My 9 year old has taken a liking to The Room Two on my phone.
Im trying to think of games in my library that might fit that style and his skill level.
I'm thinking Myst might be a little too much, but I've got The Witness (I haven't played enough to gauge the difficulty), Puzzle Agent, some old Putt Putt (but I think he's out grown that).
Any others i can check out that fit more closely to The Room series?
Not quite the same style but my five year old is loving playing Chuchel, super fun point and click. Needs help now and again but able to make progress on her own.
My 9 year old has taken a liking to The Room Two on my phone.
Im trying to think of games in my library that might fit that style and his skill level.
I'm thinking Myst might be a little too much, but I've got The Witness (I haven't played enough to gauge the difficulty), Puzzle Agent, some old Putt Putt (but I think he's out grown that).
Any others i can check out that fit more closely to The Room series?
Zachtronics games tend to be awesome, so maybe SpaceChem and InfiniFactory, with TIS-100 and ShenZhen I/O if he's really computer inclined.
You recommend Zachtronics games, but fail to mention Opus Magnum? For shame! It is by far the most accessible of those games, considering there are only self imposed limits when building the machines, so a younger kid could fiddle around endlessly.
KalnaurI See Rain . . .Centralia, WARegistered Userregular
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I've been denying my increasing sickness for the last few days, and in my brain haze I failed to post the challenge for the Backlog group on April 1st, so here it is, a few days late:
April:Fresh Flowers and Fools
It's time again for a month of comedy, and in the spirit of spring, for new growth as well! We had farming games back in November as a theme, and they're springing up here as well, but what we're focusing more on is the growing aspect. Growing flowers or crops, yes, but also things like Crazy Flower Shop or even Okami. Any game with themes of growing things or renewal of places obviously visually taking place. I think we can all be assured that Berylline knows of at least a few of these types of games that can be suggested, but anyone else that wants to mention games with themes of renewal and regrowth are welcome to chime in! The second theme, playing of course off the April of Fools, is playing any game with the tags of Comedy, Funny, Parody, Satire, or similar tags, and play that game!
Just remember to grab us a screenshot, be it the end of the game, or where you checked out and retired the game. Also, any screenshots of funny jokes, pratfalls, beautiful greenery, fields of flowers, etc are welcome!
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Steamworld Dig 2 came free via Twitch Prime which came with my Amazon Prime sub and has been providing a nice break from what I've mostly been playing (for whatever reason, I had a desire to actually try and finish a run through Elona, a freely distributed roguelike from the late 2000s that is so very, very weird. It starts with Ancient Domains of Mystery as an inspiration and then crams even more ideas into itself). Steamworld Dig doesn't have the deepest gameplay (in multiple senses) but it's doing a bang up job of catering to my love of Metroidvanias, creating my own paths, and looting any valuables I can see. There's other neat stuff being given away with Twitch Prime this month but this has been a highlight.
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Looks like SpyParty will finally be releasing next week. It looks like you can still purchase it from the creator's website for $15 (which includes a Steam key once it's available), but that price will jump to $25 once it hits Early Access (which is annoying, since I have Steam wallet built up).
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Looks like SpyParty will finally be releasing next week. It looks like you can still purchase it from the creator's website for $15 (which includes a Steam key once it's available), but that price will jump to $25 once it hits Early Access (which is annoying, since I have Steam wallet built up).
i had the chance to try it and it's.... pretty fun.
Alright. Back from vacation and a couple people have declined a copy of Surviving Mars. So I'm taking it to steam gifts. Ends Wednesday at 6pm cst. Open to PA G&T.
And since a little birdie has told me that Factorio is due for a price increase soon, I'll make a giveaway for two copies of this one. Ends wednesday at 6pm cst. Open to PA G&T.
Three hours remain.
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I've been hearing about SpyParty for a very long time. I remember first hearing about it on one of the podcasts from 1up.com, of all places. And 1up has been dead for years now.
At the time, it sounded like another take on The Ship, albeit on a smaller scale.
I forgot to tag Berylline in my post above so that she can give her professional advice on types of games that match the monthly challenge.
