Dogpile combines dog merging with 100 build-breaking roguelike tags

We first covered Dogpile back in June, when its promise of combining dogs into larger ones seemed straightforward enough. Two months later, it is out, and the dogs have apparently picked up 100 tags, several strange traits and a habit of breaking carefully arranged builds. A run begins with small dogs dropping into an area. Put two matching dogs together, and they merge into a bigger one, with positioning becoming increasingly awkward as the pile grows. It is partly a Suika-like matching puzzler and partly a roguelike deckbuilder, so purchases and build choices matter alongside where each animal lands. ... [MORE]