Spoiler warning

Grimstone is one of fifty games in UFO50, a recently-released game anthology from a team of awesome indie game designers. It's maybe my favourite thing released this year, it's very inspiring and full of ideas and fun. It's also full of secrets, and I really enjoyed going into all the games completely blind and finding things out myself. However! Sometimes the games lack a bit of explanation that can make them a bit too frustrating and folks might end up not giving them a chance. If you're finding the game frustrating, I've written a few tips below that I think are handy. They don't spoil anything major, but don't read them if you want to go in fresh. Also buy UFO50! It's great!

Items

Items don't have descriptions, meaning you have to find out what they do by trial and error. If you don't fancy that (as it can be expensive and time-consuming!) I have a few descriptions for basic items here:

• Bandage: heals HP
• Rootbeer: heals SP. Not rare but very expensive.
• Bedroll: can be used on the world map to fully heal all party members
• Lasso: restricts an enemy and stops them from acting; single-use
• Holywater: revives a dead party member. Very rare.

Saving

There are no save points in Grimstone. Entering a town or location usually saves your game, as does sleeping in a hotel. UFO50's save icon will appear in the bottom-right when your game is saved.

Death

When all your party members die, you don't reload the game: instead, you wake up in the nearest church. Everyone will have been revived and you'll lose half of the teeth you have. Reviving party members in the field is very rare, so death is really important to avoid. You can revive a partially dead party at a church for a smaller fee per member, but they don't come back fully-healed. (Thanks to Peter for clarifying this)

Money

A consequence of dying and money loss is that it's not good to walk around with too much money. Spending money on items is usually good practice. Some towns have banks that let you deposit money, and you can even earn interest on it. If you're heading out on a quest, there's almost no point bringing money with you if you can avoid it.

Stables

Some towns have stables from which you can hire horses. This can be a bit confusing because the horses don't appear anywhere - you get told they're waiting for you. To use them, on the world map enter the menu and choose Mount. Whenever you enter a town next they'll disappear. Being mounted means you move twice as fast, which lets you outrun enemy encounters more easily. It also plays some rad music. (Note: horses don't disappear when you enter dungeons, thanks Aaron!)

Cancelling Commands

You issue commands to your party all in one go, then the order in which those commands happen is based on their Speed. As long as you haven't issued a command to your last party member yet, you can undo commands given - just press X/cancel and you'll go back to previous party members.

More

That's all for now! There are other tips but they're more spoilery, so I might add them in with spoiler tags later on. It's a good game, one of my favourites in the anthology so far!