I like that they experiment around a lot, it probably keeps the work from getting dull for them too with how long they've been working on this game. This studio might be my favorite, they're great with their community and any problems I have with the game's systems or mechanics (pets, arcanes, under-performing frames, operators, etc.) end up getting fixed. It's always improving and giving me something to come back to that makes the game feel fresh, even after about a decade of on and off playing!
WindowKill - $4.99
The most clever bullet hell I've ever played, best experienced on mouse and keyboard.
Windosill - $2.99
More of an interactive art piece. Very short but I still think about it years later. (Some of their other stuff is available online for free and is similarly enjoyable)
Magic Wand - $3.99
Like a surreal, jumbled mess that seems to parody a badly translated JRPG. Another short and sweet experience.
HYPER DEMON - $14.99*
Like a nightmarish fever dream. If you like old school FPS mechanics like rocket jumping and bunnyhopping you'll feel right at home. This one is a little difficult to show people gameplay of because it looks impossible to decipher, but when you're actually playing it and really start to get entranced, it's an experience like nothing else. The way it gives you a 360 fov is an incredible mechanic.
*(It's also 40% off for ~40 hours as of this comment, making it $8.99)
Chicory: A Colorful Tale - $19.99
My favorite game of all time. Adorable puzzle game where you paint the world, with a story about what makes someone an artist. One thing I really like about this is the open ended way it lets you approach creative tasks; It's up to you to decide how much you want to invest, there's no scoring system to gamify the art portions, which is very in-line with the story to me.
Edit: Oh, and a great soundtrack by Lena Raine!
Yeah, I'm messing with the balance each time now to try and reduce bitterness without losing the flavor. The next time I tried with about 3/4th the amount of leaves. Doing 180F at 20 seconds to start with a gradual increase each steep seems like the right area so far!
Breaking Out the Bunny for This Tea Session
It's bunny day, so it seemed fitting to take out my tea pet.
Tea is Jinggu "Wild Tree Purple Moonlight White" from Yunnan Sourcing. I've only had white tea a handful of times, really enjoyed it. A little bitter, and felt like a lot of different flavors I couldn't really identify. I just know I liked it! Made it to about 10 steeps before it started losing flavor, so even the smaller 25g sample I got should last me a good while.
I don't see it here so I'll mention Ty the Tasmanian Tiger! Really fun collectathon platformer. Played through the more recent remaster on PC and realized it's very easy, but I spent a huge amount of time as a kid just running around the maps and hub area.
Honestly I get lazy and skip the pre-heat and fairness cup, then it's even faster/easier than brewing in a pot!
Also tea people should check out [email protected]! The only tea community I'm aware of on lemmy. Though it's super inactive right now; I should probably contribute...
Yeah I drink tea, now what am I supposed to believe in?
Tristan Newcomb? I get all my gaming news from him. His Donkey Kong Country review is great.
Transcendental Youth - The Mountain Goats
Title track and closer of one of my all-time favorite albums. The horns are just perfect and the lyrics are beautiful. Makes me think of those little moments of getting lost in something good during bad times, a short escape you know won't last.
Yeah but you'd have to write it across like, 10 post-it notes along the top of your monitor. That'd get expensive!
Idk someone could probably brute force it in only a few trillion years, I'd make it longer if you plan to be using Twitch long-term.
I really want to like Mirage more, but I just don't like her 3...or 4...or 2.
I know her 2 has some meme-y fun potential so I may have to give it another try. Her 3 and 4 are ruined by the light dependency for me though. If she could control the light level around her somehow, or toggle between the two buffs of her 3, she'd be in a way better place for me. Right now if I go back to her it would be after subsuming over her 3 most likely.
It's too bad because I really love her deluxe skin.
I spend 1/3rd of my life asleep, and the pillow would guarantee that third is good and memorable. Absolutely the pillow.
Even better!
Make it extra crust with pieces of crust as a topping and it'll be perfect.
I just started using it casually, I mostly follow art stuff. Here's a few of my favorites:
- enchantedbook - illustrations from old books, often folk tales
- pintoras - women painters, usually traditional art
- weirdzoology - weird zoology
- cazadoradehonguitos - mushroom photography (hasn't posted in a month though)
Ohhh it's connect four without gravity! I thought it was baduk and was wondering why they'd be mad when they're going to win, but then I remembered you don't place the stones in the squares.
Pan's Labyrinth
The way it's telling this dark fairy tale with the backdrop of fascism in Francoist Spain, combining real world and fantasy, is just so incredibly well done. It also has one of the most memorably evil antagonists of any media I've experienced, and some very creepy and beautiful creature designs done with practical effects. Everything just comes together perfectly in this movie.
Warframe. Always coming back to Warframe. It's just too fun making my murdermachines look pretty, and there's always something new to work toward. The game also runs incredibly well for how good it looks and how much is going on at once, I should NOT be able to run it at max settings 4k at 60fps with a mid-range gaming PC.
Plus it's really fun getting those big red damage numbers on enemies with the right builds, and I still haven't played another game with a movement system as fun as this one.
I've also been having fun with Armored Core VI, minus the out of place bosses. They definitely just put them in to be like "Look! We have the FromSoft™ bosses!" I ended up making a cheese build to effectively skip them. The actual mech combat parts are really fun though, and I love trying all the different kinds of loadouts! Runs well on a Steam Deck too which is always good.
Just about at the end of the first season, so lots more to see
Pinc Louds - Shaking
I love Pinc Louds and try to share them with my friends as much as I can, they're so unique and energetic! "Watching Snow" is my favorite song of theirs, but this one has a fun music video to introduce people with so I went with it. They really are a special group and I hope this reaches some new fans!
I've really been enjoying Adventure Time lately, so I'm glad to hear this! I don't know why I didn't watch it when it originally aired but I've been missing out; I'll be checking this show out once I finish up for sure.
Hummingbird Nest Photo
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/525740
She made her nest in our backyard, giving me the perfect chance to get a nice picture! The babies fell out a few times and we had to put them back in, but they all made it!