This is going to get locked soon, so I'm not sure if I should maybe wait, but eh, I'll go ahead and type some up anyway. I have been all over these types of games lately, although mostly on the 3DS. (Story of Seasons and Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns both completed. The second one is way better.) Anyway, games on steam:
Got back into Rimworld lately after hearing the next patch would, after all these years, be 1.0 and considered the end of early access. Alongside very few other early access games, I consider Rimworld to be one of the success stories. The game has come quite far in the time it's been EA and the modding community has really stepped up behind it. It's crazy how many mods there are from basic tool additions to UI changes up into full scale rewrites to let you play in a Lovecraftian world or try out a an imitation Star Wars, etc. Absolutely loving the game again!
Also - 99 pages, looks like a new thread is in order soon, I'd better draft that up. When will we tick over to 100? :P
Got back into Rimworld lately after hearing the next patch would, after all these years, be 1.0 and considered the end of early access. Alongside very few other early access games, I consider Rimworld to be one of the success stories. The game has come quite far in the time it's been EA and the modding community has really stepped up behind it. It's crazy how many mods there are from basic tool additions to UI changes up into full scale rewrites to let you play in a Lovecraftian world or try out a an imitation Star Wars, etc. Absolutely loving the game again!
Also - 99 pages, looks like a new thread is in order soon, I'd better draft that up. When will we tick over to 100? :P
Pretty soon it looks like, though I didn't count this page.
Alright. Back from vacation and a couple people have declined a copy of Surviving Mars. So I'm taking it to steam gifts. Ends Wednesday at 6pm cst. Open to PA G&T.
And since a little birdie has told me that Factorio is due for a price increase soon, I'll make a giveaway for two copies of this one. Ends wednesday at 6pm cst. Open to PA G&T.
Three hours remain.
Thanks @destroyah87 for Factorio! I'll have to factor this in to my schedule somehow!
@Jaunty won Surviving Mars. I sent you a friend request so that I may deliver your gift.
@Jazz and @Talus9952 are the lucky winners of a single copy of Factorio, each. Please accept your gifts at your own convenience and then mark them received on Steamgifts.
Also - 99 pages, looks like a new thread is in order soon, I'd better draft that up. When will we tick over to 100? :P
Rightttttttt now!
Edit: ahh guess not. Dying Light continues to be good. Game is at its best when you're jumping around at high speed so night time running is where the tension/fun is at
Steamworld Dig 2 came free via Twitch Prime which came with my Amazon Prime sub and has been providing a nice break from what I've mostly been playing (for whatever reason, I had a desire to actually try and finish a run through Elona, a freely distributed roguelike from the late 2000s that is so very, very weird. It starts with Ancient Domains of Mystery as an inspiration and then crams even more ideas into itself). Steamworld Dig doesn't have the deepest gameplay (in multiple senses) but it's doing a bang up job of catering to my love of Metroidvanias, creating my own paths, and looting any valuables I can see. There's other neat stuff being given away with Twitch Prime this month but this has been a highlight.
I usually give up on Elona runs when my number of limbs have doubled and none ofthem can carry a tune.....or a weapon
Steamworld Dig 2 came free via Twitch Prime which came with my Amazon Prime sub and has been providing a nice break from what I've mostly been playing (for whatever reason, I had a desire to actually try and finish a run through Elona, a freely distributed roguelike from the late 2000s that is so very, very weird. It starts with Ancient Domains of Mystery as an inspiration and then crams even more ideas into itself). Steamworld Dig doesn't have the deepest gameplay (in multiple senses) but it's doing a bang up job of catering to my love of Metroidvanias, creating my own paths, and looting any valuables I can see. There's other neat stuff being given away with Twitch Prime this month but this has been a highlight.
I usually give up on Elona runs when my number of limbs have doubled and none ofthem can carry a tune.....or a weapon
I've managed to not go totally off the rails so far by making sure I have a stock of cure corruption potions, making sure I sleep with a hat that protects from mutations, and not going overboard with gene engineering on pets with the maximum number of item slots before speed penalties kick in. I've also been fortunate with some of the corruption effects. My first that I live with for a bit to conserve potions has usually been a negligible penalty like rain following me (handy for my farm even if it slows down travel), losing a back slot but gaining float, or the current one of taking a bit more damage but dealing a lot more.
Though this is Elona+ (technically the ElonaC variant for a better translation) so there's a lot of added monsters that can till kick my teeth in.
