I beat the second phase of animal well then looked up spoilers.
Around half of phase 3 is doable by a single player -- but the other ones aren't. One can't be done on steam deck because you need to shake the window of the game. another wants your computer to have a printer connected, but there's a very hidden alternative way to get the code. Phase 4, involving the poster, is completely impossible solo. I wish they had put in clues for harder parts of phase 3, then put all of the ridiculous stuff in its own restricted area.
I was right that Fez and Tunic were inspirations as there are codes to turn your character into the characters from those games. (These are just for fun and aren't a part of any other puzzle.)
All in all I loved the game.
― formerly abanana (dat), Friday, 17 May 2024 02:10 (one month ago) link
High praise for Lorelei and the Laser Eyes: https://www.polygon.com/reviews/24156442/lorelei-and-the-laser-eyes-review-steam-pc-nintendo-switch
― The Mandymoorian (Leee), Friday, 17 May 2024 20:04 (one month ago) link
saw that one the ohter day, looks cool
Cryptmaster also looks cool whatever it is - word game based first-person dungeon crawler?
― ciderpress, Friday, 17 May 2024 21:35 (one month ago) link
cryptmaster has a steam demo which i have now completed. seems like a good laugh
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 17 May 2024 22:20 (one month ago) link
Animal Well question: I've gotten the flute and I'm gearing up to do the m disc shrine but I don't know how to fast travel. I've seen the code online and I've input it while holding down the whistle button but nothing happens. I've played the song right next to the fish and all.
― The Mandymoorian (Leee), Sunday, 19 May 2024 07:51 (one month ago) link
You need to hold the direction you want and tap the button. Wasn't what I was expecting either.
― adam t. (abanana), Sunday, 19 May 2024 13:46 (one month ago) link
Thanks! Would never have figured that out myself.
― The Mandymoorian (Leee), Sunday, 19 May 2024 21:01 (one month ago) link
I just realized that Hexcells is a horror game.
― Bottom Cruise (Leee), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 04:20 (four weeks ago) link
Like.. existential?
― Nhex, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 12:26 (four weeks ago) link
I'm terrified of clicking the wrong cell, and I physically react every time I do!
― Bottom Cruise (Leee), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:19 (four weeks ago) link
i was enjoying case of the golden idol but it has a pretty serious save bug on switch, in that if you exit the game it doesn't save your progress. you click continue game and it drops you back into the first level. i googled and their workaround is a button combo that allows you to skip levels to get back to the level you were on, but that doesn't help if you were near the end of one of the more detailed levels (as i was) because you have to decide whether to redo all the work or just skip it. anyways, fun game and i'll just deal with it but it seems like a big problem that the developer should fix
― na (NA), Thursday, 23 May 2024 13:09 (four weeks ago) link
I hit that bug on Idol too. It wiped my entire save. I never went back after that despite really enjoying it.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 23 May 2024 16:52 (four weeks ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6b4dY6LmDI
― calstars, Saturday, 25 May 2024 23:21 (three weeks ago) link
If I was going to make a video game it would probably be something close to this GTA clone
So is Animal Well fun apart from all the meta/community puzzle stuff?
Also, is Balatro fun if you're not that into Poker?
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Saturday, 25 May 2024 23:47 (three weeks ago) link
Balatro is fun if you are a human being. It is extremely fun if you are a human being with an addictive personality
― H.P, Saturday, 25 May 2024 23:49 (three weeks ago) link
IDNGAF about Poker and Balatro took over my life. Make of that what you will.
I'm kind of feeling like I've gotten to the point of diminishing returns south Animal Well, especially now that I'm constantly retracing my steps.
― Bottom Cruise (Leee), Sunday, 26 May 2024 00:36 (three weeks ago) link
both great games
there is a complete game in animal well before the cryptic stuff. it's completely optional.
― adam t. (abanana), Sunday, 26 May 2024 02:48 (three weeks ago) link
To be clear, I'm closing in on 50 eggs, so I'm onto the next phase of the game.
― Bottom Cruise (Leee), Sunday, 26 May 2024 22:36 (three weeks ago) link
Dude, you ran out of eggsWould you like to buy an 80 pack of eggs?
"That one egg was 40 eggs?"
― francisF, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 13:45 (three weeks ago) link
the precinct looks way better than any Police Simulator-type games i've been a little interested in. anything like Police Quest and I'm in! (the shot of pulling out of the station parking lot made me think of it - just don't make me restart the game if I forget the circle check)
― francisF, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 14:09 (three weeks ago) link
For some reason I've let different people I know talk me into playing Minecraft and DayZ for the first time ever. It's 2013 all over again.
― beard papa, Sunday, 2 June 2024 00:34 (two weeks ago) link
I played a bunch of Helldivers 2 yesterday. I wish I liked the humor of it more tbh... it kind of grates on me. It's a pretty fun Starship Troopers simulator though.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Sunday, 2 June 2024 01:10 (two weeks ago) link
Tunic is pretty dope, PS+ freebie from last month I was curious about. Love whole "found Japanese NES game" gimmick. It took way too long to figure out how to do upgrades, and holy moly the boss fights are brutal!
― Nhex, Sunday, 9 June 2024 03:06 (one week ago) link
Got back into playing Mad Max. Fun to motor around in the Wasteland again, but I don’t know how long the gameplay loop will keep me around this time
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Sunday, 9 June 2024 05:34 (one week ago) link
Finally getting more active in playing my switch (which I got ~2.5 years ago) and my co-workers want to play Super Smash Bros Ultimate, so I've been trying to grind through unlocking characters.
I've also been playing some more SMT5 and I also recently picked up Advance Wars for the switch, which I hadn't played since high school.
― Zayniac (hourspass), Wednesday, 12 June 2024 18:55 (one week ago) link
anybody else playing demos from steam's next fest? the gimmick is that they are only available for one week.
early interesting ones:blue prince -- escape room house where you draft the next room to go to.exographer -- platform puzzler that also has point & click puzzles based on particle physics
― master of the pan (abanana), Friday, 14 June 2024 20:50 (six days ago) link