Fire Place
It’s the perfect time for a virtual Fire Place
with days getting shorter and hazy seasons approaching.
The game – or rather simulation – offers a variety of scenes/locations to choose from, generally season unrelated.
You might choose the bonfire at the beach or the mediterranean looking fire-place for some chill summer evenings.
The game offers to many options to manipulate the behaviour of the fire itself and also the rendering/appearance to list them all. You can change brightness and glow but also get detailed control like how fast the heat spreads or the ambient heat which affects the fire.
– Real player with 3.7 hrs in game
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Less game, more experience. Fire Place works as both a short-session way to chill and a long one if you need a sleeping aid. Once you’ve got a decent fire going it’ll keep itself active for about 20 minutes depending on available fuel, or you can tinker with it every 5 or so minutes to maintain it indefinitely. There are multiple scenes to work with, ranging from a generic campfire to an old Victorian-era fireplace in a vaguely spooky room.
Note here each fireplace layout features different audio, some of which is great and some…well, you’ll wonder why its addition to the game was celebrated lol. There are thankfully sliders for the music as well as everything else including how the fire reacts to materials - modifying some of these though can cause your GPU to break a bit of a sweat so low-spec users should be wary.
– Real player with 3.0 hrs in game
Insect Seeker
This game consists of finding the various insects hidden over the levels (a few other animals too).
All levels are photographs with real insects
-Natural sounds are present depending on the atmosphere of the photograph: Bird sounds, river, rain, waves …
- Bonuses are present to help in case of difficulty: search areas excluded, type of animal or insect, which insect or animal precisely you must find.
-Once a type of insect is found, it becomes present in the bestiary with a large photograph and with its name followed by its Latin scientific name.
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Jungle House
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1366840/Moon_Farming/
Become one-man architect for building amazing houses in jungle wilderness with primitive tools. Explore and make houses from secret underground ones with pools to houses on high trees. Can you build house in jungle wilderness almost with your hands? Yes, you can!
You simple primitive tools around you and craft your own ones. Create your own set of tools to use and conquer the wilds with them. Upgrade your techniques and use advanced materials to create more durable and larger buildings.
Create different type of houses like secret underground house with pool from complete scratch
Or go to highest trees with your advanced skills and build house there with awesome zipline
Don’t forget to check your construction quality of your house at the end. Check and see how good you made this house or what is needed to fix in it.
Can you build house with your hands? Yes, you can!
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Lost Dream
First, there was WORK TRIP. A short and simple Game in a colourfull World. Lighthearted and chilling with a nice Music. And so was the second Game HIKE. It was like that, too, but it added an Exciting Atmosphere.
Now we have the third Game of Morning Shift Studios.
Welcome to LOST DREAM.
At first,LOST DREAMS seems to be inspired by THE FIRST TREE, it feels like a Bow to it.
In both Games we have a wonderfull World, nice Piano Music and a Fox on the Search.
And i like it.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2422586819
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
I love this game, though it honestly is tiny. It only took me thirty five minute to unlock all the achievements and play through the game twice. And the second time I was poking around, having fun. You play as a fox who is off to rescue his vixen. In your search you’ll travel across several colorful levels, jumping, swimming, and figuring out a puzzle.
I enjoyed it, but if you are expecting the scope or storyline on The First Tree, you might be disappointed. You are a fox, complete with cute little fox paws and swishy tail. The swimming and running animations are cute, and there are nice details like falling leaves.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Overland Weekend
It’s the weekend and you want to get away from the city!
You have your grandfathers old off-road vehicle and some camping gear. It’s time to spend the weekend exploring the local forest and do some wild camping.
In Overland Weekend you travel the wilds in your old off-road vehicle and camp. You can upgrade your overland vehicle and your camping gear to get the most our of your weekend in the woods. You will need to find the balance between the journey and relaxation, and use your budget to slowly upgrade your overland vehicle.
UnearthU
A strange experience, if you’re interested at all I’d recommend not reading much more about this
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game
This is a “game” much in the same way a walking simulator or a VN is, so just fair warning.
I am currently on Day 4 and will update again when I get to Day 7.
I will not spoil specifics.
The “game” is best experienced as intended: do each day without changing clocks or anything. Do Day 1, and then do Day 2 the following day when it unlocks. Complete all exercises with honest intent, to include the writing prompts and meditation exercises.
There is a narrative and character and background amidst what feels like real mindfulness concepts. The blend between the real and fictional is intriguing and keeps me coming back each day. The layout of the exercises feels intended, with the motivational video leading into the discussions/lectures by KARE, then a meditation/breathing exercises that inevitably lead you to ruminating about what KARE just talked about, a writing prompt that sometimes gives you pause about wanting to be completely truthful, and a final checklist of items that you’re more than likely just going to click through without actually implementing.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Deer & Boy
Deer & Boy is a poetic cinematic platformer where you follow the journey of a boy who, after a tragic event, decides to escape his own fate of reality.
In this runaway, he will meet a fawn and eventually tame it.
The animal will gradually grow throughout the story and will become an essential and protective companion.
This deer will help the boy to find the strength to rebuild himself and finally emerge grown up from this experience.
Solve puzzles and avoid enemies standing in your way.
Once Upon a Sea
Once Upon a Sea is a poetic, interactive XR documentary telling the tragic tale of the legendary Dead Sea. Through a physical exploration of the sea’s forbidden, moonlike landscapes, to intimate encounters with local characters, the user gets a rare glimpse into one of the world’s most dangerous, soon to be extinct, wonders. Centuries of human intervention and political neglect have turned the Dead Sea into a precarious place. Its water levels have dropped dramatically, leaving behind sinkholes and collapsing beaches. The experience offers a deep insight into the complexity and very human impact of this ecological and geopolitical crisis. Once Upon a Sea is our call to action.
Ourea
ourea calls itself a cinematic puzzle game and sure enough, cutscenes with cinematic shots happen very often. too often, as a matter of fact, disturbing what little gameplay there is without providing anything substantial for the most part.
– Real player with 2.9 hrs in game
This game is a great example for aspiring devs for the type of effort they should be putting into their early work. Too often I find that new devs publishing their first games just dial in broad swaths of their games. These guys clearly put a lot of effort into this game, but they’re just not there yet. I’m glad they got so far as publishing because very few do, and this project shows so much promise for their future projects. For my full thoughts I made a video on this particular game:
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
Animalia Survival
So i bought this game Friday at noon… Played it until Saturday 5am… In one sitting i nearly got my $1 = 1hour entertainment. I woke up Saturday at 11am, did my morning routine and now i am going to binge some more. If you are a fan of hardcore survival and animals, this game is right up your alley. Note this game is HARDCORE. So if your animal dies, your going to be starting a fresh new cub(some servers offer adult spawns). Personally for me this keeps the game fresh. Allows you to keep trying out new animals or trying out new point specs for your animals attributes. There are quite a bit of animals already in the game for early access and ALOT more on the road map ahead. I heard 36 African animals are planned.
– Real player with 113.8 hrs in game
This is so Great!!! Think of a mix of The Isle and wolfquest kind of Feel.For Years I been dreaming of a game such like this.Yes there are alot of bugs still as its still fairly new . I do hope they never give up on this game and keep adding more to it .I can see this going beyond what it is now already.
– Real player with 100.9 hrs in game