Finished Chuchel a couple days ago. Bite sized fun to be had. Thanks again @akajaybay
Finished Rakuen. Never did get the graphics issue resolved so was always playing on a tiny screen (or a full screen with huge black borders). Specific areas/puzzles in the story felt uneven, otherwise enjoyable and worth that $1 off of Humble. Thanks again @Stabbity Style though I'm not making any more of these deals, I end up always playing something super long compared to whatever I send your way. :razz:
The track itself captures this feeling of some magnificent, centuries old institution undergoing some grand undertaking pretty well, and in game it's used when Royal describes to Robin how agents and progenarians are created, and when you take shelter in some important One Concern building when the civil war breaks out. So, in both cases you can say that "some magnificent, centuries old institution undergoing some grand undertaking" fits, but in both uses that ancient institution is also horrible and tyrannical, and in the former use that grand undertaking is the terrible process through which its superhuman enforcers are created, and in the later the grand undertaking (and I'm kinda stretching the meaning of that with this one, granted) is it tearing itself apart and the end of the world. So, there's partly a feeling of dissonance as this reassuring, confident music plays over terrible things, but there's also the feeling that no, it actually does fit, matched to these instances of wisdom and power being used to terrible ends, and that feeling had just been really sticking with me today.
So, i noticed I've got a... couple... games in my humble list from an assortment of sources that i'm likely to never, ever play for one reason or another. so i figured they may as well get some use.
But apparently the [ codes ] [/codes ] thing is only one per post?
So what would be the best way to give these away? there are so many...
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H3KnucklesBut we decide which is rightand which is an illusion.Registered Userregular
So, i noticed I've got a... couple... games in my humble list from an assortment of sources that i'm likely to never, ever play for one reason or another. so i figured they may as well get some use.
But apparently the [ codes ] [/codes ] thing is only one per post?
So what would be the best way to give these away? there are so many...
If you're in the PA steam groups, make a Steam Gifts account, make giveaways for each game on there (and lock them so only the steam group members can enter), and then put links to all the giveaways in one big post here. Like destroyah did in the post quoted below:
Alright. Back from vacation and a couple people have declined a copy of Surviving Mars. So I'm taking it to steam gifts. Ends Wednesday at 6pm cst. Open to PA G&T.
And since a little birdie has told me that Factorio is due for a price increase soon, I'll make a giveaway for two copies of this one. Ends wednesday at 6pm cst. Open to PA G&T.
SteevLWhat can I do for you?Registered Userregular
Also be aware that Humble's "unused keys" section in your account can occasionally be incorrect. I've seen codes that I know were used either by me or someone else show up again as "unused."
So, i noticed I've got a... couple... games in my humble list from an assortment of sources that i'm likely to never, ever play for one reason or another. so i figured they may as well get some use.
But apparently the [ codes ] [/codes ] thing is only one per post?
So what would be the best way to give these away? there are so many...
If you're in the PA steam groups, make a Steam Gifts account, make giveaways for each game on there (and lock them so only the steam group members can enter), and then put links to all the giveaways in one big post here. Like destroyah did in the post quoted below: <snip>
Ahh, i'm a member of the 'Penny Arcade' Steam group, although no one has really spoken in that in... years is that the right one?
Although i can't see a way to 'lock' them... Edit: dur, right there... 'who can enter'.
also it looks like i can only make three at a time so i guess it'll take awhile.
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Not quite the same style but my five year old is loving playing Chuchel, super fun point and click. Needs help now and again but able to make progress on her own.
PSN: SirGrinchX
Oculus Rift: Sir_Grinch
Oh, right, I do have Botanicula and Machinarium
Steam ID: Good Life
You recommend Zachtronics games, but fail to mention Opus Magnum? For shame! It is by far the most accessible of those games, considering there are only self imposed limits when building the machines, so a younger kid could fiddle around endlessly.
Steam ID: Good Life
Thanks to @Malakaius who decided my return to PC gaming required a bigger backlog. I think this'll go down nicely with my daughter after Chuchel!
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i had the chance to try it and it's.... pretty fun.
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Three hours remain.
At the time, it sounded like another take on The Ship, albeit on a smaller scale.
