It’s not November yet but since I will be busy soon I’m posting this now, if I don’t I’ll probably forget again until next year.
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The Fidelio Incident
3 hours playtime
13 of 14 achievements
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Little Kite
8 hours playtime
no achievements
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Nightmares from the Deep 3: Davy Jones
6 hours playtime
28 of 32 achievements
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Tyd wag vir Niemand
18 hours playtime
12 of 14 achievements
The Fidelio Incident
I bought and finished this game back in the Steam Summer Sale in July but forgot to put it in the last post so I’m doing it now. It’s a short walking simultor game where you play a man finding his wife after their plane crashed in a snowy mountain, on the way you can collect your wife’s journal pages and learn about the couple’s backstory. Nice plot and beautiful visual, there is no enemy outside of nature but the game manages to be pretty intense in some part. Definitely worth checking out, though note that that if you have a weak computer there is one part where it is completely dark and unplayable in low setting so make sure to check system requirement before playing.
Little Kite (SG Win)
A charming point and click game with some sensitive subject, I enjoyed this game’s simple story a lot even though some puzzle is a bit confusing.
Nightmares from the Deep 3: Davy Jones
I finifshed this game after dropping it some time ago, Nightmare From The Deep series are good HOG games, this one put an end to the story of Davy Jones with a heartwarming (if a bit cheesy) plot and some nice puzzles. The daughter is even more useless in this one, and I wonder why Davy Jones’s power transferred to his daughter? If he got it from breaking their ritual then shouldn’t it have been returned after he finished it? That kind of detail is not important in this kind of game though, it’s very much an enjoyable casual game.
Tyd wag vir Niemand (SG Win)
I obsessed over this game for days, it’s the epitome of great concept and horrible execution. A platformer puzzle game with time and memory as central theme, and the way they slowly reveal the protagonist’s backstory is nice too. The gameplay however is very frustrating, horribly designed and riddled with bugs. If you jump into the edge of the platform you can either be stuck there of get thrown way up high to the sky, if the platform move up and down (which is a lot, and in one level the basic mechanic) it can mess with your jumping and make you miss your footing. You mainly rely on timing and memory to solve puzzles which in concept is great and fit with the game’s main theme, in practice it is very trial and error. You have to time your time pause and jumping just right, and in the last two levels if you quit in the middle the level will reset. It’s also way too long, the charm of the unique mechanic and beautiful background wear out pretty fast after the first few levels, the playstyle is very simple with the later levels just mixing them with not much variety. The audio got repetitive and annoying too. So many times I want to stop playing and just drop this game forever but because this is a SG win and because I’m curious about the solution to the story I tried to beat it, but it won’t even give me that satisfaction. I just couldn’t get the good ending, I beat the last level twice after beating the secret level but probably due to some bug nothing happen. I tried asking on the forum but didn’t get any reply. Just… stay far away from this game.
So today is my birthday, I wouldn’t say it was a good day but it wasn’t bad either. Here’s some virtual cake for everyone in BLAEO courtesy of Google:
And here’s a puzzle and some giveaways that you can enter if you want.
I’m 24 now, I feel like I should have my life in order and make something of myself. But I’m neither of those things, and though I am trying I still feel anxious about the future. The road in front of me is long and hard and I’m scared of so many things. But I’m still walking and hopefully I will be able to reach the end.
Happy Birthday and thank you for the cake! <3
I hope you had a great day and I wish you all the best for next year :)
Thank you! I had a nice day, and I hope next year will be good too.
I still need to play The Fidelio Incident and Nightmares from the Deep, glad you enjoyed ‘em! Both seem quite atmospheric and good to play around this time of year. Also happy belated birthday. :)
I understand that anxiety, have been feeling it more as my birthday nears as well and my health continually gets worse. I think a lot of people feel this ticking time bomb, that if they’re not what they deem successful by a certain age they’ve “wasted time” or see themselves as a failure. But everyone works at their own pace and a lot of adults don’t know what the heck they’re doing, or are never content with what they’ve accomplished. I try to push myself out of comfort zone and doing new things without beating myself down if things aren’t how expected or need to go slower than I’d like. 24 is still young in the grand scheme of things! Hope you can find some peace and achieve your goals, you’ve got this!!
They are both very atmospheric and fit the Halloween feeling well. Thank you for your kind words, I try to tell myself I still have a lot of opportunity but it’s hard when everyone around me seem to have accomplished a lot more than I do. My anxiety gets in the way of my life a lot but I will not let it beat me, I will definitely try my best.
Happy birthday, msboring! Don’t worry, you have plenty of time to make something of yourself. At 24 there are lots of unknowns but you’ll figure it out– believe in yourself! :D
And thanks for the virtual cake!
Thank you very much for the kind words, I am trying to believe in myself more, hopefully it will work.
Happy late birthday! I can’t stop staring at that cake :O
Also I’m 24 (almost 25) and I feel the exact way. I’m just starting to plan a future for myself after drifting through life all these years. Don’t worry, you aren’t alone in that. You’ll get there!
Thank you for the kind words!
Hey, happy birthday! I’m a few years older than you, and I felt a lot like that when I was 24. I wasn’t even employed for the first half of that year. I still feel a little like that, but I can see a path now. Sometimes you have to trick yourself into a level of confidence you don’t feel like you deserve. Take opportunities to do work outside of your immediate role. My department has a publication, and I write like mad for it because few others want to, and because it gives me concrete demonstrations of my work to show off to future employers should I want to change jobs, or universities should I want to go back to school. I’ve also started to teach classes even though I don’t have to–but it gives me confidence and makes me look good. To earn your own confidence, maybe you can think of something you could do for your work (or on your own or as a volunteer) that will look impressive and prove your effort, organization, and responsibility. Even when I’m feeling resentful about work, I can somehow convince myself I am doing my work well out of spite to make me look better in the long run. So, questionable mind tricks and learning to take responsibility to get things done are important throughout your 20s, at least in my experience.
Also, when presenting ideas to a boss, I’ve found it’s best to have a plan for the whole thing and be prepared to carry it out yourself so it doesn’t cause the boss to feel like it’s just another thing for them to worry about.
Thank you for the advice! I’m actually still studying, I left my original university course to start a different one and I’m currently trying to finish it. It’s a large part of why I felt like I failed compared to my peers; I wasted years in a major I didn’t like but never got enough courage to quit until I couldn’t go on anymore. I actuallly like what I’m studying and want to make it my career but I can’t help but feel like I’m inadequate and started too late, I’m not even financially independent yet. I still struggle with these anxious thoughts regularly, but I am trying to become better.
I started school a couple of years late to probably much less effect. And I was a history major when I finally started and never felt confident enough to network, lol. But despite all of that, I have been able to make up for it and justify my choices. Working in a research library, I now help and even teach something new to the same professor types I was intimidated by before. If you actually like what you are doing, that is where your chance to excel and stand out will be highest.
A bit late, but happy birthday! o/
Btw, don’t worry. I’m 26 and I just got my life in order after years of anxiety and failure. Make a plan, take one step at a time and you’ll get there. There’s no need to rush. In the meantime, enjoy being 24. :)
Thank you for the advice! I’m glad to hear that you got your life in order, it gives me hope that I can get there too someday.
Happy birthday!
Thank you!