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redreader posted:I just finished A Short Hike and I can't remember how long it took because I played it in two go's: 20 minutes and about 30-40 minutes. I like that it's just Very Nice and everyone in it is Very Friendly and Nice. This isn't the first surreal emphasis weird recommendation for this game. I'm playing this game with my six year old and if Claire ends the game getting raped by her uncle or finds out her mom died in a carfire, it'd be amazing if someone could private message me so I don't have to deal with that poo poo tia.
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Sputnik posted:This isn't the first surreal emphasis weird recommendation for this game. I'm playing this game with my six year old and if Claire ends the game getting raped by her uncle or finds out her mom died in a carfire, it'd be amazing if someone could private message me so I don't have to deal with that poo poo tia. No! Holy poo poo no!!!! You loving goon!!!!!!!
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ilmucche posted:What?
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Sputnik posted:This isn't the first surreal emphasis weird recommendation for this game. I'm playing this game with my six year old and if Claire ends the game getting raped by her uncle or finds out her mom died in a carfire, it'd be amazing if someone could private message me so I don't have to deal with that poo poo tia. No, there's no twist. The game really is as friendly as it looks on the surface.
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Not sure if this is the right place to ask but is there a way to rebind keys on Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass? I use a 60% keyboard w/o arrow keys (I guess I'd want to change movement to WASD?) and its made it prohibitively obnoxious to play.
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Jun 18, 2020 18:51
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Sputnik posted:This isn't the first surreal emphasis weird recommendation for this game. I'm playing this game with my six year old and if Claire ends the game getting raped by her uncle or finds out her mom died in a carfire, it'd be amazing if someone could private message me so I don't have to deal with that poo poo tia. those goons and their uncle rape amirite
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Jun 18, 2020 18:51
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Sputnik posted:This isn't the first surreal emphasis weird recommendation for this game. I'm playing this game with my six year old and if Claire ends the game getting raped by her uncle or finds out her mom died in a carfire, it'd be amazing if someone could private message me so I don't have to deal with that poo poo tia. really hate the sort of games you apparently play randomly where this is a constant worry for you
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Jun 18, 2020 18:54
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there used to be a thing like a content or trigger warning for stuff like that but like 80 percent of something awful took personal offense at the idea.
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Jun 18, 2020 19:15
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there are a whole bunch of indie games, some in this bundle, where the big twist is everything that seemed normal is actually hosed Up and suddenly a horror game
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There's a reason when I asked for recommendations I specified no games about being sad
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Jun 18, 2020 19:43
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I know this is SA, and trolling people into drinking urine and similar shenanigans was common place, but to keep the record straight, A Short Hike is indeed as clean and pure as a children's story book and it stays that way throughout the whole experience. There's no twist like in Eversion or Jimmy or whatever. You can safely play it with a child watching.Gripweed posted:There's a reason when I asked for recommendations I specified no games about being sad And it does not make you sad. Thank you, this was a PSA.
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Jun 18, 2020 19:51
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I liked the look of that Conversations with Ghosts game because it looked like the reverse of the trope; something that on the surface was dark and horrible but which instead was very wholesome
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Thanks for assuaging my completely insane fears. I'd rather you think I'm an internet wackjob than have to explain to the kid why Uncle Danger needs the police called.Lt. Danger posted:there are a whole bunch of indie games, some in this bundle, where the big twist is everything that seemed normal is actually hosed Up and suddenly a horror game Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup.
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vegetables posted:I liked the look of that Conversations with Ghosts game because it looked like the reverse of the trope; something that on the surface was dark and horrible but which instead was very wholesome Did you mean Speed Dating for Ghosts? That one looks amusing and seems to have had a competent writing team working on it. I'll have to check it out.
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Impermanent posted:there used to be a thing like a content or trigger warning for stuff like that but like 80 percent of something awful took personal offense at the idea. Perhaps we need a content warning for content warnings.
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Saoshyant posted:Did you mean Speed Dating for Ghosts? That one looks amusing and seems to have had a competent writing team working on it. I'll have to check it out. Yes, that one! All the names of these games have blurred together in my mind
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Speaking of children, if you have any you'll probably want to show them Metamorphabet and Sandcastles from the creator of Windosill (which is also included in this bundle). One's great as a teaching tool for little kids, the other's an amusing virtual sandbox that anyone at any age will enjoy.
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Jun 18, 2020 20:08
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Lt. Danger posted:there are a whole bunch of indie games, some in this bundle, where the big twist is everything that seemed normal is actually hosed Up and suddenly a horror game I wonder why people are inspired to make games like that. I guess we'll never know. Sputnik's comment about A Short Hike reminded me of me playing Frog Detective with my 4-year-old nephew, and it's mostly fine, but there's one bit where the characters straight-faced say that books are always 100% inaccurate and you should just trust the internet on everything. Since I was reading it to him while we played I just kind of hmmed past that part. Don't think he would have gotten that joke. Speed Dating For Ghosts is indeed great. Worth replaying for multiple dates.
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Jun 18, 2020 20:10
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On a minor note, it looks like humble bundle has jumped onto the idea. Sadly, it has nowhere near enough momentum/support yet, but a significantly higher price tag. Since its somewhat on topic, any opinions on things within it?
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Twobirds posted:I wonder why people are inspired to make games like that. I guess we'll never know. A lot of people are inspired by the Mother series where things start off happy and get really hosed up near the end. I'm also a big fan of games like that, but I can totally understand why others wouldn't enjoy it and don't fault them for it at all.