Thank you @Spoit for this game and this suggestion I think I will take it. also for some reason @'ing @Malakaius <_<
This is going to get locked soon, so I'm not sure if I should maybe wait, but eh, I'll go ahead and type some up anyway. I have been all over these types of games lately, although mostly on the 3DS. (Story of Seasons and Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns both completed. The second one is way better.) Anyway, games on steam:
Stardew Valley, of course
Slime Rancher
World's Dawn
Castaway Paradise (This might not have an end? It's been a while since I've played it. It's basically a cheap Animal Crossing.)
Forget Me Not: My Organic Garden
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
Viridi (although this has no end)
Waking Mars
Epistory: Typing Chronicles
Maybe Mini Ninjas? (I know you're breaking curses on animals, I can't remember how much on the land as a whole.)
Botanicula
Grow Home & Grow Up
Staxel (although this is early access and might not have an end yet)
My Time at Portia (also early access)
The Botanist
Ori & the Blind Forest
Let There Be Life
Lantern
Plus a bunch of others, surely, and the ones that you mentioned previously - Okami and Crazy Plant Shop are both great.
Also - 99 pages, looks like a new thread is in order soon, I'd better draft that up. When will we tick over to 100? :P
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Fall down seven times. Stand up eight.
Pretty soon it looks like, though I didn't count this page.
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Switch: SW-5185-4991-5118
PSN: AbEntropy
Thanks @destroyah87 for Factorio! I'll have to factor this in to my schedule somehow!
@Jaunty won Surviving Mars. I sent you a friend request so that I may deliver your gift.
@Jazz and @Talus9952 are the lucky winners of a single copy of Factorio, each. Please accept your gifts at your own convenience and then mark them received on Steamgifts.
To all who entered, thanks for playing!
Many thankies for the prize of Factorio, @destroyah87 ! Marked as received, you very classy person.
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Rightttttttt now!
Edit: ahh guess not. Dying Light continues to be good. Game is at its best when you're jumping around at high speed so night time running is where the tension/fun is at
Thank's @Spoit, for Chrono Trigger, and apparenty, Happy Birthday @EvmaAlsar !!!
I usually give up on Elona runs when my number of limbs have doubled and none ofthem can carry a tune.....or a weapon
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
RC says the darndest things. Also, chat is dangerous.
Thanks @ReverseCreations for Slasher's Keep. I'm very curious to check this one out!
I've managed to not go totally off the rails so far by making sure I have a stock of cure corruption potions, making sure I sleep with a hat that protects from mutations, and not going overboard with gene engineering on pets with the maximum number of item slots before speed penalties kick in. I've also been fortunate with some of the corruption effects. My first that I live with for a bit to conserve potions has usually been a negligible penalty like rain following me (handy for my farm even if it slows down travel), losing a back slot but gaining float, or the current one of taking a bit more damage but dealing a lot more.
Though this is Elona+ (technically the ElonaC variant for a better translation) so there's a lot of added monsters that can till kick my teeth in.
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@Malakaius did a thing. And I think it's RC's fault.
Thanks!
I think I'm going to keep getting my open world fix from MGSV.
You have filled me with a desire to play farcry 2 again
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Finished Rakuen. Never did get the graphics issue resolved so was always playing on a tiny screen (or a full screen with huge black borders). Specific areas/puzzles in the story felt uneven, otherwise enjoyable and worth that $1 off of Humble. Thanks again @Stabbity Style though I'm not making any more of these deals, I end up always playing something super long compared to whatever I send your way. :razz:
Thank you @Pixelated Pixie ! You are a very kind monster who totally doesn't deserve to be gifted forever and ever and ever
But apparently the [ codes ] [/codes ] thing is only one per post?
So what would be the best way to give these away? there are so many...
If you're in the PA steam groups, make a Steam Gifts account, make giveaways for each game on there (and lock them so only the steam group members can enter), and then put links to all the giveaways in one big post here. Like destroyah did in the post quoted below:
Ahh, i'm a member of the 'Penny Arcade' Steam group, although no one has really spoken in that in... years is that the right one?
Although i can't see a way to 'lock' them... Edit: dur, right there... 'who can enter'.
also it looks like i can only make three at a time so i guess it'll take awhile.