Through Salt and Sand

An RPG Maker Adventure Game

[sasgame]

The trailer for our demo!

Check it out on itchio!

[prokopetz]

I mean this with as little judgment as possible, but I think some of y'all have a warped notion of what "obscure" looks like when it comes to video games. I routinely get comments on my game rec posts to the effect of "wow, I can't believe @prokopetz knows about my obscure fave", and when I look up the game in question on Steam to make sure I'm not missing something here, it's like

Y'all, these are not "obscure" numbers. These are "very slightly off the mainstream" numbers. If you're going to call anything on Steam obscure (and that's a stretch right from the jump), at least let it be something that's been on the platform for a decade and still hasn't racked up enough user reviews to generate a rating!

[lie-lichen]

Do you have any real "obscure" game recs?

[prokopetz]

"Obscure" is pretty subjective, but using my own above-stated criteria for the sake of argument, sure – here are my top twenty picks from my Steam library for which a score cannot be generated because they have fewer than ten qualifying reviews at the time of this posting:

Backbeat

Blue Rabbit

Colette's Sugar Madness

Crystals and Curses

Deathchron

ERMO

Far Star

Flux

Geneticognito

Glam's Incredible Run

HatMania

Liberation Mutagenix

The Light at the End of the Ocean

Mist Monkey: wanderer

Perchang

Ruby & Majesty: Treasure Team

Shadowland

Toad On Fire

Vain Ascendance

Voltage Drop

(Yes, that's a lot of puzzlers, precision platformers, and/or precision puzzle platformers. You knew what you were getting when you asked.)

[midnightclover]

how do you find so many obscure games then, especially on steam? having too few reviews to be rated means steam basically buries them, right?

[prokopetz]

Word of mouth, mostly, often right here on Tumblr. Vain Ascendance, for example, was recommended to me when I was shitposting about "pixel-art precision puzzle platformers starring red-haired women who can air dash" being a discernible genre, and somebody decided to start an argument about whether purple hair counts. (I maintain it does not.)

[maureen2musings]

Kings of the Laurel Forest

maxrivephotography

[were--ralph]

Unironically I think we might run into another video game crash like back in the day

[were--ralph]

Game creation has become another husk capitalism has its greedy little fingers in and its like. Its genuinely sucking the joy out of it all for more profit and more profit and even if it succeeds its not enough it needs to be more to the point there really isn't a reason to create games anymore if you're not an indie dev

And being an indie dev isn't easy because no one has the time anymore. Everyone is drowning in student loans and low wages. Capitalism is sucking the joy out of them and overworking them and ai art is taking away opportunities to be something unique

Games are $70 fucking dollars now. I can't afford that like. I just can't. Most of us are struggling with finances as is.

We're drowning and it's happening so fast there's not enough time to panic

[were--ralph]

This is what I mean. Games aren't enough to be good or creative or excellent or fun anymore.

[were--ralph]

Like. AAA games are unfinished tech demos with dlc tacked on that is mostly content that should have been in the base game at launch

You get an indie game with love put into it and it gets received insanely well and it's. Just. Not enough.

Its burnout waiting to happen. No fucking body who goes through the trials and hardship that is game dev wants to be laid off after finishing a game there fully put their chest into. Soon why even bother? It's just another dead end for most and the student loans from learning through school is insane and no one has the time or drive to learn through their own means because we're working two jobs to pay for necessities.

Shit sucks

[livebythemoonseclipse]

Gaia’s Gateway -::- @earthtowildrose

[sasgame]

The Fishing Mini Game Update is Live!

Now you can buy a fishing rod and catch fish! The fishing guide item tracks the species you've caught and there's a merchant on the Tri'elis docks to buy your catch. Plus a secret forth thing.

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This will probably be the last content update before full release. The additional side quests didn't make the deadline but will still be in the final cut.

Feel free to reach out and tell me if there's any bugs or issues, I'll try to fix them relatively quick. You can also just tell me what you think of the game! That's cool too. Do you have a favorite character?

[eulogyofaninsect]

When you first encounter Rocco, he is in something of a sorry state. Not only are his heads missing, but it appears to be no accident- he's a victim! Should you find his heads, Rocco will happily join your crew in hopes of finding out who would do such a thing to him.

Eulogy of an Insect is a hand drawn RPG where you play as a lone human in a world of bizarre creatures, enemies, and locations- like a shopping mall for a dungeon, pictured above. Please give our page a look and consider following us. Reblogs helps IMMENSELY.

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[butt-berry]

My favourite thing is when the pixel art videogame lets you walk on the bed and it makes it look like you are under the blankie

[sasgame]

The demo for Through Salt and Sand is now up on itch.io!

This adventure title is highly inspired by stories like "The Mummy" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth"...its just a coincidence Brendan Frasier is in both the film adaptations. Check us out!

Through Salt and Sand Demo by ProductiveSippyCup

A new choose your own adventure game!

[sasgame]

The Fishing Mini Game Update is Live!

Now you can buy a fishing rod and catch fish! The fishing guide item tracks the species you've caught and there's a merchant on the Tri'elis docks to buy your catch. Plus a secret forth thing.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This will probably be the last content update before full release. The additional side quests didn't make the deadline but will still be in the final cut.

Feel free to reach out and tell me if there's any bugs or issues, I'll try to fix them relatively quick. You can also just tell me what you think of the game! That's cool too. Do you have a favorite character?

[sasgame]

Check out the Productive Sippy Cup Cupboard community on Discord - hang out with 3 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

There's a discord now! Join us being nerds. Get updates on my games, ask me questions directly etc.

If you like RPG Maker games or like to make them yourself I'd be really happy to have you!

This discord will have info on all the games I'm making. Currently that's Through Salt and Sand and Mangroves (working title.)

[sasgame]

Check out the Productive Sippy Cup Cupboard community on Discord - hang out with 3 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

There's a discord now! Join us being nerds. Get updates on my games, ask me questions directly etc.

If you like RPG Maker games or like to make them yourself I'd be really happy to have you!

This discord will have info on all the games I'm making. Currently that's Through Salt and Sand and Mangroves (working title.)

[sasgame]

Check out the Productive Sippy Cup Cupboard community on Discord - hang out with 3 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

There's a discord now! Join us being nerds. Get updates on my games, ask me questions directly etc.

If you like RPG Maker games or like to make them yourself I'd be really happy to have you!

This discord will have info on all the games I'm making. Currently that's Through Salt and Sand and Mangroves (working title.)

[constantlyfalling]

Shortcut to the Seaside

[prokopetz]

Somebody with more time on their hands than me needs to put together an online quiz made of out-of-context itch.io game blurbs where the theme is "RPGMaker horror game or yuri VN".

[sasgame]

Fishing game I'm currently building. I'm hoping to add this to the demo, along with some additional side quests by the end of spring.

[sasgame]

Comparison, Rough draft vs. Redesign.