multiplayer is buggy. my friend keeps falling through the floor. inventory management is bad. sometimes you accidentally craft 20 sword hilts and since the 2.0 update i have lost all my progress. the dev has just abandoned the game

very good game :)
please play this game
very good

I could sit here and list off things that need to be fixed/updated/changed, but unfortunetly, the developer has said that he will no longer be working on this game, ever again. However, I'll go ahead and tell you why you shouldn't buy this game.

-Multiplayer?
You'd have better luck connecting to someone via a potato and a cracked bendy straw. This game does not have proper multiplayer. If you're like me and have not the slightest bit of insight on network programming, you're ♥♥♥♥ out of luck with this. I shouldn't have to look up a "how to" just to play the multiplayer of a game with friends.
-Tutorial?
Not really. Much like the multiplayer aspect, I had to look up a "how to" on... almost everything. From controls, to crafting, to what makes what, etc.. As much as I like games not holding your hand, even Dark Souls taught you the basic controls.
-Story? Character? Setting? Life?
Nope. You're just thrown into a world of caves full of monsters and NPC's that don't have the slightest bit of life to them, or any reason for them to be there other than that they just are. Why are there floating spike boulders and swinging vines holding axe blades? Just 'cause.
-Gameplay? Difficulty?
The inventory is awful. Extremely small, no management options, and, as mentioned before, nothing telling you how to use it. Supplies are frustratingly scarce, requires asinine amounts ingredients to make a thing, and good luck finding/obtaining them. Tired of using a stone pickaxe? Too bad, because now you can only pick caves that only spawn ores that you can't pick with your pickaxe. Have fun trying to get through cave 4 with your stone sword that's nearly broken, because you ain't getting anything better. The game also punishes exploration by having a set time in each cave. Take too much time, and you'll be instakilled by some creature that's twice as fast as you and is pretty much invulnerable. The towns may have something useful, but only if you have the insane amount of gold they want. Everything is randomly generated, btw.
-Music?
Heh, have fun with the 3-4 looping tracks that are in the game.

If you really want this game regardless of what I have to say about it, fine. It's your money. But at least wait for a sale. There's no sense in buying this game for ten dollars.

I bought this two years ago with the understanding the developer would work on this game.

If you read the last ''Update'' this developer admits he will no longer work on this game and move on. It's an unfinished product. Stay away from this developer as he cannot commit to finishing a product for consumers. It's unthinkable that any producer would say such a thing openly, but this is the gaming world and I guess ♥♥♥♥ is just different?

Anyway, do not buy this game. It is dead.

the game is incomplete,has no multiplayer included in steam.you are forced to play with hamachi

Honestly. Id love it if they could make multiplayer through steam instead of making me download a third party thing that could potentually give me a virus if i dont do it carefully. Other then that its fine

Video Review:
http://youtu.be/-d5OT3AsB4A

Magicite is a 2d side scrolling, survival, crafting game. The game includes a basic character editor that allows you to customize the look of your character as well assigning stats. The game includes basic stats, 2 extra traits, and a race/class that assigns extra bonuses like starting items and shop discounts.

The gameplay is simple, intuitive and fun. It consists of moving, jumping, double jumping, attacking, and using items. I had a lot of fun just jumping around, exploring, and attacking everything. While it’s simple to control, Magicite is still a challenge. Death is permanent, so when you die, you start over again. All of the biomes were neat to look at and felt unique. The monsters of each biome all moved differently and didn’t feel repetitive.

The crafting system, resource collection, and item options are easy and work well but I felt it was a little too similar to other games in the genre. In future releases I hope the developers differentiate themselves more in this category.

Aside from crafting and fighting, the player earns gold which can buy new items and experience which leads to level ups and new skills.

If you like a challenging scroller and can get past some similarities to other games, Magicite is really fun and I enjoyed my time with it.

This game is crazy F%@# hard at first until I picked up a couple of tricks, but once you get the hang of the game, it is easy as pie. Seriously! Just remember these couple of tips that WILL save your ♥♥♥. I know they have mine.

1.) Don't pick fights you can't win, especially when you just started in District one. Farm the mobs that don't fight back and proceed to the next area.
2.) Get a Wooden Pick Axe and Sword as fast as possible. Then, get a bow as fast as possible. (You have to kill Spiders in the Forest District, or you have to get lucky with the cuttable grass on the ground to get the cowebs.)
3.) Sometimes you just have to abandon that ore/chest that is surrounded by monsters. :/
4.) Once you get a bow, proceed to ♥♥♥♥ everything. You will win most fights if you stay at a range.

Pros:
+ Fun, combat is more about moving correctly than having godly equipment most of the time, specially early on.
+ Permadeath (on singleplayer)
+ Cute graphics
+ Challenging
+ Plenty of unlockables with different effects

Cons:
- Lacks any real game options customization other than resolution.
- A lot of things are unexplained and not very intuitive at first, such as altars (I thought I was buying a very expensive armor honestly) and town NPC crafting. Some items could stand to sell for more, specially potions and crafted items. (Everything seems to sell for the same or about the same price)
- Map randomization is bland, all maps have the same boring, horizontal design with different colors/backgrounds/trees. Could use more vertical variance along with different stage shaping.
- Inventory management sucks since your inventory always feels one row too short, specially when opening treasure
- Crafting system is clunky, time-consuming, and could use improvements (can't combine 2 sticks on the same square, this is made worse by the poor inventory space) Recipes for the more advanced items would also help.
- Need to unlock ANY sort of customization, could add colors to characters?
- Netplay is laggy for the player not hosting if your distance isn't short
- Can revive teammate indefinitely in netplay with 1hp as long as one of you is alive

I really want to like this game but it feels like an early access at the moment. Hopefully newer patches will make the game more fun and polished, but as it is right now it doesn't feel worth a full price.

Edit: I have been unbanned after a discussion with the developer, take that as you will!

Despite this game being Early Access, I would 100% recommend it already.
I've only given this game about an hour of play with two friends but already I am a little bit in love with it.
The game combines elements from Platformers, RPG's and roguelikes to create a fantastic little indie game.

The gameplay is rather simply to fight, craft and quest your way through various randomly generated dungeons. Unlike most platformers this game isn't a rush and hack'n'slash. You have to craft your own weapons, potions and food in order to survive which sounds simple but can get challenging quickly.
Playing with more than one person we quickly found out if we didn't share our resources we would die within minutes. Also, the friendly-fire meant instead of just spamming the attack button we actually had to watch what we were doing/who we were attacking.
The crafting list already has a fair few items on it, I am sure you can find the list somewhere but I rather enjoyed guessing what would work with what, which gave the game a nice survival feel.
The game is hard though. If you're playing with others you will need a way to communicate, and being in Early Access in-game chat isn't implemented yet.
And because this game is still Early Access there ARE bugs, but none that are gamebreaking (that I have encountered), it is fully playable, and enjoyable.

So far, I can't find much to fault about this game at all. The developer has been consistent with his work on the game but has also been consistent with his updates on Kickstarter too (19 since November 19th) which for me is always a good sign for games in Early Access.
For £6.99 you can't go wrong with a game this fun.