Game Club - First Game selection
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indie_gamesI'm leaning toward "A Short Hike" as the first game.
"Rusty Lake" is technically in the lead, but one of those was by a voter who voted for all five, and one was my vote, which is pretty much "eh I guess I can pick what I'm interested in today?" But I picked all the games and I'd be happy to try any of them.
At that point, Rusty Lake and A Short Hike are tied, and I think A Short Hike has wider appeal. The Rusty Lake games have some frustrating parts that, on further thought, I'd rather avoid as a first game, at least for people who don't know they like that kind of thing. (I think I have done one RL game without having to find a walkthrough/hint guide that made me say "oh that's just fucking cheating.")
If there's no strong objections, I'm selecting A Short Hike as the first game.
It was in the original Racial Justice and Equality bundle, and is otherwise $8 on itch.io, Steam, GOG, Epic (where it was one of the free games at one point), and Switch, and possibly other platforms.
If you don't have it and $8 is troublesome, let me know in a DM; I may have a spare code because I pick up bundles of games all the time (and then don't keep track of them.)
Other than that - Would people prefer:
1) Make a post for game discussion soon, so we can discuss as we play, or
2) Make a discussion post next month (say, on the 12th, with discussion to close on the 19th), so there's no spoilers or pressure to comment back immediately?
"Rusty Lake" is technically in the lead, but one of those was by a voter who voted for all five, and one was my vote, which is pretty much "eh I guess I can pick what I'm interested in today?" But I picked all the games and I'd be happy to try any of them.
At that point, Rusty Lake and A Short Hike are tied, and I think A Short Hike has wider appeal. The Rusty Lake games have some frustrating parts that, on further thought, I'd rather avoid as a first game, at least for people who don't know they like that kind of thing. (I think I have done one RL game without having to find a walkthrough/hint guide that made me say "oh that's just fucking cheating.")
If there's no strong objections, I'm selecting A Short Hike as the first game.
It was in the original Racial Justice and Equality bundle, and is otherwise $8 on itch.io, Steam, GOG, Epic (where it was one of the free games at one point), and Switch, and possibly other platforms.
If you don't have it and $8 is troublesome, let me know in a DM; I may have a spare code because I pick up bundles of games all the time (and then don't keep track of them.)
Other than that - Would people prefer:
1) Make a post for game discussion soon, so we can discuss as we play, or
2) Make a discussion post next month (say, on the 12th, with discussion to close on the 19th), so there's no spoilers or pressure to comment back immediately?
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Date: 2022-10-20 06:41 am (UTC)As for the discussion format... I think having a post up early might be nice for people who play fast and want to discuss it soon? (I'm thinking also about some of these games that can be finished in 1-3h, when I looked them up.) But then it might nice to also have a reminder later or it could be too easy to forget... 🤔 Maybe having the discussion post about two weeks in at the midway point could work well, both so people who finished early can chat and people who got distracted have a reminder to get started??
I don't mind too much because I'm slow, just some thoughts.
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Date: 2022-10-20 02:27 pm (UTC)I think, because of the way Dreamwidth works, it's not super well suited to liveblogging your playthroughs? I would probably suggest making the discussion post one or two weeks in - as
Maybe we could also have a post on, like, week three? with another reminder and also a poll for the next month's game. Floating the idea.