game-on shalm-on

hi i wanted to talk about video games without directly bugging people, so i made a sideblog :'v (indie games especially!!)

[shalmplay]

r u gaming in there???

hello!! i'm guessing most of y'all will have found this from my art blog, @shalmonsdraws (btw i also have an inspiration blog [@shalmons ] and a gamedev blog [ @shalmonsgamedev ] ) i wanna talk about videogames more, but talking to ppl directly is scary so i'm tumbling instead;; Types of posts to expect:

first impressions

light journaling of current playthroughs (be warned, i rotate games kind of a lot lol)

latest acquisitions

new/upcoming releases of interest

game tracks i'm rly digging at the time

bird alerts (finding birds in any given video game is a fave pastime of mine)

probably some meandering retrospectives on various faves

and miscellaneous; u gotta have miscellaneous

[shalmplay]

im srry i keep posting about the OST my drafts are literally full of;;; more OST thoughtz it's embarrassing but having actually played a bit of the DLC now i was wondering if the boss fight music in the DLC was glitched, since it didn't play what i was expecting to hear (Face of the Deep was also glitched when the previous DLC released) when trying to confirm this, i read a vague spoiler that it plays;;; somewhere else??? omg;;;

thrilling music scavenger hunt, let's goooooooo

[shalmplay]

i had a hard time falling asleep because i needed to know if there is a Corny Kong in the kong family

[shalmplay]

where i'm at mentally after listening to the new seekers of the storm OST decided to listen with the MilkDrop visualizer best decision i've made all weeeek

[shalmplay]

almost time to give the new RoR OST an Attentive headphones-listen;; minus the two tracks that were already in the devotion update, i actually haven't listened to any wanted to be able to get most of it fresh all at once

[shalmplay]

Sunday Perusin' 08/18/24

Save 10% on Knights of the Road on Steam

An adventure game with focus on acrobatics and discovering secrets. Classic platformer gameplay in the spirit of the 8-bit era games.

Save 20% on Gourdlets on Steam

An easygoing sandbox game about building towns for cute vegetable folks. Create your perfect community then watch as the gourdlets make them

Save 15% on Slash Quest on Steam

Slash Quest is a quirky action adventure with unconventional controls and unlikely heroes. Spin a magic talking sword through exotic lands,

Save 10% on Arco on Steam

Enter the breathtaking world of Arco, a dynamic tactical RPG where your decisions shape the story. Three tales forged in bloodshed, laced wi

Save 10% on Ringlorn Saga Gaiden on Steam

Ringlorn Saga Gaiden is an adventure RPG inspired by the Japanese PC classics. A lost soul is called upon this accursed world to end the Dar

Save 10% on Love, Ghostie on Steam

Become a wholesome ghost matchmaker and grow relationships between the manor’s residents! Gift items to lift their spirits, set them up on d

Save 10% on Leximan on Steam

Do you like silly hats? Were you that one kid in class who broke reality? Are you eating nutritional slime right now? Embark on a brilliant

Save 15% on Diari on Steam

Arise player, welcome to Diari! Explore the world of Ekrose with Aimacra, giving them insight as she traverses through platforming and puzzl

Save 15% on Bearnard on Steam

Collect cards and use them in tactical turn-based battles across various biomes. Master the physics to defeat enemies, and solve environment

[shalmplay]

2 full-game bird alerts this week:

Save 40% on 火鸦 blazing crow on Steam

Blazing Crow is a SLG-based puzzle game(PUZ). The goal is to destroy all the electric towers! 4 action points can be allocated each round to

Save 10% on Just Crow Things on Steam

You're a little crow trying to prove herself to the world. Make new animal friends, poop on unsuspecting hoomans, and steal all the shiny tr

(crow alerts, specifically!)

[shalmplay]

[shalmplay]

Bird Alert: The Flame in the Flood

[shalmplay]

OMG I WROTE "SURVOVOR" IN THAT SILLY MEME;;;; u kno what i'm just gonna keep it

[shalmplay]

evry time

[shalmplay]

just picked this up, always thought it looked neat!

