Gameing: Sewer Rave
I like rats, so I thought this was cool and tried it first! It's… not my kind of thing. It looks fun and nice and artsy but I don't like 3D things, especially the less gentle ones, so I didn't have much fun and quit after less than 5 minutes probably.
Gameing: Vilmonic
I feel tricked! I don't really like crafting, but this is cute and simple to play and feels very smooth and non-overwhelming and also has crafting. Apparently the creatures will evolve a lot! I haven't played it for that long yet, but it's cute already.
https://bludgeonsoft.itch.io/vilmonic
Gameing: Democratic Socialism Simulator
Yeah this one is fun. Cute graphics, not too cheesy, simple and straightforward and it is possible to get a good result without being too much of an asshole. Its ideas of how to convince people of a thing are not the most complex ones, but well, it's a fun game.
https://molleindustria.itch.io/democratic-socialism-simulator
Gameing: Hidden Folks
I like the calm concept: You have to find a bunch of things in a large messy picture. I don't really feel cozy feelings for the drawing style though, so I don't think I'll try this again.
https://adriaan.itch.io/hidden-folks
Gameing: Visual Out
Oooh this is pretty. It is also confusing and frustrating, but I can totally see myself spending an hour with this one now and then. Cybersad.
https://madameberry.itch.io/visual-out
Gameing: KIDS
In this, you get to push people into holes and through tubes that look a lot like intestines. I really enjoyed playing it although it did give me motion sickness.
https://playables.itch.io/kids
Gameing: Beglitched
"My mouse battery will only expire when it rains. It was a curse a witch put on me when I was little. Curse or not, she was cool."
I really, really like this game, I think.
It puts you in the place of a cute hacker. Everything has nice colors and is pretty and is mostly puzzle-y I think. It has repeating instructions and is very very gentle in teaching how to play, which, ooof, so important. It's also creative and cute.
Gameing: adjacency
I like the concept of this puzzle thingie! I got bored/frustrated with it soon, but I did enjoy it and can imagine playing it again.
https://sleepymacaw.itch.io/adjacency
Gameing: Satellite Repairman
This one is sooo pretty. It did remind me of the "color of the sky" meme on tumblr but eh, whatever, I do like the colors of the sky. And that concept! Playing someone who jetpacks around to fix satellites! I love it.
Moving around made me feel a bit sick though, and docking to satellites is too hard for my taste, and also I stopped after the first two tutorials because intercepting missiles sounded too stressful.
No Gameing
Also, a list of the games that I wanted to try but that either don't start or don't seem to work properly:
Astaeria (starts but uuuuh nothing then)
LOVE
Milkmaid of the Milky Way (started the first time and I liked it and was looking forward to continuing and hasn't started since then! I am not happy!!)
Minit
Ungrounded
Gameing: Radical Solitaire
It's solitaire in pixeley glitchey, and to change which card you get to take from that stack next, you get play a brick smash minigame. It is infuriating! I love it so much, it is perfect. :3 This is the kind of frustrating that I enjoy. Absurd and slow and making me eyeroll lovingly.
Gameing: Radical Solitaire
I love that that itch lets folks use custom names for the kind of thing they upload. Radical Solitaire is a "waste of time".
"You own this waste of time"
"A downloadable waste of time for Windows, macOS, and Linux"
"In order to download this waste of time you must…"
"Support this waste of time at or above a special price point to receive something exclusive."
Also btw, the itch page has a lot of flashing gifs. You can make the game itself much less flashy with F6.
Gameing: Radical Solitaire
Oh gosh, that person's other works also look wonderfully horrible. I am an intrigued kitty. https://vectorhat.itch.io/
Btw if you want to see some games from the bundle sorted by accessibility needs, representation and other such categories, see this great list here that @frameacloud started: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11eKwMOMPoTMIx6D5-Cv-YRHtEGyaiWQ-20BzDDa5SM4/edit
And consider adding the games that you've tried out!
@maunzi @frameacloud Oooh, many thanks!
Farming games *___*
Now I know which they are.
(Unfortunately I also now know that there are ZERO Hamster games </3)
Here you go, turns out there was a hamster game in the bundle! "Michtim: Fluffy Adventures" is about hamster-like fantasy beings. I had it in the "rodents and small mammals" section. I wasn't sure they were supposed to be like hamsters or some other little critter, until I just now noticed the game creator tagged it "hamsterpunk." Seems there's a lot about the game that you would like. They're nonbinary hamsters. Take a look: https://grimogre.itch.io/michtim
@frameacloud aaaah i am so happy for @schokopflaster 🐾
@frameacloud @maunzi
Oh my glob, oh my glob, oh my glob! Thank you for finding this gem! It's incredible! And so fluffy! That the hamus are even non binary that's such a nice touch!!
I'm already on the lookout for people to play it with.
Thanks again for finding it and remembering me :)
🐹