eventually turns in to a speed-running game, where you are encouraged to closely read tool-tips and theory craft builds to surpass your last run. Every upgrade is carefully thought out and synergizes/interacts with the other upgrades in ways that you don't even think of until you sit down and think about it.

The best part is once you beat the game and the "speed-run" mode is unlocked, you no longer need to grind prestige points since all of them are unlocked for you (the "main" game is essentially a tutorial for the speed-run mode which I don't think I've seen done exactly like this before.) You just get to go full steam ahead and figure out whats the most optimal (or in my case fun) strategy you can think of.

GO PLAY THIS GAME. This game is a good game design lesson in how to design a thoughtful, interesting and in depth skill tree that encourages experimentation, gives the player agency, and provokes the player's curiosity.

This game is graphically and sound-wise stunning, especially considering how simple it is, however, as most other negative reviews have said, the balance is very off - some units are virtually useless and since the Gnorps' cost grows exponentially, buying any of them noticeably hampers your progress. Higher talents take quite a while to get, their requirements also growing exponentially. The talents are rather bland, too, unfortunately.

If you are looking for pretty much a wallpaper, I fully recommend this game. If you are looking for an incremental game with some depth (like I was), I simply cannot recommend it over so many other options.

A great take on the Incremental Clicker genre.
Though it won't go on "forever" like Cookie Clicker, and not so much an Idler as it is a Speed Running game, the visual representation of your progress is super satisfying!
There are some cool mechanics that has you balancing and prioritizing to reach the end faster, which keeps it an engaging experience throughout.
Highly recommended if you like games like Cookie Cliker, Space Plan, Universal Paperclips etc.