Progress report: Fourth week of August ‘19 (a.k.a. No, It Did Not!)
Fvckin’ hell, I thought I had it in me for another game or two… but alas, I discovered a new YouTube channel and became invested in it instantly. But hey, at least I got the mosquito net on my window now… which means I can open it with 99.9% certainty that my room won’t become a biology classroom (that last decimal being at risk due to how my mom cut a small hole in the net when trying to cut off the excess… :/). Either way, life has to go on, whether we like it or not (as of this moment, I really don’t), so due to school starting again, I’ll be returning to monthly posts, as I will most definitely have less free time in general. (One thing there won’t be less of, however, is my ABC challenges! Let them catch your eye here: General, Hidden Object Games, Point and Clicks, Visual Novels)
Here are the last of my kills for this month:
- Book Series - Alice in Wonderland
4.8 hours playtime
- Home Darkness - Escape
0.2 hours playtime
no achievements
- Sisyphus Reborn
0.6 hours playtime
Book Series - Alice in Wonderland - Having been around for over 150 years at this point, there’s no way you haven’t experienced this story in one way or another. This is basically the script of the original novel, made into a VN, therefore there’s no writing to be judged. The anime-fied versions of the characters look pretty good (the boobage on the Queen of Hearts though, holy moly). Most of the VN is accompanied by pleasant classical music, with multiple SFX used here and there to fit with the script. As far as the Book Series goes… it’s just about as good as the Sonic Storybook Series. At least it was the best VN I’ve ever seen made in TyranoScript so far (not counting the broken and incomplete gallery).
Home Darkness - Escape - To be honest, I feel dirty and ashamed calling this a point and click, but that’s what it’s closest to being. The game launches in a pretty small screen, gives no story or direction and is accompanied by a looping BGM that’s 10 seconds long, at best. With a walkthrough that’s three and a half minutes long (!), it took me a whopping… 11 minutes to complete the game. What is at the end, you ask? Do you escape the house? I don’t know! What I do know is that you get rich! Yes… you get rich. And the music that was meant to portray the happiness of getting rich doesn’t even erase the horrendous, royalty-free horror loop, it just plays on top of it! Man, I love shitty games.
Sisyphus Reborn - It looks, feels and plays like an art project from the previous decade. Not a complaint, just a fact. It seems to have been made with the same engine utilized by The Cat Lady and Downfall, interestingly enough. As for the contents - it’s half an hour of pure abstractism, accompanied by a really good soundtrack. Heads up though, the game runs in a 640x480 window, so you’d probably like to launch it in fullscreen mode for full immersion.
breathes in sharply, rubbing the tears out of her eyes That being said… the last day of summer holiday isn’t complete without some crying… I mean, see you next month! Yeah! Bye! Hang in there! goes back to crying in useless human being
I got mosquito net this year and really enjoying finally opening window in summer nights without worrying I’ll get infested with mosquitos, moths and these weird green flying bugs that look a little like mantis.
Frankly I hated it so much I just closed the window during night and preferred to turn my room into a sauna then deal with these little shits.
Aaagh, same! Half the summer I just sat in my tiny room, not only boiling, but also festering in the lingering smell, yuck.
I gotta say though, there are little and big shits. Like if you thought dealing with female mosquitoes was bad enough (such is the fate of us hot-blooded individuals), try male mosquitoes. Long-ass legs and what I can only assume is close to no mental capacity in regards to their surroundings, so they basically just crash at your place to rape your walls a little. Coool.
I wish I could say the same for my room. My dad was supposed to get those nets installed two months ago and he never did :(
Obligatory “men are useless when it comes to completing tasks unless you bug them enough” comment, amirite?
For real though, I feel you :( My mom only got confident she’ll be able to install a net like that because she just learned it recently.
It’s more like, “my dad doesn’t want to pay for nets so he’s been procrastinating on it” comment XD
I can’t believe it! I mean, they’re so cheap! :o
I think the guy he called for the nets gave him a stupid price because up until that point it was going good. shrugs Who knows?
Interesting… I mean, they should be available at any good hardware store… or at least that’s what I would imagine.
We need permanent ones, and someone to install those. The ones you stick can’t hold because our flat gets a lot of wind (which is good during the summer :D)
Oh… OHH, I get it now! :D Yeah, having to depend on strangers is the worst :/