[shalmplay]

Damp Caverns biodiversity appreciation post

[shalmplay]

yesterday's gamin' tried a couple digi-board games from the recent humbund w/spouse wingspan & root (incoming Bird Alerts for both games, of course)

i'm already familiar with the physical versions of both (Root less so;;; currently i only know how to play eyrie [surprising no one]) 10/10 for the visual effort on both of these really made it feel worthwhile if you already have the tabletops

wingspan has bird calls & animations for each bird??? and i love how they visualize the habitat transitions

root has adorable 3D models in place of the meeples & very nice audio design on all fronts as for how they play, i'm liking root's transition to digital a bit better (for me personally, the inherent railroading of the video game format helps me stay a little less confused lol) wingspan often throws me as to where i'm supposed to be clicking, but maybe i'll get used to it. not being able to see all elements of the game at all times is a surprisingly big adjustment ----------------------------------------------------------

but yesterday's Main Event was remembering that No Man's Sky has a creative mode that i have somehow Not been using this entire time

i play NMS to see the sights and come up w/silly names for my discoveries all the hazards & combat & resource management 'n whatnot are super neat to have & i respect them, but the exploration element is so alluring in this game that i kinda wish i didn't have to deal with those so imagine my delight to discover "hey u can just turn the less fun* parts off" *=less fun for me personally, don't @ me :'v

but anyway, i have yet to make good use of photo mode, but here are some vanilla caps:

(i will also need to experiment w/how much my computer can handle with the newfangled optimizations they introduced--these are currently pretty low settings)

i thought this boat had a cool shape & name, so i bought it (i like to call them boats leave me alone)

gettin' my sit on (tbh i hope this clipping is never fixed)

spooky planet where i met my new orbular son 🥺🥺

and a Bird Alert for good measure

[shalmplay]

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Figment

looks like this is the same devs as Back to Bed, which i remember enjoying my brief time with (i should go back to it sometime)

voice-acting is a mixed bag some of it is fine but then u have dad saying "o crap" extremely casually before hurtling into a traumatizing car crash

graphics/art direction are gorgeous though (bird alert)

pmuch my fave combo: static painted backgrounds w/texture-painted character models (the floating islands w/pathways rising & falling also feels a bit bastion-inspired)

OH the bad guy is singing now idk how i feel about that it seriously looks so nice though 🥺 these still caps aren't doing it justice--the texture-painting on the models is so good that the characters seamlessly blend in with their 2D environments when screencapped lol definitely want to return to this one, if only for the visuals

[shalmplay]

Sunday Perusin' 08/04/24

Save 25% on Unrooted on Steam

Unrooted is a vibrant and eye-catching precision platformer with lush environments and a stunning musical score. Take up your courage and sq

Save 15% on Mossroot on Steam

Mossroot is a party-based tactical-RPG Roguelike. Fight against a monstrous King! Climb the mountain, Increase your power, make dangerous ba

Save 10% on Kitsune Tails on Steam

Run, jump, and dash across a land inspired by Japanese mythology and untangle the love triangle between three young women on a journey of se

STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™ on Steam

Bring In Your Bounty, Dead or Alive

Tomba! Special Edition on Steam

In Tomba! Special Edition, leap, bite, and throw your way across stunning 2.5D landscapes in this vastly-enhanced update to a platforming cl

Save 10% on Smack Studio on Steam

A sandbox fighting game with built-in creation tools to create characters and stages. Animate pixel art characters using our 3D pixel art ro

Save 10% on Minds Beneath Us on Steam

Embark on a thrilling Sci-Fi journey in a futuristic Asian city in MINDS BENEATH US. In a society fully automated by advanced AI, you're ens

Save 15% on Time Is Honey on Steam

Time Is Honey is a relaxing idle game where you manage bee hives. Collect unique bees by opening bee packs, take care of them in real-time a

[shalmplay]

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Feather

watch out, we got another game-sized Bird Alert comin thru!

so the first thing i notice is that this game does an awkward interrupty thing where it rewinds u a few secs every time you crash and i was crashing a lot but i actually started getting the hang of the flight controls eventually and am enjoying chillin as marahute from the rescuers down under

i'm not really sure what you're supposed to do here, but i think that's the point? it's about chillin

i did notice that there are different bird skins, if the store page screencaps are to be believed;;;; i will need to obtain those;;;;;;;;;;