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On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 23:50:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 17:32 this Saturday (GMT): >>> https://store.steampowered.com/app/3244220/A_Game_About_Digging_A_Hole/
"A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly
purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment
and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!"
I mean, I can't be surprised anymore. Power washing sim is considered
one of those really good indie games fron what I've heard, and there's a >>calculator rougelike out.
I tried the power washing sim thing. How fun or "good" that is will
be highly subjective I'm sure, but to me I found it sort of like a
mundane chore sim. I hate mundane chores so I quickly refunded it.
To each his own though.
On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:20:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@x-nospam-x.com> wrote at 00:15 this Sunday (GMT): >>> On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 23:50:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 >>><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 17:32 this Saturday (GMT):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3244220/A_Game_About_Digging_A_Hole/ >>>>>
"A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly
purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment >>>>> and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!"
I mean, I can't be surprised anymore. Power washing sim is considered >>>>one of those really good indie games fron what I've heard, and there's a >>>>calculator rougelike out.
I tried the power washing sim thing. How fun or "good" that is will
be highly subjective I'm sure, but to me I found it sort of like a
mundane chore sim. I hate mundane chores so I quickly refunded it.
To each his own though.
Sometimes the "repetetive chore" game can be comforting or something. I >>mean, I have 170 hours in progressbar95
I don't know nothin' 'bout that.
[Discretely throws a blanket over my "Steam playtime" stat
for "EuroTruck Simulator 2"... and then another one over
"American Truck Simulator"]
But, honestly, I've no problem with the hole-playing game
conceptually. The description probably does it no justice, anymore
than saying that Pong is about moving a bar up and down the screen.
(Although... breaking down descriptions of games to the most
minimalist and ridiculous level actually sounds sort of fun.
Pac-Man: A game about picking up dots.
Mario: just move right.
Dark Souls: a game about dying repeatedly.
;-)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3244220/A_Game_About_Digging_A_Hole/
"A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly
purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment
and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!"
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 17:32 this Saturday (GMT):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3244220/A_Game_About_Digging_A_Hole/
"A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly
purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment
and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!"
I mean, I can't be surprised anymore. Power washing sim is considered
one of those really good indie games fron what I've heard, and there's a calculator rougelike out.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
...
Fair, it does seem like a "turn your brain off" game from what I've
seen.
Turning one's brain off is usually the first step in brain washing....
I don't have a brain. :P
On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:30:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 08:17 this Thursday (GMT):
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote: >>>> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:24 this Tuesday (GMT):
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 17:32 this Saturday (GMT):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3244220/A_Game_About_Digging_A_Hole/
"A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly
purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment >>>> >> > and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!"
I mean, I can't be surprised anymore. Power washing sim is considered >>>> >> one of those really good indie games fron what I've heard, and there's a
calculator rougelike out.
I tried its free weekend game. Boring! :P
Power-washing sim or the calculator one?
Power-washing sim.
Fair, it does seem like a "turn your brain off" game from what I've
seen.
I think the enjoyment of the game comes mostly from the joy of "I'm
changing the virtual environment". Most video game maps are pretty
static; maybe you can throw around a few blood splats and kick a few
props, but overall the level pretty much is the same when you finish
it as when you start. But with games like "Power-Washing Sim", you
have a definitive effect on the map. It's one of the reasons I think
games like "Red Faction" and "Minecraft" (and survival-crafting games
in general) have such lasting popularity, and "Power Washing Sim" taps
into that.
It's also fun to take on a big job and get some satisfaction of seeing
it to the end. There's almost a puzzle element to these games
sometimes too, and figuring out how to get that bit of crud way up in
the corner over there can be quite enjoyable.
I didn't really stick with "Power Washing Sim", but that's less
because I disliked the game and more because I'd already essentially
played it with "Viscera Cleanup", which is a more tongue-in-cheek take
on the idea. PWS felt redundant after that, so I didn't dive into that
game as deeply.
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 17:32 this Saturday (GMT): >> > https://store.steampowered.com/app/3244220/A_Game_About_Digging_A_Hole/
"A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly
purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment
and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!"
I mean, I can't be surprised anymore. Power washing sim is considered
one of those really good indie games fron what I've heard, and there's a
calculator rougelike out.
I tried its free weekend game. Boring! :P
On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:59:29 +0100, Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
On 2/25/2025 12:00 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:27 this Sunday (GMT):
I don't have a brain. :P
sure you do :D
brain of someone called Abby Normal or something like that
https://wildlifeinformer.com/do-ants-have-brains/
"Ants do have brains, but these nerve clusters are much
tinier than human brains. A humans brain has over 100
billion cells, but ant brains only have around 250,000
neurons. Although ant brains are small, they have large
brains for insects.
This allows ants to communicate with each other and process
information. The exact size of an ants brain can vary based
on its species. The smaller an ant is, the smaller its brain
is likely to be. Some species, like leaf ants, have much
larger brains than other ants.
...
An ants antennae function as a part of its brain. Ants
store information in their antennae and use their antennae
to sense chemicals that have been left behind by other ants.
When an ants antennae are covered, it may not be able to
recognize the other ants in its colony."
Of course, that information is about Formicidae in general. Our
particular six-legged friend may be some sort of mutant, or maybe has suffered a recent decapitation. We should never make assumptions,
after all. ;-)
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:24 this Tuesday (GMT):
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 17:32 this Saturday (GMT):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3244220/A_Game_About_Digging_A_Hole/ >> >
"A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly
purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment
and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!"
I mean, I can't be surprised anymore. Power washing sim is considered
one of those really good indie games fron what I've heard, and there's a >> calculator rougelike out.
I tried its free weekend game. Boring! :P
Power-washing sim or the calculator one?