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Jun 18, 2020 21:17
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six times more expensive and it calls itself the "humble" bundle.
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Jun 18, 2020 21:18
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Super Time Force Ultra is really good is basically all I have to say about the humble one, it's mostly games I already have and then they do that humble thing where you get DLC but not the base game.
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Jun 18, 2020 21:19
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TheParadigm posted:On a minor note, it looks like humble bundle has jumped onto the idea. Baba is You is excellent, same for Spelunky. Everything else is... not bad but also not anything that won't be (or already was) in a bundle this year probably. It's very much a "it's for charity" bundle that gives you a couple of good games in exchange, rather than the insane deal that the itch.io bundle was.
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Jun 18, 2020 21:20
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theres a lot of good stuff in that humble bundle but i already have almost everything i would want and instead of it being $5-10 where i would just get it anyway and give out the extras its $30 which is kind of expensive for baba is you and a pc copy of spelunky.
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Awesome! posted:theres a lot of good stuff in that humble bundle but i already have almost everything i would want I think that's going to be a very common thing from people who pay attention to humble bundles.
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Jun 18, 2020 21:26
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Gripweed posted:six times more expensive and it calls itself the "humble" bundle. To be fair there's a few A-list games in there, which the Itch bundle didn't have. But it's not the same value, for sure.
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$30 for a bunch of games anyone who buys stuff from humble already has is a pretty poor value. Then again most of their bundles have been complete dogshit since they were acquired by Ziff Davis.
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It amuses me to see The Ball on there.
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Jedit posted:To be fair there's a few A-list games in there, which the Itch bundle didn't have. But it's not the same value, for sure. So it's fewer games, bigger name games, all for more money. More like Hubris Bundle.
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Eh, I grabbed the Humble Bundle for Baba is You and Spelunky and a couple of other things that caught my eye, then just gave away the steam codes I didn't want to friends. It's sort of like bonus charity to be able to give someone the gift of Hyper Light Drifter or Bioshock.
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I'm one of the weirdos who really enjoyed Broken Age; but then again, I don't play that many adventure games, and I actively try not to pay attention to creator drama and "stupid decisions that were made in this game before it got in the final form". Ask me about being a fan of Rimworld, too! $30 for $48 games is a good value if there are games you want or want to sell or trade. It ends up being about $0.63 a game. Oh, but don't get excited if you see the Attack on Titan Anthology in the books section, that's not the actual manga, that's an anthology of ~original creations~ comics inspired by the real thing.
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Gobbeldygook posted:He's talking about Glittermitten Grove. I played until I got to a minigame that wasn't fun, aka the first one, and then stopped playing. Yes, my experience was similar. I was fine with the "TXT World" thing because I have fond memories of playing the like on early PCs, and I love the concept of a metagame with different genre minigames inside, but then I got to the flying toaster thing. I get it. They're mixing "progressive clicker" gameplay with "flappy bird" gameplay. So subversive, what a commentary on modern game design. The problem is that making a lovely game ironically still means that you have made a lovely game.
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Space Rangers 2 is the only multi-genre metagame I need
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Nipponophile posted:Yes, my experience was similar. I was fine with the "TXT World" thing because I have fond memories of playing the like on early PCs, and I love the concept of a metagame with different genre minigames inside, but then I got to the flying toaster thing. Yeah I gave up on Txt World just because it felt like it overstayed it’s welcome and it’s pretty offensive to look at for long periods of time. I grew up with ps1 so I fuss the nostalgic factor isn’t there. Frog Fractions 1 was cool but the text adventure level was a slog and I looked up a guide so I could skip it. My other friends who played it also used the guide I linked them. It was a slog otherwise.
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Gobbeldygook posted:He's talking about Glittermitten Grove. I played until I got to a minigame that wasn't fun, aka the first one, and then stopped playing. I was also posting about glittermitten grove. I played it for an hour or two and liked it. The weird door thing was ki d of dumb.
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Sagebrush was kinda cool It really had confidence in the narrative It wasn't world ending ,but felt impactful. It's about as good as a walking Sim can be It was the first time the " reality collapse, abstract representation of event" really worked for me Tight walking sim
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I'm dipping back into itch.io.. The Lost Art of Innkeeping - it's tragic that this uses stock RPG Maker assets because I like the nucleus of this game. you basically run an inn, and you furnish the rooms in anticipation of what guests might ask for.. there's a nice loop of, set the rooms up, check the guests in, go around town talking to people and accomplishing a task on your task list, going to bed and then collecting the money. there are tasks required to upgrade your inn across a 5 star spectrum. i'm at 2 stars now and i'll be unlocking a receptionist next
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The 7th Guest posted:I'm dipping back into itch.io.. Ooh, thanks, this sounds like my jam.
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Help, I'm an idiot and can't figure out how to fish in A Short Hike. I was told to tap X and pull back but... pull back how? Mouse control doesn't seem to work. I tried walking around and fell into the water 
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Fruits of the sea posted:Help, I'm an idiot and can't figure out how to fish in A Short Hike. I was told to tap X and pull back but... pull back how? Mouse control doesn't seem to work. I tried walking around and fell into the water Tap X and then move away from the fish. I used the arrow keys on the keyboard to play, so I used them to "pull back". I also kept tapping X repeatedly, I think that's required.
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